Before i begin, allow me to add my welcome and my best wishes for all the new members of the legislature joining us here today. Thank each of you for bringing your Life Experiences and your unique perspectives to our important work here in the peoples house. Also, i have the privilege today of introducing newly elected Supreme Court Justice Robin brodin to this chamber and to the idaho judiciary. Congratulations, madam justice. [ applause ] the new year also brings some key departures from our executive branch of government. Im sure you will join me in wishing kevin kemp god speed in his new National Responsibilities after two eventful and successful years as the director of the department of corrections. We are also losing sam hodge to a well deserved retirement from the office of aging. And kelly pierces experience and leadership will be missed with his recent retirement as administrator of the division of building safety. I extend my thanks and best wishes to each and every one of t
Peoples house. Also i have the privilege today of introducing newlyelected Supreme Court justice to this chamber and to the idaho judiciary. Congratulations. [applause] the new year also brings key departures from our executive branch of government. Im sure youll join me in wishing godspeed goodness new National Responsibility for two eventful and successful years as the director of the department of corrections. We are also accusing sam haas and welldeserved retirement from the office of aging. And kelli pearsons experience and leadership will be missed with his recent retirement as minister of the department of building. I extend my best wishes to each and every one of them. [applause] finally this will be the last legislative session for armstrong as director of the department of health and welfare his stalwart and tireless leadership has set a High Standard for whoever takes on the difficult and often thankless responsibility next. He will be retiring in june and he will be leaving
Hi, everyone. Good morning on this thursday. It is a busy one shaping up to be an even busier day in washington, d. C. After flipflops and highlevel talks from the trump administration. Heres what were covering right now, President Trump makes some extraordinary uturns changing his course on china and nato. Plus, a bombshell on health care. The president now threatening to take drastic measures to force democrats back to the negotiating table. And President Trump says the countrys relationship with russia may be at an all time low. The comment comes as Rex Tillerson is said to arrive back in washington today after meeting with Vladimir Putin. Abcs maggie rulli starts us off. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. The current state of u. S. russia relations is at a low point. Reporter a grim view of u. S. russian relations from the president and americas top diplomat. Both men once called russian president Vladimir Putin a friend. But now those hopes of a fresh start have
Hi, everyone. Good morning on this thursday. It is a busy one shaping up to be an even busier day in washington, d. C. After flipflops and highlevel talks from the trump administration. Heres what were covering right now, President Trump makes some extraordinary uturns changing his course on china and nato. Plus, a bombshell on health care. The president now threatening to take drastic measures to force democrats back to the negotiating table. And President Trump says the countrys relationship with russia may be at an all time low. The comment comes as Rex Tillerson is said to arrive back in washington today after meeting with Vladimir Putin. Abcs maggie rulli starts us off. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. The current state of u. S. russia relations is at a low point. Reporter a grim view of u. S. russian relations from the president and americas top diplomat. Both men once called russian president Vladimir Putin a friend. But now those hopes of a fresh start have
Continue later today as well. Right now lets get a check on the traffic. Here is joel. We dont have any big closures this morning but just a couple lane closures on southbound i225 due to ongoing roadwork. Thank you very much. Working news with a shooting overnight in denver. One person is dead and another in critical condit larimer in the writer district. Shawn chitnis has been working this story all morning long. Reporter two people shot in the situation 30 minutes ago. One person died from their injuries and the other with critical injuries at the hospital. Denver police came to this area been shot outside the bar and there are several inside coming out after hearing about the shooting and then becoming witnesses. That was a bit of a challenge for Denver Police to try to interview all of those witnesses. At this time Denver Police tell us they have no idea about a possible suspect or any information to try to pursue. Try to get details from one of the victims. It is unclear if the m