Its tuesday, january 7th, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter irans revolutionary guard threatened to set ablaze places supported by america. Mile east. R new threats from r [ chants ] reporter dozens are dead following a stampede that erupted during the funeral procession for iranian general Qassem Soleimani. The mass chaos, and the Trump Administration hasnt a clue about what it is doing. Reporter john bolton is prepared to testify if subpoenaed by the senate in its impeachment trial of President Trump. This i think is going to be very hard for republicans to say no to. Reporter another earthquake hit off the coast of puerto rico. Came less than 24 hours after a 5. 8magnitude quake damaged homes. Harvey weinstein is facing new charges of rape in california. Reporter this comes shortly after weinstein went to trial in new york on similar charges. We hear you, and we believe you. Reporter President Trump is of more than 100 american volunteers are already
Appeal found he did not get a fair trial, saying thejudge made a mistake by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the charges he faced. The accusations against him began in 2017. They sparked the movement known as metoo that exposed sexual abuse of the highest levels of hollywood and beyond. The 72 year old will remain in prison, serving a 16 sentence for great rape and a separate case in la, its not directly affected by this ruling. Emma vardy has more from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein one of the most powerful men in hollywood was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women Around The World what became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward, accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Meto
Bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. We are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u. S. Over it. We are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about that. Think about being in the dark. What if you have medicine that is to be refrigerated . Your diabetes patient getting access to clean water in puerto rico. It is crazy. But we have is a country that was so badly affected by an exodus over the years, they need to repay the debt t
What a year it is in between the bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. For six months. And we are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u. S. Over it. We are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia i mean the pictures hit you in the stomach and you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about being out of power for six months. Think about being in the dark. What if you have medicine that is to be refrigerated . Your diabetes patient getting access to clean water in puerto
Coming the new bellwethers it could be argued that ge has not been a bellwether for a very long time. Meantime tesla shares also under pressure today over under certainty around whether the electric vehicle maker will be opening a new factory in china were going to separate fact from fiction on this one. And after the bell, soon youll be able to order takeout directly from the amazon app the head of amazon payments will be joining us exculusively to talk about the ecommerce giants latest announcement. Everybodys getting into the Payment System business right now apple pay, amazon pay. International, too. Alibaba pay, ali pay. Absolutely. Lets get to the top story out of washington. That would be tax reform and a major change being floated by republican lawmakers that could have a huge impact on your Retirement Savings cnbcs ylan mui is in washington with that story. Ylan reporter bill, a capitol hill source told me they were looking at lowering the limit on how much you can contribute