after the fed raised interest rates. janet yellen says the economy is doing just fine and there will be slow and small rate increases from here on out. europe was higher. there was a dutch election. those results were soothing for european markets as well. that might be something we see as well. christine romans, great to have you with us. thanks so much. republicans have all but begged the president to stop saying he was wiretapped. he didn t stop. how will these republican leaders respond now? a republican who might have the key vote to block the republican health care plan today joinings us minutes before the crucial vote. is there anything the president can say to get him to yes? the state department says it s time to cut funding to the state department.
let s pause for one second, this is a big moment, president trump boards air force one for the very first time to take a trip on air force one. he didn t stop and wave. a lot of presidents will turn around and wave, perhaps we ll see that in future trips. we shall see, you never can predict, as you say, mr. mayor. continuing the conversation, you were talking about sanctuary cities like l.a., how do you intend to fight back, though? if this moves forward, what does l.a. do about it? we have something called the united states constitution, which says very clearly, also to the obama administration, in a court decision last year, that the federal government can t put a financial gun to the head of local governments. that s what this country was founded on, local sovereignty, the idea that we can make decisions about what s best for our economies, best for our streets, you know, and so-called sanctuary counties, the crime
circle around or the lice told or the pressure, the rejection, people not getting a role or up against a role. it was a smaller community and it still traveled pretty fast then. yes. i think each with it she was able to defend herself in a public way growing up as stars are able to do now. apples and oranges here. nonetheless, she handled it very well. she handled it so well that we had her, in her career, she didn t stop, all the way until she was 84 years old. and she had to deal with that very public scandal when eddie fisher, her husband, ran off with elizabeth taylor. such a difficult thing to deal with but she did it with grace. absolutely. i typed in debby reynolds scandal and that was really the only thing that showed up which i thought was impressive. i m not saying it had to do with her. it wasn t something she did. it happened to her. but for her to have integrity and class, to go an approach
next red eye . on tuesday a man pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 turtles out of michigan. last year he was caught at a canadian border crossing with 51 of the reptiles taped to his legs. how did he manage that? here is video of him. okay. his name is not mc hammer. the man s name is kai, and ship them to china. the shipments were in the range of 30,000 to 125,000. even after he was busted he didn t stop. said an assistant u.s. attorney he did not see smuggling turtles and he did not even slow down. he really loved smuggling turtles. that s it.
more. breaking news to discuss. a deadly hit-and-run on the strip. a sheriff identifying the suspect who will now be charged with murder. the sheriff says a 24-year-old homeless woman from oregon deliberately plowed into a crowd of pedestrians killing at least one person. she did it with a small child in the car. the sheriff says it does not appear to be an act of terror. here s the sheriff from a few moments ago. the suspect lakisha holloway drove her car over pedestrians. she didn t stop. as of now, one person was killed and over 30 people were taken to area hospitals. three are critical with head injuries. the crime happened on a popular part of the strip.