and a ban on laptops and tablets in hand luggage on flights from several men these —— middle easternes to the us and uk comes into effect. did a us air strike killed hundreds of civilians in the iraqi city of mosul? the us says it is now investigating, but admits coalition forces were carrying out air strikes where many people have been killed. the fight to retake the city from the group calling itself islamic state began last october. the iraqi army is being supported by us—led coalition airstrikes. they have reta ke coalition airstrikes. they have retake in all of eastern mosul and have now made key gains in the western half of the city. they are now closing in on the densely populated old city. this area in red is still being held by the so—called islamic state. the united nations says it is stunned by the terrible loss of life caused by recent airstrikes. eyewitnesses say many victims are buried under the rubble. other residents say is is using civilians as human shields, but blamed indiscriminate airstrikes for many of the deaths. translation: blamed indiscriminate airstrikes fo

officials issued a directive banning all electronics bigger than a smartphone from 10 middle eastern airports. >> what they are trying to do is take an extra step to take anything that could be packed with explosives out of the cabin and prevent a device from being manually detonated. sam: last year a computer packed with explosives put a hole in this jet shortly after takeoff. riyadh,ca, istanbul, and abu dhabi. no u.s. airlines are affected. >> what will likely happen is the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual developed some kind of device they can get onto an airplane, using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. sam: for the nine airlines involved, they have 96 hours to comply with the safety mandate. as for the elevated security at dulles, investigators say it is routine and they do i am sam sweeney, back to you. jummy: we want to take a live look out over the city, pennsylvania avenue heading toward the hill. we are headed for a bit of a cool down. doug hill is here with a look at the forecast. doug: cloudy skies right now. every onc

from mostly middle eastern country can no longer carry on devices larger than a cell phone. this morning, new air travel restrictions going into effect. the department of homeland security overnight issuing an emergency directive for passengers flying from ten middle eastern and african airports, any electronic that's not a medical device or larger than a cell phone now banned from the main cabin of flights coming from certain countries including tablets and laptop computers. >> i think that's a little much. >> reporter: the countries impacted include jordan, egypt, and united arab emirates, an origin of several daily flights into the united states. a terrorism official says it was probably driven by intelligence of a possible attack. >> what is likely happened, the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device they can get on to an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> they have been used before by terrorists as recently as year. this whole blown through a laptop in somalia. the pilot ma

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from ten middle eastern airports. passengers will not be allowed to carry on any electronic devices larger than a cell phone. the tsa and department of homeland security say they're responding to some kind of threat. >> rex tillerson plans to visit russia next month. there's also new word that he will skip a nato summit. >> and that announcement comes as the fbi district torr into ties between russians trying to influence the election and the trump campaign. the investigation could take years. >> and president trump continues to try and make good on a campaign promise to get rid of obamacare and roll out a new budget plan. >> and a look at why metro riders should pay close attention but first mollet with a look at what the president is doing on capitol hill. >> the president's trip to the hill today all about selling the republican plan to replace the affordable care act. he's expected to address house republicans. now, last night he touted the plan to supporters when kentucky. the president suggested that the current

ban laptops from several middle eastern countries on security concerns.considers the measure. matt: welcome to bloomberg daybreak: europe, our flagship morning show. i am matt miller in berlin. anna: i am anna edwards in london. breaking news. numbers coming out. let us get to the french luxury goods company, saying they are confirming midterm goals for revenue growth. income.ion net i they are publishing this on their website. .220.timate was .et us get to kingfisher they are talking about the e.u. referendum having created uncertainty. they remain cautious on the outlook for the french business but looking back in terms of what the numbers are they have given us, adjusted sales of to be exactly in line with estimates at 11.2 billion pounds. adjusted pretax profits, 743 million pounds. that is out of the estimate. basic eps comes in ahead of estimate at 24.4 pence per share. daniel bernard will be retiring as the chairman in june and they are giving us more details of this change over at kingfisher. there has to be concerns for business on the high stree

