Nadella and jeff weiner, a megadeal they announced this morning. 26. 2 billion. Microsoft looking to buy linkedin. Satya, congratulations first on this deal. I know you have some things probably you want to say about this deal off the top. But when you approached linkedin with this deal and why buy versus partner with this company if its going to be run as its own entity within microsoft . Thank you, jon. This deal is all about bringing together the worlds leading professional cloud and the worlds leading professional network. If you think about how people work today, its split between these two worlds. They are using office on a daily basis, they are using systems like dynamics for their crm and Human Capital management and then of course, they are using the professional network. The dream that i have always had is how do we make this come together so that we can serve our customers. This is really about completing that scenario and jeff and i have known each other for awhile. We have
Discussing that announcement yesterday and getting your reactions here on washington journal. Democrats can call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media come on twitter them on facebook social media, on twitter and facebook. Papers around the country leading with this story. From the New York Times this morning. Front page of the Washington Times. To the front page of the wall street journal this morning. Here is a bit more from fbi director james comey yesterday announcing why he decided not to recommend to bring charges. [video clip] there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors weigh a number of factors before deciding whether to bring charges. There are obvious considerations like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding the context of a persons actions and how
U. S. Ag suggesting that former president bill clinton walked, uninvited from his plane to her government plane on a tarmac at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport. Miss lynch said the meeting was social and did not touch on the email investigation. Numerous democrats upset about the bad opticses including senator chris can of dell swear. He said the delaware. He said she should have steered clear even after social meeting. Here is the response from the white house. I will leave it to attorney to describe the role she will play and process the department of justice will undertake as they conduct this investigation. The president s expectation is that this investigation will be handled like all the others. He believes this matter should be handled without regard to politics. Deirdre legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch not satisfied. It is asking the department of justice to investigate the meeting. Judicial watch president tom fitton is with me now. Tom, thanks for joining me.
From abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. And we begin with the horrifying news breaking overnight in florida. What appears to be the deadliest terror attack on american soil since 9 11. Around 2 00 a. M. , a gunman exchanged gun fire with police, took hostages at a nightclub in orlando. Three hours later, police s. W. A. T. Teams move in, kill the gunman. Find a scene of carnage. Police believe the gunman acted alone. He was organized and well prepared. Armed with an assault rifle. A handgun. At least one other suspicious device. They believe he traveled to orlando from outside the area. And he may have been motivated by radical ideology. Officials calling this an incident of domestic terror. Lauren list sir on the ground in orlando. Reporter good morning, george. This is where it all happened. Theres still a plins the side streets. Thaw that its cleared, we can see the sign for the nightclub, pulse. Just down a block and half. It was a fun night of d
In fact, this went on for three hours. It would be several hours before swat moved in, rescued hostages inside killing the shooter, who has been identified as 29 yearold omar mateen of fort pierce, florida. Fbi interviewed him twice before but never found reason to charge him or arrest him. He was working as a Security Guard guarding federal buildings and maybe even airports. How is that possible. We have coverage from all angles but we will start with Chris Oconnell who is live from orlando, chris . Mike, orlando that has the nickname, the city beautiful is a hurting city today. Fbi and Orlando Police still here at the crime scene, this is still an active crime scene outside the pulse nightclub here in orlando. Today, the community is gathering. They are coming together, case in point almost immediately after the shootings, several local hospitals, and emergency need for blood. Thousands flock to go orlando area Blood Donation sent tours give. Some lines wrapping around the block with