host: we are joined by bud wright. he is the american association of state highway and transportation officials executive director. would you represent? guest: we represent the departments of transportation of the countryes of and puerto rico and puerto rico in the district of cologne appeared we are an advocacy group. and where theport most important missions is to make people understand the value of transportation investment. host: for the people you are representing, how are they looking on these potential announcements from the white house when it comes to infrastructure? guest: we are very interested in what the white house will release and we are pleased the white house has put so much emphasis on infrastructure. we know we have an infrastructure gap in this country. state and local governments are really stepping up. one of the things we know to be the case is this is a shared responsibility. it takes the federal government, state and local governments, and increasingly, the private sector, to make sure we're ad

it is my pleasure to introduce professor robert wright. [applause] robert wright: thank you so much for coming today. i know it has absolutely nothing to do with the heat outside in the air-conditioning in here. can you hear me in back? i'm getting the thumbs up. most of the co-authored ones, i did do the bulk of the writing. one area in my career that was kind of a downer was when i wrote a book with david. david's name was supposed to be first on the cover. they came out and my name was first. that was a shame. i regret it. i had nothing to do with it. it was a little legal thing. just because your name is second on the contract doesn't mean it's second on the cover. according to duke university political scientist and his new book, people hold one of three views on government debt. the optimistic view believes that is an unadulterated good, the closest thing to a free lunch possible. to fund their activities, optimists believe governments need only sell bonds, preferably in their own currency, or if debt issuance is too pricey or too di

it is my pleasure to introduce professor robert wright. [applause] robert wright: thank you so much for coming today. i know it has absolutely nothing to do with the heat outside in the air-conditioning in here. can you hear me in back? i'm getting the thumbs up. most of the co-authored ones, i did do the will of the writing. -- bulk of the writing. one area in my career that was kind of a downer was when i -- one i wrote about with david. -- when i wrote a book with david. david's name was supposed to be first on the cover. they came out and my name was first. that was a shame. i regret it. i had nothing to do with it. it was a little legal thing. just because your name is second on the contract doesn't mean it's second on the cover. according to duke university political scientist and his new book, people hold one of three views on government debt. the optimistic view believes that is an unadulterated good, the closest thing to a free lunch possible. funds activities, governments need only sell back in their own currency. -- to fund thei

it is my pleasure to introduce professor robert wright. [applause] robert wright: thank you so much for coming today. thank you to the museum. i know it has absolutely nothing to do with the heat outside and the air-conditioning in here. can you hear me in back? i'm getting the thumbs up. mosto brag too much, but of the co-authored ones, i did do the bulk of the writing. but one area in my career that was kind of a downer was when i wrote a book with david. "financial founding fathers." david's name was supposed to be first on the cover. they came out and my name was first. and that was a shame. i regret it. although i had nothing to do with it. it was a little legal thing. a case you ever co-authore book just because your name is , second on the contract doesn't mean it will be second on the cover. according to duke university salzmancientist richard and his new book people hold one , of three views on government debt. if they hold any at all. holders of the optimistic view believe debt is an unadulterated good, the closest thing to a pre

it's number 490 for jay wright. st. joe's trying to get past bon adventure. losail's coach may need something stronger after this game, starting on a 15 run. they blow it. bcu comes back, losail loses 87-74. penn's foreman making sure everything is clean. final minute, penn up two. a.j. with the fancy footwork. penn beats princeton, 76-70. quakers won five of six. eagles face the falcons next saturday, falcons beating the rams in l.a. >> fans are ready. >> much more to come on "action news" including our top stories. ♪ ♪ >> "action news" continues. >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. here's what's happening, 11:30. firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own balloting a fire in philadelphia. >> president trump is defending himself with tweets saying he's a genius. >> and beyond bone chilling, temperatures dangerous in some cases causing air travel to grind to a halt. it's cold out there and getting worse tomorrow morning. tomorrow, we could break a record low. melissa magee is here with a check of the forecast. melissa? >> the cold is gripping

