We do say good morning, everyone. Weve made it to the midweek mark. Im kendis gibson. Im Erielle Reshef in for diane macedo this morning. We begin with the republican senators headed to the white house today after failing to deliver on their promise to overhaul health care. Yeah, so the stinging defeat was followed by a repeal only effort. But theres already enough opposition to sink that bill as well. Now, President Trump says its time to let obamacare fail. Abcs janai norman tracking the overnight developments right now from washington. Good morning, janai. Reporter good morning. The president has sought to deflect responsibility even trying to blame democrats for that senate bill failing but in the end it was republicans who tanked the latest health care plan. Republicans promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act but the president s top legislative priority that barely made it out of the house alive is now dead in the senate with a group of republicans pulling the plug.
Ellen so there are people who think hong kong should separate from china and go off on its own. It is a small movement. But it has taken more root than most people expected. A couple of years ago, there was a lot of protests about hong kongs role and its relationship with china. And people dont like that china was insisting at one point that they come up with the nominees to be the chief executive. Anyway, this is a continuation of that debate. Hong kong is very dependent on china for water, food, lots of things. Of course, it has a history as being a british colony. And sort of the future of hong kong is still being hammered out. Carol the economy was doing so well, but now not so while that is making it trickier. Ellen it is making it trickier for the chinese and the people who live there. The economy is really in bad shape for a variety of reasons. Housing prices are very high. There are a lot of people who live in hong kong who have dual passports because when the british were with
Hong kong and the growing independence movement, what is going on . There are people who think hong kong should separate from china and go off on its own. It is a small movement. But it has taken more root than most people expected. A couple of years ago, there was a lot of protests about hong kongs role and its relationship with china. And people dont like that china was insisting at one point that they come up with the nominees to be the chief executive. Anyway, this is a continuation of that debate. Hong kong is very dependent on china for water, food, lots of things. Of course, it has a history as being a british colony. And sort of the future of hong kong is still being hammered out. Carol the economy was doing so well, but now not so while that is making it trickier. Ellen it is making it trickier for the chinese and the people who live there. The economy is really in bad shape for a variety of reasons. Housing prices are very high. There are a lot of people who live in hong kong
And go off on its own. It is a small movement. But it has taken more root than most people expected. A couple of years ago there , was a lot of protests about hong kongs role and its relationship with china. And people dont like that china was insisting at one point that they come up with the nominees to be the chief executive. Anyway this is a continuation of , that debate. Hong kong is very dependent on china for water, food, lots of things. Of course, it has a history as being a british colony. The future of hong kong is still being hammered out. Carol the economy was doing so well, but now not so while that is making it trickier. Is making it trickier for the chinese and the people who live there. The economy is really in bad shape for a variety of reasons. Housing prices are very high. There are a lot of people who live in hong kong who have dual passports because when the british were withdrawing the question was where they were going to go. There is a lot of uncertainty. Carol y
A drizzly sunday in the granite state. Temperatures feeling a lot like fall but will this trend , continue for the workweek . Good afternoon. Im cherise leclerc. And im adam sexton. Were also keeping a close eye on Hurricane Matthew, which is churning in the caribbean. Haiti, jamaica, and cuba all at this hour bracing for the category 4 storm. Lets check in with meteorologist Hayley Lapoint who has been tracking its movements. Hayley we have had a major storm going on in the caribbean. Jamaica. This is going to mean drastic conditions for communities in jamaica and haiti because the front quadrant is always where the strongest winds are. That is where we are concerned for those people in haiti. It is currently a category 4 hurricane. Jamaica, just to the east. They will still have impact, but not a direct hit like eastern portions of cuba and haiti. Then it moves into bermuda. Then things get more questionable. You see the cone of uncertainty getting wider. That means the hurricane cou