Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Were going to start things off this mornin with louisiana, bracing for hurricane delta. The category 3 storm is packing 120mileperhour winds, also threatening deadly storm surge. Some areas could get 15 inches of rain. Delta is expected to hit later on today and it is intensifying as it bears down on the gulf coast. Courtney zabowski is in lafayette, louisiana. This storm is expected to hit that area pretty hard. It is still reeling from hurricane laura six weeks ago. How are people preparing, what is going on . Reporter what were hearing from people is not again. Right now it is a category 3 and it could weaken, but at this point, forecasters predicted it would strengthen overnight it did and now it is headed straight for the louisiana coast. Residents along louisianas gulf coast are packing up, and heading north again. It is getting tiresome. It is part of being here. I mean, the good times far outweigh the bad. Reporter vic and
To jump ship. 7 were going to to jump ship . Were going to have richard in the studio, but Katherine Forster has more. Katherine forster has more. Yes, he came from labour, the conservative party offered him a home, but could lee anderson now go over to the reform party . Go over to the reform party . Ill bring you the details of that meeting shortly. That meeting shortly. No thanks. Emmanuel macron britain has rejected a draft french plan to send nato troops into war in. Ukraine and the into war in. Ukraine and the Royal Protection verdict. Royal protection verdict. The duke of sussex will learn whether hes won a high Court Challenge over a decision to change the level of his personal security during our show this morning, well bring you that when we have it. When we have it. And theres a huge farmers demonstration in cardiff , demonstration in cardiff, tractors descending on the Welsh Parliament building. Remember, wales has been run by labour for 20 years and they are very, very unh
Meanwhile President Trump is on the final leg of his historic asia trip, now in the philippines, talking trade but coming under fire from the left over comments he made about Vladmir Putin. More republican lawmakers speaking out against roy moore this afternoon as another woman alleges that she was assaulted by him, when she was a minor. Among our guests this hour, congressman tom garrett, from the House Freedom caucus. Harvard economics professor, my professor, marty feldstein. Byron york, Michael Goodwin, dilbert creator scott adams. Wow. David dow climbing despite the big drag from general electric. That stock ending the day down more than 8 . Lets go straight to lori rothman on floor of the nyse. Lets go to what happened. Ge, gee whiz. Announcing a Restructuring Plan and slashing the dividend by half. Slashed the dividend by 50 , hasnt done that since the financial crisis. Ges stock viewing link 35 yeartodate today. It was off another 7 . Wall street not thrilled with ges plans to
The president pro tempore on this vote, there are 81 yeas, 18 nays. The bill as reported is passed and, as amended. And under the previous order, the title amendment is agreed to. The president pro tempore without objection, the motion is agreed to. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of h. Con. Res. 25, which the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 33, h. Con. Res. 25, establishing the budget for the United States government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 20152023. The president pro tempore and under the previous order, amendment number 2006 is agreed to, the motion to reconsider is considered made, laid upon the table, h. Con. Res. 25, as amended, is agreed to, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid on the table. And the Senate Insists on its amendment, requests a conference with the house on the disagreeing votes of the two houses. Conferees are conferees are instructed to
All the while, the country was experiencing more and more and more increasingly horrific single shooter mass killings, gun massacres every year, while it became increasingly impossible to do absolutely anything. In response to them. President obama put joe biden, then Vice President , in charge of leading a task force in the Obama Administration to try to find a way around what could be done. Vice president took charge of that and they moved very, very fast. It was december 14th, 2012, when the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened, 26 little kids and teachers and school staff. That was a friday, december 14th. Before the next week was up, the following thursday on december 20th, then Vice President joe biden had already started convening the first meetings in washington. The president asked me to convene this meeting with you and we will be talking with other stakeholders as well, because we have to have a comprehensive way in which to respond to the mass murder of our childr