issue on something important, i follow the middle eastern experts, follow that saudi arabia comes up a lot. this notion no one mentions audi arabia, i'm not sure this goes back to the question of where you get your news, where ou get your information, because everything i read, the word saudi arabia comes up president's when the travel ban was proposed, first hing most critics went right to, to say two obvious countries travel sing from the ban, saudi arabia and pakistan, the two countries all over the airwaves, the notion people don't talk about this suggests you need to scope of the kind of information you are taking in. sit am not -- i cannot here and tell you definitively about the politics of saudi rabia because then i would be violating for star trek fans, the prime directive of the is never to trespass into make pronouncement area of eone else's expertise. host: hank from south carolina on the independent line. good morning, hank. caller: good morning to y'all. i'm enjoying your show. sitting here thinking malaysian -- when the plane went down in the pacific weeks, we got nd a

british airways, easyjet and four other uk airlines are affected, so too are middle eastern and norths. it follows a similar measure by the united so other uk airlines are affected, so too are middle eastern and north africa and carriers. it follows a similar measure by the united states. the government similar measure by thequited, ., w . ,, ,. states. the government has said similar measure by therbqited, ., w . ,, ,. states. the government has said the 72:2 of the travelling public is security of the travelling public is its highest what has its highest priority. what has prompted this? last year's laptop bomb aboard this flight out of somalia raised a lot of concerns. smuggled aboard by the group, al shabab, it made a hole in the plane. pilot was able to land safely. the pilot was able to land safely. the pilot was able to land safely. the year before so—called islamic state put a bomb onto a passenger jet coming out of egypt, killing eve ryo ne jet coming out of egypt, killing everyone on board. that device was— the mould - a new ban does not in the mould with a new ban does not

british airways, easyjet and four so, too, are eight middle eastern and north africa carriers.states. the list of affected airlines was published today by the government, which says the security is its highest priority. so what has prompted this? last year's laptop bomb on board this flight out of somalia raised a lot of concerns. smuggled aboard in a laptop a bomb blew a hole in the side of a plane. amazingly, the pilot was able to land it safely. the year before, so—called islamic state put a bomb on a passenger plane out of egypt, killing everyone on board. that device was in the hold, where the new ban on laptops does not apply. in whitehall, the bbc understands, there were some concerns about introducing this ban. it is not based on any specific plot, rather an evolving threat. there is bound to be a commercial and diplomatic price for this. it is also yet one more encumbrance for air passengers. i'm afraid to say that the scope for disruption is immense. first people will get the wrong end of many sticks, they will think it applies to all flights from the uk, as well as f

from ten specific airports in eight middle eastern and north african countries.that vindicate the president and his temporary travel ban? next we get reaction colonel oliver north,it straightahead what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. i'm 51 years old.m. when i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. she just started to decline rapidly. i was rushed to the hospital... my symptoms were devastating. the doctor said, "pam! if you'd have waited two more days, you would've died." if i'd have known that a vaccine could have helped prevent this, i would have asked my doctor or pharmacist about it. >> hannity: welcome but does "hannity," today the tsa announced it would then electronic devices larger tha >> sean: welcome back to "hannity,"

eight middle eastern and north african countries.pt, turkey, that uae, saudi arabia, kuwait, qatar, and morocco. even the democrats are praising this move after being briefed by the department of homeland security, the ranking member on the house intelligence community, committee, democratic congressman adam schiff praised the new security precautions implemented by the department over the weekend. the devices are not allowed to be brought into the cabin but can be checked. does this ban prove that more extreme venting is needed? here with reaction the host of war stories colonel oliver north. you tell stories as a marine how many times did you go to through waterboarding ? >> i was waterboarding going through survival school by fellow marines. >> hannity: that's illegal, we can't do that to people who want to plot, plan, scheme come and kill us but >> it didn't used to be torture, sean. >> hannity: i still don't believe it is. if you want to believe in waterboarding, all you have to do is watch somebody steal your kid and you captur

and a ban on laptops and tablets in hand luggage on flights from several men these —— middle easterncomes into effect.

