So we are learning shocking new details about last weeks deadly insurrection at the United States capitol. The Capitol Police had actually issued an internal warning about potential unrest against congress on january 6th. Yet neither the fbi nor the department of Homeland Security provided any threat assessment leading up to that mob attack. In the aftermath of the violence that killed five people, the capitol has become a fortress ahead of joe bidens inauguration next wednesday. The pentagon has increased the number of National Guard troops to 25,000 to protect the capitol during the ceremony. The phfbi is warning that armed groups loyal to the president are aimed to disrupt the inauguration. The threat by domestic extremists also extends to all 58 capitols, many of which have taken Extraordinary Security precautions. I want to get more on all of this from cnns Alex Marquart in washington. The american capitol, now a fortress, unprecedented as washington and the country brace for more
Have a great day. Power lunch starts now. Halftime is over. Second half of trading day begins now. Thanks. Our top three stories have a common theme and it is fear. First up the fear of flying after boeing runs into even more trouble with the dreamliner. Then there is fear of the flu. It is spreading coasttocoast like well, like the flu. But since were cnbc, we have found ways to profit. The fear of earning season. Alcoa kicks it all off later today right after the bell. Meantime lets get things started with sue at the nyse. Breaking news, theres another problem with boeing 787. Phil lebeau live in chicago. Reporter take you to boston. At the airport reports of responding to a fuel leak of a Japan Airlines flight that was scheduled to take off from boston to tokyo. As we take a look at shares of boeing, lets point out we have not confirmed this is a 787 dreamliner but thats the type of aircraft flying between boston and tokyo for Japan Airlines. Again, this would be a fuel leak with an
Sending troops into ukrainian territory. And syria speeds up its efforts to rid itself of chemical weapons. Are english and scotts dancing to the same tune . Plus crisis talks on pompeii as rains destroy walls that withstood a volcanic rep shun almost 2,000 years ago. And the diplomatic war of words instancefies around ukraine, inside there has been a confrontation between ukrainian soldiers and prorussian soldiers. Warning shots were fired at an air base in crimea. We have the report from the base. And i believe we can actually cross to hoda who is there right now. Hoda what more can you tell us about this tense standoff that happened at bell bank . Well its more that tensions are very high here and everybody is quite jittery. From what we understand is ukrainian soldiers walked out of the base just behind me, towarding the airstrip about 200 meters to my right, and thats where they were facetoface with russian socialeds. The russian soldiers seemed to be jittery as well. So one of th
We report from a town at the center of antigovernment protests in venzuela reporter the National Guard has been called out to keep control in many neighborhoods but many hearsay they just show up when its too late, once the damage has been done. Russian president , Vladimir Putin says his country reserves the right to the protect citizens in ukraine. He told journists in moscow that the former ukrainian president was ousted from pour in an unconstitutional coup. He said troops had been invited in and were not russian soldiers but self defense forces. Those same forces have been involved in this tense standoff with ukrainian troops at an air base in crimea. Warning shots were fired as the careeni ukrainians asked for access to their planes. Standing by for us live in crimea. Lawrence, pretty tenselooking standoff there. Tell us more about it reporter well, yes, it was. In many ways, it was the exact opposite of what people have feared might happen overnight because these reports of the
Part i agree with the criticism for not paying much attention to the Legal Profession and for not paying much attention to the professional needs of their, of the students, the future graduates. On the other hand u, the Legal Academy, i think, can also be faulted for not being sufficiently critical of the Legal Profession. So we cant respond to the first problem of inattention by simply servicing the needs of the Legal Profession. There should be a distance between the Legal Profession can and its needs and the Legal Academy and its goals and its isles. Host and this is booktv on cspan2, and weve been talking with georgetown law professor robin west. Teaching law justice, politics and the demands of professionalism is her book. Is there a Nonfiction Author or book youd like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email at booktv cspan. Org or tweet us at twitter. Com booktv. Political strategists mary matalin and James Carville talk about their lives since the 1992 president ial electio