police say shawn parker beat up william wright on december 4. they say it turns out parker is the ex-boyfriend of one of william wrights daughters. another daughter spoke to fox 5 and said her father is a fighter. >> he's doing communicating. he's able to acknowledge his kids. he's able to talk to us on the phone every day. communicate and find out our whereabouts and we still get the i love you's. >>> wright suffered smoke inhalation, he's out of the hospital. meantime parker will make his first court appearance tomorrow >>> a montgomery county school employee is behind bars charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. 30-year-old shawn kelly is a part-time lunch aid and local daycare worker placed on administrative leave. in july. national center for missing and exploited children noticed suspicious activity involving child porn from a computer at kelly's home in silver springs. they tracked the address and arrested kelly last week. >> it makes me worried. worries me. especially with them being so -- i have a 10-year-old in fift

. >> david wright has more. >> reporter: tonight, fallout over "fire and fury." trump's former chief strategist is trying to justify his use of the words treasonous to describe that 2016 meeting at trump tower between don junior and other campaign officials and a russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. steve bannon doesn't deny the quote but claims it's been inaccuratery reported. donald trump jr. is a patriot and a good man, insisting his comments were then directed at paul manafort, a seasoned campaign professional. >> the president is a great man, i support him. >> reporter: bannon appears to be trying to placate the president who blames him forgiving michael wolff access to the west wing. trump takes particular issue with wolff's assertion that bannon and others have discussed trump's mental fitness to serve. wolff claims they even brought up the 25th amendment, the constitutional mechanism to remove a president from office. >> it's not unreasonable to say this is 25th amendment kind of stuff. this is -- >> anybody say that in the west wing to you?

and then ending with the wright brothers and discovery of the airplane. and then look way, way up at the top at the dome, that's george washington the father of the country. it's a neat place to work. ainsley: beautiful. >> it's pretty cool. ainsley: do you still pinch yourself. >> yeah when i walk through here. i'm a kid from middle income family from janesville, wisconsin. no one thought i would get elected to congress much less speaker of the house. only in america. ainsley: do you ever have any plans to run for president? >> i have thought about it a couple of times but it's just -- i am still raising my family. kids are at home. i just don't see that in my cards. >> this is the coolest view in town because we are up here on capitol hill. you basically can see everything from here. see, washington monument is the tallest thing. see the second tallest structure here in washington that tower. do you know what that is? ainsley: what's that. >> that's the trump hotel. when i brought the first lady and the president out here to show them the view he said t

julie wright is tracking autria: we are giving away four tickets to monster jam roaring into capital one arena on january 27 and january 28. good luck. let's get a check of the forecast with eileen whelan. eileen: a weather alert morning for us. temperatures are at or below freezing. we do have patchy, dense fog. by 9:00 this morning we will see temperatures above freezing. ice is melting but don't leave home without sunglasses. we will have bright sunshine later on today. today's the first day temperatures will be above average for 15 days. 45 will feel nice. tonight, everyone will drop below freezing. cold getting out the door for your wednesday morning and if there is liquid on the road, it will re-freeze tonight at i am looking forward to this warm up. we are tracking rain. so i will time that out for you. and we will look ahead to the weekend in 10 minutes. julie: let's take a look at the conditions out here for those driving this morning. catchy ice on secondary roads with visibility in some areas is definitely foggy. this is what we are waking up to, a 19 minute ride getting a

i'm kelly wright. now back to our special. >> sean: welcome back to this a special edition of "hannity," president trump's first year. as we've been highlighting on the show, the destroyed trump media have been massive purveyors of fake news, all in an attempt to hurt president trump on his agenda. the spreading of fake news and outright lying has now reached unprecedented levels, which has now created a massive informational crisis in this country. before we show you the worst of the worst examples from the mainstream media, let's first go back and look at how everyone in the press said that donald trump was never, ever going to win. they were laughing up a storm at the thought that he could win. remember this. >> donald trump is a saying that he would be running for president as a republican, which was surprising because i thought he was just running as a joke. >> do it.. look at me. do it. i will personally write you a campaign check now on behalf of this country, which does not want you to be presi

