Oscar tensions mounting. The favorites. The underdogs. The nominee who is a no show. And how political will the acceptance speeches be . Announcer this is abc world news tonight. Reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of world news tonight. Im tom llamas. Reporting from the Academy Awards. A short time from now the worldwide celebration of the movies the oscars will take place. This is a look at the red carpet right behind me. Well have much more on that in a moment. But we begin tonight with the father of a fallen navy s. E. A. L. , revealing to the miami herald that he refused to meet with President Trump. William ryan owens was killed in a secret mission in yemen last month. The president , his daughter ivanka, flying to Dover Air Force base for the dignified transfer of his remains. But his father has too many questions about his sons death to meet with the commander in chief and hes calling for an investigation into how and
Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out today. Her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. It said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. Heres our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. The cornerstone of british policing the bobby on the beat. But are these Vital Community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities . Thats one of the warnings in a stark report from her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary. After five years of budget cuts, some forces arent making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. Its raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. Some have been downgrading 999 calls if theyre short on officers. That means they dont have to respond as quickly. The hmic also says Domestic Violence calls to some forces have been d
Its unbelievable. Stocks soaring after the president s address to Congress Last night. Well go over what he said that has investors so excited today. Up 350 points. 12,000 f 21,000 for the first time ever. We passed 20,000 35 days ago. It was january 25th. Seems like calendar days . I guess. I dont know. Its been so fast. Its very fast. The quickest one ever, was it 21 . It was back in the 90s. We have dow components like apple, home depot, 3m and visa trading at record levels. Financials leading the rally. Goldman, jpmorgan and wells fargo hitting alltime highs. 3 trillion of wealth has been created in the stock market since the election. Well talk about whether there are still opportunities out there in this market. Thats a lot of dough. Not a bad day to price your ipo. Were expecting the parent company, snap, to come out after the bell today. Well bring it to you as soon as it happens. With the dow powering over 21,000 for the first time ever. Insights from bob pisani who has been w
And right now, its a win, they make friends with this artist. We decided to come clean at this event. Because it happened to them, they will be like, we totally snuck in. And then lets do it. They are like, we have two seats right next to us at the table. Persistence pays off. This video puts such a smile on my face. You really should enjoy the whole thing. Its hilarious. Its up on our website. Youre all caught up. Go to rightthisminute. Com or well see you on the next episode of right this minute. Money on. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex clear and cool. Mucinex clear and cool. Ah whats this sudden cooling thing happening . Its got a menthol burst. You can feel it right away. Wow, that sort of blindsided me. And it clears my terrible cold symptoms. Ahh this is awkward. New mucinex clear cool. Feel the menthol burst. While powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Mtha
How could that happen . And oprah for president . The media mogul is asked once again about possibly running for the white house. She said one time, she thought she was unqualified but not anymore. What shes saying ahead in the skinny. It is thursday, march 2nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Kind of think theyve already started a Political Action committee for oprah. Not yet. I think that a lot of people would say, they would welcome a president oprah winfrey. A lot of people would welcome it. I dont think shell need a Political Action committee or go fund me because she will be able to fund it herself. She has other things she wants to fund. Thats the thing. We will delve into the oprah 2020 prospects later on in the skinny but lets delve into the realities of the Trump Administration 2017. And the breaking news coming from attorney general Jeff Sessions to step down as we learn that he spoke twice with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. , all of this of course, th