e >> would recommend to mr. blake he read the republican report. their point was that they disagreed some of the intelligence community's finding on how specific and how clear it was that they were trying to interfere in the election on behalf of president trump. the russians spent more money after trump won than after the election. >> martha: i have to leave it there. thank you both. all right. there is breaking news tonight. we covered this story closely in austin. the deadly austin package bombings. sources are telling fox news that the 17-year-old and the 39-year-old victims may have been specifically targeted. james fitzgerald that caught the unia bomber on what it will take to catch this suspect. and this is frank's record shop. frank knowns northern soul, but how to set up a limited liability company... what's that mean? not so much. so he turned to his friends at legalzoom. yup! they hooked me up. we helped with his llc, contracts, and some other stuff that's part of running a business. so frank can focus on the beat. you hear that? this is

i think mr. blake stein for 1.6 billion dollars to buy the stage.e working through them .ight now in the region david: that was our very own erik schatzker. ongoing right now even as we speak, we welcome -- who served in the state department and in bad that. he is now a senior fellow at the center for the middle east. good to have you. we heard from the prince about investment in the united states. we hear very -- a fair amount talking about investments and commercial deals here. how much of this is about commerce. how much is about geopolitics? >> it should be about both. the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia is a very important one. at the economic and strategic and political levels. there are a lot of serious issues. is a question of mutual investment and also iran in the , yemen.syria a lot of serious issues to be discussed. i am worried there is more hype than substance partly because there is very little transparency on either side. it is very hard to decipher exactly what takes place in the meetings already happening between the

mr. blakely, who is representing mr. -- actually ec, llc, in the federal case, okay? call, i asked point blank, mr. harter, was donald trump a party to the agreement? and let me tell what he told me. you ready? that's what he told me. and i said, i thought the phone had disconnected. i said, are you still there? and i asked him again. he didn't have an answer for me. he said, we haven't figured it out yet, to which i responded, why do you ask donald trump? they haven't figured out the next fabrication. >> how difficult -- >> i guess they're required to tell michael, you know, any legal strategy here. >> legal strategy? it's a fact. >> i don't even believe that conversation even existed. so i mean everything -- you make up your own law. you make up a lie detector test. you parade it in like you found gold. meanwhile you know it's a fraudulent lie detector test. you know it. can you at least address the galvanic skin response and the -- can you answer the question? >> yes, i'm going to answer the question. in 2011, in touch magazine asked my client to sit for a lie dete

he served as disclosure and bond counsel to the city's departments, and mr. blake will be taking you through a training today that is actually required. as you know, we have the ability to issue revenue bonds under our city charter, and in conformance with federal security laws. this last year, you updated your municipal r port, that policy. lawrence brown worked to bring that item to the commission, and part of the items in our 2016 debt policy update was to make conforming changes with federal-state laws, including a new requirement for our finance director to arrange training for you and for our staff on disclosure responsibilities, and that training is in fact what deputy city attorney mark blake will take you to today, and he will be back to give the same training to the important port staff involved in bond issuances. i will say we do not have any new plans for issuing debt, but with our ifd districts, we see there will be training coming out of those projects, so thank you. >> okay, president brandon, members of the board, again, my name is mark blake, deput

mr. blake shelton is going to sing for us live. first, this is "today" on nbc. come on.> we're back with a music superstar. "people's" sexiest man alive and all-around great guy, blake shelton. who wrote that stuff? >> so much to celebrate about his latest album, "texoma shore." >> you have it all going on, blake. it's all happening. you wrapped eped up your tour. you're home. you feel good. >> and speaking of "the voice," we talked about it. kelly has been a shot in the arm. i've known her for so many years. i've known her longer than i've known anybody on the show. you know, even longer than adam. >> he used to hang out. for the first ten seasons, she was always backstage. >> she wanted to be a part of the show for a listeniong time. always pregnant. that was a problem. >> so, the tour just wrapped up. we talked about that. trace adkins is on tour. >> well, he's grumpy. have you been around trace at all? he's the grumpiest, meanest. but i love him. you can't help but love the guy. >> what are you going to sing for us, blake? "i lived it," on this "texoma shore." >> oka

