Embassy and consulates are ready to provide necessary and appropriate assistance. Looking on, the present was honored to announce that the digital mcmasters will be as National Security advisor. General mcmasters served his nation in the army for over three decades including during iraq in Operation Iraqi freedom and Operation Enduring freedom and desert storm. The president met with many distinguished and qualified candidates for the position and he has said he will continue to consider many of them are other positions within the administration. He is a special Police General catalog will stay on a stash is a Great Council chief the president is proud to welcome general mcmaster to the team. We have full authority to structure the office to his desires to best serve its ultimate mission which is to protect the American Interest at home and abroad. This morning secretary kelly and the department of Homeland Security release memos regarding the implementation of two of the president s e
Hey, gerri. Hey, neil. I took a look at the results. Start with home depot. They were out with a solid Fourth Quarter beat. Eps, earnings per share up a dime over expectations 1. 44 versus 1. 34. The housing recovery has legs here. Alltime high for the stock as youve been seeing on our network. Lets talk about walmart. Here is company struggling with amazon as a competitor but they come in with a handy eps beat. Their earnings per share up a penny over expectations at 1. 30. Revenue fell short of expectations i should say. Here is what they are doing. They are putting all their money in ecommerce. They invested in five, excuse me, three Ecommerce Companies over five months. A lot of money going into online sales. It looks like it is paying off with traction against amazon. Tough ask yourself, hey, what would happen if the republicans border tax went through . What would happen to the results we see from retailers . It is not such a great story. If youre a retailer, buying a 10dollar ts
George Washington University recently held a form on fighting online radicalization and extremism with tech experts and government officials. This portion included a keynote address. Introductions were made by the Extremism Program director. Want to extend a welcome to our guests from the International Diplomatic corporate officials of the no Space Government including representatives from the department of state, justice and Homeland Security and the federal bureau of investigation. Also officials from allied governments and guests from technology, internet, and media sectors. This conference was two years in the planning and i originally discussed the idea with our alumni, surely after she was appointed minister of internet safety and security for the United Kingdom and may 2015. Youll have the privilege of hearing from her in a few moments. The idea we discussed was convene a global conference to bring together governments with conversations with experts in the field about the chall
Will be labor secretary. She was previously labor secretary under president george w. Bush and the wife of Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Were keeping a close eye on secretary of state position, mr. Trump meeting with two contenders, longtime loyalist senator bob corker and former critic mitt romney. Rudy giuliani lobbying for the position and theres speculation trump may be considering general David Petraeus as well. Lots going on. New details on the somali born student who viciously attacked nearly a dozen people at Ohio State University with a butcher knife. He posted a chilling message on facebook before the attack. Were there warning signs . Were on it. Blake burman at trump tower for the latest whos in, whos out, lots of activity on this rainy day. Reporter a very wet day but important day here in front of trump tower this afternoon as lots of decisions are being made and announced on this day. Start with what were expecting first this afternoon. A trump transition aide
What are your beliefs about Islamic Jihad . Do you think its a simple peaceable conversion within your own heart and mind . Or do you believe jihad means its ok to go out and kill people who disagree with radical islam . Or your view of islam . If you cant talk about someones beliefs in islam, you cant get to whether or not theyve been radicalized. So we have some incredibly talented and intelligent f. B. I. And intelligence agents that are completely ignorant of what they need to know because this administration has made clear to them, you dont go there. If youve ever learned about jihad, muslim, islam, Muslim Brotherhood, hamas, hezbollah, al qaeda, caliphate, if youve ever been taught about those things, what to recognize in a radical islamist, then you better keep your mouth shut about them or youll lose your career, as one of the original Homeland Security employees, dedicated patriot, learned when he was pointing out terrorists. So, it makes it tough when youre in the f. B. I. In