david wright has more on the fallout from his alleged comments. >> reporter: tonight, a war of words over the president's words. several republicans who were there in the room for that oval office meeting on immigration reform now dispute that trump ever uttered the words attributed to him. >> i didn't hear it, and i was sitting no further away than dick durbin was. >> reporter: senator dick durbin was the only democrat present. >> he said these things, and he said them repeatedly. >> it made me sad. it made me cry. >> reporter: today, congressman john lewis made it clear who he believes. >> do you think president trump is a racist? >> i think he is a racist. >> no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person. >> reporter: tonight at his florida golf course, trump denied he ever made any offensive remarks at that closed door meetings. >> did you see what various senators in the room said? >> reporter: the vulgar language attributed to him isn't the only thing trump takes issue with. there's also this quote from an interview with "the wall street journal." >> i'd probably have a ve

gave us this picture of her dad. 68-year-old william wright. this was him as he was getting ready to head home from the hospital. that was on christmas eve. now, you're looking at video of the scene on december 4th when police say 46-year-old shawn parker beat and tied up wright then set fire those apartment on 3rd street sweet at the time wright had life-threatening injuries due to smoke inhalation, he's out of the hospital and recovering. according to one of wright's daughters parker is her older sister's ex-boyfriend, the family thinks they were after money and are relieved to know he's in jail >> they got you. and it wasn't ok. we grieved, cried. couldn't everything. so justice was served by the grace of god. being his time he's still here at 68 he's always been a fighter. >> reporter: and parker will appear before a judge tomorrow morning. in southeast, evan lambert fox 5 local news. >>> president trump causing shock waves throughout the immigrant community announcing he'll end temporary protected status to el salvador, his action could ev

m kelly wright in washington. a spokesman for the hawaii emergency management agency says the worker hit the wrong button prompting in this chilling alert has been reassigned pending an investigation. on saturday this notification made its way to 1 million people warning of an incoming ballistic missile. folks there were sent scrambling and some ditched their cars while others took drastic measures seeking refuge under ground. it was nearly 40 minutes before correction was sent out. hawaii officials are blaming the incident on quote human error. all this is state lawmakers announced they will hold a hearing this friday and president says the federal government will also get involved. stick with us here on fox news channel for the very latest out of hawaii. i'm kelly wright, now back to "watters' world". not been hacked. jesse: this week is the anniversary of the infamous trump dossier. "buzzfeed" released it to the public without verifying a thing in it. and to this date not a thing tonight has been verified. it a

and co-founder of susanna wright foundation. i know you own shares. just from personal perspective, are you sorry you haven't sold what are you thinking when you watch this stock and the week it's had >> i know businesses that exist, and some of the strongest businesses a company could be associated with, in power, health care, and aviation. and even in ge capital they have the finest leasing corrobora, c leasing business, jets this whole thing has been very difficult. when you see legacy things coming on here, like insurance, policies maybe sold 30 years ago, and have been looked at by people zoontconstantly over the years, and i guess flattery said he's going to take the hit on this because he can't make it work we need more data and more information from him he's a very talented guy but it's taking away from the scale of the businesses that are there, which are performing at or better than expectations. and especially the aircraft engine business. that's a business that you can't duplicate. you cannot duplicate a business lik

david wright has this look ahead. >> a reunion between the former winner of the celebrity apprentice and his old boss. now the president of the united states. >> let's go. come on. >> british journalist, piers morgan, appreciates trump on a range of issues from his views of women who protested trump's presidency in record numbers. >> are you a feminist? >> i wouldn't say i'm a feminist. i think that would be maybe going too far. i'm for women, i'm for men, i'm for everyone. >> to his refusal to endorse stronger gun control measures. even after the mass shooting in las vegas. >> if they had bullets going in the opposite direction, you would have saved a lot of lives. so i guess what you're saying. but i believe in the second amendment. >> trump takes credit for a booming economy. >> a lot of the global economy, piers, is because of how well we're doing. most people will admit that. but we are doing well. that's helping all around the globe. that's a good thing. >> theant view, down right chummy at times. one topic morgan steers clear of is the ongoing russia investigation. >> today "t

julie wright tracking water main breaks. autria: let's get started with the reason for the water main breaks. eileen: this morning, we are already waking up to dry temperatures. the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 1:00

