Talking about carrier air conditioning. Reached a deal to keep about 1,000 jobs in indiana and he says this. I will be going to indiana on thursday to make a major announcement concerning carrier ac staying in indianapolis. Great deal for workers. Then he says big day on thursday for indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state. We will keep our companies and jobs in the u. S. Thanks, carrier. What do you make of this . Big victory for donald trump. He said he was going do this. We should clarify that carrier said it is going to be about 1,000 jobs. About 2100 jobs were in two factories they were closing out there, but the fact of the matter is even if he is able to save half of the jobs, thats more than kerry was going to keep here anyway. They were going to move operations down to mexico. Im told on thursday they are going to blow this up. They are really donald trump and mike pence are going to make a very big deal about this. Were focused so much on the rally he will be do
We begin this hour by the prim minister. This hour mr. Trump is scheduled to speak by phone with two more foreign leaders. The president s of indonesia and colombia after border wall and immigration travel ban. Kristin. Well, the last time that the leaders of japan and the United States played golf together was 60 years ago, president eisenhower played golf with the Prime Minister of japan back in 1957, at the time it was held as triumph of diplomacy between former world war ii enemies. Six years later the Prime Ministers grandson is playing round of golf with american president. A lot of history here. We dont know who won or what was said, but President Trump said last week, well, for that matter, press conference like the one yesterday in washington on the areas of Common Ground like President Trump pledging that they would continue to defend japan despite tough talk on the campaign trail. Perhaps suggesting otherwise, Prime Minister abe promising that the company in his country will
Helicopter parts that the company was selling to the south korean armed forces. So basically, the way it works is on paper it looked like the company was selling those helicopter parts for a certain price, and most people in the company thought they were. The military, though, was actually paying a much higher price for those parts. And what the scam was is that apparently, these top executives at the company cooked the books to make it all look kosher, to make it look like the same price was being paid and received, and the difference between those two price, between the fake price and the real price is actually money that they just pocketed themselves. So this is an Important Company in that country, right . A singular role in their manufacturing sector, and its got Important National security implications, both because the entity they were ripping off was their own military, but also because the ability to manufacture aircraft, particularly military aircraft is an important part of
Electronics manufacturing sector, an excellent hightech manufacturing sector. But theyve only got one Airplane Company in the whole country, and last year that one Airplane Company in south korea was almost destroyed by a giant Corruption Scandal. A whole bunch of top executives at the company were implicated in a scheme that basically boiled down to a massive accounting fraud. Part of what they did is that they apparently faked prices on helicopter parts that the company was selling to the south korean armed forces. So basically, the way it works is on paper it looked like the company was selling those helicopter parts for a certain price, and most people in the company thought they were. The military, though, was actually paying a much higher price for those parts. And what the scam was is that apparently, these top executives at the company cooked the books to make it all look kosher, to make it look like the same price was being paid and received, and the difference between those t
Lisa page might be a bigger deep state conspiracy. Reverend Jesse Jackson, the controversial comparison. Rob could taking a knee in protest be compared to taking a knee in prayer . Fox and friends first continues right now. Good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Jillian lets get to our top story on what some are calling the storm of a lifetime. The storm downgraded to a category 2 overnight, 110 mile an hour winds and waves reaching 83 feet, experts cant stress enough the storm could be deadly. Rob we got you covered on every angle, todd pyro, Jonathan Siri, Griff Jenkins monitoring conditions on the ground. Jillian we start with janice dean. Downgraded to a category 2 but still very strong storm. I worry that because of a category 2 people will let their guard down but the National Hurricane center is saying dont, we still have a very dangerous storm surge and epic flooding on the way is the storm is expected to stall. Folks across the northeast, hur