I wanted to tell a story that could be uplifting, we all should understand that those challenges dont necessarily have to define us. Im just blessed to live in a great United States of america and happy of opportunities present today me and thats what i hope to share in this story. Peter the book is relatively revealing and we will go through some of these things. Was that tough to expose yourself like that . It was, it was very hard. Ive been through a number of significant challenges in my lifetime. I was raped when i was a young woman with my first boyfriend and really suffered from that, but then moving on going through an episode of Domestic Violence and just really difficult time in my marriage and those were all things that i really did not want to share publicly but i was obviously going through a very public divorce a couple of years ago and that information came out through that process and ive had so many women and men who reached out to me and had said, you know what, joni,
To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t
In. America often subjected to very abusive conditions. Wherever youre churning in from this hour run the world welcome to moscow and to our International Names you know neil. The leaders of libyas warring factions have been in moscow for talks this monday in the hopes of hammering out a cease fire deal the negotiations have been brokered by russia turkey there are Foreign Ministers say expect an agreement to be signed tomorrow meetings after a concerted push. To deescalate hostilities in libya the war ravaged country is divided between an internationally recognized government in the capital tripoli and the rival administration in the east which is allied to the rebel general how they found after a draft deal circulated earlier calls on all sides to ensure the sustainability of any cease fire come about terrorism and Human Trafficking and work to improve the humanitarian situation in the country. New teacher to turkey and russia produced a draft dont comment that was reviewed in detail
Crashes minutes after takeoff in iran all 176 people on board are killed. And Barbara Starr in london with the top stories from europe including e. U. Chief arsal of underlaying says the u. K. Is that line for breaks it for make a full deal impossible as she meets u. K. Prime minister johnson in london. And im far and smile have all the days top sports story thing clearing Le Bron James leads the l. A. Lakers to a big win over the New York Knicks for their 6 story picturing. Us president ronald trump says that iran appears to be standing down after a series of a strike some Iraqi Military bases hosting u. S. Troops the strikes were in retaliation for the killing of top iranian commander custom sort of money at a u. S. Attack last friday speaking a short while ago trump said hell be imposing new sanctions on tehran until it changes its behavior. We suffered no casualties all of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained and our military bases are Great American forces a
Political relief rally banks are in focus this morning. This is bank of america calls citigroup its pick of the decade. The ceo of ulta will join us at post 9 this hour. Well begin with stocks on track to open at record highs. Also adding to positive sentiment, china confirming the vice premier will head to washington next week for the signing of that phase one trade agreement with the United States jim, its going to be busy next week between that and the kickoff of corporate earnings. It sure seems like everybody believes everything is going to be good. A sheer mention of the banks is really underestimated. There are so many people saying buy these. Why does that matter thats who kicks off earnings season already the expectations are pretty high. They better deliver after this run. And thats what these upgrades are mostly all about. I mean specifically on the banks. Goldman getting not one upgrade but two today out of buckingham and b of a, as b of a or it goes from 270 to 245 what ne