Autonomy. A moment is of good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump is dismissing allegations that russia paid bounties to taliban linked fighters to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan and claims that his administration failed to act on the intelligence its not clear how many u. S. Casualties in afghanistan are under suspicion but the white house is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers of both parties to provide answers. 3 American Marines killed by a car bomb in afghanistan planted by the taliban the radical Islamist Group allegedly received a bounty for the i. P. O. 2019 attack thats according to a report by the New York Times which details a Money Transfer from russian. Intelligence services to a bank account linked to the taliban the American Secret Services have reportedly known about the transfer for months the allegations have set the white house on the defensive did President Trump know about the alleged russian bounty as the New York Times article suggests.
Impeachment trial. So what does this mean for the president . And the support within his own party . All that plus, stunning death, rising 34yearold star at espn who died of pneumonia after covering the ohio state michigan game ready, set, return the postholiday rush to exchange those Unwanted Gifts starts this morning. What you need to know before heading to the stores or the post office. And christmas surprise fans happy to see alex trebek making a public appearance amidst his ongoing battle with cancer today, thursday, december 26th, 2019. 2019 with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this thursday morning thank you for joining us Kristen Welker in for savannah how was your Christmas Christmas was fantastic spent some time with my parents and my husband how about you . My kids are at an age now that i can see christmas through their eyes it was magical special morning. I bet it was. Speaking of christmas, lets start there.
the most scary thing in my life, but thank you, god, that we are here. we couldn t see anything. it just went white. everything went white. explosions were happening. it was terrifying. for biden this is a political gift. it turns out apparently he is not alone in perhaps inadvertently taking classified documents. i don t know how this happened. we need to get to the bottom of it. this is an example of our leaders not following the rules they write themselves. they are preparing to announce their commitment of a significant number of tanks to ukraine. they have every right to defend their territory and armored tanks can be helpful. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. > . it is wednesday, january 25th. 9 a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast where we are following a dangerous storm system barrelling across the east coast. tornado for mississippi, alabama and florida. 40 million people under wi
Kind of a mix. Spain and france both slightly in the red the ten year note yield holding firm around the 2. 2 or so percent. You can see at the bottom of our screen weve gotten that news. Equifaxs stock had been halted. Rick smith announcing he will retire as the companys ceo. Want to get more details on when that retirement is coming, whether its immediate or not. Of course, hes been undergrea pressure given the huge breech there for some 143 million or so potential accounts that were compromised. Some might wonder what took so long. Yes. Already two Technology Executives left the company the week before last the stock has been in pretty much free fall today its been characterized as retirements as well its a couple of weeks ago saying he certainly shoulding fir should be fired. He has been dismissed. Take a look at the press release. Im not clear as to whether effective today okay. Thank you. Mark felder, current board member mark felder is now chairman and there is an interim ceo. T