Howard schultz built the chain to a globally known brand with more than 25,000 stores in 75 countries and one on every block here in new york city. After april, schultz will focus on starbucks involvement in social causes and a new chain of high end stores with 12 cups of coffee. Thats not what were paying now . Why stop at a 6 latte . You know what im saying . Might be gold in that. Well be lined up. Thats true. We have another sign of the holiday season. The National Christmas tree in washington, now lit. President obama threw the switch at the white house for his eighth and final time. He was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter sasha. President obama saying the tree brings a message of unity, decency and hope. Performers included garth brooks and chance the rapper. Beautiful scene there. And the 12 days, by the way, of christmas. We always talk about this, will not cost much more than it did last year. Apparently some folks at pnc bank did the calculations. The cos
Now theyre descending and theyre desceg into high terrain. Theyre essentially gliding into oblivion. Reporter at the crash scene, players shoes, their jerseys among the wreckage. All 71 killed, now identified as families prepare funerals. And a brazilian city continuing to mourn. Kanld light in flashlights in the team stadium. Many from the black boxes, the voice recorder telling us what the pilots were saying to each other, why they made the decisions they did. Britis investigators are now looking at those boxes. David kerley, abc news, washington. The train engineer who fell asleep while driving a new york stateommuter train is now sue the railroad. The crash three years ago killed four passengers in new york city, but the engineer was not charged because he was suffering sleep apnea. Now hes suing the railroad for have had Safety Equipment that would have taken control of e train when he fell asleep. 10 million. Wow. A florida man in custody this morning after holding 11 people at g
For directions, a vector. Now theyre descending and theyre descending into high terrain. Theyre essentially gliding into oblivion. Reporter at the crash scene, players shoes, their jerseys among the wreckage. All 71 killed, now identified as families prepare funerals. And a brazilian city continuing to mourn. Kanld light in flashlights in the team stadium. Many questions will be recorder telling us what the pilots were saying to each other, why they made the decisions they did. British investigators are now looking at those boxes. David kerley, abc news, washington. The train engineer who fell asleep while driving a new york state commuter train is now sue the railroad. The crash three years ago killed four passengers in new york city, but the engineer was not charged because he was suffering sleep apnea. Now hes suing the railroad for have had Safety Equipment that would have taken control of the train when he fell asleep. 10 million. Wow. A florida man in custody this morning after h
Gatlinburg and pigeon forge suffering the worst damage. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed. Several people have been charged with setting wildfires there. Severe storms in the southeast also turning deadly this week. Seven people killed, four also in tennessee. And three in alabama. More than 30 twisters were confirmed in eight states, stretching across more than 500 miles. Crews are still working to restore four to thousands. Now for a look at the nation. Paul williams joining us with the details. Good morning. The coldest air of the season is going to start off in the Rocky Mountain region for next week, and thats going to sweep its way over towards the Mississippi Valley region, and then finally its going to work its way towards the northeast. Now, it will introduce itself to us over this weekend. Because well have the highs near the norm for this time of year, the lows will drop 10 to 15 degrees. Will open the door for chilly and drier air. Kendis, adrian . Thank
Under scrutiny of critics in washington. Bernie sanders wrote, trump has endangered the jobs of all workers. He has signalled to corporations that they can threat to offshore jobs in exchange for business friendly tax benefits and incentives. Trumps tour will continue over the next few weeks, including crucial states he won, and those he thought he would have done better in. Thanks to kenneth. One more note about trump, hes reaching across the aisle, meeting with Heidi Heitkamp, north dakota democrat. The Transition Team called her a proven leader. If she joins the administration, her states republican governor will get to choose her replacement, bringing the senates gop majority up to 53. And new Jersey Governor Chris Christie may be interested in being the next chairman of the Republican National the job, which will be vacated by Reince Priebus as he becomes white house chief of staff. It would put christie in a high profile position, but it doesnt require senate confirmation. State