Good afternoon. Thank you very much for joining us on 9news at noon. We know the state gop is telling us joe coors who ran for congress in 2012 has died. He is the president of coors brewing company. We will have much more coming up today on 9news at 4 00 p. M. But i can tell you, pete coors says the entire family is deeply saddened by joes death. Attention today focused on the epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse. We keep telling you about these stories. Today, president obama will bring heroin Opioid Awareness colorado ranks number two in the nation for abuse of prescription drugs. Education to youth, and adults, about safe use, safe storage, and safe disposal messaging is critical to changingand addiction dangers that opioids present. She says Congress Needs to provide more funding to state and local governments to fight the take back locations in each of colorados counties. We will have much more on the story coming up later on 9news. In washington dc, trump is changing his tune abo
Protesters who knows. And experts from around the world gathered in western japan to share ideas. The deal with the aftermath of disaster global delegates and the u n officials gathered in switzerland for peace talks on syria. As the warring sides finally sat face to face they clashed over the future or present fish are all awesome. Nhk worlds show beck who has more. Then oh no wait its idiom peace conference has opened up to hotel and takes geneva. You instinctively general ban ki moon was finally able to invite representatives of yes every scene and its opponents to sit out the same table and school. The presence of heel raises a whole. Either this or that. However you could even be. Youll see him in counties with the support and ate all the best you can make a new beginning. Getting dates from about forty countries on changing the meeting was to be a nice bite us in the rush job boxed in with two countries goals on different so there you inside with the open system and has explicitl
Ago that the summit was off. While theres a lot of criticism about what could potentially happen in the summit and that this has given north korea the advantage, the president was quick to warn the north Korean Leaders that he has many options on the Table Including sanctions. Take a listen. One thing i did do, and it was important, we had hundreds of new sanctions ready to go on. And he did not, the director did not ask. I said im not going to put them on until such time as the talks break down. We had significant sanctions on that. We had hundreds, we have hundreds that are ready to go. I said im not going to why would i do that when were talking so nicely . Reporter they are talking nicely now, but the president certainly dialing back expectations as to what could come out of the summit. Initially there were lofty goals as to what could happen when he and kim jongun sat down. Now this is being described as more of a get to know you meeting with the hopes that they could begin seriou
Sources telling cnn the white house was caught completely by surprise. The president ducking questions as he returned to the white house tonight after visiting the first lady in the hospital. Are you worried about the summit, mr. President . Will you still meet with him . Will you go to singapore . How how things change. It was just a few weeks ago President Trump praised kim jongun in words at the time a lot of people found pretty surprising. He really has been very open and i think very honorable. But lets not forget the trump kim relationship was never exactly a bromance. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. And then there was this from kim jongun, quote, whatever
Will the president condemn roseannes remarks . Plus, not to the beer. Now President Trumps latest move could cost you next time you crack open a cold one. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead, im jack tapper. President trump seemingly passing out pardons to the far right almost as eagerly as oprah once gifted pontiacs to suburban moms. The president gave a full pardon to a woman convicted of federal Campaign Cash crimes. A few hours later, President Trump is considering commuting the sentence for Rob Blagojevich and Martha Stewart. Critics and analysts suggest it is a piece. They are all individuals prosecuted by people the president deems to be his opponents, individuals who face charges that members of the trump team could face themselves. Blagojevich and stewart have both appeared on the apprentice or spin offs, but they have more than that in common, they are connected to james comey. The prosecutor in stewarts case, james comey. Blagojevich convicted of 17 charges includi