Members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, justices of the supreme court, general, former governor and former first lady bashir, Lieutenant Governor coleman, we are glad you are with us tonight along with the second. [applause] first lady, thank you for all you do for our family and all kentucky families. I love you. [applause] and to all of our kentucky families watching from home, good evening everybody please be seated tonight im speaking for the House Chamber grateful for the invitation for the families and everyone has something to be excited about. Many of you are excited that i will be serving as your governor for the next four years. [applause] and the rest are excited that i am now term limited. [applause] regardless of your perspective, it does give us a chance to push politics aside and to move the commonwealth forward. Tonight i am proud to report, but thanks to the strength of our people and the redhot economy, the state of the commonwealth is stronger than
A victim struggling to breathe the Syrian Government has denied using chemical weapons in the war the u. N. Secretary general has used his opening address of the Human Rights Council to call for an immediate cease fire in eastern guta twenty three people have died there in fighting on monday and at least five hundred were killed last week the high level discussions are being held in geneva over the next four weeks but dean is a resident and civil activist in duma thats inside Eastern Ghouta he told us about the worsening situation inside the enclave. Our. Agreement. There was. Not. Even for anyone. But you. Dont come out from the basement for a week they have to get some food for their families. And tell me now. When you hear when you hearing about. These people they have to go out to get some food for their. Children although the food. Yemens transport minister is accusing the United Arab Emirates of trying to fragment the country by creating regional and tribal armies so ill just one
It appears that for the third time in five years greece has narrowly avoided bankruptcy. Summit chair has tweeted that leaders have agreed to, quote, serious reforms and Financial Support for grease. German chancellor Angela Merkel says the trust of greece needs to be rebuilt. Were still learning the details of what its going to take to pave the way. As talks stretched beyond the deadline, the country was nearing financial request. They had requested a bailout funds. The cashstrapped country rejected strict austerity measures in a referendum last week. Banks running low on cash were forced to close and limit withdrawals to 60 a dale. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras was taking a hard line, accusing creditors of blackmailing his country but will now be forced to accept the politically undesirable measures. The new deal will likely include pension cuts, tax hikes, and cuts to public spending. Annemarie. Jill wagner at the New York Stock Exchange. Of course jill will be back a little bit lat
Great to have you with us. Theres fear the country of yemen is heading to a fullblown civil war. The latest arrest by Houthi Rebels, the thirdlargest city. The moves sparked protests who fear the houthis want to trag them into war. Al jazeeras Gabriel Elizondo has the story from the u. N. In new york. The United Nations Security Council emergency meeting ended. It was a wake up call for the Security Council because we heard from jamal benomar. The top envoy to yemen, and joined Via Video Conference call. What he said was shocking. He said that yemen is on the verge of entering civil war. If things progress which is not much towards peace he said we could see a country turning into a mix of syria, libya and iraq. That is a gloomy outlook by the top u. N. Diplomat. And we heard from the french ambassador reading a statement from the Security Council, and it was critical towards the houthis, and said that they said that they condemn the fact that the houthis had not implemented previous S
Good morning, rosemary. Yesterday was all rain. Today a different story. Were going to see winds whipping pretty hard. A great day to get out and ski. Temperatures right now mainly in the 40s. 45 in philadelphia. To the north and west also in the 40s. The 30s in mounlt pocono. Sliding down in the east 45 in millville and beach haven. The winds, thats the real story today. Winds out of the west. 14 miles an hour. Up to 16 in allentown. Gusting higher than that. Were seeing winds at 20 miles an hour. Mt. Pocono 25 miles an hour. Dover, up to 45 miles an hour at times. Sky cover good. Were not going to expect any precipitation. By noon 47. By 3 00 p. M. 49 and by 6 00 p. M. 51 degrees. Windy today. A beautiful start to your workweek and were tracking 40s in your sevenday. Well look at that in just a few minutes. New from overnight in Delaware County thankfully nobody was hurt when a pickup truck plowed into a house. The crash happened just after 1 00 this morning. Police on the scene tell