the finance minister tells us how it plans to attract more middle eastern money. oomberg. ♪ yousef: this is the best of "bloomberg markets: middle east ." the philippines finance secretary says his country is keen to draw investments from the middle east. he said the government is interested in deepening its ties with the gulf. >> this is our middle east show. i want to talk about the roadshow you had at the end of the year, investment roadshow. various places there. also, the president has long been scheduled to go to the region. what is the priority? what sort of deal do you want to come back with? >> essentially, the president is going there because we have a lot of foreign workers in the middle east. the contribute a lot to philippines and he won by an elming margin among the 4fw's.'s -- we welcome the middle east capital to come to us. >> you want to set up a bank in the middle east. of the landchairman bank of the philippines. we have been mandated by the president to establish a banking presence in the middle east for ease of transactions with our osw's ther

denies a rehearing for president trump's original executive order pausing travel from some seven middle easternountries now down to six. heather: and the trump administration defending itself america first budget blueprint firing back at critics at hollywood liberals who are leading the charge. budget battle that's brewing. good morning. >> people don't like it when you take things away and that's why budget proposals are almost never entirely popular even when more on track to go $20 trillion into debt as a nation. here are some of the winners in the president's budget, defense is by far the big winner and is expected to see a 10% increase to its budget, homeland security and veterans affairs will see uptick as well, the losers are lead by the environmental protection agency as a whole along with various programs with the state department and some cut that is hollywood is not too happy about at all. the budget calls for the elimination of funding to a number of arts and humanities programs including both national endowment for the arts an humanities as well as the corporation for public broadc

times reports on the pair agreeing to push forward on special deregulated economic zones in the middle easternntry to attract japanese investors. "intel enters the driverless car race" — that's on the front page of the financial times this morning. the us chipmaker has agreed to a 15 billion dollar takeover of an israel company that develops "autonomous driving" systems. and finally, robot cops in dubai. gulf news says that the uae is set to get its first police robot in may — and that police officials there want to make robots 25% of their police force by 2020. joining us is david buik, market strategist at investment bank panmure gordon. thank you for being with us. what an eclectic bunch of stories we have today. we always try and please, you know? what a shock this was for us and the government, and nicola sturgeon on all of the front pages. she is a piece of work. her timing is brilliant. anybody worried about the wooden spoon department, unbelievable. i think the thing that she wants to get the fullest effect is that clearly, as she described it, theresa may is not moving at all. there i

next on the best of bloomberg markets: middle east, we talk about the outlook for middle eastern stocksthe fed looks increasingly likely to raise rates this month. ♪ yousef: welcome back to the best of bloomberg markets: middle east. governor reynard says a rate hike is likely to be appropriate soon. shery: the latest economic report reveals a modest to moderate growth in the u.s. economy. the beige book sees further tightening in the labor market with no significant raises in employment or inflation. here is what they see the fed to doing. >> it has dominated markets over the past few quarters. and is set expectations trade tensions. to escalate between countries it -- and the u.s.. the new u.s. administration is not likely to call china a currency manipulator at this stage. we are seeing the taiwan dollar do well since the start of this year. since these are not as sensitive to currency -- u.s. currency we haves, it is because this reflation story that is very much part of that. if we were to see a fed move in march and dollar strength would liketo be in currencies dollar korea, dolla

the leaders have had very different responses to the syrian refugee crisis and middle eastern refugeesthat particular point is definitely expected to come up in meetings. especially when these global leaders take questions in an couple of minutes. just said, it sounds like it's a very tricky business for both angela merkel and donald trump where they want to be friends but they can't get too close to each other because they don't want to look at being soft on the other. they have had a storied relationship. it then candidate trump criticized chancellor merkel several times on the campaign trail. they had quite a different relationship to say the least. as an adversary at times. relationship, it is delayed due to weather earlier this week. trade in particular david is what the message of this white house is pushing for. they feel they will be able to negotiate with various european leaders. and including chancellor merkel on trade, they feel it is going to be a component to this relationship. let's pick up on the trade kaman to go back to the ambassador. everyone that the way the trump

