Theyre both standing by, but first lets take a closer look at what is in the memo with abcs david wright who is near maralago in florida. David, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan and paula faris. The release of this secret memo has caused a political firestorm and while it may not include the bombshell promised by house republicans, the memo and the politics surrounding its release could have some major fallout for the russia investigation. I think its a disgrace, whats going on in this country. I think its a disgrace. A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. Reporter President Trump has made it Crystal Clear what he thinks of the memo. This now is the biggest abuse of power Corruption Case in american history. Reporter the democrats say its the president and his allies who are playing politics. The goal was simply to get a misleading piece of information before the public, help support the president , help discredit the Mueller Investigat
Reporters now talking about the gunman who opened fire from the mandalay bay hotel. Did he seem suspicious . And super bowl countdown. Our birdseye view of how prot public and walking the field with homeland security. Plus, all the fun from the celeit oneal playing d. J. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get right to our top story. Its dominating the headlines this morning. The storm over a controversial memo from republicans in congress which accuses officials in the fbi and in the department of justice of abusing their power. That is in the russia investigation. Now, this is a layered story. We are going to unpack it for you through the morning. Overnight the president who agreed to declassify that memo, he arrived in florida at maralago. He is facing uproar from democrats who say the memo omits facts and may ultimately be used as motivation for trump to fire the Justice Department official thats overseeing the russia investigation. Our political analysts and Law Enforcement analyst
And messages of empowerment mixed with political statements. With it, 24 karat magic with wih major sweep, including album of the year. Those are some of our top stories this monday january 29th. Announcer from abc news this this is world news now. 24 karat magic in the air he had a lot of magic, id say. And then some. A lot of grammys to take home, too. He said it was an unbelievable night. He couldnt believe it. Neither could jayz who went home empty handed. Well break down all of that later. Now well begin with President Trump. Hes preparing to lay out his agenda in his first state of the Union Address. The president will zero in on several key issues including immigration and the white house is promising a speech that will unify and be forward looking. The russia investigation is looming along with recent reports to fire a special counsel. We have more. Reporter President Trump is facing a critical week. Mr. Speaker, the president of the united states. Reporter the president s firs
He says living and working in San Francisco does have a Significant Impact on his ability to survive. On the steps of city hall, Gerardo Gomez says there is more to daca than work and school. His parents brought him to palm dale, california when he was three. I am hoping to go to law school after this. Reporter he is also hiv positive. He tells me if he loses his job and cannot work, he will have to move. And if i move, i will not qualify for city based health insurance. Reporter gomez says he will never be able to afford 3,000 a month that it costs him. It is not too late for congress to act humanely. Reporter added there is no question that d. R. E. A. M. Ers are taking jobs from american citizen. You are talking about 250 people in apple tim cook has said. You are telling me there arent american citizens who wouldnt take that job . I dont think so. A compromise could look like okay, President Trump you get your funding for your wall and you legalize these people and thats it. Report
Thank you for being here with a special thanks to the audience in the cspan world for joining us this even if is recorded by cspan thanks to the team to be here and joining us. I am the director of the Caribbean Center we are located at Florida International university here in miami and we have another campus where the center is located. The center that i direct is one of the institutes or programs of centers that the school of Public International affairs we are absolutely delighted to be hosting or coasting these events a thanks to the Chaplains School thanks for supporting this it is degraded to have on your campus. Also to the Cuban Research institute a little bit of why we are here last year the Brookings Institution specific and Foreign Policy team from the Latin American Initiative reach out to me to see if we were interested in cosponsoring a steady a steady on one of the of more dynamic sectors of the cuban economy in the context of 2014 of the relationship since then. So ted