Portable t. V. Were glad that you are there this morning in a dramatic escalation at apparent breach of diplomatic protocols the u. S. Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the Cards Department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967 sanctions in place 7967 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost astonishing list. That includes not just countries but even individuals People Stores Small Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of
As we heat up this afternoon, well see scattered showers and thunderstorms redevelop by the afternoon and into the evening. So temperatures will be a little bit lower today in the upper 80s. Still warm and sticky through the afternoon. Well talk about more thunderstorms for tomorrow. Larry, over to you. Thanks, allyson. Everything still running on schedule. Buses and trains, good news there. Its 395, the northbound side that we have some trouble. For those of you going through that area, want to let you know two thru lanes on the northbound side of i395 are closed as a result of an accident. One of our web producers is actually making her way up this area. She took a picture for us that she posted on twitter to show us the situation there. So you can see not only emergency crews, tow trucks but the situation. Were seeing delays all the way from shirlington circle. Heres a live look from our camera now. You can see all lanes pretty much crawling for the most part. You can account for th
I also want to address my concerns about the administrations 3 billion pledge to the Green Climate fund. The American Public does not support paying their hardearned taxpayer dollars into a slush fund that spends billions of International Climate change programs in developing nations to address the impacts of extreme weather. The need for spending our natural disasters is down historically while other International Priorities have increased. According to the 2014 annual Global Climate and catastrophe report released, Global Natural disasters in 2014 combined to cause economic losses of 132 billion. 37 below the tenyear average of 211 billion. With immediate global priorities such as the upheaval in the middle east and syria and iraq to a resurgent russia in Eastern Europe and abroad we should be focusing our resources on countering global terrorist threats with humanitarian assistance, democracy promotion and Embassy Security measures. The only reason i can see the administration wants
My hope is that even if they dont take it from you, that they will, in fact, see the direction that you gave as having value in they will in fact see the direction is some derivative product. Thank you, mr. Chairman. We never message on the lady for the district of columbia. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I must say i welcome this hearing on innovation and the Postal Service and i particularly welcome private businesses who worked with the Postal Service. I have often wondered about the potential identity to keep the Postal Service in. And came to the federal government. Whereas the essence of being a private business doesnt give you anything cu can go out and fill foyers of or rise as the case may be. Most of the downsizing of the Postal Service had been done by cats. I much prefer us the chairman indicated the innovation to be the rule to the feature the Postal Service. Every time i see on television and innovative tool that the tow Postal Services using i say wow because i had b
told and the storms ahead. Money to treat them held up in washington. This is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders and all held dear. An american couple photographed wearing and alleging kgb uniform. Now, both are charged with Identity Theft. The allegation and the denial , building a new Political Party. President trumps inner circle continues to meet with the j6 committee. What happens to your digital life when you die. Live from cnbc. The facts, the truth, the news. The economy is on the verge of a recession or a recession has already started. The white house says, no. The fed doesnt think so either but new data may suggest otherwise. We learned today that the economy shrank. The gdp fell. 9 . Nationwide spending is slow. Investments have dropped and inventories have dwindled as Companies Struggle to keep the shelves stocked. Six straight months of negative growth. Two quarters, longheld rule of thumb but many economists say it is not that simple and that