Severe storms. At least one tornado touches down in texas while other parts of the state are dealing with rising rivers and extreme flooding. A fiery tanker crash on one of americas busiest highways. The damage, detours, and details on when it will reopen. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We start with the tensions on College Campuses around the country and violent clashes with police. More than 2,100 people have been arrested during the propalestinian protests. New video out of Portland State university shots extensive damage and graffiti after police cleared out the library. President biden finally condemned the violence that has broken out at some of these protests. Cbs jarred hill now from new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning. You know, this is one of the first quiet nights that weve had on this issue in quite a while. But while some of these camps have been cleared, protesters say that their movement is not over. Police at Portland State universi
Government, but as nbc bay areas danielle lee tells us, the republicancontrolled house still needs to approve the deal. Reporter the late arrival of Top Senate Republican Mitch Mcconnell to the senate floor pnhc nged everyones anticipation of good news. Im going2j; to wait until senator mcconnell gets to the floor. He was meeting with fellow republicans. Senator harry reid announced success, a bipartisan solution. The compromise we reached will provide our economy with the stability it desperately needs. Reopens the government through midjanuary and extends the debt limit through february 7th. It also includes a middecember deadline forlu lawmakers to address spending concerns. Its my hope that today we can put some of those issues behind us. Reporter senators had to step up after republican leader john boehner caved to conservative pressure yesterday ending hope for a deal out of the house. This should not be about someones this should not be about the next election. This is what le
Made by the clippers owners. In a privately taped conversation, a man who is believed to be sterling is heard saying is, he did not want africanamericans going to clippers games with his girlfriend. Sterling could be suspend indefinitely. He could be fined up to 1 million, possibly more, even be forced to sell the team, among other things. Former players want the league to come down hard on him. The nba deals with in a very quick and forthright matter. They will continue to have some credibility. You would hope that the treatment is fair. You hope that its a result that satisfies players, the fans, sponsors, everybody at large. Now, Major Companies are not waiting for sterling to be punished. Some are already cutting ties with the clippers. That includes bay areabased Virgin America airlines, red bull, sprint, state farm, and mercedes. In a show of solidarity, the miami heat staged a silent protest against sterling. The clippers staged a similar protest before game four at the oracle a
[ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Good to see you this morning and welcome to the full court press here on current tv. Coming to you all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d. C. Bringing up to date on all of the news of the day. President obama is back at the white house and he will be back at work in just a couple of hours together with all members of the White House Press corps back from florida the white house, meanwhile has released its own outline for comprehensive Immigration Reform. And on the gun safety front the New York Times reporting there is growing bipartisan support in congress both for legislation to tighten up the background checks so that they apply in all cases and also for a ban on highcapacity magazines. How about it . Lots going on. Well get into all of that. First, lets get the latest, todays current news update, Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa, good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. A
Border as soon as this week and announcing he will travel to the u. S. Mexico border in california this friday. Meanwhile, his acting chief of staff Nick Mulvaney telling cnn who is to blame for the border crisis. Look, theres a lot of good ways to help solve this problem. Congress could do it, but they are not going to to. Mexico could help to did it. They need to do more. Honduras and nick can a and el salvador could do more, and if were going to give these countries hundreds of millions of dollars we would like to do more. That i would respectfully submit to you is not an unreasonable position. We could prevent a lot of whats happening on the southern border which preventing people from moving into mexico in the first place. Border Officials Say they are at the breaking point. Hundreds of migrants are being released in south texas. Several border facilities are well past capacity and resources are strained. So lets go first to brownsville, texas where our border pro text facility th