During Todays Supreme Court arguments concerning President Trumps financial records, trumps lawyer jay sekulow argued that trump is, quote, asking for temporary president ial immunity. Temporary . He has seven months left in a fouryear term its like going to work and asking for a sixhour lunch break. During Todays Supreme Court arguments, the lawyer representing House Democrats told justices that lawmakers need access to trumps tax returns to see if hes, quote, subject to foreign leverage. Oh, come on thats just ridiculous, said justice putin. During a Coronavirus Briefing yesterday, President Trump told an Asian American reporter to, quote, ask china in response to a question about coronavirus rates. Okay, im starting to think melanias be best program isnt working. Telling an asianamerican reporter to ask china is like a skit the be best players would do at a school and then say, freeze okay now, who knows what the president should have asked . And then the president would raise his h
Instead of diplomacy. And this statement, we must ensure the safety military members. America and the world cannot afford war. Very intense in the nations capitol. Reporter good evening. Iran has kept its word. U. S. Officials confirming to abc news tonight that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic mefl missiles, base that hosts american and coalition forces. This is video just in from Iranian State tv. You can see missiles striking across the night sky. The targeted air base had already been on high alert, given irans vow to retaliate for the killing of casem soleimani. The u. S. Would pay for the quote, act of war, they said. Mark esper said the u. S. Did not want to start a war with iran but the u. S. Is prepared to finish one. The president in the oval office today also reiterated a similar message, that the airstrike was a retaliatory move against iran. Iran claims soleimani was on a diplomatic peace magnificent diplomatic Peace Mission when iraq when he was killed. We ha
Get the call . Caught on camera, the shark and the surfer and how the surfer escaped. And we celebrate our Cokie Roberts and the advice she gave us to last a lifetime. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Im kenneth moton. And im Mona Kosar Abdi in for janai norman. We begin with breaking news. Lifethreatening floods in texas. A Tropical Storm formed in the gulf of mexico tuesday, and within one hour it slammed into the texas coast. And now the remnants of tropical imelda are dumping torrential rain in the houston area. The National Weather service says a creek in the city is close to overflowing its banks. Theres growing concern in the areas devastated by harvey two years ago. Overnight torrential downpours and powerful winds slamming the texas gulf coast hours after imelda made landfall. If you dont have to leave, dont leave the house. Reporter whats left of the storm is moving inland this morning and threaten to dump more than a foot in just a number of hours. Some areas could see 15 i
Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Glory days. Well, theyll pass you by. Glory days. In the wink of a young girls eye. Glory days, glory days. Well, theres a girl that lives up the block. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning on this wednesday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, everybody. Im cheryl casone. Lauren lets take a look at how your money is moving after a monster rally yesterday. We do have a retreat this morning, dow futures down 102, nasdaq giving up 29, s p down 10. Cheryl we did see a fall in bond prices yesterday on news of the tariff delay. Yield on the 10 year right now is lower by 5 basis points, a little bit of a boost this morning. Folks want to watch this on to todays market. Lauren as we continue to watch what goes on with iran, the price of the u. S. Dollar, we do have oil pulling back by 1. 3 , 56. 35 a barrel. Cheryl chinas economy weakening even more. Real estate in particular. Taking a look at asia, despite that news, there is green arrows across the boar
More of that orange and red popping up on the map indicating thunderstorm potential for a lot of us back here at home now. I know so many people have plans on getting up to the sierra this weekend where peak season now. But even if you cant get the refund on those reservations, stay put and stay safe. 0 visibility, multiple feet of snowfall. Blizzard warnings in effect as we make our way through the weekend, within particular going to be the day that everyone is digging out, really trying to clean things up because 6 to 10 plus feet of snowfall is not going to be an easy task to get out of the way whiteout conditions because of those strong winds, too. Where were sitting as far as our map goes with our current temperatures. Right now, were in the mid to upper 50s heyward sitting at 57 degrees. Oakland at 55 santa rosa at 50 degrees later on today. Daytime highs, upper 50s chance of a thunderstorm increasing for the 2nd half of the day. I got the rest of your forecast ahead, james. All