Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
landfall. Lets get into the zoomed in radar. You see san juan to the north
danger that this world that was created in 1945 would be taken apart by donald trump and interestingly the speech went in a different direction. it s not to excuse the undiplomatic language. i don t think that that helps. but the substance of the speech tells me that nine months in, he is less determined to overturn the system than we might have thought at the beginning. so davgsd i was struck listening to that. yes, it was different than previous president s speeches at the u.n., but it was precisely what donald trump campaigned on, he said,ly defend america first,ly look out first for america s interests, unconventional, yes, but not unexpected i don t think from donald trump. some of the analysis this morning is that the president quote reshaped the u.s. role in the world with that speech. did he really? was it such a big departure from what s happened in this country in the past? i didn t think it was, willie. i think what s important is when
60-year reign. if you look at the tone across asia, that s been difficult as well. europe will be difficult we have an ecb rate decision meeting. the tone around further stimulus will be interesting. also key numbers on q1 and gdp. thanks so much. with just five months until election day there is no separating the economy from presidential politics. the new york times says the may jobs report has, quote reshaped the presidential campaign. the washington post says the election is now primarily a referendum on president obama s record. advisers from mitt romney s campaign are seizing on the unemployment news in what they describe as evidence of the president s failed agenda. this is a hostile environment for job creation in our economy, and that s why, frankly, it adds a sense of urgency in terms of this year s election to be able to turn things around, because the only thing that s going to change it are changing the policies and that means changing the person in the white hou