the fire is burning at a scrap yard near south 4-th street and wright avenue in richmond. that's where we find kron-4's charles clifford...charles what are the concerns tonight? well, right now i'm standing along 4th street and this fire is burning behind me in the simms metal management scrap yard. here's a closer lookthe fire was reported around 5 this evening. the flames are burning in a scrap yard just south of interstate 580. the pile is about 20-30 feet high. there are multiple fire crews here trying to get this under control. there's also a huge plume of smoke blowing to the north west. that has prompted a shelter inplace advisory for anyone living in the iron triangle or north richmond areas. residents are asked to stay in their homes and keep the windows shut until further notice. we will be here through out the evening with updates. in richmond,c harles clifford kron 4 news. lawrence karnow: we enoyed a lot of sunshine and warmer weather today with some highs in the low 70s. it will be a nice mild evening and more spring like weather is ahead. if you're going out

wright discovered here in 1986. and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> patricia: there's only 500 of these in the wild in the whole world. >> anthony: wow, really? what's the biggest pressure on the population? >> patricia: slash and burn agriculture. some places they're hunted. >> darren: here, no, this guy. >> patricia: oh. he is, oh, look at it. oh, how beautiful. oh, that's so nice. oh. >> darren: whoa. he's pissing on you, tom. he's taking a leak right now. >> patricia: yeah, watch. >> anthony: hopefully it's not an editorial statement. >> darren: yeah. [ laughter ] >> patricia: look, this is the kind of bamboo shoot that the lemurs love. it's full of protein and it's full of cyanide. >> anthony: is the cyanide not a problem for them? >> patricia: they can tolerate all kinds of cyanide. the cyanide comes straight through in the, uh, poop. >> darren: do they know how they get it through their system? >> patricia: we're working on that. >> darren: okay. what is the dew on the outside of it?

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somewhere, the wright brothers are watching this. why grocery shopping has never been so cool. we've got christian, oli, charity, nick and gayle breaking down the best on the web. including the exciting night ahead for this woman. >> headed on a blind date. >> see if you can spot the secret she's hiding in plain sight. >> i have a hunch there's going to be no second date. >>> terrible people being terrible. local mma gym, what we should start calling them, play gyms where all the kids like to play. >> this looked so colorful i thought it was a cartoon at first. >> if only it was a cartoon. what's happening in fact is some kids 4, 5-year-old kids playing, don't really know each other, getting into a teenie, tiny bit of a tussle. the mother of one of the kids decides i'm having none of that, storming over, grabs that kid, yanks it out onto the floor. the grandmother comes in and watch this, boom! yes, yes, use your words. use your words, kids, unless you're adults in the room, use a toy car and smack another woman in the face. >> i'm sorry, if someone does that to my kid i'm not

i'm david wright for "nightline" in washington. >> our thanks to david. we'll be right back. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. introducing megared advanced triple absorption it supports your heart, joints, brain, and eyes. and is absorbed by your body three times better. than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. my hygi...a mouthwash.o try... so i tried crest. it does so much more than give me fresh breath. crest pro-health mouthwash provides all... ...of these benefits to help you get better dental check-ups. go pro with crest mouthwash. checkup? nailed it advil liqui-gels minis. our first concentrated pill that rushes powerful relief. a small size... that's fast, 'cause it's liquid. you'll ask... "what pain?" advil liqui-gels minis. shatters the competition. hydrating skin better than prestige creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless.

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david wright reporting from florida. let's bring in abc news political analyst matthew dowd. matthew, good morning. >> good morning. >> so we've heard from lindsey graham and heard in david wright's piece that lindsay was in the room. paul ryan, the speaker of the house has also weighed in calling his comments unhelpful. what do you think overall about the way republicans are handling this? >> well, paul ryan referring to what many are interpreting as racist remarks as unhelpful or unfortunate is like me forgetting a hat on a sunny day. if they were a pasta and you were cooking then, they would not be al dente. they are as far as from firm on this on the president as possible and i gravitational pull of planet trump, how leaders have lost their principles after they've gotten pulled into that planet. >> and it really seemed that ats and republicans were making a lot of progress on immigration and daca which expires in march. how big of a setback is this? >> i think it's huge. you know, i've described before i think the president is a bit like wiltime he thinks he's going to h

