Looks a lot like ours. See how Artificial Intelligence from google gave astronomers a break through. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Senator rubio will be there. Were doing very well on the tax front. We have tremendous support. We have tremendous spirit. Deessential in the ranks threaten tax reform. Unless the Child Tax Credit is made more generous. I want to support tax reform, its important to the country. President trump spoke with russian leader Vladimir Putin on the phone. They talked about the crisis over north Koreas Nuclear program. The new York City Police Department Investigating allegations of rape against music mogul Russell Simmons. He denied the allegations. Nasas telescope has discovered an eighth planet in a distant star system. With all this data coming, for scientists its like trying to drink from a fire hose. A firefighter has died while battling the thomas fire flames northwest of los angeles. Tragic and devasta
Starr at the pentagon. Barbara, were talking about 2,800 u. S. Troops en route now to the middle east. What do we know about where theyre coming from . Well, these are troops coming from ft. Bragg, north carolina. The orders had already been issued, it was all expected. But now today the first of those troops getting on planes, making their way to kuwait, on standby there if iran retaliates, something the pentagon obviously very concerned about. President trumps top military advisor, general mark milley, not ruling out a possible retaliatory attack from iran. When compelling intelligence in recent days showed Qasem Soleimani planned to attack u. S. Targets in the middle east, the Trump Administration made the decision to kill him, according to milley. The u. S. Decided to act because of the size, scale and scope of the planning by soleimani he said. Is there a risk now to u. S. Safety in the region . Damn right there is risk, milley told reporters, but to deal with that risk, the u. S.