the dollar is going the other way, putting pressure on middle eastern markets come as well.here will ben struggle. is putting short sell in the mix. it is 7:00 a.m., bright and early. it is 12:00 noon in hong kong. we look at markets this monday. we have seen better start to the week. have a look at my bloomberg. obviously japan is getting hit the most. we just talked about the yen pushing toward 110. you're getting a lot of equity indices getting offered up. 1.4%. the losses seem to be getting better if you could describe them that way. have a look at the currency that is the market story today. dollars off substantially. randy was up. up.ingo is there also getting a selloff of commodity space over in china. the only one up over the 1256.ity space, 1% up at let me wrap things up at a look at the bloomberg dollar index. 200 on the below dollar index. does this give us a preview of things to come when it comes to the lawson momentum -- loss in the momentum? that is one element of the story in terms of reversal of gains. the other reversal we have seen in the oil markets. we w

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as a middle eastern airline unveils a new business class aeroplane seat. is part ofan business class aeroplane seat. it is part of an industry push to bring home comforts to the skies. what you noticed immediately is very slick technology and slick engineering. —— notice. this seated area is pretty flexible, and should you wish to, you can share food with your friends, who are just sitting on the other side, all members of the family, of course. and at the touch ofa family, of course. and at the touch of a button, deceit goes completely flat and turns into a bed. the idea behind that is to create more living space around the business class, creating absolute privacy, and creating absolute privacy, and creating absolute privacy, and creating a corporate jet atmosphere, if you are travelling with your passenger. in these times where there is a focus on cost, our business is happy to pay that is? as a matter of fact, you are just plenty business class fare. corporate travel is big business. german firms spend 50 billion euros a year sending their employees ar

tracy: one of the big stories in the region over the past year has been sales of middle eastern debtgovernments and companies. .e have this change in outlook is that not an appetite for qatari debt or gulf debt elsewhere in the region? i don't think it's the appetite. i think rates will go a bit higher. the first time you borrow, your balance sheet is clear. the third time you borrow, you become a riskier borrower, and it keeps going like that. your rating will go down and the premium will be higher. be era also recapitalization plan, they laid out some of the details for the next two years. you spent some time digesting this plan. what does it mean in terms of how you see this company? know they have a great legacy. they built most of the projects in dubai. they have to go through what they have done through last two or three years. i think starting with selling the non-core assets is a good start. you don't need your non-core assets at the moment. recapitalize the company. you will have operating cash flow and be able to submit and apply for new projects. they do have new projects

this means passengers from eight middle eastern and north african countries will not be able to use theirp, ipads, and cameras on board. according to fox news sources, the increased security is not the result of a specific threat, but due to an increase in terror-related chatter. a man arrested near a white house security checkpoint saturday allegedly made a bizarre statements according to court records, he first said he had a bomb in his truck. later he allegedly claimed he had an asteroid in his trunk, and that he communicates telepathically with president trump. the man is now facing charges that could carry a maximum of ten years in prison. the hunt for tom brady's missing super bowl jersey is over. relying on a tip, investigators traced the game jersey worth about $500,000, to mexico. it was found in possession of a former mexican tabloid newspaper executive. i'm kelly wright. ♪ >> tom: comedian tim allen did an interview on friday with my rival jimmy kimmel. he seemed defensive about admitting that he has attended presidential inaugurations. >> you went to the presidential inaugurat

-- in nick: almost all of the nato countries and middle eastern countries. it is 68. large list. most importantly if you look at countries not involved and one of those is russia, which has been playing a role back into the syrian regime in assyria in the fight against rebel groups there. they are not involved in this. secretary tillerson will go to russia next month to speak with leaders about counterterrorism fight. mark: just a reminder for those who may have just joined us, why boris johnson is there and what has been the reaction to what we are seeing on bloomberg television screens right now? they are saying it is a terror incident. nick: boris johnson is in the u.s. for a meeting of the coalition to counter the islamic state. a 68 country effort to make sure the group is driven out of mosul and iraq. also, not to crop up elsewhere in the world. basis in south america, central asia and the pacific rim. this event is treated with a great deal of caution here and the state department issued a statement not even calling it a terror attack, just saying that they are

