They up for the unprecedented challenge. For people that live and work in the area around trump tower. Sending teams to the pentagon and the state department. Briefings for the very first time. We have reporters on the ground. Standout all along the trump Transition Team. Were speaking with member Ken Blackwell on the number one domestic plan donald trump to tackle first. It matters to anyone who has healthcare needs. They may be stepping into water station. We have a second straight win. What is a few points away. Weve made it to friday lets start the condom. Lets start the countdown. There seems to be very jittery trading and the bond market. Selling pressure sending it to one year highs in the yield on track for the biggest two week increase in years. And we are hearing courtesy of the National Alliance of a large black sellers. People want to get rid of this but only smaller buyers to be head. This is something you need to be aware of. To the nasdaq the earlier touch a new lifetime
Lester holt takes a look back at lewis life. When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something. Reporter john lewis devoted his life for the fight for justice and equality. Something deep down within me moving me that i could no longer be satisfied. Reporter the son of rural alabama share croppers, lewis was inspired as a teenager by activism of rosa parks and dr. Martin luther king jr. He joined the Civil Rights Movement in the early days. Sitins and movement rides. Segregation was the order of the day. I wanted to do something about it. We wanted to redeem the soul of america and move toward a more perfect union. Reporter he was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organized the march on washington. I have a dream. Reporter lewis spoke that day, too. He was 23. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. Reporter and he was among the leaders who met that day with
Capital in this must have pomp and circumstance. President obamas first state of the union since his reelection will be ambitious in his vision and no doubt punctuated. Maybe some of us watching at home will be applauding. If you are near a television, the state of the union will be unavoidable. The networks and cable news will, as always, broadcast walltowall coverage of the speech. The attention given to the president s speech is indicative of everything that falls under the category, very important things required by the constitution. Have you ever noticed how the constitution described the state of the union . You might be surprised to find the founders are vague and sound bored with the whole idea of it. Article two, Section Three reads he shall from timetotime give to the Congress Information of the state of the union. Recommend to their consideration such measures as he may judge necessary and expedient. He may. On extraordinary occasions, convene both houses or either of them.
[ music ] bill hey, good morning, everybody. What do you say . It is wednesday, january 16th. Great to see you today. Welcome to you from fullcourt press all across this great land of ours on thendzwednesday morning. It is now the law of the land in new york state under the leadership of governor and drew cuomo, new york state has become first state to act with tough new gun control laws covering a ban on assault weapons, a ban on those highcapacity magazine clips and a requirement that every purchase of every gun include a criminal background check. New york state has shown the lead. President obama will announce his plan with Vice President biden today. Is Congress Ready to follow the lead of new york state . Boy, that and a whole lot more here this morning on the fullcourt press. But first, we get the latest. Todays current news update, was a fergusons got it out in los angeles. Lisa, good morning. Hey, bill. Good morning, everyone. Thats right. We will here from president obama tod
Police stormed a house thats just a few blocks from here and they took in three people for questioning. Those people have since been released. Its also worth noting that the st. Louis county police as well as the Missouri State Highway Patrol are now going to be taking over the security detail at protests. This started last night, they want to do this to make sure that everyone stays safe. Its also worth noting that two missouri congressmen are now offering a 3,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those responsible for this ambush shooting. Aligna its worthy of note there was such a flood of information about where people thought the shots came from and how the description of the shooter may be that it actually is something thats slowing down the investigation, theyre getting more leads than they expected not less. Thats a window into this community. Thank you very much. The people who live here and the police have to figure out what to do with the recent shootings,