. ♪ >> sean: live out from america's news headquarters, i am kelly wright. here is what is happening. we are learning more about the suspect, 37-year-old matthew, was an attorney and an iraq war veteran. he had been criticizing law enforcement officials. authorities say that he fired more than 100 rounds in his denver area apartment before he was killed by a s.w.a.t. team. civilians were also injured. a report shows that in 2017 the safest year for commercial air travel ever. according to a netherlands-based company, there were 111 accidents worldwide it. if the two fatal accidents involved a small regional planes. according report, it is only one of her 16 million. now back to our special. >> sean: welcome back to this a special edition of a "hannity," president of's first year. h they have been massive purveyors of fake news, all in an attempt to hurt president trump and his agenda. the spreading of a fake news and outright lying has now reached unprecedented levels, which has now created a massive informational crisis in this country. before we show you t

rodrick wright rodrick wright tiene 60 años viviendo en el área y dice que esto es algo que ocurre casi todos los días. si no es esta cuadra será otra, y va continuar. cuando ocurrió el tiroteo la alcaldesa de la capital y el jefe de la policía estaban en una rueda de prensa a penas a unas tres cuadras de la escena hablando del homicidio de un niño de 14 años que también ocurrió esta misma semana en el sureste del distrito. tag: la policía está buscando un vehículo de cuatro puertas de color claro y dicen que había dos personas adentro. le están pidiendo a cualquier persona con información que por favor los contacte en noticiero telemundo somos primeros con la noticia..tenemos informacin de ultimo minuto que nos llega desde la ciudad de san diego... all acaban de liberar a luis mora..estudiante de la univeridad de berkeley detenido por inmigracin... esto ocurre horas despus de que una jueza le impusiera una fianza de mil quinientos dolares.... -- luis mora fue detenido cerca de la frontera con mexico... en el sur del estado por no tener documentos migratorios. -- mora es u

shawn parker assaulted william wright on december 4 at the time. wright had life-threatening injuries because of smoke inhalation. he's out of the hospital independent recovery. it turns out parker is e boyfriend of one of right's daughters and they believe he was after money. prince george county police need help finding 11-year-old boy. last seen monday own houston street suitland. the boy is 5' 4", 170 pounds wearing black coat, black p papt, black and blue nike. if y this young man may be call police. >> celebrations across the state of alabama this morning as crimson tide came from behind to clinch national championship tight until over time. in ot george asurprise 23-20 quarterback sacked become loss of 16 yards putting them out of field goal range. next play drochsz back and finds open in smith for a 41 yard touchdown. look for him in the pros. smith's wide open for touchdown catch you saw it alabama wins the 2018 national championship, 26-23 bama's fifth national title in the past in my opinion years. >> man. >> they found a way to get done

julie wright tracking water main breaks. autria: let's get started with the reason for the water main breaks. eileen: this morning, we are already waking up to dry temperatures. the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at 1:00 through 9:00 p.m. we are dry across the area. you can see a crayola effect of colors. the blue indicating the snow. green indicating the rain. ice.ink indicating the temperatures are definitely cold. it is 10-20 degrees higher than it was at this time yesterday. 17, manassas. kids that are already going to be going to school this morning, if they are not already dry at thewill be bus stop. we will have some rain and it will be freezing rain falling and creating some icy road conditions, but we have a big-time warm-up coming our way later this week. when i join you in 10 minutes, i will take you through our futurecast coming out the precipitation in your neighborhood. common this time of year. crayolaou said it was a box of colors, was that a 64-box? or the 16

the fire is burning at a scrapyard near south 4-th street and wright avenue in richmond. that's where we find kron-4's charles clifford...charles what are the concerns tonight? well, right now i'm standing along 4th street and this fire is burning behind me in the simms metal management scrap yard. here's a closer lookthe fire was reported around 5 this evening. the flames are burning in a scrap yard just south of interstate 580. the pile is about 20-30 feet high. there are multiple fire crews here trying to get this under control. there's also a huge plume of smoke blowing to the north west. that has prompted a shelter inplace advisory for anyone living in the iron triangle or north richmond areas. residents are asked to stay in their homes and keep the windows shut until further notice. we will be here through out the evening with updates. in richmond,c harles clifford kron 4 news. "this is our new american moment. there has never been a better time to start living the american dream."the big story out of washington tonight ... president trump delivers an upbeat verdict

