Page 98 - Firm Commitment News Today

4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Around the world, good day to you. Day number two of this u. S. Government shutdown and in washington, d. C. , its all about the blame game, and pretty stiff finger pointing. While across the country, the real effects of the shutdown are starting to be felt. The statue of liberty and ellis island, now closed. Some National Parks are accessible but Services Like rest rooms and trash collection are not. The senate will convene at 1 00 p. M. The house at 2 00 p. ...

Justice as well. Which is that it might work. High ranking government officials dont obstruct justice because they misunderstand the law and nobodys ever told them that its a crime. High ranking government officials risk that criminal liability because sometimes its worth it to try. Because sometimes you really want to obstruct justice, right . Depending on what you might otherwise be on the hook for if justice proceeds unimpeded. I mean given how many famous people have been busted so badly for...

Few weeks. Our senior congressal correspondent is on capitol hill right now and our White House Correspondent joins us from the white house. We begin on the hill with you, manu because there are people and deals that are to be had, we hope. The meeting between mcconnell and schumer was not long. What came of it . Were still trying to get a sense of whether or not they came to a consensus. Right now, were not getting any sort of suggestion there was a deal that was cut in that closed door meeting...

Facebook, under fire today as Senate Judiciary leaders demand that Mark Zuckerberg explain what his company knew about the hijacking of the data from 50 million users. Wed actually like to hear from all the social media ceos. We in the government have to start looking at it differently, just like you protect people from Rotten Tomatoes or you protect them if their credit card information is stolen . We have to protect them when they innocently go on the internet. And breaking news. Good day, im ...

Priorities have yielded a significant agreement. A compromise weve reached will ensure that for the first time in years our arm forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. But theres still some potentially bad news. Even though the Senate Looks Like theyve reached an agreement, it has to go to the house of representatives, and its by no means a done deal there, at least not yet. Take a look at this, speaking for close to three hours on the house floor, the minority lea...

Democrats though . Democrats will meet in the next hour to discuss where they stand on all of this. Also new this morning, from the white house, what seems to be a choreographed series of statements that the president is very busy, very involved, both involved and busy, in all of the negotiations. This after reports that many republicans including Administration Officials would rather he stay on the sidelines during all of this, practice what is called a game of hide and tweet here. Lets begin, ...

The election headquarters, early results flowed in showing president putins massive popularity. And easy victory. Casting his ballot, the president urged russians to think about their future and tonight in a live tv address he promised to improve russians lives but challenges take another view four more years of putin is a return to the past. During the campaign, they accused the kremlin of manipulating statecontrolled tv dominated by the president. And they say putin relied on loyal governs to ...

The government is shut down. Mostly that will dictate if this has a real impact. Hundreds of federal workers, aid organizations, Health Care Organizations are tied to a government shutdown. The real question is, will this last long enough to have an impact on them. What we know, at this moment, the senate is about to gavel back into session. We expect a note on the senate floor about 1 00 a. M. They should have a final vote on the deal. This has been clear from the very beginning. When senators ...

Heather the streets of new york city coming alive in new york city at radio city music hall down the street from our studios on the avenue of the americas. Amarillo, texas, big election in texas today. Thank you for joining us on tuesday morning. The other big story, donald Standing Firm on his steel and aluminum tariff plan despite the onslaught of backlash from both sides. Kelly right is live with us for how canada and mexico could be major factors if this goes forward or not. If they dont ren...

Though two had discussed a bilateral meeting in the notsodistant future at a number of potential venues including the white house. We have nothing further to add at this time. John roberts joins us from the north lawn where its already been a very active monday, john. Not just because of the egg roll, either. Word of this first broke out with the kremlin today with the spokesman for Vladimir Putin saying that President Trump first raised the idea of a possible meeting at the white house and that...