The first monday of october means the start of the new Supreme Court term, and there could not be more at stake in this one. Jan crawford is our chief Legal Correspondent and has covered the court for 25 years. And jan, i know this is shaping up to be a historic term. Well, i mean they are taking every hot button issue thats out there. Youve got gay rights, abortion, immigration, gun rights, and they are going to jump right into it. Starting tomorrow with the case that really looks at whether or not federal civil rights law protects gays, lesbians, transgendered people from discrimination in employment. And then in the months to come, theyre going to look at abortion, whether or not states can put more regulations on abortion clinics. Theyre going to have a case that looks at President Trumps efforts to try to end that Obama Era Program called the Dreamer Program course that was designed to protect people who came to this country illegally as children. And then there is gun rights. The
It is october 8th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. If turkey does anything out of what they should be doing, well hit them so hard in the economy. The president defends his withdrawal from syria. The president keeps saying weve won this war on isis. We certainly have not. This is a bad idea. Tactically and strategically. A key figure to the president and European Union testifies before congress today. The nba is doing damage control after a Houston Rockets general manager spoke on protests in hong kong which infuriated china. Three infants have dine at a Pennsylvania Hospital from a waterborne bacterial infection. Its really too soon to say exactly where the organism is coming from. Kroger and walgreens are the latest to stop selling ecigarettes. The trump was ordered to turn over his tax returns. An Appeals Court granted a lastminute delay. All that the yankees have swept the twins theyre the first team to go onto the championship series. And all that matter
Because something looks like it is. That will be deemed a victory. Do you share that . I agree. Even a mini victory will be great for the markets. That is priced in. People are so nervous about a trade war. Businesses and consumers are holding back investing cash right now. 3 trillion sitting in money market fund, the highest in history. People are still neil 3 trillion in money market . Correct. Neil like money under the mattress. That has to be put to work. Money going to put to work. If you get uncertainty lifted that is a whole lot of money going into the markets to lift it higher. Neil the old story of lore, markets in this anticipation might sell on the fact. Where do you think this goes . Certainly this has been an ongoing drama for two years now. Weve seen this movie before. Expectations run high. Then they get dashed. I do think there is some momentum here for at least a truce. Certainly in chinas interest to buy some ago products from the u. S. They have the african swine flu
Underneath the bus. The woman trapped under a bus speeding down the highway locked inside the luggage compartment. Wh plus, party in the Nations Capital. There will be a world series in d. C. Ashingadto t just how historic this is. And later the photo of a nurse after a long shift at the hospital and why its touched so many people across this country. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the democrats who came out swinging last night giving senator Elizabeth Warren a taste of what its like to be frontrunner. It was the first debate since warren sergio mattarellaed in the polls and she was forced to fend off sharp attacks from nearly every candidate on the stage especially regarding her health care plan. Take a look at the speaking times last night. Senator warren with five minutes more than her closest rival, former Vice President joe biden. Abcs rachel scott in ohio with the highlights. Rachel, good morning. Reporter janai, kenneth, good morning to
But the b. A. R. T. Trains are running about nine trains running on time without delay. Over here, the san mateo bridge we wanted to check back in if you were with us about 20 minutes ago. It did look slow but things are moving nicely signaling as you change lanes good advice. Traffic may be light because you see how early it is, 5 01 and a smooth flow of traffic all sides of the bay. The crash on the grid but i think it cleared off off of eastbound 80 around highway 4, so it shouldnt be a problem anymore. Ill give you one more scan and the bay bridge toll plaza a few cars waiting in the cash lanes off to the right. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. 5 01. New this morning, San Jose Police are investigating the death of a man who was stabbed in a fight, it happened about 9 00 last night on alum rock close to where it crosses right over highway 101. Officers responded to reports of a fight involving multiple people. From at least unidentified one stab wound. He later died at a hospital.