White house focused on the economy, trade and jobs. While meeting with congressional, business and union leaders. Mr. Trump signing several memorandums including pulling out of the Transpacific Trade Partnership . All while his cabinet picks make progress on capitol hill. Abcs Stephanie Ramos reports from washington. Today, President Trump welcomes Auto Industry leaders to the white house. As he makes a push for more jobs in the us. Sot spicer at wh briefing, looks forward to hearing their ideas about how we can work togher to bring more jobs back to this industry. Also on the agenda. Mr. Trump is set to sign another executive order. A day after pulling out of a major trade deal with asia. The transpacific partnership. Sot trump great thing for the American Worker what we just did. Trump also signing 2 other memorandas. A hiring freeze on all federal workers, except the military. And an order banning foreign aid to groups who promote or pay for abortions nats congressional visit spray and at the First White House meeting with congressional leaders. Trump mode complaining about losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Sources say he repeating the false claim that he lost the popular vote because three to five million undocumented immigrants voted. A republican aide claims the president was only joking. But a democratic aid disagreed, saying the president spent 10 minutes talking about the election. While trump won 304 electoral votes to clintons 227, clinton won nearly 3 million more popular votes. Despite trumps claims, Election Officials have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Nats pompeo hearing on the cabinet front. Theres some progress. Nats confirmation of mike pompeo to cia is confirmed. The Senate Confirmed kansas congressman mike pompeo to run the cia. As for secretary of state nominee rex tillerson. Hes closer to being confirmed. Clearing a major hurdle in the senate. Tag so far. 3 of mr. Trumps 15 cabinet nominees have been confirmed. Sr abc News Washington President Trump made some controversial first work day in the oval office. One of them signing an order to freeze federal hiring and pay raises. The president issued a memo saying that no vacant positions existing at noon on january 22nd, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances. The order exempts positions necessary to public safety, such as military jobs. Regardless the move is impacting hundreds of thousands of people in our area. Accoring to the Washington Post President Trump also instructed officials to recommend a longterm plan to reduce the size of the federal governments workforce through attrition within 90 days. And coming up on good morning washington we will talk with virginia senator tim kaine about the hiring freeze on federal workers. Thatss coming up in the 7 oclock hour on our sister station newschannel8. In the day ahead the man charged with opening fire inside a district pizzeria, will be back in court. Edgar welch is facing federal charges for firing comet ping pong pizza shop. Welch says he was investigating fake news reports of an child sex trafficking ring, operating inside the business. No one was hurt. Welch has pleaded not guilty. He could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. This morning tinsel town is on pins and needles as the academy of motion pictures, prepares to make some big announcements. With more on this mornings Oscar Nominations here is abcs lesley messer. It is a restless morning for many stars in hollywood, as were just a few hours away from that allimportant reveal which actors will be able to call themselves Academy Award nominees this year . Here are a few things to keep an eye on as we wait for the announcements first . At the golden globes, moonlight and la la land won best drama and best comedy, respectively, and both seem to be locks for best picture nominations, as well. However, there is room for 10 films in the category, and expect lion, arrival, and manchester by the sea to be among them. Secondly . Entertainment experts seem to unanimously agree that la la land star ryan gosling and manchester by the sea best actor nods, and other possibilities include andrew garfield, denzel washington, and viggo mortensen. And lastly . The best actress category is going to be an exciting one to watch. La la land actress emma stone, jackie star Natalie Portman and arrivals amy adams are expected to nab nominations, and nobody would be surprised if Isabelle Hubbert and meryl streep hear their names called too. But well see what the academy thinks, later this morning. Leslie messer, abc news, los angeles. Coming up monster storms cut a path through several southern states. Now the search is on for survivors. And several people still missing. The details. Coming up. Plus, a state governor collapses in the middle of an address. But dont expect him to stay down for long. What his family is saying about his health today. Coming up. