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bailed out by uncle sam during the 2008 financial crisis. it s battled questions about dubious foreclosure practices, fended off allegations of lax money laundering protections and faced a number of probes into its banking practices. just last week, the federal reserve rejected citi s plan to raise its shareholder dividend and jack up its stock buy back complain on concerns about how much capital the bank has on hand. now the bank s troubles just got worse. the fbi has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the bank s role in a $400 million fraud involving its mexican banking unit. investors have taken notice, sending shares down another 1% today. michelle caruso-cabrera has more now on the latest news about citigroup and how much more the banking behemoth can take. reporter: the company revealed in late february a $400 million fraud involving an oil services company in mexico. even before today s news of a criminal investigation, analysts questioned whethe ....
he called last night a listening session. he was shouted down with obscenities. he was called a. someone spit at him. he was told to resign by many people. he was hit with tear gas not once, but twice. his security detail got him out of the area to shelter in a city building nearby. federal police were firing tear gas and flash bangs for hours as hundreds of fireworks were shot at the federal courthouse. arsonists through molotov cocktails. they set fires and tampered with a fire hydrant. when asked about his tear gassing, he told a reporter that he saw nothing that would provoke that kind of response. the department of justice inspector general has opened a review of the conduct of the federal officers and portland. several lawsuits have been filed claiming civil rights abuses. the federal agencies are pushing back saying that three of their officers may lose their sight after getting hit in the eye with laser beams. 38 officers have been docked. their identity is reve ....
drugs. can you imagine? you say i want to get a better price. i m sorry, sir, you re not allowed to do that. that s illegal. what kind of a system is that? you think the world looks at us and says where the hell did these people come from? but they treat us very nicely. but it is going to end, okay? i see you are a fan of what we are saying. you must be a doctor. are you a doctor? doctors know. you ve known that for years. we are not allowed to negotiate. can you believe it? we just have to take whatever it is. i m pleased to announce that as a result of the orders i m signing today, the heads of the major drug companies have requested a meeting to discuss how we can quickly and significantly lower drug prices and out-of-pocket expenses for americans. they want to do what s right here they are going to do what s right. i think it s so important, what they are doing on therapeutics and vaccines. we are going to see them on tuesday. we will see if we can do something here ....
today. i talk about this division. lindsey graham, republican senator from south carolina, lays out some of the g.o.p. concerns. half of the republicans are going to vote no. that is just a fact. and a lot of democrats are going to insist, which would be way too much. it would be a waste of money. i am confident president trump will lead us to a solution where we have money for kids, jobs, and health care. he said weeks ago he would write the bill and as office as an effort to get them mark meadows, along with the secretary of the treasury, steven mnuchin, both came to the capital twice over the weekend to take part in drafting the bill. that was a signal that the president was on board even as many republicans remained a reviewed a slate of republicans are expected to oppose the plan regardless, and that is why it needs to have democratic votes. we still don t have a proposal from the republicans. they are divided. donald trump provides no leadership. lindsey g ....
years since hurricane katrina hit some of the same areas on the forecast map, most specifically, you will remember, louisiana. governor bill edwards just gave this stern warning moments ago. we need everyone in southeast louisiana paying close attention to the storm and heeding the warnings that have been going out for a number of hours now. you re going to hear ranges of storm surge that we haven t heard in louisiana since hurricane audrey in 1957. you are going to hear the word unsurvivable, and harris: president trump tweeted my administration is engaged in state and local managerss to assist great people of texas, louisiana and arkansas. listen to local officials, we are with us, exclamation point. charles watson is reporting from lake charles, louisiana. charles. charles: hi, harris, the hurricane center storms storm surge could reach unsurvivable 20 feet in parts of texas and louisiana. in lake charles, businesses are closing up shop. take a loob at this ....