Would reopen the government through february the eighth. Host why 1 00 in the morning . Guest because it is the senate. In the senate, under the the way the rules are set up, if there is a filibuster, and you have to move to limit debate, the earliest the vote can occur is one hour after the senate , two days after the majority leader has called for the vote. You were watching the senate floor at about 2 00 a. M. On saturday morning, that is when Mitch Mcconnell filed the motion to set up the vote, normally you would have a situation where it would be one hour after the senate comes in, a normal time. It would be at 9 00 or 10 00 in the morning. Because of this Government Shutdown situation they are trying to make sure they have the vote to before federal workers are supposed to report to work and that is 1 00 a. M. At the white house, the president was supposed to be in florida. He is here for the weekend. He is scheduled to leave for switzerland on wednesday. That trip is now very mu
Christian evangelist in history has died aged ninety nine the us preacher rose to fame in the one nine hundred forty s. Holding huge revival meetings across the country he served as a spiritual adviser to twelve u. S. President s and to travel to north korea on a Peace Mission in one thousand nine hundred ninety two. Gunmen have killed five Police Officers under an off duty soldier in an attack on a Police Station in South Africa Police said the gunman entered the building in the Early Morning and opened fire before stealing weapons on the vehicle the countrys Police Minister called it a national tragedy. In bahrain a court has sentenced human rights activists to not be able to another five years in jail rajab had criticized the saudis involvement in the yemeni civil war on twitter hes already serving a two year sentence for voicing criticize. Some of the bahraini government on television the war. Waiting to die the Syrian Government onslaught on a rebel held damascus suburb of eastern
Forward. Greek prosecutors vote yes, but on the streets the message is no. Cobbled together on a shoestring budget, we meet the man behind the First Solar Powered car in afghanistan we begin the newshour in yemen, and the port city of aden where some members of the countrys exiled country are returning. Rebel forces have been pushed out of the city and the government wants to reassert control. Reporter the sounds of cheering, fireworks and gunshots in aiden, as people followed the biggest defeat in houthi since the conflict. Members of Abdrabbu Mansour hadis cabinet are returning to the southern port city for the first time ans fighting forced them to leave. Translation we will announce within the coming few days that we have secured the entire city of aden, and we want to return home. The ministers returning, it will be part of a plan to return all Yemeni Government to the city, where theyll be based, working towards liberating the rest of the country. Abdrabbu mansour hadi and his go
Deidre markets closed up after a fiveday losing streak. Twitter, moving postmarket. Lori rothman, with me now, she has more from the new york stock exchange, lori . Twitter is headline, deirdre. Revenue grew 61 on solid ad sales. Get this 80 of those users are using twitter on their mobile devices. 6 rise in cost per ad engagement. That is great sign for twitter that their ad strategy is getting traction. You see twitter shares off the postsession highs. Positive reaction to Second Quarter numbers especially going back to the First Quarter, which was not only surprise since they came out at 3 00 during the trading day in the First Quarter but a disappointment too. Lets step back to look at broader market. Our session, finally stocks snapping a fivesession losing streak with the dow closing up 189 points to 17,630. Still negative for the year. Well hear from janet yellen and decision on rates and accompanying statement tomorrow. Nasdaq up 49 points. Lets break down the dow 30 for you. L
We will speak to professor Stephen Cohen, who writes for the nation, and kenneth roth, head of Human Rights Watch. Then donald trump nominates former Texas Governor rick perry to have the Energy Department, a department perry once opposed to abolish even though he could not remember the departments name. It is three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. Commerce, education and the what is the third one . You cant name the third one . The third agency of government, i would do away with commerce,ion, the and lets see i cant. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump has chosen former Texas Governor rick perry to be energy secretary. Governor perry famously attempted to propose to abolish the Energy Department, but then couldnt remember the agency during a live televised debate in 2011 when he was running for president. And i will tell you, it is three agencies of government when