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Welcome to 8 and a half maple street. Its half a house. And even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, its a full house to the wilsons. Because they have fios, their half house has full internet, dont pay for uploads that arent up to speed. Get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. Z290ez zi0z y290ey yi0y isolated brief shower possible feeling chilly during the afternoon drying afternoon sunshine today mostly cloudy with a slight chance of an early shower. Pm partly sunny. Highs 4649 tonight mainly clear and cold. Winds nw1015 wednesday mostly sunny. Nice highs 5659 coming up a shoplifter caught a shoplifter caught on camera. But he didnt try to swipe something small. What security guards say the man shoved down his pants. Plus, two friends snap a selfie minutes ter they are buried in an avalanche and then the phone rang. Well tell you why relatives were not happy with their good spirit. Coming up. She pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. But once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. I use tide to get out those week old stains to get it fresh and soft. You are free to go. Tide and downy together. Tornadoes swept through the area over the weekend. At least 20 people are dead. And a toddler remains missing. Gio benitez has more. A woman in spokane calling a local Police Officer her angel. After he pulled her from her burning car. And it was all caught on camera. Take a look at this video. Kim novak says she was driving to the store to get ice cream, when she hit a pile of slush on the road. Her car shut down, locking her inside as a fire broke out. A poli he and one of novaks neighbors pulled her out. Novak was not injured. As for the ice cream she wanted. The officer brought her somethe next day. And she had a chance to thank him for saving her life. Police in texas say they are looking for a man who walked off with an expensive guitar. But this wasnt an oceans 11style style heist. Theyve posted Surveillance Video of the incident on social media. In an effort to find him. As you will see the man strolls over to the instrument and stuffs it right down his pants police say theyre amazed he was actually able to make it out of the store without anyone noticing. The sunburst around 17hundred dollars. Experts say the key to surviving an emergency situation is not to panic. Well the two california men in this next story have that covered they stayed very calm. Even after their car was buried in an avalanche dave ortiz and Neale Shutler were driving on the highway. When snow suddenly buried their car. They called 911 and then took a selfie to remember the experience. Then since they had nothing to do but wait for help to arrive they they shared their experience on facebook live. Thats when their phone rang. The men say the most important thing they did was to turn off the engine. The exhaust would freeze in the area around the tailpipe, and that Carbon Monoxide would get into the car. They were there for about an hour before firefighters rescued them. At xx time for weather. Toss to eileen cold start tuesday with isolated brief shower possible feeling chilly during the afternoon drying afternoon sunshine today mostly cloudy with a slight chance of an early shower. Pm partly sunny. Highs 4649 tonight mainly clear and cold. Winds nw1015 wednesday mostly highs 5659 consumer disputes you have not been able to solve yourself. And now, an exciting new way for us to get even more results for you. We are combining our resources with Advocacy Group call for action which has had decades of success solving consumer complaints. To reach our team seven on your side call for action with your consumer problem, go online to wjladotcomslash callforaction. Or call call 301652help. This morning, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is home with family and is expected to resume his full schedule today. After he fainted and collapsed during his state of the state address last night. Aids rushed to catch the 69yearold before he fell to the floor. Medical crews performed a routine check on the governor and he walked out on his own power. Last night, his son eric tweeted that his dad was doing great. There is still no word on what caused him to faint. Up. Sierra nevada Brewing Company is recalling some of it bottled beer in 36 states including maryland and virginia. The company says glass can break off and fall into the bottle. The recall applies to popular brands like torpedo extra ipa, pale ale, and nooner. So far there have been no reports of injuries. There is much more ahead on good morning washington. Suzanne kennedy. What are you working on . Tracking a morning chill. Temperatures, dropping while you were sleeping. The rain is slowly moving out, but that damaging wind is picking up. Good morning washington. Toss to veronica cold start tuesday with isolated brief shower possible feeling chilly during the afternoon drying afternoon sunshine today mostly cloudy with a slight chance of an early shower. Pm partly sunny. Highs 4649 tonight mainly clear and cold. Winds nw1015 wednesday mostly sunny. Nice highs 5659
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