This is the weekly here on R T International where we bring you the days top news along with a breakdown of the biggest headlines from the past 7 days. We start with bell roofs where massive crowds are gathering for yet another weekend of unrest you can see live pictures just behind me theyre calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the contested election which the opposition claims was rigged more than 250 people have reportedly been arrested in minsk in just the past few hours our correspondent ron earlier reported on the build up to some next march. Well there is there is a lot of tension there is apprehension from from the Early Morning at 2 oclock protesters were supposed to gather here in downtown downtown this is where the march was supposed to start but police beat them to the punch you can see all the all the side streets blocked by Security Service agents by by police even the military i believe they beat the protesters to the punc
Morning as well. The spare the air alert is in effect once again today. A record 18 days in a row with the alert for the bay area, that continues into saturday and likely beyond. The normal daytime highs, upper 80s and close to 90 in concord. Also for livermore comedy low 80s in san jose and the low 70s in oakland. The upper 60s for San Francisco. We have heat advisories and excessive heat warning in effect for the Holiday Weekend. I will have details coming up. Morning. As we check the roadways, we have a crash westbound 80. One car and felt of it might be blocking the left lane. The good news is there are not a lot of cars on the roadway. The traffic is pretty light. Plus the threeday Holiday Weekend is upon us. Things are moving after the limit. We will let you know if that changes but the left lane is blocked on the westbound side. Past that there are no delays towards the toll plaza. Traffic is moving at the limit. A place where we see a few brake lights is the nimitz freeway. We
Your number is going to be 202 7488002. And if you are in american gun owner but not part of the nra, you should be part of this conversation, as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text us your opinion at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media on ontter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again this week, new york state announced a major lawsuit against the National Rifle association, accusing them of corruption and misspending of the organizations funds. Here is a bit of the story from the New York Times. New York Attorney general has issued an existential threat to the National Rifle association on thursday, arguing in a lawsuit that years of runaway corruption and misspending demanded a dissolution of the nations most powerful gun rights lobby. While the legal confrontation could take years to play out, it constitutes another deep blow to an organization whose legendary medical clout has been diminished by infigh
Growth. Late on the program, ill be asking larry kudlow why is this happening in a fullyemployed economy. Thats jobs and now the markets. Here it comes, 29,000, the dow may hit that mark today. Yes, the astonishing market rally has taken us up 11,000 points on the dow, since the election, of donald j. Trump and the value of American Business has gone up 12. 8 trillion since he was elected. A few minutes from now the market opens and well see the dow go up just a little bit more , maybe 20 points up, s p up maybe 6 and a 30 point gain for the nasdac composite. One more story and its dramatic satellite and intelligence reports show the plane that crashed into iran was taken down by a missile. It was not mechanical failure or engine trouble. The plane was shot down. Canadas trudeau says it may have been done accidentally. 63 canadians were on board. Varney company, the friday edition, is about to begin. President trump when im thrilled to hold the first rally of 2020 right here, in the gr
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