I. Gilliam im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for joining us. The world is a mess. The country is a mess. Some of you are a mess i see here. Well you know what . Were trying to clean it up. We still dont have a speaker of the house, which Means Nothing can get done in this country. Even less nothing than the usual nothing that gets done in this country. Republicans took a break from fake impeaching joe biden to nominate Steve Scalise of louisiana to be their next speaker. Scalise beat out jim jordan in a closed door session, and now well spend a night in the fantasy suite with matt gaetz to see how it how they hit it off. The House Majority chose scalise by a vote of 113 to 99. Its still unclear, though, if he has enough votes to win the speakership because that would require republicans to accept the results of an election thats really not their thing. You know, its especially Steve Scalise who still is denying that biden won the election. Hes an interesting pe
Back down immediately after the jobs number was stronger than anticipated. Tenyear closed at 4. 79 . Crude oil is picking up. Joe mentioned the spike, but below the levels from recent weeks. Gain of 3. 5 to 85. 69 for wti. Brent is 87 a barrel. The dollar has strengstrengthen. Euro the euro dollar is down a bit. Lelts get to the latest on the breaking news. Israeli declares war after the hamas strikes over the weekend. We have Kelly Cobiella with more from the ground in tel aviv. Reporter good morning. A rapidly changing situation and we are getting information by the minute. You hear the air sirens in tel aviv. We have heard three rokckets fallen on three sites in the south and in the grader tel aviv area as well. We have not been able to confirm that. There are casualties involved in the strikes in the south. Israeli Defense Forces say they hit hundreds of hamas targets overnight in gaza. A difficult situation for civilians. Gaza Health Officials are saying they are struggling to rea
Dragged away, taken captive. A closer look at what led up to this historic attack, the alleged involvement of iran, the intelligence failure and what could come next. The us is sending new military aid to israel. What were learning about the Aircraft Carrier group and fighter jets headed to the region, plus the impact on travel and the financial markets. In other news, a new labor dispute in the health care industry. Workers at another major pharmacy chain threatened to walk out the murder mystery in a quiet new england town. A beloved former University Dean married to a famous author found dead. The manhunt now underway. The video game scandal in a major police department. New video showing officers playing pokemon instead of responding to an emergency call. Later, simone biles, star shining even brighter this morning. And it was not a meteor or the mystery in the skies over washington now solved. From abc news in new york, this is america this morning. Good monday morning, everyone.
Get to Holiday Weekend. Straight up traveling to centerville and 66 eastbound dealing with crash thats out by 9 causing slow downs. 395 still looks pretty good and maryland delays in college park a full look at travel next. Thanks, erin, tucker, lets get to big story wednesday morning gop tax reform push is almost complete. Overnight the Senate Passed massive tax reform bill. But theres still another hurd toll clear before it goats President Trump. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with the latest details. Mel. Good morning, yes, it was a late night in the senate and it will be app Early Morning in the house as theyre trying to reconcile the two bills a little language had to be changed in the senate. Thats what one final hurdle was. Reps are confident theyll timely get this over the goal line. Its cuts and jobs act passed. With heckling from the dalry in the wee hours of the morning vicepresident mike pence provided massage of republican tax plan right along party lines. We
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