Of mr. Pie the federal vacations. As fcc commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. He has not put to the peoples right to information first and in fact he has put corporate interest first. Outright and he has opposed policies are right that insured under serveda communities have access to essential technology and i strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. Lets begin with his responsibility to guard First Amendment rights. President trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, the New York Times and the washington post. He calls these established and esteemed news outlets they can use and he even called them the enemy of the people. Earlier this year in february during the Senate Commerce hearing this was an oversight hearing and i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these main stream news organizations were the enemy of the people and he refused to answer, refused to disagree patently outrag
Also breaking overnight a budget breakthrough. Congress agrees to keep the government open but no funds for President Trumps border wall as the president talks tough on north korea with qualified praise for their leader. Obviously hes a pretty smart cookie. And a promise to use military force if necessary. I need some good news and baby, oh, baby. The brandnew photo of Princess Charlotte released just hours ago to celebrate her second birthday taken by her mom princess kate as she gets ready for her biggest role yet in her aunt pippas wedding. I need some good news baby give it to me and we certainly say good morning, america. How adorable. You just want to pinch her cheeks. I know and the palace released that photo. Just released it of Princess Charlotte and it is rare you look at the young royal. You dont see her that much. Looks a lot like her big brother. Well get back to that later, but right now, we have breaking news this morning. Big deal in congress overnight, and terrible sto
Significant damage as well. The state police are goungs to have a news kmpb. T the ntsb and faa will keep us posted. A dramatic story here. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Well get more information as the News Conference begins. Investigators say the weather conditions at the time of the crash were a big factor. Lets go to chief meteorologist Glenn Schwartz with more on how weather played that important role. It was the intention to fly into bad weather so theres no surprise that there was bad weather at the time. Now just how bad was it . Theres not much on the radar. Just a few sprinkles missed. The clouds are pretty low to the ground. Reported about 500 feet above the ground. So you had that much room to play with. Visibility was two and a half miles in that period between 10 and 1 001 00 in the morning. Tvs even lower earlier in the morning. The reported visibilities at 11 00 a. M. The airport at 4 miles. Philadelphia had 8 mile visibility. So these are conditions that helicopters have m
An officer slashed at a michigan airport. This morning the attack is being investigated as an act of terror. And heartbreaking new video from the back of a police car after Philando Castillo was shot and killed by an officer. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. U im meg oliver in for annemarie green. Tropical storm cindy is expected to wash ashore along the gulf coast later this morning, drenching the southeast with heavy rains and lifethreatening flooding. A young boy was killed in a stormrelated incident. Cindy will likely hit the coast near the texas louisiana border with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. A Tropical Storm warning is in effect from st. Louis pass, texas, to grand isle, louisiana. Some could see 15 inches of rain by tonight. Hena daniels has the latest. Reporter heavy rains and strong winds battled galveston, texas, saturday night as Tropical Storm cindy hit closer to the gulf coast. Cindy hid the coast hard wednesday top
This morning the act is being investigated as an act of terror. And heartbreaking video in back of a police car after Philando Castillo was shot and killed by an officer. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Drenching the southeast with heavy rains and lifethreatening flooding. A young boy was killed in the stormrelated incident. Cindy will likely hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. A Tropical Storm warning is in effect from st. Louis pass, texas, to grand isle. Some could see 15 inches of rain by tonight. Hena daniels has the latest. Reporter heavy rains and strong winds battled galveston saturday night as Tropical Storm cindy hit closer to the gulf coast. Toppling tries in bow loxy, mississippi. We had to take off because i think the road is going to be flo flooded. Reporter with up to 15 inches of rain in some spots the National Hurricane center has released a warning of potential flash floods. The water that wer