North korean tensions dominating sentiment. Investors not prepared to take risks. Has andling us what going on for a couple of decades. Military spending, the chart showing south korea in red, the in japan. Jeff an fallen, it is double that of japan as a percentage of gdp. Japan gdp is Something Like 3. 5 korea, soer that of absolute spending way ahead. 3. 3 percent of gdp spent in the United States, a budget of 500 billion to 600 billion in year. Haidi putting that into perspective. That data point is top of mind as we have President Trump saying they are willing to sell more weapons to south korea and japan to prepare for any kind of potential military conflict in the region. No consensus on how to deal with a threat from the north with Vladimir Putin saying he is against further sanctions against north korea. We are 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. Southeast asian markets, singapore, malaysia, taiwan coming online. To the. Markets reaction nuclear test was not a
Crews are keeping a close eye on an Apartment Building where a twoalarm fire broke out this evening. Were taking a live look at the scene right now. Firefighters responded to that fire at a threestory building on addison street near sacramento around 7 30. The building houses 27 apartment units. The fire was burning on the third floor. You can see some of the damage right there in the middle. Officials say one person suffered a critical burn. Turning now to the latest on the white house. Leak investigation, the Deputy Attorney general clarified today that the Justice Department is not pursuing reporters. Rod rosenstein said, we dont prosecute journalists for doing their job. President trump continues working on his vacation in new jersey. Kristin fisher has more on this weekends developments including Vice President mike pence has his eyes on the oval office. Reporter the president taking to twitter this weekend to defend his trip to his golf club in new jersey tweeting, working in bed
Arthel and we begin with white house chief of staff john kelly asserting his authority as he tries to instill order and discipline in the west wing. The retired marine corps general addressed about 200 white house staffers on friday giving them a sharp warning against leaks and making it clear that serving the country and the president should come before their own needs and priorities. Amid the crackdown against leaking, kelly is also facing the challenge of the russia investigation which continues to dog the white house. Kristin fisher is live in bridgewater, new jersey, where the president is vacationing and, kristin, its not just the chief of staff kelly whos cracking down on leaks, but the doj as well, yeah . Reporter yeah, thats right, arthel. Today in an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosenstein, said that they have seen a surge in leaks in classified information. He wouldnt give an exact number except he would say that the number, that t
Protects . Plus Hurricane Irma, en route to american soil. Florida and puerto rico already declaring a state of emergency ahead of landfall and a storm weary United States. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im david briggs. Im alison kosik. Were coming at you an hour early if youre checking your watch. Were checking with north korea, defying International Condemnation over its latest Largest Nuclear test with signs of more tests to come. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley arguing at a u. N. Security Council Meeting that the International Community must exhaust every last bit of leverage over pyongyang to avoid a nuclear war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We must now adopt the strongest possible measures. Kim jong uns action cannot be seen as defensive. His abusive use of missiles and his Nuclear Threats show that he is begging for war. Among north koreas few remaining pain points that could be targeted oil imports, te
Says she is willing to testify to the Senate Judiciary committee about what happened in high school. Judge Brett Kavanaugh says he is, too. The president says he wants everything done perfectly. All of this comes just a handful of days before the committee is scheduled to vote on kavanaughs nomination. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with an explosive story here in washington. Good evening, john. Bret, a lot happening in just the last few minutes. First of all, judge kavanaugh current solid on a Conference Call with republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee to answer questions about the allegations leveled at him. No democrats wanted to participate in that call. Raj shaw, who is his spokesman for the confirmation process here at the white house, just releasing a statement under judge kavanaughs name saying judge kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name of this false allegation. He stands ready to te