united states and britain recently banned ek electronics from some flights from middle eastern and african nations. is this why? >> wolf, good evening. this is a very significant part of why those access were taken. but we have been talking to a number of government officials and there is more to it. they are growing increasingly concerned about airlines and have been tracking specific information from a pilot in yemen and syria and isis and the concern is growing, wolf. >> the intelligence comes amid heightened concerns that ices and al qaeda asillated terror groups perfected their ability it hide bombs in electronic devices. >> cnn has learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets and other electronic devices from the passenger cabin of planes flying directly to the united states from ten middle eastern and north african airports. demanding instead they are stored in checked luggage. >> elevated intelligence we are are aware of that they are are targeting information and are aggressive in pursuing meth today's undertake th

the heartstrings for lovers of luxury travel at this year's itb tourism show in berlin, as a middle easterns class aeroplane seat. it's pa rt business class aeroplane seat. it's part ofan business class aeroplane seat. it's part of an industry push to bring home comforts to the skies. what you notice immediately is very very slick technology and slick engineering. this seat area is actually pretty flexible and should you wish to you can share food with your friends who are just sitting the other side, all members of your family of course. and at the touch ofa family of course. and at the touch of a button, this seat goes com pletely of a button, this seat goes completely flat and turns into a bit. the idea behind that is to create more living space around the business class, creating absolute privacy and creating a corporate atmosphere if you're travelling with colleagues. in these times where there's a focus on costs, our businesses happy to pay for this? as a matter of a fact, you're just playing the business class fare, you're paying anything extra. corporate travel is big business. germ

the updated order will ban travel from certain middle eastern and african countries. and we've just learned that iraq won't be inlcuded on the list. the previous travel ban sparked a lot of protests at airports all around the country... including right here in the bay area. kron four's will tran is live at s-f-o as people anticipate the release of the new ban. will? president trump is expected to sign a new immigration travel ban as early as today. the president was scheduled to sign the order last week but his team pushed that back after he received positive reviews on his speech to congress. the updated order will ban travel from certain middle eastern and african countries. there are multiple reports out this morning that iraq will not be on the list of banned countries. an administration official says the new ban will not affect green card holders and those with valid visas. the first travel ban sparked nationwide protests including right here at s-f-o. "it's not going to keep us safe. it's going to incite more violence because they are doing exactly what they thi

be able to carry on large electronic devices on certain airlines from certain countries in the middle eastern region. >> i feel like you want those belongings close to you at all times. >> this is also a concern. in february of 2016, a bomb in a laptop blew a hole in a somali jetliner. >> maybe they don't trust the scanning devices in those particular airports, i was thinking that might be part of the problem. >> it would be a big inconvenience. >> not having my computer, things to write on, not having a large boom to read, i would really have to rethink traveling to those countries. >> this man said he'd be okay checking his computer for safety's sake. >> we have to rely on the people who know what's going on, and we have to trust them the department won't comment on potential security precautions. katie marzulo abc 7 news. >>> we're on storm watch once again tonight expect showers throughout the night and tomorrow, but the wet weather will not end there. sandia patel is here. >> take a look at live doppler 7 right now. we're tracking light to moderate rain. street level radar, berkeley, ric

electronics could be banned on direct flights from middle eastern countries to the u.s.l fon and medical devices will be exempt but the other electronics would need to be checked. u.s. airlines would not be impacted. there has been no confirmation from the department of the homeland security. they told cnn the u.s. embassies told relevant countries and the airlines about this. royal jordanian airlines but it has been deleted. jonathan: the new twist in the deadly house explosion that shook a neighborhood. q: bad news for metro. as the people on the block are smiling. i am q mccray. i will explain ♪ what? there are bumps along the road of life... and for each one there's triple-a. it's just three kids, right? jonathan: police believe the former owner of the home shot his dog and then killed himself before the explosion. it was in foreclosure. due to be auctioned the day of the blast. michelle: a maryland man accused in a deadly fire bombing is in police custody tonight. antonio wright surrendered to the baltimore police this morning. he is susp

