derailed after alerting pharmaceutical companies about the unusually large shipments of opioids. t-mobile and sprint are planning to announce a merger as they gear up for what could turn into challenging anti-trust negotiations with the government. the merger could create the nation s third-largest mobile business behind verizon and at&t. those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 16th. good morning to you. we begin this half hour with firefighters finally turning a corner in the battle against california s deadliest wildfires. fire officials in northern california say they ve made tremendous progress. with a little help from a shift in the weather. right now 15 large fires are still burning and even as thousands of residents are allowed to return home, many others remain missing. the death toll has already climbed to at least 40. abc s linzie janis has more from santa rosa. reporter: flames in every direction. incinerating this house. just two blocks f
we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. drive them out of your communities. drive them out of your holy land. and drive them out of this earth. president trump urges the muslim world to fight terrorism. he didn t sound like the guy at the end of the bar popping off. he sounded like someone who had actually thought about what he was going to say before he said it. president trump is currently on the second leg of his first trip overseas. i have come to this ancient land to reaffirm the enduring friendship between the united states and the state of israel. and that s number one for me. north korea tested yet another ballistic missile. perhaps they re just acting out now in response to some of this pressure i believe they re beginning to feel. drenching rain is swamping much of the south central u.s. following a long weekend of nasty damaging weather. the greatest show on earth has taken its final bow. thank you
making it more dangerous. but we begin this morning with your eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. drive them out of your communities, drive them out of your holy land, and drive them out of this earth. president trump urges them to fight terrorism. he didn t sound like the guy at the end of the bar popping off. he sounded like someone who had actually thought about what he was going to say before he said it. never before has the first foreign trip of a president of the united states included israel. i have come to reafirm the unbreakable bond between the united states and the state of israel. north korea tested another ballistic missile. perhaps they re acting out in response to some of this pressure that i believe they re beginning to feel. rain is swamping much of the southwest following a weekend of damaging weather. the greatest show on earth has taken its final bow. thank you for joining us one more time. ford is reportedly replacing its ceo m
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so on the backs of those people toni morrison said. because if we have that we will lead with this. so now we know that islamophobia is deeply profound. n 9/11 for then to be demonized saying nigger is it if it is amazing but my point is the collective obama to that degree. and he is half white. to defer to it in a way that we have allowed him to say why america. and when he does that add of office with a successful career but he will not have that bully pulpit he has now [applause] seven thanks for coming out. conversation. [inaudible conversations] the lead evening if he were standing there is the fuse seats up here. welcome to tonight s conversation and on what poetry matters as part of the trinity forum we are delighted that you are here and delighted to partner with our sponsors this evening to host with fisher to be a fascinating event. if you are new to the trinity forum, we exist to provide a space in resources for life s greatest questions in the context and those