Seventy one people on board. Iran marks thirty nine years since the Islamic Revolution president has sound rouhani calls for a year of unity. And of a display of harmony in seoul that south koreas president strikes of course this note about his invitation to visit the north. If you know you see the blood the root villages yet you. Modernised burning hundreds of villages as the bush foreign secretary visits right kind states also. A month ago a group the cloud bridge project in costa rica where reforestation efforts could provide an important lesson for the rest of the world. And im far is small in doha our top sports story a seventeen year old takes gold on day two of the competition at the chiang Winter Olympics greg girard is the youngest adverse no board winner. Transport prosecutor has confirmed that all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from one of moscows busiest airports have died investigators at the scene say theyre looking at all
Looking at early trading in european equities, in the green. The dax up by 0. 6 . Cac up by 0. 9 . Lets check out the Energy Markets. Yesterday Energy Markets traded higher. Once again as it looked like demand in china might be pushing higher. Some of the opec nations looked like they might be cutting back as they said they would be doing. This morning, wti down about 1 . Steve . Here are the big stories today. Janet yellen says she is upbeat about the shortterm economic outlook. Speaking to a group of educators in washington late yesterday, janet yellen said the labor market is looking strong, but the central bank chief is worried about longerterm issues like growing income inequality and weak growth in labor productivity. Its the busiest day of the week for economic data, retail sales out at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. This is the important december retail sales number. At 8 30, the december Producer Price index. At 10 00 a. M. , january Consumer Sentiment and november business invento inven
Balance those objectives, and then it needs to look at capabilities, what type of force structure do you need, the delivery systems, but also the warheads and the maintenance of the nuclear complex, and finally, it has to look at cost. How do you look for ways to save money . Where additional investment is required . Those are some version of the main components. Who works on this . Its right out of the pentagon, but in the past, there are levels of outside input that comes in. Rebecca generally, its been led by the pentagon but with varying degrees of involvement from interagency. Took on aocument broader scope. It strategy was a bit broader. It involved more of our inner agency partners, as well as international partners. Aaron what is the benefit of that and maybe the drawback . Review lets you get ideas upfront, bring stakeholders in, and inevitably, they are a little less surprised and more on board in the end. Drawbacks . It can be a bit cumbersome. It can move slower when youve
Trump tells wall street journal he would be open to lifing u. S. Sanctions against russia. Saying quote, if you get along and if russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebodys doing some really great things. Meanwhile, playing defense. The president elect is lashing out at civil rights icon, john lewis, after the georgia congressman said he woul not attend trumps inauguration. I dont see it as president elect as a legitimate president. Meanwhile, as trumps committee is making preparations, protests and marches have begun. This hour, well be following a civil rights march from the Washington Monument to the Martin Luther king memorial underway now, as well as a rally for fair Immigration Reform also right now underway in the metropolitian church. But first, lets discuss trumps feud with lewis. Jessica Jessica Schneider is live outside trump tower. Lewis, widely respected on all sides. This situation is looking pretty ugly and could get worse. Whats the latest
She should not have been allowed to run for president. Not legitimate, he conspired to get trump elect the. He says trump is not a legitimate president elect. And closing in, in its closing days, the Obama Administration says the hunt for isis leader is intensifying and his days are numbered. Are u. S. Forces closing in . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim sciutto and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight, the house of representatives takes the First Step Towards dismantling obamacare. A mostly Party Line Vote follows a similar move in the senate, allowing republicans to use the budget process to roll back major parts of the health care law. Also breaking, congressman john lewis says he does not consider donald trump a legitimate president. In a new interview, the civil rights icon charges there was a conspiracy by the russians and others to help get trump elected adding, quote, thats not right, thats not fair. That comes as trump tweets