In hot water over this photo. Outraged passengers spotting this Flight Attendant doing this right before takeoff. Theyre headed to the nba finals king of the court. Lebron james leads his Hometown Team to the nba finals his first year back in cleveland. The superstar who was vilified by fans now set to redeem himself. Will he deliver the first championship to that city in decades . And we do say, good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. And its a great morning for this mans hometown of cleveland, ohio. Cleveland doing great this morning. No question. This could be their first championship ever. Decades. Decades. The fifth time lebron james has gone to the finals. Last four with miami. First year back hes taking the cavaliers. Said he was going to do it. He did it. We begin with the breaking news. A major corruption crackdown. Going down right now. Arrests made around the world. The scene moments ago in miami. Federal agents raid one of the headquarters under fire. This is abou
Medalist and u. S. Hockey back in the rink after the breathtaking game against the russians yesterday. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles covering all of it for us here tonight. Kevin, good evening. Another great night for team u. S. A. Here. As these Winter Olympics evolve, as these new sports come on to play, many of them are very exciting and very dangerous. In these olympics, its faster, higher and more extreme and not without its casualties. Ooh u. S. Snowboard cross racer Jacqueline Hernandez crashed spectacularly and was carried off the mountain. Minutes before a norwegian competitor was also stretchered off. President putin visited an athlete in the hospital injured on the same course. Going the extreme paths has always been the motto of extreme skier bode miller. The 36yearold brought home the bronze in the super g. I probably had a little too much emotion in my skiing. Reporter emotion because he says he was thinking of his late brother. He tweeted thanks for all the support. Today was one o
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 227. The nays are 190. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. He house will come to order. The house will come to order. Please, members take conversations off the floor. Cease conversations. Clear thewell, clear the aisle. Clear the well, clear the aisle. Please ceaseual conversationsd. Cease all conversations. Lease clear the aisle. He house will come to order. The house will come to order. The chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. The chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our brave men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service of our nation in iraq and afghanistan and the families of all who serve in our armed forces and their families. Woit, fiveminute voting will continue without objection, fiveminute voting will continue. The Unfinished Business is the motion on the gentleman from
Secretary of state john kerry. Within the past fewer hours, ukraines interim Prime Minister says he is still willing to speak to russia in an effort to avoid future conflict. The region of crimea appears to be out of the governments control. Some areas taken over by russian and prorussian forces. The Ukrainian Border guards say there are more troops in the region than had been previously thought. The Prime Minister is insisting they withdraw before any dialogue can take place. Our russian neighbors who should be our partners have to withdraw troops, stick to bilateral agreements. Russia should state careukraine russia are ready to build a new relationship. Tell us about the buildup of troops. As you were mentioning, Border Guards in ukraine are reporting there are 30,000 Russian Troops in crimea. Previously the figure given by the interim government much was 60,000. It is a big jump. Adding to the pressure, adding to the standoff between ukraine and russia, russias gas produc producer,
Dwravetate to first class infrastructure gravitate to first class infrastructure and at times this budget lays out how mied a strailings will continue to act it cut red tape and stream line the permitting process for key projects so we can get more construction workers on the jobs as fast as possible. Also have the chance right now to beat other countries in the race for the next wave of hightech manufacturing jobs. My administration has already launched four hubs of hightech manufacturing where we connect to businesses to Research Universities that can help america lead the world in advanced technologies. The budgeter expands on these effort combiss providing funding for five additional institutes and through the opportunity growth and Security Initiative, supports the goal i announced last sum for creating a National Network of 45 of these manufacturing entities over the next 10 years. We know that the nation that goes all in on innovation today will own the Global Economy tomorrow.