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The president has not risen to the mantle of the office. so says mitt romney, making his presence known in a blistering op-ed before taking his senate seat. today is the first bipartisan meeting since the government shutdown began. is a deal possible to end the shutdown costing 800,000 government workers their paychecks? the family of an american detained in russia denies charges of espionage. was paul whelan detained as payback for the russia investigation? someone in new york waking up r...

"business" this morning. and markets around the world are mostly lower on the first trading day of 2019. you see tokyo, shanghai, hong kong lower there. pretty decent decline for hong kong, almost 3%. and then european markets also following suit here. on wall street, futures are lower, as well. the dranchow jones industrial ae futures on that average down almost 1.5%. 2018 was a record-setting year for stocks, but its one no investors would rather forget. the s&p down 6.2%. the nasdaq down 4%. ...

Best served warm." and romney just proved it. just let that marinade for a while, folks. if you figure it out, let us know what it means. mitt romney will speak with jake tapper on "the lead" at 4:30 p.m. eastern time on cnn. if youre back from a break, the government is still partially shut down, 11 days and counting. president trump holding firm on his demand for border wall funding in more than two dozen tweets since friday. today hes invited congressional leaders to meet with him at the wh...

Jamal khashoggi and mocked the official government accounts. >> at one point they were saying that he died in a fist fight jackie chance style. they went through so many explanations, the only one they didnt say was that khashoggi died in a free-climbing rock accident. >> a spokesman for netflix says they strongly support artistic freedom worldwide, but the group human rights watch denounced the move saying, quote, netflixs claim to support artistic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of...

Leaders from both parties to meet with him at the white house. that hasnt happened since the shutdown started. about a quarter of the federal government has been frozen for nearly two weeks. that means 800,000 federal workers are going unpaid while lawmakers still collect paychecks. jessica dean with more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. here at the white house, theres expected to be a meeting with the president and leadership from the house and senate from both parties later thi...

In 2018 the s&p 500 fell 6.2%. look at that. the nasdaq fell 4%. the dow slipped 5.6%. the worst year for stocks since the financial crisis in 2008. only the second year the dow and the s&p 500 fell in the past decade. taking a look at where futures are now, you can see beginning the year right where we left it, down, down, down. >> what do you sense is driving that? is it anything to do with the government shutdown? is it -- >> yeah, thats part of it. >> the global slowdown? >> the government s...

The countrys anti-cyber crime law. the particular episode centered on crown prince mohammed bin salmans alleged role in the killing of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi and mocked the official government accounts. >> at one point, they were saying that he died in a fist fight jackie chance style. they went through so many explanations, the only one they didnt say was that khashoggi died in a free solo rock-climbing accident. >> a spokesperson for netflix says they strongly support art...

Coaching his last game in the rose bowl. the buckeyes sent him off in style. quarterback dwayne haskins in what could have been his last game at ohio state. three passing touchdowns. ohio state built a 28-3 lead, survived a fourth-quarter comeback by washington to win 28-23. the new years off to a good start to a lucky resident of new york state. one winning mega millions ticket was sold for last nights $425 million jackpot in glen head, long island, about 25 miles from new york city. the cash...

Briefing from the department of homeland security during that meeting. of course the two sides in the shutdown still pretty far apart. president trump for the past several days has been tweeting about the wall, how he must have the wall, and the $5 billion to fund it. the funding for the wall. and democrats who will take over the house on thursday and who plan to vote on a package of bills that includes $1.3 billion for border security but no funding for a wall, no mention of a wall. so of cours...