Now President Trump is calling for a reversal. Mola lenghi reports from washington. Reporter President Trump is reversing the pentagons policy regarding transgender people in the military. In a series of tweets this morning, the president said, the government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. He cited, quote, the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Ash carter lifted it last year saying it was the right thing to do. Americans who can serve should be afforded the opportunity to do so. Reporter since october transgender people have gotten medical care but recently there was a delay on allowing people to enlist. The president s statement contravenes the doctrines of the military. Well review it. Reporter the pentagon referred questions to the white house. The pentagon wont release numbers but there are between 2500 and 7,000 Transgender Service members in the active duty milita
Watching florida. A new poll from Bloomberg Politics finds donald trump ahead there by two points but it looks like Hillary Clinton has an even bigger lead on him nationally. The latest Associated Press gfk poll shows she has a staggering 14 point lead among likely voters nationwide. Trumps son, eric is hard at work on the campaign trail despite being behind. Today hell be in colorado. A us representative has about voting for trump. Jason chaffetz had vowed not to vote for the republican nominee after that access hollywood recording with lewd comments about women. But chaffetz tweeted last night that he will vote for trump but he will not defend his actions or officially endorse him. As for trumps son eric has a couple of events in Colorado Springs today. Hell tour the Mount Carmel Center of excellence, and then hold a veterans rountable. Afterwards he has two rallies the county trump headquarters at 2pm and then the second at Colorado Christian University at six. Donald trump will be
An aerial view in frostproof. It happened at 6 00 this morning. As jorge pulled out of his neighborhood onto highway 27, they were hit by a chevy silverado. Investigators believe he never saw it coming. His parents always worried about it. They told him to watch going out there. It is horrible trying to get out. It just really is. It is just heartbreaking. Reporter the teens attended frost proof high school. Jorge was getting ready we are told he had just started working to buy his cap and gown. Now instead of a celebration, the family must grieve. We think of them every day. Reporter and the community whose lives they touched. I watched them grow up. Both of them. They were good kids. Very good kids. Reporter you can see a cross has been placed here at are expected to be okay. Melissa, lake immediate and frostproof. They have a Football Game tonight. I guess they have planning something a little special for melanie and jorge. Reporter both teams will come together and the field and ho
Of fog between the two spots so look out for that. We have temperatures 67 degrees in tampa, 63 in brandon, mid 60s in polk county. Upper 50s, i like that in citrus and hernando. Guess what . Doesnt matter where you are right now. Youre going right back up to the mid 80s for high temperatures with lots of sunshine in general. Vanessa . Vanessa check of the roadways here at 6 01. We start off with a live look on the interstate system. Boulevard exit. Pretty quiet but it is starting to pick up through the area. No crashes to report, no major slowdowns on the interstates. Meantime, this one is carrying over from our last hour. An accident reported in pasco county, port richey area. U. S. 19 at fox hollow drive. Watch out in the southbound direction. Outside lane is blocked but the good news is were not seeing any big slowdowns here. 3yearold son is found alone on an island. 38yearold William Morris of river view was reported missing just before 6 00 yesterday. It has been 12 hours and the
Words. Using a smart phone at night could make you go temporarily blind according to reports. The latest on this scary warning. It really oh a big day after a weak performance for ipos. Brits head to the polls in asia overnight. We see markets mixed with the nikkei average up over 1 . In europe we have a rally underway, stocks are higher as investors are cautiously optimistic, the s p up 1. 5 , us investors following suit, futures point to a strong open. The tao and the nasdaq and the s p up 1 , down industrials up 165 points. Joining me to break it all down, dagan mcdowell. Wall street journal assistant Editorial Page Editor, mike murphy, good to see you guys. Thank you for joining us. Polls are open in the uk, millions of voters set to cast ballots in the historic e. U. Referendum to determine whether britain will remain in the European Union. Lets get to Ashley Webster on the ground in london with the latest. Ashley good morning. The day has finally arrived, the polls have been open