All backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written and i believe i can serve my country by playing that role helen fisher has more from capitol hill. Shes saying that she will judge the law as its written and that judges should not interpret the law in the way that they would like to see it written she will stick essentially to what is in the constitution she also said that any time she makes a ruling when she writes a very big she does so thinking of how it will impact those who will be in the wrong side of that those who would lose and not just that but how would that impact if it was our son or daughter on the other side that didnt stop both sides making their political points early on a Lindsey Graham who is the republican chairman of the Committee Said he expected the nomination to go through the committee very much on party lines lamenting the fact that in the past someone like Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by th
600 gaining. A lot of the focus is on earnings and the economic backdrop. 1134. Ollar 1 it has fluctuated but is very arrangedbound. Rangebound. Coming up, the World Economic forum in davos. We bring you all the biggest names in banking. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with the new york senate approving Donald Trumps new freetrade agreement with mexico and canada. It handles the president and a major win ahead of impeachment. The overhaul of the agreement was a priority for mr. Trump. Mitch mcconnell called vote a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation. The white house broke the law in withholding aid the ukraine. Accordingting to an independent watchdog, saying the president should not have delayed money. This is a key part of the impeachment case against President Trump. , quoteg with them obsessed with the u. S. Trade deficit. This is according to bill hogan, saying americafirst policies are bringing about a priceless moment for global trade. This came
A knife violence epidemic by printing warnings on chicken takeaway boxes in an initiative thats being described as crude offensive. Just after 3 pm here in moscow friday august 16th a very warm welcome to our international i mean and oneill. To russian pilots being hailed as heroes after the inverted potential disaster on thursday morning their plane lost the use of both engines after striking a flock of birds whilst taking off from the International Airport forcing them to make an Emergency Landing all 226 passengers on board the crimea. Flight survived. Well lets go through what occurred it really happened so quickly that the pilots werent able to return to the report as they had barely got or are born reaching an altitude of roughly 260 meters but they acted decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield with the wheels up just over a kilometer from the runway and without having time to empty the fuel tanks the pilot in command 41 year old Tamir Yusupov had previous
president to be criminally charged surrendering at the courthouse in new york where he was processed and fingerprinted, but no mug shot. he was then taken into the courtroom and the indictment unsealed. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors alleging an illegal conspiracy involving hush money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign and the allegation of a third payment to a doorman at trump tower. the new evidence d.a. alvin bragg hinted at. mr. trump pleading not guilty to t court date and when could he stand trial? our full coverage. also tonight, the dangerous tornado threat. more than 40 million on alert in the south and midwest including areas still reeling from deadly storms. al roker is here. for the first time the officers who took down the nashville school shooters speak out. what went through their minds as they raced toward the gun fire? and the uconn huskies winning in all in the family dynasties inspiring america. this is nbc
U. S. Clamps down on one of the worlds biggest changes. Matt we are getting some breaking earnings now. Ing group, the dutch financial fourthh coming up with quarter profit of 1. 6 billion euros. Ing misses estimates on profit. If got a cost income ratio of 59. 9. 7 and itratio of 14 is looking at net results in 5 billion euros. That is the net result for the entire year. The fork or profit, 1. 5 6 billion the Fourth Quarter profit, 1. 5 6 billion. A big miss on pretax profit there, so look for ing to trade at the open. The ing cfo is going to be joining us for his first interview of the day in just a few minutes. Anna lets get to some other breaking news this morning. The wealth manager in switzerland, the thirdlargest wealth manager in switzerland is giving details for the past year. Under. Ew money the estimate was a little higher than that at 393. They say net new money is more than 22 billion. They are giving a net profit number of 705 million swiss francs. The new ceo has taken t