This is about 15 minutes. Good morning everybody. I am Muriel Bowser the mayor of washington d. C. We are on the jon a wilson building. An hour at city hall joined by chief of police who you will hear from shortly. Assistant chief of police jeffery carroll, and the city administrator kevin donahue. I want to begin by thanking the metropolitan Police Department for their efforts over the past two weeks to keep students in the campus of gw safe. Mpd has maintained a presence at gw throughout these protests. That presence has allowed for an informed and effective response. I also want to thank the broader d. C. Community as tensions have escalated on campuses across our country. Our community has been measured with our words and actions we have a demonstrated and upheld our values and constitutionals responsibilities. I want to be clear that our responses to demonstrations is always rooted in Public Safety and constitutional responsibility. The chief and her team are the experts of Public
Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone, in for maria bartiromo. Who is on assignment. It is monday, may 6. Your top stories at 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. Today the first full trading day in the week of may begins, futures in the green as we look ahead to a big week of earnings, disney and Warner Brothers are out. Well take a look ahead. European markets as you can see they are in the green. Thes ftse, the cac and dax are all higher. In asia weve got a mixed story, the shanghai composite up better than 1 . The kospi and nikkei are in the red. Then President Biden reportedly putting a hold on u. S. Shipments of ammunition to israel after Antony Blinken sent a clear warning to Benjamin Netanyahu about moving on rafah and more protests on College Campus bees over the weekend. Were breaking down the cost to taxpayers as the antiisrael demonstrations continue today. Plus, president trumps new york hush money trial back in session today and with six months left to go before the election a new po
President biden and netanyahu of israel are expected to speak by phone about rafah today. Well bring you any news of that as it happens. Taking away my constitutional rights. Im not allowed to answer that question. This has never happened in this country before. It is a ridiculous thing. A ridiculous case. I did nothing wrong. The judge is totally conflicted. And you want to take a look at it. Im not supposed to be talking about it. But i am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict like nobody has ever had before. You have to take a look at it. He has taken away my constitutional right to speak. Dana former President Trump entering Court Minutes ago. The judge already threatening him with jail saying the 1 thousand fines for violating his gag order dont seem to be working. Now we have that to think about. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Good morning. Good morning. Im bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Waiting to see who the witness will be. Jeff mcconnie
The bill is passed. Host washington journal for may 2. A bill that wicked would expand the definition of antisemitism, prohibiting discrimination against students. The legislation comes as demonstrations at some College Campuses with administrators authorizing force in cases to dismantle those demonstrations. As we start, you can comment on this house legislative effort to combat antisemitism on College Campuses and those related topics by calling these lines democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you are a College Student or work at a college and want to give your thoughts, 202 7488003. You can use that same number to text us. You can also post to facebook and on our x feed. You can see the whole debate on our website and our app. The hill reporting that the house approving wednesday a bill that seeks to crackdown on antisemitism in College Campuses, a measure that in the floor as propalestinian protesters were on universities across the countr
The shashank moment . Hes always keeping us on our toes. Were looking at temperatures staying average if not even below the next few days. Humidity nice and comfortable. 72 degrees. I told you the dew point would drop in the upper 50s and there it goes, 59 degrees. Were below the 60degree threshold for the dew point and it makes it all feel comfortable. 61 for gaithersburg. 66 for manassas and 70s as you head down through the northern neck. High pressure is in control of our weather and heres a look at your forecast. High temperatures into the upper s on. Enjoy 80s. Enjoy it. Good morning. Good morning to you at home. Your time 6 02. Metro riders everything is running on schedule, trains and buses so youre good to go there. We have two active scenes going o. The first at 23rd street at virginia avenue which is partially closed at this point. If we go to the other scene, we have 46th street northeast closed as well. Commuters that will be stepping out the door in the next 10, 15 minutes