Three french hens two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama has broken with decades of defending israel with the u. S. Veto at the United Nations. Today, the u. S. Abstained, despite pressure from jerusalem and president elect trump. The vote was 14 to nothing, as the Security Council condemned israeli settlement building on lands the palestinians want. Ambassador S
Talks already. We all have our favorite great attacks of the war. We could not fit them all in. We repent the panel talk about other great attacks of the war. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. First again, mr. James ogden. [indiscernible] [applause] sitting next to him is. Ur colleague he has worked at Gettysburg National park where he is done the song and dance on the battlefield. [applause] sitting next to dan is chris kolakowski. The other polish prince of the civil war. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk and go to the memorial it is a firstclass operation on , the scale of a president ial library. Here is the man, Douglas Macarthur to shape the world after world war ii. Story is thatand this museum. He is written books on kerry bill. Though. Chris kolakowski. [applause] to his left is the editor of the American Civil War blog. Author or coauthor of emerging civil war series. Dan also has a huge man crush.
You have key silhouettes not quite filled. We go to david lee outside the trump tower today. David, good morning to you. What do we know about these gentlemen . Reporter the headline, martha, the man chosen to the head the epa has a very long history opposing that agency. Scott pruitt is now the attorney general for the state of oklahoma. He has a lengthy history as a staunch defender of states rights. He also repeatedly challenged federal restrictions dealing with environmental issues. The Trump Transition Team cited pruitts role attacking epa what they describe the epas war on coal. But critics like vermont senator Bernie Sanders say pruitt is Climate Change denier and too closely denied to fossil fuel industry. Kellyanne conway, the Trump Transition Team spokeswoman, says pruitt is the right person for the job. Naysayers and critics and so we know some people are still running a permanent campaign. Attorney general pruitt has great qualifications and a good record as the ag of oklah
Stop. How is spain doing your ask, italy doing . We dont have it today. Oh, my gosh. My kids are there, the italian gdp is going to come out. Come on, guys. We were lower in europe. Back to the big three. The joke has been the last few days weve included spain and italy, not that they are inside joke. Thank you. When the show starts. Yeah. Im sorry. Were in the show. Okay. 10year note yield hanging around 1. 5, where its been. Were a bit below that today and wti had been up there was a rally when for some reason people believed the saudis or their jawboning. To our road map this morning and it does start with the markets. The dow, s p, nasdaq closing at record highs yesterday. Where do we go from here in big Retail Stocks on the move this morning after some earnings. We also got overall retail sales. We will break down the busy week for the sector and go live to rio, of course. You saw carl, the u. S. Racking up a lot of medals. Carl is talking to the athletes and will have a lot of go
Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is with a look at our forecast and how this Tropical Storm could affect our holiday weekend. Reporter the current storm path will continue to push it to the north and northeast and that is the movement it has right nows a it is well in the gulf of mexico and it is forecast to make landfall later on tonight as a category 1 hurricane. The wind speeds are Tropical Storm force at 60 Miles Per Hour. And the outer bands already pushing into the panhandle and the winds will hour. There is a hurricane warning for parts of the coast. Tropical storm warnings too. I will talk about the rain falling across our region coming up in a few minutes. A check of your traffic with julie. Julie traffic or lack thereof the morning. Things moving along route 1 and 93 south. South of the pike, the expressway starting to see slightly more volume, but nothing major yet, and nothing slowing you down on the pike to the tobin. Already in our first drive time on the expressway, 18 min