Jennifer im jennifer granholm. Tonight in the war room, what do you call it when governors andrew cuomo dan malloy, Chris Christie, and new york mayor, Michael Bloomberg all come out publicly in support of an overhaul to our gun laws . Pretty good start. [ theme music ] jennifer its been nearly four weeks since the sandy hook shootings, and said for the First Time Since then, the Connecticut Legislature was back in session. Governor dan malloy made on emotional plea to lawmakers some of them from newtown itself a plea to take action in memory of the victims. And yet in the midst of one of the worst days in our history, we also saw the best of our state. Teachers and a therapist that sacrificed their live pros texting students. A principal and School Psychologist that ran into harms way. Our brave connecticut state troopers, newtowns local Law Enforcement and firemen and others that responded courageously when called upon. Sorry. Jennifer its okay. Its heart breaking. But it also offers
Im ali velshi. We begin with breaking news in the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. Within last hour, nbc news has confirmed that u. S. Navy sailor stationed in napele, italy h n tested positive. In all global cases have surpassed 100,000 and about 3400 people have died. There are now 17 confirmed deaths in the u. S. , 14 in washington state, one in california and two in florida. The first fatalities outside the west coast. The number of confirmed cases in the United States is rapidly rising. 335 people are now sick in 28 states. One of those patients karl gold man who contracted covid19 aboard the diamond princess oig recently wrote a piece detailing his quarantine, diagnosis and treatment. Karl goldman is joining me now from quarantine in omaha, nebraska. Karl, thank you you ffor joinin we talk about people like you who are in quarantine who tested positive. What is your life actually like . Tell us about how this happened, how you determined you had coronavirus and what has happened since
Good morning to you. I am heather nauert. I am ainsley earhardt. It is thursday the end of the week its january 17th. Thank you for watching Fox Friends First. Its time for the top 5 stories. We begin with a fox news alert. Terrorists are Holding Dozens of foreign hostages including 7 americans in the country of algeria. The Algerian Army is vournding the natural gas facility where they are going held. The man believed to be behind it all is a oneeyed veteran jihadist with long standing ties to al qaeda. They am burn bushe District Of Columbia ambushed a bus. Then they headed for the gas field. It was revenge in the country of mali. Far from a household name but hes about to become the president s chief of staff. Dennis mcdone gnaw will get the post. Its expect to do happen earl flicks week. Its another example of president obama looking to the inside circle for loyalists. Jack lew was succeeded geithner as treasury secretary. After the benghazi terror attacks the confirmation hearings
With russia and when did they know it . Today key testimony from an official fired by the Trump Administration, testimony drawing a misspelling from the president himself. Well get to that in just a moment. For the first time sally yates will describe concerns that she voiced to the white house about flynns she is expected to contradict the white house by saying she delivered a serious urgent warning. Here is the rebuttaled asked how it got into the newspaper after she expland it to the white house council, not counsel. Just saying. I cant spell either. We are expecting to hear for sally yates a lot more about what she was worried about, what she was concerned about when she went to the white house back on january 26th the raise concerns about mikechael flynn. We are expecting to hear more about his russian contacts and also essentially why they decided to go to the white house because he had mislead Vice President pence and others about his discussions with the Russian Ambassador here
Aggressive action to combat Cyber Attacks. And protect the security of the American People. Its good to have your company as always, im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. Were follow two developing stories, first the shooting at the airport in ft. Lauderdale. New details of the man accused of opening fire, killing five people, wounding several others. The question is who is Esteban Santiago . What led this iraq war veteran to allegedly unload a checked pistol into a crowd, sparking chaos inside that terminal. Also this morning ordered by putin. A declassified Intelligence Report showing how the president directed an influenced campaign, its called. The goal, they say, to hurt Hillary Clinton and help donald trump. Weve got new reaction overnight from the president elect on this stunning report. First to new details inside a florida airport, though. New images just into cnn, showing police escorting a handcuffed Esteban Santiago to jail there on the left. The fbi sa