Quote, took proportion gnat measures in selfdefense under article 51 of the un charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack. President trump tweeted, all is well, missiles launches from two military bases a sassessment of casualties and damages taking place now. So far, all is well. I will be making a statement tomorrow morning, meaning this morning. We are awaiting word when to expect that statement from the president. Stock futures initially sank with the dow pointing to more than 400point loss today. Futures have paired those losses now dow futures down a few points even with those declines, the dow only down by six points. Along with the nasdaq and s p. S p was down over 50 points overnight. Right now, you are looking at positive territory for both of those. Whip saw action in crude oil oil for wti up to 63. 02. Gold prices briefly touched 1,600 overnight you are going to see 1,582. 5. The boeing 737800, not a max, crashed in iran yesterday the jet went down moments afte
The very best in the future and delighted in the knowledge that well be seeing him stauchoften. Having established and shown us how its done, on and offscreen, youre an example to us all, particularly the younger members of the onair talent like myself and courtney bill, thank you. You know, when the stakes and nerves are high, hes a mentor thats taught so much to so many of us, both directly and indirectly while his career cant be topped, bill also taught me to look at life as a threelegged fool, work, family and friends, and faith. Hopefully, weapon fi find a newc here with his new position as anchor at large. You know what he would be doing, he would be telling you that we have 59 minutes of trade, and in record close watch. Here is whats driving the action this afternoon. Stocks hitting record highs once again with the s p 500 poised for its straight fourth week of gains. Boeing weighing on the dow of troubles raise new red flags for investors. And Consumer Staples leading the char
Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International on john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. And there are renewed concerns in the u. K. Over the state of the National Health service after a woman died in the hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales donna gilby was left lying on a freezing sidewalk until help arrived the Ambulance Service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n. H. S. Is under enormous strain. We are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u. K. We dont use shoddy edwards takes a closer look now at the tragedy and the challenges faced by the n. H. S. Well were hearing story upon story of the state of the n. H. S. In the crisis within it but this
Morning from moscow its 9 am here tuesday the 24th of december welcome to the program for us u. N. Officials have denounced a saudi arabias punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi calling it a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time the u. N. Appointed rights investigators believe the people actually behind the Journalist School murder have been left untouched while the spokesperson for the u. N. Secretary general also stressed the importance of a further probe. The secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of any accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case. Jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in istanbul in turkey in october 28th where he was then murdered the u. N. Report suggests his death with a state planned execution while riyadh insists it was the result of a
Company announced last week that it would spend production of the aircraft moving forward on the news the leadership of the leadership shuffle boeing stock rose by 3 percent today and it has been a tough year though overall for the aircraft giant losing nearly 20 percent of their stock price since the grounding now joining us now to discuss what this all means we are joined by jamie finch former National Transportation safety board official now jamie its great to have you here today but why now and what is this going to do to this whole 737. 00 max saga why do we get rid of today well it had happened and we predicted. Several times already the need for him to go which is going to be inevitable this was not just important but he was essential for boeing to get past this this very dark period in his history in his 103 year history this is the biggest crisis theyve been released and so. By removing him from position it begins that entire process and so forth but its going to be a wrong lo