david wright joins us now. the president's campaign has released an ad online with a serious accusation that will not help the negotiation process. >> reporter: that's right, this is an inflammatory new campaign ad approved by the president and released tonight. it suggests the democrats will have blood on their hand for any murder committed by an illegal immigrant. that's a gross distortion of the population at the center of this debate. the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. mostly young people, veterans, by definition felons are excluded from this program. the gist of these negotiations appeared to be the republicans wanted a stopgap funding agreement. now the white house is digging in its heels and obviously playing to the base tom. >> david wright for us at the white house. thank you. >>> one year ago this weekend, that first women's march in large part against the president, that saw rallies across the country. today hundreds of thousands of women marched again in seattle, denver, new york, what was on their mind t

host: we are joined by bud wright. he is the american association of state highway and transportation officials executive director. would you represent? guest: we represent the departments of transportation of the countryes of and puerto rico and puerto rico in the district of cologne appeared we are an advocacy group. and where theport most important missions is to make people understand the value of transportation investment. host: for the people you are representing, how are they looking on these potential announcements from the white house when it comes to infrastructure? guest: we are very interested in what the white house will release and we are pleased the white house has put so much emphasis on infrastructure. we know we have an infrastructure gap in this country. state and local governments are really stepping up. one of the things we know to be the case is this is a shared responsibility. it takes the federal government, state and local governments, and increasingly, the private sector, to make sure we're ad

it was there that judge susan webber wright had been pouring over legal briefs filed by attorneys for paula jones and the president of the united states. >> on december 28, 1994, u.s. district court judge susan webber wright ruled that paula jones' lawsuit could not go to trial until after president clinton left office. she accepted the argument that a trial would constitute a significant burden for a sitting president. >> lawsuits take up an enormous amount not only of time, but of emotional energy. >> although, she did allow fact-finding procedures to proceed. >> we could ask him for documents. we could take his deposition. >> the jones team immediately asked the eighth circuit court of appeals to reverse the ruling, arguing that paula jones should have the same rights as anyone else. >> we said, "look, mr. president, you have no immunity. you have to answer these charges." he said, "well, i'm too busy. i'm running the country here. i'm the most powerful man in the world. you can't bother me. excuse me?" >> paula and her lawyers in little rock would have to wait, 1,000 miles to the

fox news correspondent kelly wright has the latest. >> reporter: a fiery plane crash in costa rica kills 10 americans and two locals. everyone on board. officials photos and videos of the crash site showing the burning wreckage. five of the 10 americans were from the same new york family. the steinbergs hailed from the scars dale area weren't vacationing in costa rica. the family was reportedly very involved in philanthropy and the local jewish community. the single engine charter plane went down in a wooded area sunday, not long after takeoff. it was a cessna 208b grand caravan headed to san jose. the pilot is said to be an experienced professional. according to costa rican aviation officials the aircraft passed a safety inspection only a month ago. >> the interpreter:. >> operations such as those it was carrying out. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: the crash is still under investigation but there were strong winds in the morning that forced a change in the itinerary. coa who served from 2010 to 2014 says the pilot was her cousin. in new york, kelly wright, fox news. >> ♪ >>

david wright joins us from florida. we are days away from a possible government shutdown. on immigration and the president's slur could have a real impact on that, david. >> reporter: that's right, cecilia. the federal government is due to run out of m the democrats hope to use that as leverage to get the deal they want. both the house and the national are out for the holiday weekend so only a few days left to fashion a compromise. and they don't seem anywhere close. cecilia. >> the clock is ticking. thank you, david. >>> this tha with heavy rain led to this. ice jams and flooding, swollen rivers forcing some residents to evacuate. that brief winter warm-up that we saw, it is long gone tonight. temperatures are in a freefall and here's abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: streets turning into ice rivers in pennsylvania. chunks of ice spilling into neighborhoods. the subzero temperatures striking as the last winter storm continues to torment the northeast. >> this is a road flooded by ice and water. >> reporter: a deep freeze followed by a quick thaw and he

