Complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president James Garfield on the u. S. Capitol grounds. Well hear from Matthew Gilmore who edits a washington, d. C. History blog. Those of you probably know matt by name, if not in person. He runs a blog, the matthew b. Gilmore press blog and also hes an author of the column of the intowner. If you follow d. C. History, hes been integrally involved. Anything history in d. C. Oh, you also run the d. C. History list. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today hes going to talk about James Garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington, d. C. I wont say too much more about it. I dont want to steal his steam. Please join me in welcoming matt. [ applause ] thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays or recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years caught up in congressional infighting. Legislation pending. A powerful lobby behind the mem
Address. Police say there were only minor injuries. Lets take you to some live pictures from new york city where you can see there is still presence. Lice this explosion just months after the deadly terror attack in manhattan. We go live for more on this situation. Still a heavy Police Presence here on 8th avenue just outside Port Authority where four people were injured, including the suspect, when an explosion went off in the middle of the rush hour and the middle of this busy Holiday Season right here in Port Authority in what the new york city mayor is calling and attempted terror attack. During the height of morning evacuating thece bus terminal at Port Authority after an explosion below ground at to the worlds busiest and the nati subway station. Its one of our worst nightmares. In custody,n is four people injured, including the suspect. Anor deblasio this was attempted terror attack. The suspect is a 27yearold fromamed akayed ullah bangladesh. He has been living in the u. S. For
Security of the entire world stock warnings about north korea its a Un Security Council special session. And this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least four palestinians are killed by Israeli Forces in gaza and the west bank and demonstrations against the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem. Impeachment proceedings against president the latest latin american politician engulfed in a Corruption Scandal. European leaders say the u. K. Has done enough to allow further talks on leaving the e. U. And to move on to trade. North korea has defiantly defended its Ballistic Missile program at the u. N. Security council the Public Session was called after pyongyang tested was believed to be its most advanced intercontinental Ballistic Missile in november. Well but the meeting was attended by u. S. Secretary of state ricks tellus sen failed to come up with any new steps to curb north koreas actions mike hanna has more from the u. N. The red scarf a reflection of the chilly weather outsid
Sheena parveen is talking about today being the best day temperature wise. Thats not good, sheena. Isnt it depressing when we have to call temperatures in the 30s a warmup . I think so. Temperatures very cold. Not even factoring in the wind chill. The wind is actually calm. Look at manassas right now. Temperature of zero. 1 winchester, 5 kbagaithersburg in clinton. Hopefully you dont have to be outside for too long this morning. If you do, needles to say, bundle up. It is a frigid start. You want the gloves this morning. The warm coat, warm hat. Everything you have to stay warm. By 9 00 a. M. Well still be in the teens. This is north florida. We have a wintry mix. Some snow near tallahassee. That is rare and it just shows you how cold it is down there but that is our next storm system. Gives part of the area snow overnight. Coming up, lets check the roads on this wednesday. Good morning, melissa. Good morning, sheena. Outer loop before river road had a crash just reported there in the
See. Workshop hathaway, Warren Buffett said he needs a quiet 2017. Betty it has been everything but quiet in the equity markets these days. Out, but it to close want to point to you a chart. G btv 9668, which is what we have seen for huge amounts of price swings in the equity market. If anybody doubted whether or not volatility was here to stay, just look at this chart here it it shows you the difference between the highs and lows on average on the s p fearing s p. Right, butett is 2018 is a totally different story. You just saw on the righthand side with how big those differences are in the highs and the lows. You can see that even on friday, the s p rising by 1. 6 . The dow swinging back with these huge gains 350 points. The nasdaq also rising by 2 . It will be interesting to see, with all the news coming up this week, what price action we will get starting monday in the u. S. Yvonne it seems like we bucked that trend selling on friday. The relief are a lot of equity traders. A lot o