Ed isly the president picked up what facebook is looking at. He has a proposal of his own coming up as well. First to the story that broke earlier today in washington, the embattled labor secretary alex acosta from stepping down from his position in President Trumps cabinet. Blake burman live at the white house with the latest on that. Reporter connell, the timeline fairly quick when you look how it unfolded last week. On saturday the feds took Jeffrey Epstein into authority. The Southern District of new york laid out its case, the newest charges they presented against epstein. That forced labor secretary alex acosta to go before cameras here in washington, d. C. , on wednesday to defend the 2018 nonprosecution agreement deal that he strong with epstein and epsteins attorneys back in florida more than a decade ago. Fast forward to this morning, friday morning, acosta submitted his letter of resignation to the president. The president was complimentary of acosta who said he is stepping
Mornings with maria will maria coming up exclusive interview with kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell, mill mcb, mcburman. Joining the conversation jackie, and tom beven and pwc partner mitch roschelle. Good morning. Good morning. According to wall street journal it was huwaei and issues that kept talks to a halt. Im not surprised, their only leverage right now so keep bringing it in because if you couple those things together you cant move forward and the president wants to move forward as quick as he can. Maria the president discussing wide range of issues including progressive party, the four congresswoman, he talked about the squad, he talked about 2020 and the economy. Leaders coming from other countries, prime ministers, president s, kings, queens, dictators, sometimes i hate to say it dictators and they all start off by saying, mr. President , id like to congratulate you on the incredible economy that youve created, the greatest anywhere in the world by far. [cheers and applause] t
Have stolen the plane. Were asking any person who may have seen hugo marr to please contact account Watsonville Police department. Reporter chris reyes for abc news. You a stolen car went airborne at mineta san jose airport overnight and caught on video. The santa claire rats county Sheriffs Office says deputies classed the car after the driver refused to pull over. It ended near the southwest expressway. Three people ran out of the car. A 14yearold girl and 18yearold man were caught but deputies could not find the third person. During the commotion, a bystander was bitten by a police k9 and taken to the hospital. The 18yearold arrested has been identified as anthony zavala. Stolen passports, Social Security cards, ids, credit cardsed were recovered from the stolen car. A San Francisco man aed of a drug fueled rampage july 4th was arraigned today from a hospital room. Batay coffee is charged with ten counts including attempted murder. Cornell bernard is live with the details. Cornell .
Thank you for the hospitality. There was great to have that is the First International trip. That is great. Elected in 2014 and reelected in 2018. 23rd governor of arizona. Having a tough time figuring out why people complain about the heat in arizona. It gets a little hotter in the state that you partner with, sonora. It is great to have the governor here with us today. Other at the inauguration of the new federal government in mexico. That is important for you. Maybe if you could talk a little bit about that relationship. And then talk about your Great Partnership with sonora. Great event. My background is in the private sector. I was an outsider and a business person who ran for governor. I knew the relationship with mexico was our number one customer. Is arizonas number one trading partner. It is not even close. I was somewhat shocked that we had not had a chief executive visits mexico in nearly a decade. We did go to mexico city for that First International trip. It was such an in
california. as the storm battered state endures another round of heavy rain and flooding. donald trump facing new legal woes, the former u.s. president weighing whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. plus a major step for the mideast as iran and saudi arabia establish a deal to restore diplomatic ties, the surprise agreement helped along by beijing. i ll break down what it all means. we begin in california where at least two people have died in massive storms hitting the state. the result of yet another atmospheric river. nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders shelters set up to help those forced out because of intense flooding. more than 40,000 homes and businesses are without power. the central coast has been the hardest hit with creeks turned into raging rivers and roads washing out, stranding thousands. the worst is now expected to impact the foothills of the central and southern see as. all of this led the weath