Press conference to defend commuting the sentence of whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Now wikileaks founder Julian Assange is under pressure. Will he make good on his pledge to face possible espionage charges in return for mannings release . Plus, the dates developments at the World Economic forum. Reporter here in davos, nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz rules trumps economic policies are bound to fail. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Outgoing u. S. President barack obama has given his last press conference, telling the media America Needs you, democracy needs you. That is after his successor, donald trump, floated the idea of booting the press corps out of the white house. Obama urged journalists to empower americans with accurate, rigorous reporting. President oba i spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. It goes without saying that essential to that is a free press. That is part of how this place, this country,
Will he make good on his pledge to face possible espionage charges in return for mannings release . Plus, the dates developments at the World Economic forum. Reporter here in davos, nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz rules trumps economic policies are bound to fail. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Outgoing u. S. President barack obama has given his last press conference, telling the media America Needs you, democracy needs you. That is after his successor, donald trump, floated the idea of booting the press corps out of the white house. Obama urged journalists to empower americans with accurate, rigorous reporting. President obama i spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. It goes without saying that essential to that is a free press. That is part of how this place, this country, this grand experiment of selfgovernment has to work. It doesnt work if we dont have a wellinformed citizenry. And you are the conduit thro
The shift in momentum and how the dust has settled. Staying put for another years with the traffic cams here and we wanted to know, are they really making a difference here and making your family safe on the road . A toddler got in so much trouble that the mother called the police. I would like to during the Witching Hour you know and call the police. Well, i am not sure where that one is going here. Stick around for it. All of those stories here. Lets head to over and check out the forecast. Well the showers came yesterday in the afternoon and like the same today. 30 to 40 chance of storms today. Theres no storms on the radar right now, except when we back up and zoom out and show you the way the showers bloom here right along the sea breeze front and then drained themselves out over the middle of the peninsula. 79 over the tampa area now and 81 in clear water. Winds from by later today, we watch the showers start to pop. They start mostly inland here around 2 00 p. M. And then well s
Build are beyond those that most people remember and understand or even ask about. His name is now being honored five years later. At a post office. 07 41 12;16 its a phenomenal story of sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice and the more we learned about him the more we determined that we wanted to do something to honor his memory and the memory of all of our Fallen Heroes but in order to rename a post office, legislation had to make its way through washington and get the signa made it happen and the president signed it and were absolutely humbled and honored to be here in sergeant paskers memory. A plaque with terryl paskers name will hang in the post office, its a wonderful honor, we have employees that served with sergeant pasker. We really are a big advocate of veterans the post office employs about 1 of every 4 is a veteran so it means a lot a permanent reminder of those this country. In cedar rapids, Samantha Myers kcrg tv9 news. Working outside was likely a popular activity for peop
First, a live look outside. Showers are slated to head our way today. Lets get over to rob eicher with a check on the forecast. With so many activities, it is going to be hit or miss with the showers. Reporter i would not cancel your plans, though. The showers are going to be spotty. Most will be pretty light. Could be a few rumbles of thunder later on this afternoon. Right now, not picking up on any lightning. That is not a repeat of last sunday morning. These showers moving to the northeast. Heading to the north shore. They are trip. By the time they get to the coastline, hit or his sprinkles, light rain. That is really about it. Meanwhile, boston, it is dry. Through boston and the south shore. Cape, dry and some sunshine. 74 in boston. Dew point is 67. That is the type of humidity you would expect in late september in florida. Awfully muggy by new england standards in september. A little on the muggy side today. Temperaturewise, upper 70s. Low 80s. Hit or miss showers. May be a rumb