Federal investigation now setting sights on a powerful democratic lobbiest. Who he is and why. What happened to those four american soldiers killed in an ambush in niger. Were expecting a News Conference from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general Joseph Dunford from the pentagon. Any moment well take you there live. Look at markets. Nicole on floor of new york stock exchange. Well it is almost like we need a little bit of a breather, right, nicole . What are traders saying. They think it is quite okay we have a little bit of a breather. They are impressed we tested thresholds and moved higher. Scott ressler on us last hour said exactly that we pull back hold levels on bottom, only moving higher to the up side. You saw every sector to the downside, energy, materials, telecom, utilities, those dividendpaying stocks those did okay. Were trying to hold on to the green. Everything finished to the downside. The dow down 53 points after the 70th record close on friday under, since el
It runs 45 minutes. Today is the anniversary of the 1983 beirut bombing. After speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decided to address you because theres been a lot of speculation about the operation in niger. Theres a perception that the department of defense has not been forthcoming. I thought it would be helpful for me to personally clarify to and whatwe know today, we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Retary mattis will be here would be here, but as many of you know, he is in asia. Up locals are building forces to defeat extremism in west africa. Times,ave seen many groups like isis and al qaeda pose a threat to the United States, the American People, and our allies. They are a global threat able by the flow of foreign fighters, resources, and their narrative. They seek to operate were they can exploit weaknesses in local government and Security Forces. If you think of those enablers as connective tissue between ups across the globe, is our strategy is to cut t
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Five weeks later the power is still out in most of puerto rico, and now lightbulbs are going off in the heads of members of congress. Theyre calling for an investigation of the deal that awarded a big contract to a tiny company to get the power back on. The company happens to be headquartered in the hometown of a member of the trump cabinet. Julianna goldman is looking into this. Reporter its been more than aman since Hurricane Maria ravaged puerto rico, leaving its power grid in shambles. Today 75 of the island is still without power and lawmakers in both parties are asking why a Small Montana company was granted a 300 million nobid contract to help rebuild transmission and distribution lines. My biggest concern is we dont have enough information as to the process that went through that. Reporter republican congressman rob bishop chairs the House Committee that oversees puerto rico. The Government Power Company known
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Result. The critical shortage of Truck Drivers in the u. S. How it could lea o product shortages, delivery delays and higher prices. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We have great unity. If you look at what happened at the meeting. It was almost a love fest. Maybe it was a love fest. President trump downplayed gop infighting. Do i wish these differences wouldnt be happening out in the public . Yeah, i think people should settle the differences personally. President trump weighed in to revelations about the Clinton Campaign and the now infamous dossi dossier. Dont forget, Hillary Clinton totally denied this. Total phony. Its disgraceful. Police in florida are on the hunt for a possible serial killer. Go hunt him down and bring his head to me. Weve had a change the great fats domino has died. I wouldnt say i started rock and roll, fats domino said, but i dont remember anyone before me playing that stuff. On Blueberry Hill new security meas