January 1st of this year. President trump has now nominated the current secretary of the Army Mark Esper to be secretary of defense. Heres reaction to the news from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. Well, first, i think its very clear that the administration is certainly not trying to start a war with iran. But weve learned over the years that iran behavior is not best dealt with by turning the other cheek. And so i think what the administration is prepared to do is engage in measured response against striking out that they are doing once again either directly or through surrogates. Its important to remember that the iuds they manufacture killed and maimed an awful lot of americans in iraq and afghanistan. Their mischief has been on full display off and on for 30 years. I think the administrations handling it connectly. But is there concern not having a secretary of defense now . I do think were better to have a confirmed secretary of defense. I
Puppy dog eyes early today starts right now good to kick off your wednesday with you im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. The fight for 2020 is officially under way. President trump declared his reelection bid in front of a raucous crowd in orlando thousands of supporters greeted the news with cheers but the citys paper wasnt so kind the Orlando Sentinel released their 2020 endorsement early, narrowing the field down to not donald trump. Thats not the only sign of trouble for mr. Trump in the battleground state according to a new quinnipiac poll, as of now six democrats would beat him in florida. Joe biden is polling a full 9 ahead of him nbcs tracie potts joining us with the latest from d. C both sides are already throwing punches. No question about that, phillip. Good morning, everyone so President Trump in announcing his Reelection Campaign talked policy, but he really went in hard on politics especially those top democratic opponents like joe biden and Bernie Sanders remember the
The city keeps going down. 66, 64, 62. So not above average this week. Remember last week . A roaring wind cranked up. Bringing a cooler pattern. 50s and 60s to the north. 53, napa. A lot of 50s. Marin county, to the russian river. And calistoga, 51. A low cloud deck marches up the coast. As it does, making a good push inland. It will burn off later today. Helped along by a system coming into the Pacific Northwest. This will give you a good cooldown. 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. 7 01 a. M. Looking at the monitor. I would say that i would avoid 101 driving to San Francisco airport. Northbound 101 from places like san mateo. And driving up from belmont because of the crush on northbound 101 near peninsula. If you are driving up the peninsula and you dont need to be on 101, take 280. You will save yourself aggravation. San mateo bridge affected by this. All the sensors are red. That is why because of this big mess. You may not want to do that. Northbound 101, clearing an accident at ellis. That
Sent her home sliding down a hill. All of a sudden, i was tumbling, and i thought, i gotta get out of here. The n. F. L. Has reached a settlement with former quarterback colin kaepernick. Kaepernick sued the n. F. L. , claiming the league plotted to keep him out. Glor and Steve Hartman on the road on a neighborhood coming together. I think your heart would melt, just as mine did. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with the latest on a workplace shooting just outside chicago. After five Police Officers who responded have been hurt. It happened at a business that manufacturers Industrial Equipment in aurora, illinois, and adriana diaz is at the scene adriana. Reporter jeff, the shooter was 45yearold gary martin, and he worked at the facility, but police havent released a motive. Cbs news has learned that during the confrontation, the swat team sent in a robot that showed the shooter dead. He had been shot by police. sirens report
Hicks, the arrival there for this closed door testimony. That will be fascinating. I want to bring in andrew gillum, a cnn political commentator. David, we are awaiting for the arrival of hope hicks on capitol hill, and lauren said something very interesting. Hope hicks of course spans the entire recent political career of donald trump from before he was president until after he was president. Theres absolutely no executive privilege for anything that happened before donald trump was president. She will have to answer questions about that. If she tries to get out of answering questions after he was elected president or inaugurated, thats where the problem will be. And thats where theres a potential assertion of executive privilege even if its legally dubious. She can assert it here and then away we go into the legal fight already well under way. This is the gatekeeper for a president who knows a lot, facilitated conversations, and spoken for him on a number of occasions as well. So the