Good morning and thank you for being here. I am deputy just Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. I am joined by the acting dea administrator, the acting ice director peter edge, assistant commissioner of the royal police and kenneth long coke, Michael Hearst from southern mississippi, u. S. Attorney christopher myers, u. S. Attorney Billy Williams and special agent in charge alex [inaudible] from st. Paul. We are pleased to announce two indictments that mark a major milestone in our battle to stop deadly fentanyl from entering the u. S. For the first time, we have indicted Major Chinese fentanyl traffickers who have been using the internet to transport fentanyl and fentanyl analogs to drug traffickers and individual customers in the United States. These cases reflect a new and disturbing trend. It is part of the Opioid Crisis we face here. More and more of our citizens are being killed i fentanyl. These are synthetic opioids that are much stronger and much more dangerous than heroin
[applaus [applause]. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. Jay, thanks for the nice introduction and ed macer, thanks for the kindness youve shown to me and my family. This is my First City Club without paul green and i miss him, we all do, a fantastic person and great resource and all the had a little jab for every speaker with the tough question, i looked forward to it and im sure you will in his tradition make sure i face the music, too. And donna is one of my faves. And i remember saying would you go to a cubs game with me because she wears cubs earring and we went to opening day, you never know what to expect. Well, it was a snowstorm and we ended up in the box and we were there with Billy Williams and she got her picture taken and i was sitting there watching the game and look around, darned if she wasnt weighting on everybo everybody waiting on everybody in the box. You dont have to do that, youre a guest. And as i told the people at the table, with your permission, she
Theaters, tom. How are the fans in the bay area reacting . Reporter well, they are saddened as you might imagine but not shocked because all of these folks knew about the massive heart attack that she had on that plane from london to l. A. Just last week. Carrie fisher has been at Ucla Medical Center since she had the heart attack. A medic on the plane tried to revive her but said fisher was unresponsive for 15 minutes. The iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the star wars series died this morning about 8 55. She had been on a ventilator at the hospital with her daughter and her mother, actor debby reynolds, by her side. I was breaking the news here in Pleasant Hill. I had to tell fans that she had passed away. Oh, my gosh. I was hoping i heard she was in stable condition. I was hoping she would recover. Thats sad. Yeah. Thats incredibly sad. I hope that that her family can find some comfort in i am sure there are a lot of people that will support them. She was supposed to be
Lea japans nikkei index down three tenths of 1 and chinas shanghai composite ended higher by six tenths of an . Lauren United Airlines removing a passenger from their seat. We will have the latest on the story. Lea after the investor pushing all those due turnaround efforts are put to grocery up for sale. Chicago cubs hoist the world series championship flag at Wrigley Field and miami heat rallied to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers and keep their playoff hopes alive. Lea 5 01 a. M. In new york city. Welcome to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Lauren thanks for joining us. Good morning. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson scheduled to arrive in moscow after attending the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in italy. His visit to russia comes at the white house issues more warnings against syrian government. Not just here, but the world saw last week and a president is going to ask decisively and proportionally in the justification when it comes to actions like that. I wi
Yeah neck and neck. Our new poll Shows Hillary clinton fighting for the win with donald trump. They fight for every last vote. Ready. Were down. Were down. Were going to pretend were down, were down, pretend, right . Imagine, it is donald trump standing in front of the capitol. The trump family out in full force. Melania set to make her first speech and hillarys top guns crisscross the country with just five days to go. . . Baby girl . And the biggest night in countr the cma awards by storm. . Rocking the stage with the dixie chicks. . My daddy said . . Ill always love you. A starstudded tribute to dolly parton as she takes home the Lifetime Achievement award. Thank you so much good morning, america. How about this guy . Because we havent gone to . Good morning, america. I was going back between the cmas and the game, but i have to tell you it was a moment. 108 years in the making. Ten years, ten innings until almost 1 00 in the morning. Total, total team effort. I did the same thing a