And lots to talk about in your Weather Report today. Shell have the latest on that very soon. We want to get right to our top story. That is the president s late night communetation for his late night friend. Stone was just days away from going to prison for his help in the russia investigation. He was found guilty for lying to congress in part prosecutors say to protect the president. In just a moment, we will talk to congressman adam schiff who led the impeachment fight against President Trump, but we want to begin with kelly odonnell. She is at the white house with the latest. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. This is the first time the president has used this absolute authority to benefit a convicted figure from the russia investigation. After years of mocking and underdhauunde undercutting that probe. And part of the rationale is that the president wiped out the prison sentence in order to protect roger stone medically, to keep him from contracting coronavirus if
Next on American History tv, author kevin tyson talks about his book, when it mattered most, which tells the story of the seattle metropolitans who became the first u. S. Hockey team to win the stanley cup when they defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 1917. The story is set against the backdrop of president Woodrow Wilson mustering support for u. S. Entry into world war i while the conflict raged in europe. The u. S. Declared war on germany six days after the metropolitans victory. The National World war i museum and memorial in Kansas City Missouri hosted this discussion and provided the video. Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate you braving the weather, and kevin, i appreciate you being from seattle. Kevin i brought seattles weather with me. Time with the local abc affiliate. Ive worked a lot with the mavericks and the Museum Memorial here and i appreciate this opportunity. Im looking forward to chatting with you. I think you will get a lot out of this, whether you are a ho
Beachgoers are only allowed in the water from 11 00am to 05 00pm. And are not allowed to hang out on the beach, the sand is off limits except for surfers headed into the ocean so this person was in the water was within the rules we do not know again. What kind of shark attacked a surfer today but great whites are commonly seen swimming in monterey bay and these are recent pictures from a marine photographer who is studying great whites. He says he counted at least 15 sharks swimming near the shoreline in recent days, this is all within the past week. These images, however he says none of the sharks was showing signs of aggressive for predatory behavior. Andreessen state beach will be closed now for 5 days. One mile north and south of the attack which is standard procedure following shark attacks will keep you posted there. Another big story were following tonight, 3 members of the White House Coronavirus task force are now going into quarantine after coming into contact with someone wh
Is that idina menzel, on the phone with her agent . Thats exactly where she lives, kansas city, missouri. Uber is cutting jobs because of the effect the coronavirus is having on its business. The company is slashing about 3,700 recruiting and Customer Support positions worldwide. Thats about 14 of its workforce. Ubers ceo is also waiving his salary for the rest of the year. Add gap to the list of retailers opening this month. It plans to reopen 800 Stores Including old navy and Banana Republic before the end of may. New protocols will include updated cleaning routines, plexiglass at registers, and no access to fitting rooms. Some Department Stores are also looking ahead and engineering how their future might take shape. It comes as nordstrom unveils the changes it is making to protect both its customers and employees. Here is abcs eva pilgrim. Reporter stores are reopening, but shopping as we know it is changing. Nordstrom announcing the closure of 16 stores in an effort to weather the
For reopening that means we could see some businesses open tomorrow is your city ready. It depends were going go out live kron fours will tran to explain good morning. Well. Good morning james absolutely it depends and ultimately be up to the citys to. Decide if they want to roll on with governor newsoms face to plan which he will unveil in a couple of hours from now and once again we will carry his News Conference live for you he talked about it actually. Last friday that we are not weeks but days from starting to loosen up a little bit of the shelter in place and that is great news for many stories like that one right behind me Clothing Stores that have been shut down for 7 weeks or desperately looking for business again. Good news, bad news, even though you might be reopened it will not be the same as it was before the pandemic before the shelter in place because even though the governor plans to loosen up a little bit of a stranglehold a shelterinplace it still means that curbside