A lapd captain and her fiancee were shot to death in a parking garage in irvine, california. Wednesday, a man matching dorners description tried to steal a boat from a marina. The next day in corona, two lapd officers chased a vehicle they believed for to be dorner. One officer was grazed in the forhead and minutes later a gunman believed to be dorner ambushed two Riverside Police officers at a stop light killing one officer, and critically injuring another. Later authorities found dorners burned pickup truck near big bear and a manhunt began and continued throughout the weekend. Sunday a 1 million reward was offered. Riverside County District attorney filed murder charges in connection with the death that have Riverside Office skbrer authorities responded the manhunt is still unfolding. Its a fluid situation. You can receive updates by down loading our free news app and opting for push notification. The web team is sending updates and you can follow us on abc 7 news bay area. Police s
Bill it wasnt boring, was it. Heather no, a lot going on today. Bill do you prefer the cruise ship or the meteor. Heather take your pick. Bill great to be with you heather. Have a terrific weekend. Heather good to be with you, bill. Jon we begin with brandnew stories and breaking news. Jenna well begin with one of the choices that bill mentioned. A massive meteor injuring nearly a thousand people. What we are learning about the damage and how powerful this blast from space really, really was. Plus an olympic hero now charged with premeditated murder in the death of his model girlfriend, why police appear to think this was no accident. And the drone wars, the president promising more transparency when it comes to killing americans who join forces with terrorists, but will it be enough . Its all happening now. Jon you know, most people are a little sad when their vacations are over. Jenna youve got to go back to work, get back in the swing of things. Jon not these folks. This was a real
Sweaty, walk ward swig of water during the state of the Union Response socalled gulpgate into a political asset making fun of himself and posted a photo of a water bottle on twitter gained thousands of followers, in the instant politics and a little humor can go a long way. Paul see if it helps him along the way. If you have your hit or miss send it to us at jer foxnews. Com and twitter jer on fnc. Im paul gigot, we hope to see you here next week. Jon a week full of news, north korea tests a nuclear bomb. Pope benedict called it quits, a historic move. President obama gives his state of the union speech setting the tone for the next four years. His legacy on the line a republican senator gives the g. O. P. Response and gets a little thirsty doing it. A major manhunt ends in california. The wanted killer dead in a burning blaze. The New York Times reviews a car, but the real facts are missing. And sarah palin slaps the Washington Post for stupidity. Which stories made our list . Find ou
Merge. Hacking america, a secret military unit is said to be behind a series of attacks, but our friend, china, denying the reports. And countering it was the victim of u. S. Hacking. And the bulls are back from a threeday weekend. Can the s p 500 post an eighth straight week of gains . Weve got four days to find out. Its tuesday, february 19th, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin who is back from vacation. Lets get started with the markets. As joe mentioned, the s p winning streak has been a strong one. In the meantime, the dow is coming off a second straight weekly loss. Although, really, if you looked at this last week, it was the ever so slightest of losses. U. S. Equity futures are indicated higher. Dow up by 21 points. S p is up by two points above value fair and the nasdaq is up about 3. In 20 minutes, well turn to predictions on where the markets go from here.
The Soviet Union’s decade-long incursion into Afghanistan has been compared to the American experience in Vietnam. Both wars bore some surface similarities to each other, though closer examination would reveal a multitude of differences behind the circumstances that brought them about, the relative commitment both great powers had to these conflicts, and the motivations for their involvement in the first place. But one striking similarity exists: both wars saw heavy use of the helicopter in an offensive role. The U.S. had taken notice of the successes the French had seen with these weapons of war in Algeria. The Bell AH-1 Cobra that the United States came to rely on in Vietnam was the first dedicated helicopter gunship ever fielded, and proved similarly instrumental to the U.S. war effort. Inspired by this design, the Soviets incorporated notable features from the AH-1 into their own flying gunship, the Mil Mi-24 helicopter, referred to by NATO observers as the “Hind.” Borrowing