Im watching the latest headlines here at r. T. International thank you for joining us. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley has signaled washington will veto a draft resolution rejecting Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital joining me live now to discuss this is caleb moore with more details. Hi there than hello so tell us more about the Security Council meeting. Well the resolution that is being discussed was proposed by egypt and it is widely expected to be very towed by the United States however its important to know that it specifically does not mention the United States there is no finger pointing at washington it simply describes a deep regret that recent decisions concerning the status of jerusalem now weve heard from u. S. Ambassador nikki haley she took to the floor and repeated what she has said in the past accusing the United Nations of being unfair in the way it treats israel this is nikki haley speaking at the u. N. Security council. Th
Are getting to you my name is neil harvey you are watching r. T. International to start with breaking news story lets bring you up to date with this because theres been quote multiple fatalities following track train derailing from a bridge over interstate five which is a major commuter highway in Pierce County Washington State part of the train has been left dangling from the bridge youll see in the photographs the situation there numerous passenger cars have fall onto the highway we have had fishel now reports of multiple faith tallaght many people injured amazingly the reports are that nobody in the vehicles has been killed in this incident but actually it was a passenger. Within the train itself within that compartment that deal railed this was said during a busy morning rush hour lots of vehicles on the road and were also hearing that this indeed was the inaugural journey on what was a new railway line and if thats the case then just because it adds to the sadness of this incident
Giving it to you my name is the this is r. T. And. Lets start with our breaking news story this hour because an amtrak train has derailed on a major highway commuter route in Pierce County Washington State the Pierce County Sheriffs Office has tweeted that quote injuries and casualties have been reported stating that exact numbers will be revealed soon now this all occurred during the morning rush hour and now highway lanes are being blocked according to the Washington Department of transportation. Our correspondent in washington samir khan joins me on the line may we just saw some pictures that looks like theres a really bad traffic situation and that this was a pretty nasty accident what happened. Well an amtrak train just to rail on to i five a highway just forty miles south of Seattle Washington injuries and casualties like you said have been reported but unfortunately the exact number is unknown at the moment the highway is now closed but First Responders are at the scene and they
What we know is according to the local sheriffs office, there are confirmed fatalities. There were about 70 people on board this amtrak cascades train. It derailed around 7 3 hat went right over interstate 5, a curve in the track. Its a normal curve, but we also, according to amtrak, this train was going about 80mph. So one of i think the top questions for many people is speed, the bend in this curve as n. T. S. B. Is already making its what went wrong. But i think its also fair to say that right now people are focused on recovery, because there were 70 people on board that train. And the pictures weve seen so far, notable to train thats upside down thats on interstate 5, but also the other ones that are hanging over, and, of course, the cars and vehicles that officials now confirm were also truck that were on interstate 5 as a result of this collision. You can see that one car there upside down. It looks like it may have burned. Another car landed on top of it, and all the way back, a
Good morning, welcome to squawk alley. With me here at post 9, Kayla Tausche back again all three major averages hitting record highs the dow at one point within 150 points of 25,000 its backed away from that a bit, but were still keeping an eye on it. For more, philip swagle and jim paulson, chief investment strategist welcome to both of you jim, we keep hearing simultaneously that the market is rising on tax reform optimism and also that tax reform is priced in. Which is it . Well, its hard to argue that its priced in when it keeps going up every day thats for sure. I dont know what has not been vetted by the market as far as this tax policy is concerned the news has been out there for some time. People got a very good idea exactly what its going to be and already have adjusted their earnings estimates and so forth, so i sort of lean in the camp, too, that even though theyll probably pass it this week, most of that is included in the market here, but its hard to get in front of a one