decision to ban electronic devices on - to the electronic devices on flights to the uk from some middle easternbout martin mcguinness as the killer who turn to peace. the daily telegraph talks about fears of a new terror plot. in the times, a flight ban on laptops after new bomb fears. in the daily express, there is a story about a breakthrough on alzheimer's. let's begin with the i. let's talk about the killer who turned to peace. absolutely. i do not think there has been some quite so divisive as martin mcguinness. you can see clearly on the front page can at one point or he is described as an ira ,,7j,,::, then , s- s . m; point or he is described as an ira fifjfizi, then the l... l. . m; point or he is described as an ira ,,,j,,-: then the architect ; ‘ w: — :emmen'jef—the"*h% zrzhteftfffufle w7” 7”— good friday agreement. it is someone has had to phases of his life. who has had to phasesofhis ufa we who hos bod to phasesofhis ufa we have how the victims familiaa hava rraactad to'it victims familiaa hava rraac‘cad to'it with victims familiss hava rraac‘cad to'it with a line has is today with,

british led the uk to institute ban on devices in the cabin for flights from six middle eastern countries. >> the fact that the u.s. is institute a similar prohibition something jes s uggests new el. >> we have seen the hole blown through fuselage of a jet liner with a laptop filled with explosives. trying printer cartridges, shoes. the ban applies to predominantly muslim nations. according to the administration it its not related to the travel ban. >> this is going to make the relationships between the regions more tense. >> u.s. officials are giving carriers through friday to enforce the new order. our sources say the intelligence does not point specifically off to the airports that are mentioned in the ban. but experts say the proximity to isis strong holds is the reason they nay have been included. david kerley, abc news, las vegas. >> another sort of aviation story. or animal kingdom >> bit of both. >> little built of both. not what you want to find on ape flight. this took place, whoa. yep. >> a snake. about 4-5 feaet long loose in te cabin. unlike the samuel jackson movie. this sna

from certain airports in eight middle eastern and north african countries, any device larger than cell phone must be stored in checked luggage. critics say it is a ways of time. supporters however say they want air travel safe. >> this is a different world. we got to protect the. sa. and makes smart decisions about how we protect. so inconvenience, but will adapt do what we need to do. >> i mean, people want to use that time to be productive. >> say the new directive not based on any specific or credible threat of an imminent attack. >> well, president trump will make a pitch for the gop replacement for the affordable care act today. he's meeting with house republicans in a closed door session on capitol hill. meanwhile, top republican lawmakers are proposing changes. one includes larger benefits for older and disable people on medicaid, the house scheduled to vote on the bill on thursday. >> q and a session of the kneel gorsuch connelly makes hearings begin today. nominee faces hours of questioning, from the senate judiciary committee. democrats plan to press judge gorsuch on everythi

the move affects flights from middle eastern and north african nations.officials say that it is in response to an unspecified terror threat. that dan -- ban is sure to have a financial offense. >> there is a lot affecting passengers. this ban is affecting airlines, their revenues. the head of emirates said that bookings to the united states have plummeted by 35% just after this ban was announced today. let's go to our financial correspondent in new york. these rules are obviously not targeting u.s. airlines. has a been a response on wall street? >> we saw the stocks of american airlines falling, united, delta, american, all losing 3%. u.s. airlines are not impacted because the airlines do not serve those airports. overall, with all those bans we are seeing from the new administration, there is some indication that there will be less people flying to the united states. the whole industry could be impacted by this. >> the dow has suffered its sharpest loss since october of last year. the markets dropped by more than 1%. even if 240 points sounds like a lot,

be able to carry on large electronic devices on certain airlines from certain countries in the middle eastern region. >> i feel like you want those belongings close to you at all times. >> this is also a concern. in february of 2016, a bomb in a laptop blew a hole in a jetliner. >> maybe they don't trust the scanning devices in those particular airports, i was thinking that might be part of the problem. >> it would be a big inconvenience. >> not having my computer, things to write on, not having a large boom to read, i would really have to rethink traveling to those countries. >> this man said he'd be okay checking his computer for safety's sake. >> we have to rely on the people who know what's going on, and we have to trust them the department won't comment on potential security precautions. katie marzulo abc 7 news. >>> we're on storm watch once again tonight expect showers throughout the night and tomorrow, but the wet weather will not end there. sandia patel is here. >> take a look at live doppler 7 right now. we're tracking light to moderate rain. street level radar, berkeley, richmond.

