The only ones who should be doing so. China should start an investigation into the bidens. Also on the programme. The high court in belfast rules that a near total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland breaches the uks human rights legislation. The us is imposing 7 billion of new tarrifs on eu goods, as part retribution for the illegal subsidies paid to airbus. Scotch whisky will be one of the hardest hit. And Jason Donovan, dressed only in his pants, rushes to put out a housefire in london thats when Good Neighbours become good friends. Hello, im Michelle Fleury, Christian Fraser is in london. As with most nights recently, theres two big stories on both sides of the atlantic. More on brexit in a moment, but First Washington and the impeachment inquiry. It is just 10 days old yet new developments keep coming thick and fast. Today, Congress Hears from its first impeachment witness. Kurt volker was the special us envoy to ukraine until he resigned last week. Hes not a household name, but i
More components reporting earnings today. Europe is mostly green and german wholesale inflation is at a six year high. And got some reassuring comments in the saudis yesterday. We begin with a big day for earnings. Verizon, black stone, travelers all reporting this morning. Bill oreilly is officially out at fox. So what does the network do now without its biggest star and are even more big changes ahead . Bizarre letter and a soccer ball seems to be behind kleinfelds ouster from arconic. And amex is going to do its part, rising in the market and helped by an increase in card member spending. On the flip side, verizon and travelers each posting earnings misses and i think fast called it the ding in the dow. Goldman, ibm. Today might be verizon. Verizon is clearly a disappointment. Travelers i would tell you you have to see through the catastrophe. I like the number. I know thats not necessarily todays business, but travelers had a good combined ratio. Very good underwriting so keep that
Smart phones to google, and selling motorola to lenovo, a huge haircut, but google is holding onto the valuable patents and it looks like stuart was right. Tv ratings for president obamas state of the younion at the lowt since bill clintons. Stay tuned, Varney Company is about to begin. The economy grew just over 3 at an annual rate of the last three months of the last year and thats in line with wall street estimates except consumer spending, that was as strong as its been in three years and say it again, the economy is growing even after or maybe because of Government Spending is in a freefall. Two news items out of washington for you this morning. First, president obama pushes for the two largest trade deals in u. S. History while a major roadblock, those obstructionists following president obamas state of the Union Address, this comes from Senate Majority leader harry reid saying he will not bring legislation to the floor that will give the president greater trading power. And reme
A man loses his home to foreclosure and gets a mortgage settlement offer but its not enough to even cover his first months rent. Keith ward from michigan will join us later this hour. And tigers fans, they are no fans of kung fu panda. Gets things going with a bang. It was actually more like bang, ba bang, bang. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Happy thursday. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining us. President obama is about to take the stage in tampa. And hell have some big news to celebrate with his supporters. Just over an hour ago, republican with vast crossover aappeal announced his endorsement for obama. Listen to this from former secretary of state colin powell. I voted for him in 2008 and plan to stick with him in 2012 and ill be voting for he and Vice President joe biden next month. Thats an endorsement for president obama for reelection . Yes. Jessica yellin, many say colin powell is a rino, republican in name only. Will this endorsement matter . Reporter
School, all the way up to high school, where he did drop out in 11th grade. He did receive his ged just before applying to college. I was reading a few online reports just before we went live here, mike. And there was a local station that did reach out to a former girlfriend who dated him in eighth grade and then again in high school. She said he was very christian, very kind. She ran into him about a year ago. He did not seem the same. In that same area where he allegedly attacked a 22yearold. This attack against a 22yearold jogger that happened back in may, which is linked to the Jessica Ridgeway case. She was 22. She was able to get away. She was attacked. Jessica, unfortunately, just a little girl. Wasnt so lucky in this particular case. And not only was she abducted and murdered and dismembered, but dumped like a piece of trash in the middle of the woods. As you know, she went miss iing october 5th, found five days later. Just terrible. It is. And when we look at the incident in m