moscow next. happening right now, historic winter storm is pummeling bringing heavy winds snow and ice after slamming the rockies. we ll take you live to minneapolis. also this morning, the epa has now ordered norfolk southern to play for all cleanup operations related to the toxic chemical spill triggered by a train derailment in ohio earlier this month. we ll tell you which major political figures are heading to east palestine today. president biden is wrapping up a high stakes trip to europe as tensions continue to escalate between the u.s. and russia. this morning the president reacted to vladimir putin s decision to suspend participation in the last remaining arms control agreement between the u.s. and russia, calling it a big mistake. his response came hours after sharp new rhetoric from one of putin s top allies who told a russian news agency, quote, if the u.s. wants to defeat russia, we have the right to defend ourselves with any weapon, including the nuclear k
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some other legal news. yesterday, a jury in new york convicted the top law enforcement officer of the mexican government, essentially the equivalent of the fbi director and more, he was the architect of the war on drugs in mexico from 2006 to 2012. during the trial, the jury heard all kinds of statements from drug traffickers who detailed how the former top public security chief took in millions of dollars in cash from cartels. this is how significant is this conviction? jose, i was a federal prosecutor in the u.s. attorney in arizona, a border state, and we worked often with our colleagues in mexico, with the hope and the expectation that they were working with us in good faith. to know we now have a guilty verdict of the individual who as you correctly point out was the head of what is the equivalent of the fbi that he was working hand and glove with the cartel,
loss and gratitude are immense. i got to know harry when i came to the senate in 1999. we couldn t have been more different. there was me, a brash jewish kid out of brooklyn, and there was harry, a soft spoken mormon from searchlight. we were a match made in heaven. i quickly learned that even though harry talked softly, what he said carried the force of thunder. he was honest. he was direct. and he was original. i love the story back in 2012. during the democratic national convention in charlotte, harry summoned me to his hotel room late one night. i rushed over and saw landra in the room, but before i could say anything, harry pulled me aside into the small little bathroom. we were right on top of each other.
since 2012. during trump s time in office the deficit is up nearly 50% due in part to the president s endorsement of big spending policies. the current state of the u.s. economy largely contradicts the president s campaign promise to eliminate the federal debt within eight years. treasury secretary steve mnuchin commented on the new deficit figure saying quote, in order to truly put america on a sustainable financial path we must enact proposals like the 2020 budget plan to cut wasteful and irresponsible spending. an upcoming book on jim mattis s tenure as secretary of defense claims president trump told mattis to screw amazon out of a $10 billion cloud contract for the pentagon. the joint enterprise defense infrastructure contract was awarded to microsoft on friday evening sending its stock up 3%. the contract is capped at 10 billion over the next ten years. if it ends up being worth that much it would likely be a bigger deal to microsoft than it would have been to amazon. the accou