Figure to leave the white house. Steve bannon appeared untouchable who shared a virtual minds meld on pop latests. Today the release from the white house. White house chief of staff john kelly and steve bannon mutually agreed today will be steves last day. The writing had been on the wall for weeks. President trump is said to have grown frustrated about the reputation bannon had as being the real power in the white house that pulled the president s strings. But while president obama had growing reservations about bannon it was john kellys arrival as chief of staff who accelerated the timeline. Bannons departure was supposed to be announced earlier this week, but was pushed because of the aftermath of charlottesville. At the press conference this week it was clear something was up. I like mr. Bannon. Hes a friend of mine. I went through 17 senators, governors, and i won all the primaries. Hes a good person. He gets an unfair press in that regard. Reporter the next day bannon gave a stun
Detective benjamin marconi, shot in the head and killed while writing a traffic ticket. Make no mistake about it, this is pure evil when you execute an individual in cold blood. It turned out to be a bloody sunday for officers in multiple city. In st. Louis an officer was shot twice in the head but expected to survive. Also in missouri, another officer shot near kansas city and yet another in florida. What were seeing unfortunately is t Officers Memorial Fund sees a pattern and is concerned about copycat behaviors by criminals. Some of them are deranged. Some of them are sovereign types. Now toward police and toward government. Im afraid that Law Enforcement is bearing the front. The narrative needs to change at the federal law and state and local level as well. As officers lives continue to be at risk, then the public will be at risk as well. Thanks for the update. More breaking news at this hour, sources are telling us at our sister station in san custody accused of shooting and kill
Im stacy sc schaible. Marry mcguire shows us how driving too slow will cost you. Were in the height of tourism season in florida and the florida highway is caution gs drivers that they could be fined if they dont obey the minimum speed limits. Florida is a destination state for many moving to the state, we have a lot of people coming here for tourist, people coming here to vacation from across the entire globe actually. So theres a lot of people that bring their driving behaviors here. Sergeant says the state is expected to see close to 100 million visitors in this year alone. Meaning lots of unfamiliar drivers on tampa bay if youre caught driving slow, you could be fined more than 150. Im mary mcguire, news channel 8. The reason so many drivers come to florida is because of the weather. Lets check with meteorologist julie phillips. Its a great time in the tampa bay area. Looking from clearwater beach, you can see clouds hanging around this location. Darker clouds there. Were tracking
Rolling sound. Quiet. From new york, the tonight show starring Johnny Carson. And now, heres the fabulous har Harry Belafonte. Here he comes. Strong gets more while the weak ones fade i found out about that week from Harry Belafonte. I went over to his home. And all of a sudden, effortlessly, he started talking about this week of television and the tonight show. Im thinking, wait a minute, Harry Belafonte hosted a week of the tonight show . What . What . How did i not know this . That was probably the most revolutionary move that Mainstream Television could have done, at the time. I write about tv. I write about politics. I should have known about it. Why dois this history lost to u . Harry belafonte takes an existing, White Institution in american culture, and he turns it into something that represents his world. That it should be multicultural. That it should be politically engaged. What Harry Belafonte did, he combined politics and entertainment. Like, a forerunner to the daily show
Times today. We expect to hear from Mitch Mcconnell in his first floor appearance since the election. Meanwhile, president elect joe biden is moving forward with his Transition Team starting with naming his Coronavirus Task force. It comes as the u. S. Has recorded over 100,000 cases for five Straight Days topping 10 million total cases in the nation. One of those new cases is hud secretary dr. Ben carson who is at the white house for the Election Night party in the east room as was chief of staff mark meadows and five other aides who have all tested positive since friday. But we want to begin with the breaking news out of the pentagon with andy kim of new jersey. He serves on the Armed Services committee in the select Sub Committee on the coronavirus. Congressman, great to have you with us. First, let me get your reaction to the president , quote, terminating secretary esper so awru abruptly in the final two months of his presidency. Thank you for having me. We are 72 days out from th