david wright joins us from florida. we are days away from a possible government shutdown. this breakdown on immigration and the president's slur could have a real impact on that, david. >> reporter: that's right, cecilia. the federal government is due to run out of money on friday and the democrats hope to use that as leverage to get the deal they want. both the house and the national are out for the holiday weekend so only a few days left to fashion a compromise. and they don't seem anywhere close. cecilia. >> the clock is ticking. thank you, david. >>> this week's brief thaw combined with heavy rain led to this. ice jams and flooding, swollen rivers forcing some residents to evacuate. that brief winter warm-up that we saw, it is longone tonight. temperatures are in a freefall and here's abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: streets turning into ice rivers in pennsylvania. chunks of ice spilling into neighborhoods. the subzero temperatures striking as the last winter storm continues to torment the northeast. >> this is a road flooded by ice and water. >> r

eileen: i guess you could take wright. we are tracking and warming trend that we do want kids to have a warm coat out to the bus stop this morning. back to school on time. 26 in billy and ashburn at 28. good morning to you at swanson middle school. the wind is light. this set up at 7:20 six. overall, more clouds and sunshine. heading off the bus, temperatures will be seasonably cool into the mid 40's. tomorrow, 55 degrees. showers.. a lot of clouds on friday but for kids waiting at the bus stop friday morning, and getting out the door, temperatures will be in the upper 50's. you will want the umbrella. we will be tracking showers and a break midday. if you go out friday night, it will be warm. we will see a few showers with less than a 10th of an inch of rain. is late fridayte night. by the time this is done we .8 inches in d.c. and we could use it because the area is under a moderate drought. with the rain comes the cold front. and with colder temperatures through the upcoming weekend. slow out there and it isn't necessar

over the opposition look forward to his people that's wrong lloyd wright thank you for the show and. the house of lords will be back on wednesday this week in the form of. the treasury flight about why bricks it could be for the city of london until the. social media will feel wednesday fifteen years to the day that according to a secret memo tony blair allegedly plotted the iraq war with u.s. president george w. bush in the white house with or without a u.n. resolution. saying that market failure many times we saw in two thousand and nineteen ninety seven in one nine hundred eighty seven and we're going to see it again probably in the very near future because the underlying design. has not been modified to account for changes in technology over the past fifty sixty seventy years and we keep having these catastrophic failure. release the memo russia gate morse into the f.b.i. gates also are the u.s. and turkey on the path the confrontation in syria and the great debate jordan peterson has called one army and is taking the internet by storm. zia's says harlan kentucky. boys you go thr

here's our political correspondent ben wright.. i'm not making any comment. shortly before ukip‘s top brass met to discuss their beleaguered leader's fate, henry bolton came out fighting. you could at that point say the national executive committee of my own party don't have confidence in me as leader, i'd better stand down. i could do but i shan‘t. you won't? no, i won't. the former soldier has only been in the job for months, and it is his fleeting relationship with 25—year—old jo marney that has got him noticed. last week he dropped his new girlfriend after it emerged she had sent racist text messages about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. but the two of them were then spotted out at a london bar. we're now talking about this leadership thing being a moral court, as to the state of my marriage and my personal relationships. what is important to the nation and to the voters, and the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the european union, is that this country gets its independence back from brussels and that we can move forward on that basis

