Thank you, lieutenant sanford. It is a pleasure serving with you. We appreciate everything you are doing and you and sandy and the sacrifices youre making. I pressure staying close to watford, your kids. I cant even get through the first line. This guy is amazing. As a dad, partner, cfo, exactly what state needs right now and is a key part to what we got done this last year. [ applause ] governing is team effort and there are three branches of government and we are well represented here today. We have 4 of the 5 Supreme Court justices that serve our state here today. Including the chief justice, longest serving justice in history of north dakota. But lets honor our judicial court, if you guys could stand. And be recognized. [ applause ] we have a fabulous turnout of state legislator from across the state. They have driven from all over. They serve all of you, not just when they are in session, but all yearround. If we could have our state senators and representatives here today please
South sue didnts president is expected to sign a peace deal ending a twoyear civil war. Thousands have been killed and over 2 Million People forced to leave them homes in fear of their lives, the president there is under heavy International Fresh to you sign the deal. The u. N. Security council is pled threatening immediate sanctions if he doesnt put pen to paper. Gabriel elizondo reports. Reporter if south sudans president backs out of the peace deal, the United Nations says it will act and do so quickly. That was the message from the u. N. Security council. They expressed their inning to ac. [ inaudible ] to act immey if he does not sign the agreement tomorrow as he had undertaken. The u. S. Draft a u. N. Security Council Resolution calling to targeted sanks and an arms embargo if he does not sign the peace deal. But there could be disagreements within the council over the proposed u. S. Initiative. And diplomats say any action to the resolution would require further negotiations whi
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Five weeks later the power is still out in most of puerto rico, and now lightbulbs are going off in the heads of members of congress. Theyre calling for an investigation of the deal that awarded a big contract to a tiny company to get the power back on. The company happens to be headquartered in the hometown of a member of the trump cabinet. Julianna goldman is looking into this. Reporter its been more than aman since Hurricane Maria ravaged puerto rico, leaving its power grid in shambles. Today 75 of the island is still without power and lawmakers in both parties are asking why a Small Montana company was granted a 300 million nobid contract to help rebuild transmission and distribution lines. My biggest concern is we dont have enough information as to the process that went through that. Reporter republican congressman rob bishop chairs the House Committee that oversees puerto rico. The Government Power Company known
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Forecast. The fed will publish its Monetary Policy report to congress. Lawmakers will have the weekend to go over the report for Janet Yellens testimony next week. Are going to move oil prices. David lets get an update and months making headlines. Hamburg, its another day of clashes between protesters and police as the g20 summit gets underway. Protestersization were hit with Water Cannons. President trump will meet with Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the u. S. , japan, and south korea keep pressure on china over north korea. Discussion about responding to the missile launch. President trump has signaled his frustration to rein in north korea. Computers in into u. S. Power plants. The chief suspect is russia. Current u. S. Officials say one of the plants targeted was the Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant in kansas. They could disrupt the power supply. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. Global leaders