Exact number of the troops are what the rules will be, but said they would support Afghan Forces rather than do the fighting for them. The state department has told russia to close three buildings in the u. S. , including a consulate in San Francisco. The move is in retaliation for the russian decision last month ordering washington to cut staff at its embassies and consulates in russia. The state Department Spokesperson said today that the closures needed to be completed by saturday, over however the u. S. Does not plan to expel any russian officials. 12 People Killed and 14 others injured when a fivestory building collapsed in the indian capital of mumbai today, after torrential rains. Another 25 people were trapped in the debris. Local management Officials Say that heavy flooding in bahir has killed over 500 people, hundreds of thousands have been in relief camps across northeastern India Following the seasonal monsoon rains. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 jou
News of more pipeline and refinery disruptions are all in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey now reports of more storms brewing. Well break down the impact on energy prices. And explosion and fire at a Chemical Plant in texas. Were live on the scene with the impact. Scary stuff trying to figure out if its toxic or not we bring with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin picking up President Trumps baton who spoke to our Steve Liesman earlier with hoy lights of that conversation. Thank you very much u. S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin sitting down exclusively with cnbc saying the detailed plan cometh despite criticism that President Trump was promoting a plan without detail. Mnuchin says there is a plan, and it will be released within the next few weeks. Originally our goal had been august unfortunately, things got delayed a bit, but were on a track to get this done by the end of the year, so youre going to see the details come out later this month its going to go through a committee proces
Branches of former representative Mickey Edwards and former chief assistant new york u. S. Attorney andrew mccarthy. They outline the constitutional war powers for each branch of government cover limitations of the power and whether congress should be more involved in the authorization for use of military force. By my clock we are at 12 15. Good afternoon. My name is nick has merit, Deputy Director of the Federalist Societys article i initiative. The initiative is dedicated to the development of a series of rolling practical goals of congress that stemmed directly from poor constitutional principles. Todays luncheon dish is one of the many that the Federalist Society is playing here on capitol hill and across the country. On behalf of the initiative, i want to thank you all for joining us. At the outset, and also like to thank senator ron johnson and his staff were sponsoring the room for todays event. As you may have noticed from your program and from our panel appear, we are playing
Harvey struck and the dramatic rescues continue. Were live with the heroes volunteering to save flood victims as waters in some areas of texas continue to rise. Vice president mike pence touring the texas damage firsthand today. He will give us an update on relief efforts. Well take you there live when he begins to speak, ash. Ashley back to the markets. The dow climbing into the close. Lori rothman at new york stock exchange. Lori, doesnt matter what is happening, north korea, hurricane hair very, these markets are resilient. You said it ashley. Dow and record highs. Five consecutive months of gains for the dow and s p. Nasdaq chalking up two consecutive months of gains. We had good economic news. Obviously the data print taken before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and gulf coast. Gdp print of 3 was awesome of course. Then today we had a couple of data points on initial jobless claims. That helped keep markets in the green today. Lets look back at the month though. Here are binne
31 now dead, 2 million evacuated , 124,000 homes destroyed. The cost ranges are ranging wild ly weve got one right now that seems reliable, 125 billion. Thats more than hurricane katrina. We are with you. The American People are with you we are here today. We will be here tomorrow and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. [applause] liz and the white house confirming today President Trump plans to return to texas this saturday to visit other parts of the state still reeling in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and to another story two explosions shook a flooded Chemical Plant in crosby texas just outside houston. It shot a plume of black smoke into the air, triggered an intense fire and continued to burn. Now officials equated it to a gas o loan fire warning more explosions could occur. This as harvey damage caused toxic chemicals to pour out of refineries operated by exxon, shell and other companies. Houston now