And jones at. Jobs bonanza. The 85 billion dollar aleshin in the room. Billiondollar elephant in the room. Brazil becomes the latest target in the global ambition plan. Now to our lead. Amazon pledging to create 100,000 new jobs in the u. S. Over the next 18 months. Similar announcements from tech heavyweights like alibaba and ibm. Amazon has been growing rapidly but could this announcement keep the company on the right side of Incoming Trump administration . Speaking wednesday at the news conference, the president elect emphasized the importance of job creation. Mr. Trump we are going to create jobs. I said i will be the greatest jobs producer that god every created and i mean that. I am going to work very hard on that. Spencer covers amazon and joins us from seattle. And with us for the hour as our. Uest host, now, first of all, do you t you, spencer, give us an idea of whether this is another p. R. Stunt or if there are concrete plans coming from amazon to and enact this . This is l
Theres 20 members on this panel. And we are only halfway through. And at this hour, it appears that the support for sessions is split down party lines. And the stakes have been increased with last nights firing of the acting attorney general, sally yates. Now, democrats have serious concerns about sessions ability to distance himself from the president questioning if he has what to takes to be independent and stands up to the commander in chief or tell mr. Trump hes wrong on certain issues just as sally yates did last night. Republicans on the other hand say sessions is a man of character, will follow the law and have no problem being the peoples attorney vs. The president s attorney. We need an independent attorney general. One who is committed to standing up for the constitutional and statutory rights of the disenfranchised and stand up for a president who in these short days has already violated his rights. I dont think senator sessions. For these reasons, ill speak longer on the fl
Tournament. All that and smashing world record too, early today starts right now. Good morning. Happy monday. I hope the weekend was good to you. Especially with whats ahead. Multiday threat of severe storms. Large hail and damaging winds in the Southern Plains could be in store. Nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all. Baseball almost softball hail in areas of oklahoma yesterday. That threat has ended pushing into areas near arkansas. Later on today well be worried about an additional threat of large hail, damaging winds and even a few tornadoes. As we go throughout tuesday and wednesday tornado threat is much greater in texas possibly even all the way down to louisiana. All those details and show you the millions of people at risk coming up later. The russian government arrested hundreds of protesters as the crackdown began after thousands of russians across the country took to the street rallying against corruption. Now the u. S. State department is condemning the arrest. A
Two chances for rain today. You should have your umbrella ready to go. There is on radar most of the moment. Most of the rain coming into the eastern parts of the West Virginia panhandle moving into washington county, maryland. Friendly neighbors in frederick, maryland, the rain drops are 15 to 20 minutes away from leaving you. Likely to be coming towards the capital beltway. Grab the umbrella. Have your raincoat coming. Fog and rain visible this morning. Afternoon temperatures back into the 70s. That is nice. Be sure to keep your umbrella with you. Its all about preparation. It is. Inner loop at 450, a crash here. It sounds like its on the right shoulder. Heads up soubo the crash hanging around blocking the left lane. Response still on the scene. 95 north of courthouse, there is an issue. Theres a broken down bus. Sounds like a lot of folks are looking over to the side of the roadway there and we could start seeing some slowdowns because of that. Rock creek parkway, difficulty getting
9 00 a. M. We could see visibility dropping to 1 4 of a mile. If youre in dulles, manasses, fredericksburg dropping below 1 2 mile. Your commute, temperatures this morning, 48 degrees by 7 00 a. M. By noon, 61. Chance of a shower. So have the umbrella this morning. Have it later on today, too. Even by 5 00 p. M. A shower south and east of the district. As we go through the morning hours, again, youll want the umbrella. Chuck, what does the radar look like . Rain drops all over it especially across fredericks county. Rain drops from brunswick maryland to show it is going to be a wet start. Far western county. Northern 16 loudon county. Middleburgh. Marshall and faulkier county. This isnt all that heavy a rain. Its not going to be a complete deluge. The mist and drizzle, not a pretty day at all. The return of some sunshine should allow temperatures to get back up from the 40s to the upper 60s and low 70s later today. That will be nice, indeed. I see lots of red marks appearing on the tra