ban covers the nine foreign airlines from ten airports and the eight middle eastern and north afternoon countries. there are six in the u.k. british airways. laptop and tablets have to be put in checked baggage for fears terrorists could use them as explosives. cell phones are exempt from this. michelle: neil gorsuch was careful not to voice his own opinions on guns and controversial issues in the second day of his confirmation hearing. >> do you agree with the statements? >> it's out of the decision from the united states -- >> it's scalia decision. >> whatever is heller is in the law and i follow the law. >> you agree? >> it's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing respectfully, senator, it's a matter of it being the law. my job is to apply and enforce the law. michelle: another round of questioning before the judiciary hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. if seat left empty since the death of antonin scalia. jonathan: the "cat in the hat" delivered a simple message to congress. hands off the pbs kids. president trump's proposal cuts funding to the public broadcasting and congress has

each day from 10 airports in eight middle eastern and north african countries. u.s.e not included, as they do not fly directly from the designated airports. the bombing in somalia depended on airport workers in mogadishu, seen on the bottom right, affiliated with the terror group al shabab, handing the explosive-packed laptop to the bomber after security. u.s. officials worry about something similar. how does banning laptops from the cabin create less risk than if they're packed into luggage and cargo holds? manuel gomez is a former fbi >> it's not impossible that they could find a way to get a laptop inside of a plane and detonate it remotely, or even on a timer, but it's much more challenging for them, and it's a much more sophisticated type of bombing than it would just be if they have the laptop device on their seat in a plane. >>> president trump's one-time campaign manager paul manafort is facing charges he hid payments. jeff pegues has this story. >> reporter: one of paul manafort's most vocal critics is in ukraine. >> today, i present the documents signed by

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just good day mess -- jessica .amos aisle,other side of the a lot of the democrats are bringing middle eastern guests , this picture was tweeted out of marc veasey meeting with syrian refugees attending the speech tonight as his guests. >> we are going to keep an i on the white house. there is some activity. steve annan is now leaving. we see senior aides coming go. scalia, the late wife of antonin scalia, will be in attendance. the confirmation hearing getting underway on march 20. we will have live coverage. let's give you a sense of what is happening. we expect the president and first lady to depart momentarily. there is steve annan. -- there is steve bannon. [an audible conversation -- conversation] >> they call that the beast. the cadillac is used to travel and firstdent trump lady melania trump. the senate is also in session gathering right now as they make their way from one end of the capital to the other. as soon as the president moves out we will take you there as well. [indistinct conversation] >> the president traveling along the motorcade from the white house, 16 blocks on a rainy

and two middle eastern passengers are helping passengers cope with the new ban on electronics. qatar is loans laptops and iphones to people in first and business class. their electronic devices will be checked at the gate prior to boarding. and one hour free of wi-fi and $5 to stay connected for the entire flight. >> a little bit of a fee there for the airlines as well. landon, thank you. appreciate it. >>> a live look at at&t park. even the seagulls are taking a break for the time being. one of those guys dropped on me last year. >> isn't that supposed to be good luck? >> i guess so. the opening day for the giants is on sunday. if you're keeping score at home, the giants won 3-0. nothing to apologize about. great game last night. tonight's game is also at at&t. and then tomorrow, the series moves to the coliseum. >> there we go. baseball is back. >> it's back and better than ever. i worry about my grandma all the time without hearing -- >> margorie? >> yes. >> a grandmother stranded in her car on a snowy road. >> she was there for five days before hikers came to her rescue. sh

