Was another record for the s p 500, but the gains were a capped bit as yesterdays enthusiasm over a trade truce between the u. S. And china was replaced by a scepticism today after the u. S. Threatened more tariffs on 4 billion worth of European Union goods. Just another chapter in that longrunning despite over aircraft subsidies. In the end, stock did hang on with the dow rising 69 points, the nasdaq a climbed justut 18, and the s p scratched out a gain of eight for that record close. And as for the china trade issue, Administration Officials met to discuss what to do about the Chinese Telecom company huaw. As part o the detente the u. S. X re restrictions against the company but it isnt exactly clear what that means, but white house trade advisor Peter Navarro gave his take we a going to work closely with our allies around the world to make sure huawei 5g is not in those countries, but in the meantime a small aunt of lowlevel chips are going to be sold to keep systems going, and that
This focused on his domestic agenda, including efforts on welfare reform, gun control, and balancing the federal budget. Helped by the institute of politics and Public Service, this is over an hour. Good morning, welcome back. For those of you that were here earlier, im executive director of the institute of politics and Public Service here at georgetowns Public Policy. Couldnt be more excited to get todays conversations started. This morning, were going to begin with a discussion reflecting on president bill clintons vision of america. The the goal of this overall symposium, overall, is to really drill down on the vision that helped bring him to the campaign helped bring him to the campaign and to office. And we couldnt be more excited to start that this year. In order to think about that though, its important to look at the Historical Context of bill clintons election and what happened in the 25 years between his graduation from georgetown and his election. Before we bring everyone u
He was a former coworker of the photographer and reporter. Audit station where he previously work described him as difficult to work with. Wdbj said involve involve watched the news before he approached the former cheeks armed with a gun. He turned the gun on himself and moments ago was confirmed dead. We want to warn you that some of the video you are about to see is very disturbing. The morning crew covered a story on tourism in virginia this morning and out of nowhere a gunman walked up and opened fire. You can hear several gunshots during the interview. Allison parker, a reporter and adam ward, a photographer, for wdbj were shot and killed. The general manager went on air to speak about the devastate tragedy. We are in shock. All there is in our building is hugging and crying and consoling. Many members of our star are very close to alley son and adam and everyone knew them. They were loved. They were positive people. 59 time of shooting they were interviewing a gift from the chamb
This is a breaking story. Lets go to sam sweeney and the newsroom. Us . Can you tell we have learned the shooter has taken his own life. This story is changing by the minute. As you said, he has taken his life. Cnn reporting he did this as lawenforcement officials approached him on66. In the last hour, as you also mention, the suspect in the shooting posted a cell phone video of him apparently shooting the reporter and in the cameraman. We are not going to show you this video, but i can to you it is horrific. He shoots the reporter multiple times. She runs away. In the video goes black. He posted this on his twitter within the last half hour. He also posted about his history he had with adam and allison, the reporter and photographer he allegedly shot. He reported alison and racist remarks and the photographer went to hr after only one time working with him. In the last half hour twitter and facebook have suspended his accounts. The suspect him his name is Vester Flanagan, a 41yearold
Ges new chief executive is making a lot of changes. Hes giving an activist investor pushing for cost cuts a seat on the board. And late friday it was announced that several top executives are a new chief Financial Officer is on her way in. The stock closed at a twoyear low amid concerns about what the changes could mean for the companys upcoming earnings due out next week. So far this year, the stock has lost more than and thats not good news for a lot of investors who either own it outright, or in a mutual fund or retirement account. Morgan brennan fakes a look at the changes shares of General Electric tumbling today after the industrial giant announced sweeping leadership changes. Among the biggest, the departure of cfo sorenstein replaced by transportation head jamie miller. In march, the latest example yet of the strategy taking shape under new ceo john flannery. But the move stunned wall street. Especially since flannery had supported borenstein at least until recently. Analysts w