giantjoined the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet, delivering a surprisingly strong report card. if sales and profits in the first quarter surpassed wall street s expectations, continuing a trend in big tech that has lifted markets across the board and in fact, you can see the impact on wall street overnight where wall street had its best session since january. where wall street had its best session since january.- where wall street had its best session since january. over the last ear session since january. over the last year amazon session since january. over the last year amazon has session since january. over the last year amazon has been - last year amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability, already laying off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000. it would appear some of those measures are already paying off. the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business w
with you. i am anne-marie green. breaking overnight, ukraine said russia launched a new wave of missile and join attacks in the country. air raid sirens willed across the nation, as officials warned people to take cover in shelters during the morning rush hour. ukraine said it shot down 15 missiles fired towards the capital of kyiv. the attack came hours after president biden reversed course, and announced plans to send 31 m1 abrams battle tanks to ukraine. germany also said it is sending tanks. now it could take months for the u.s. to deliver its tanks and train ukrainian troops on how to use them. jarred hill is in new york, i will have more on all of this. good morning, jarred. good morning, anne-marie. one called this an american expedition to the battalion, a punching force. but let s talk about the timing. u.s. officials say they believe russia will try to go on the offensive in the spring, and that the tanks will help ukraine not only defend itself then, but also ret
this press conference under way right now with kentucky governor andy beshear talking about the devastating floods. 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. and to be refined. remember, we don t have cell service in some areas to please be patient as we get new information or if it changes. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered ununfathomable loss. some have lost almost everyone in their household. rescuers at the kentucky department of fish and wildlife has been the forefront of these recovery efforts. they ve had to ultimately gather the bodies more than just about anybody else. so, please also pray for those first responders. the mission has been specially challenging and what they re experiencing firsthand is tremendously stressful and difficult. we thank them for what they re doing. deaths include four in breather county, two in clay, 14 in knot, two in lecher, and three in perry. again, those will continue to rise. if th
trump s old cabinet. the west wing was broken. it was not functioning properly. the problem hesident has a l history with president xi. we re adversaries, we re competitors with china right now, no doubt about that . welcome, it is friday, july 29, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky where flash flood warnings are up right now as more storms and heavy rains move through the region. that is after catastrophic flooding already claimed the lives of at least eight people and the governor warns the death toll will go higher. and he said that it could take years for residents to rebuild and called it the worst flooding disaster of his lifetime. overnight residents near a dam were ordered to evacuate due to the fast moving water and the area has gone through this before, but not quite like this. we ve seen water in the streets before, but we ve never seen water, you know, waist deep in the streets or chest deep in the streets. never seen this in all the year
charter, the 2019 washington national cabbage acknowledgement. carley was an essential part of the tobacco she brings it in all aspects of the game. you ve never seen an arm like this because she can hit the dickens out of the ball and her baseball acumen is of the chart, that s why we sent her today. carley: yeah, actually, todd, last week we had congressmen steve is the lease on any called me the good luck charm of the republican team because last year, i came down, 2020 to the day didn t have the congressional baseball game because of the week of it, and republicans went to this big losing streak, but last year, tr won. maybe i just have something to do with it. i wouldn t give myself that much credit, but this is really such a fun event, todd. it is a rare example of bipartisanship on capitol hill, it s friendly competition between republicans and democrats, and also, a record number of tickets were sold this year, and they raised a record amount of money for charity. $