the electronics ban affects flights from ten mostly middle eastern airports. the ban was ordered after intelligence found out that isis operatives wanted to plant explosives inside things like laptops. last year, a similar style attack blew a hole in a plane over somalia. passengers will have to check their large devices. >> it becomes much more difficult to carry out a successful attack if the device is not located on the person of the individual carrying out the attack. >> now, small devices like cell phones will be allowed. britain has also joined the some middle eastern airport toes check their laptops and their tablets. >>> another blockbuster claim when it comes to wiretapping and president trump. what the president has to say about the claims. >>> and students on edge after a fellow classmate was raped in a school bathroom. the threat made on the heels of that disturbing crime. >>> and it's officially get to go be that time of the year to go down to the tidal basin and take a look at the cherry blossoms. tomorrow, not a bad day to go down there. a lot o

bound flights in middle eastern and african bount countries. we'll be back in just a minute. >> 6 o 09 back with traumatic images ever a plane crash it's harded to believe from the firey scene but everybody on board sure vivrd the pilot over shot the run way in poor conditions and the wing hit a car and burst into flames the plane door flew on after the crash allowing the members to escape and they all got out and nobody was killed. poor weather conditions may be to blame. >>> the dakota access pipeline is on track to start moving oil despite physical attacks along the line. two american indian tribes battled in court for months arguing it is a threat to water and company building pipeline said it will be safe. when complete complete it will move oil from north dakota to shipping point in illinois. president trump at the white house after a rally in the heart lands speaking to thus in louisville, kentucky. he's working on new executive actions helping to reveal cole mains and is trying to go from creating job >> last night gop leaders announced

the updated order will ban travel from certain middle eastern and african countries. multiple reports out this morning that iraq will not be on the list of banned countries. an administration official says the new ban will not affect green card holders and those with valid visas. still ahead... doctors say it's a miracle she's alive.. and now the teenager meets the woman who saved her life. that story, coming up. plus... a community gets together to help a legally blind toddler see for the first time. we'll show you how they did it. next... a san francisco baseball tradition. how you can now get a cocktail at "momo's" without leaving the east bay. momo's in san francisco is of the culinary and cocktail mainstays of giants baseball. and now fans of the hopping sports bar can get their fix without ever leaving the east bay. kron4's vicki liviakis shows us in this morning's dine and dish. ((pkg)) yes, momo's the famous eatery across from att park - is now in walnut creek. (sot/there's no baseball park in walnut creek but there a lot of giants fans and it's a benefit for

i have to mention, today we had news out of the middle east, some middle eastern airlines saying thating to be banned by the u.s. from caring large electronic devices on airlines. , that think about it cannot bode well for the middle eastern carriers. maybe that is a backdoor protectionism. significant risk you could say. matt: thank you very much. i want to get to andrew sheets. stanley.an i want to ask him about this protectionist issue. i have been in brussels, everyone is talking about it, since robbie will talk about trade with the eu, how worried are you worried about the u.s. turning reductionist and in order to ask that protectionist and a border tax? initialsome of the steps seem less consistent with a harder line around trade protectionism that people were initially concerned with. you take that with comments out of wilbur ross, the commerce secretary, regarding mexico. that we are much softer than many people may have initially been worried about. when you combine some of the challenges that the administration has had with other part of its agenda and the explicit rhetoric,

from several middle eastern countries. the trump administration confirming early this morning that it's imposing new bans on electronic devices carried by travelers. all of this in response to unspecified terror threats. nbc's ally has more on the story from london. >> reporter: passengers on some flights bound for the u.s. on foreign airlines won't be able to bring in electrical devices and cell phone on board. they'll have to check everything else into their luggage. it will go sboeld hold or exceptions expected to made for medical devices. the affected airlines are royal jordanian, egypt air, turkish airlines, saudi a rain ran, kuwait, royal, emirates which both operate out of the united emirates. these carriers account for 50 direct flights into the u.s. every day. according to federal officials, the restrictions are being applied because an intelligence of a threat. authorities have obviously learned of the threat and large electronic devices have always been a concern. anybody who has passed through an airport securi