>> david wright for us. david, thank you. >>> moving on now, and the me, too, movement that began in 2017 reverberating in the new year. gretchen carlson, the former fox news host who shared her own story of sexual harassment, taking over as chair of the miss america pageant, after a sexism scandal rocked that organization. abc's linsey davis with the details. >> miss america is gretchen carlson! >> reporter: here she is, miss america's new chairman, former fox news anchor gretchen carlson. the 1989 winner is taking ore the pageant, after the former ceo, sam haskell, resigned over leaked e-mails exposing alleged crude, sexist and derogatory comments. 2013 miss america mallory hagan belittled for her weight and love life. >> having someone bully you, belittle you, demean you, degrade you in any way is not ok okay. >> reporter: both she and carlson among the 49 former miss americas who demanded haskell and others step down, describing a toxic environment. something carlson says she experienced first-hand at fo

abc's david wright is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, fallout over "fire and fury." president trump's former chief strategist is trying to justify his use of the words "treasonous" and "unpatriotic" to describe that 2016 meeting at trump tower between don junior and other top campaign officials and a russian lawysing dirt on hillary clinton. steve bannon doesn't deny the quote, but claims it's been inaccurately reported. patriot and a good man," he said in a statement, insisting his comments were directed at then campaign chair paul manafort, "a seasoned campaign professional experience and knowledge of how the russiaited now t him day in andeporter: bannon appears to be trying to placate the giving author mi access to the west wing. him into the white house quite a bit, and it was one of those things. that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job. trump takes partic's assertion that bannon and others have discussed trump's mental fe.ht up the constitutional mechanism to remove a president from office.unasable to sa >> it't this is 25th amendment kind of stuff. th

abc's david wright is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, fresh from his quick trip to davos. >> i think it was a very, very successful trip. >> reporter: the president is gearing up for the state of the union, a speech the white house describes as "optimistic," "forward-looking" and bipartisan. president trump, eager to take credit for a roaring economy. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> reporter: this may be his first state of the union, but it's a format trump has already shown he can master. his address last year to a joint session of congress won high marks. >> the time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. >> reporter: but this year's speech comes in the shadow of the ongoing russia investigation. including bombshell reports that trump tried to fire the special counsel last summer. trump denied it, at the time. >> i haven't given it any thought. >> reporter: but his close friend chris ruddy was convinced. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. >> reporter: according to "the new york

ben wright, bbc news. an eight—year—old girl who died after being found with stab wounds near walsall has been named by west midlands police as mylee billingham. a 54—year—old man has been arrested. liz copper reports. eight—year—old mylee billingham, who has died an what police are describing as a tragic set of circumstances. floral tributes have been placed outside the bungalow in brownhills where police were called last night. neighbours described their shock as officers arrived. i never in my wildest dreams would ever see down this street. everyone was shocked. because down here it's quiet, know what i mean. a 54—year—old man has been arrested in connection connection with this incident. he was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the stomach and his condition is described as critical. as forensics experts continue their inquiries, police say they are treating this as a domestic incident and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation. liz copper, bbc news, br

i'm kelly wright. now back to scandalous. special prosecutor. it remains, to me, somewhat inexplicable. >> i don't think any of us saw it coming. one understood the logic of it, that a new independent-counsel statute had been enacted, and judges are supposed to appoint the counsel. robert fiske had been appointed by janet reno. >> reno had asked the three-judge panel to reappoint fiske. the judges, instead, appointed kenneth starr, a former federal appeals-court judge and solicitor general in the reagan and bush administrations. >> it clearly set back the whitewater investigation. fiske was ramping up for indictments. >> we were really on the verge of bringing some major cases. and there was criticism, you know, i hadn't been doing enough. >> there was some discontent, on the part of republicans in particular, about some aspects of the investigation not being fully explored. >> and i thought, "i've only been here four months. >> and now, suddenly, here was a new person coming in to start the investigation from scratch. >> i think many americans

i also think that wright patterson is a great military installation and i actually come from a state that has the home of the global response force, 82nd airborne down in fort bragg, when the president calls and they want to send somebody into harm's way, that's where they call first and also home to 45% of all marines that serve in the marine corps. i worry a lot about the message we're sending men and women in uniform when we can't get our act together here. everybody in suits, everybody in the senate, everybody here tonight is playing games with funding our government. right, now you would ask-- you asked for a one day cr. that didn't happen and now asking for a three-day cr. how about this? why don't we stay here until we get in done. why don't we realize the daylight is not going to come until eight or nine hours, we can get this done before 9:00 tomorrow morning, instead of asking for these half measures, a one-day cr, a three-day cr. why don't we get in a room tonight and solve our problems. why are we actually kicking the can down the road a little bit, one day, three days, w