Maria good wednesday morning thank you for joining us. I am Maria Bartiromo it is wednesday march 20. Wednesday news 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, the fight in texas deepens federal appeals gives an order the bars texas from arresting anyone entering the country illegally hours after the Supreme Court gave the goahead for the state to enact the law. We have the very latest, markets are searching for direction in their mixed on this fed did the Federal Reserve kick conclude the twoday policy meeting with the press conference 230 eastern we will hear from jay powell some clarity and whether they will cut Interest Rates in june, european markets mixed take a look at the eurozone uk is fighting to 3. 4 level that is lower than expected the bank of england making the Rate Decision tomorrow. Green across the board higher in the asian embassies, the House Oversight holding an open hearing on joe bidens influence peddling a misuse of public office. Hunter biden was invited to testify publicly
Pack of his car here at madison avenue and east 80th street when another car hit him. Police say the car with two people inside initially drove off but cops tracked them down on the Upper West Side, on west 71st street. They say the victim was taken to the hospital with leg trauma but is expected to survive. As for the two people in the car that hit him, theyre two men in their 30s and they are now in custody and police say charges are pending. Reporting on the upper east side, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. A commuter alert. The jersey turnpike just re opened moments ago following yesterdays fiery accident. Police say debris on the roadway led to the a crash and theres new video of the moment of impact. This is video taken yesterday afternoon. Mattresses fell on to the turnpike. And an suv swerved and hit the tanker which slammed into the guardrail and exploded. And another drive shot cellphone video and felt the intense heat. As we pulled up, i opened the sunroof and put my hands tot tak
An increased presence on San Francisco campuses. Erica edwards has l. A. s decision to cancel classes. Reporter buses are not moving, more than 640,000 students from kindergarten through high school were told to stay home. This, after at least one School Board Member received an electronic bomb threat. I think it is important that i take the pre cauticaution bas what has happened recently and what has happened in the past. Now, about 1200 schools are closed while Police Search every single building. We have chosen to close our schools today until we can be absolutely sure that our campuses are safe. New York City Schools also received a threat tuesday, but officials there said the threat was, quote, not credible, and kept schools open. This is not a credible threat, it is not something that we are concerned with. What we would be concerned with is overreacting to it. Back in los angeles, the School Cafeteria worker said the threat is extremely unsettling. Oh my god, im so scared, you k
Hoverboards for sale. The fire behind me happened in the house at the end of this block. It happened shortly before 11 00 p. M. Last night. As a 15yearold girl was opening hermous prept early. A hoverboard that was purchased by her mother on amazon. Com. The girl plugged it in, charged it and unplugged it and got on to the hoverboard to ride it and when she did that it exploded and started a fire. The fire looked like it was rising up the wall. I saw my little sister screaming for somebody to help her. And she was standing right in front of it and then when the fire was put out, there was burnt like ash up the wall and fire damage. Eight people were in the house. All are safe and sound this morning. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating 11 fires from hoverboards in ten different states and major airlines, delta, united, southwest and american have banned hoverboards from being carried above the aircraft because of the fire danger, as well. Lastly in this case here, th
Would the administration give back a naval base . That issue is not on the table would the i dont it could be on our table. Would you object . I dont know the answer to that. Let me go to mr. Smith. We have the act that doesnt allow us to deal with Certain Properties seized by americans. You have travel, credit cards, et cetera. How do you plan to make sure american travellers arent confiscated from americans or otherwise violating the cuban solidarity. That act says you cant provide a loan to further transactions about a confiscated propertiment doesnt say you cant stay at a hotel or does the Credit Card Company extend the loan when you use a credit card to pay for a hotel stay at a confiscated property . A credit card may extend a loan to the traveller. So you are extending a loan to facilitate staying at the hotel, thats in conformity with the act . We have the act replicated in regulations. We will follow to the letter whats in the act because we have with it in our regulations. We