square and an angry meeting of backbenchers. surrounding mr corbyn don't see it as a serious issue. our political correspondent, jonathan blakening that his report contains flash photography. morning, mr corbyn. is under pressure. to tackle anti—semitism. shame on you! enough is enough. within labour and the leadership has not done enough. an image you may find offensive has reignited the row. well—known stereotypes of jews was being removed. i don't, actually. do not understand the seriousness of this problem. i think, up to now at least, they haven't really got it. in an open letter, mr corbyn addressed the issue head on. he wrote... up until that date. hasn't been quick enough. you should be ashamed of yourselves. doubly ashamed, if you are jewish. at what they see as an unjustified attack on the labour leader. i regret the extent to which he has gone on apologising. in the labour party. jeremy corbyn has offered to meetjewish leaders. we're told they're considering a response. leadership councils say words are no longer enough. now we need action. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. the time is 20 past one. our top sto

mr. hill: i rise to reck michael blakely of little rock who passed away at the age of 67 just before the new year. mike served as director of the little rock zoo for 17 years prior to his death. next to his family, mike's greatest love was for animals. from the smallest of snakes ott largee of elephants. as a teenager he began working as a zoologist in portland, yerg, and oklahoma city, before finally joining our community in little rock. in little rock he became the director of the little rock zoo and held that position from 1999 until 2016. his work at our zoo enriched the lives of of the thousands who visited each year as well as the staff he mentored so well. he was dearly loved by his wife nancy work whom he shared 34 years of marriage, and his two kids, thomas and elizabeth. mark and i -- martha and i thank him for his dedication to animals an the natural state of arkansas. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the life of a man who had an indelible impact on central arkansas, mr. jerry henson who passed away after a long battle with health issues that resulted in a sudden diagnos

blake. this southern illness of mr skripal, does it suggest you that russian intelligence is involved or ishe russian state linked investigation we have investigated over at buzzfeed news over the last couple of years. know that the russians secret service uses a sophisticated array of poisons to eliminate enemies outside russian borders. we know that vladimir putin has passed a law authorising the fsb, the su ccesso i’s a law authorising the fsb, the successors to the kgb, to go outside russia and terminate enemies of the kremlin. and sergei skripalfits pro much the standard description of the sort of person who is likely to be a target. he is a former try —— a former spy, seen as a traitor in russia, and vladimir putin is a former kgb man himself, so a spy who defects and betrays mother russia is highly vulnerable. and seen as the lowest of the low from the kremlin‘s point of view. when you hear the word former spy involved commute into the about alexander lydon janko. that is right, he was the most famous russian assassination in britain —— alexander livinenko. he died of polonium poison

mr. steve forbes is right here in studio. he will weigh in. first to blake burman at the white house this morning. hi, there, blake. reporter: the white house was all over the map today whether or not the president would indeed make this announcement or not. i was told that the president last night said he wanted to make this announcement today. as we saw a little while ago he did just that the president announcing new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum products, going above the recommendations what his own commerce department called for. the president announcing a 25% tariff on steel products. commerce recommended 24%. 10% on aluminum. the recommendation was 7.7%. the president saying the language for all of this is written right now and he will make it official next week. >> we'll probably see sometime next week we'll be signing it in. you will have protection for the first time in a long while and you are going to regrow your industries, that is all i'm asking, you have to regrow your industries. reporter: the president making the announcement today a

mrs. netanyahu will be on their way into the white house. as blake burman told us moment ago when we reported on this, we'll get a pool stray at the top of this meeting, comments from the two leaders won't be carried live but will be taped and carried back to a location and played back to us. you see the two old friend greeting each other there. this prime minister comes at a interesting time for him in, in terms of what he is dealing with at home, the corruption probe going on for some time. he was questioned he and his wife by the police on friday. that is something hanging over his head at home. he says he wants to come here to the united states and talk princely about iran with the president of the united states. earth issues could come up. the president's son-in-law come under scrutiny. the two leaders wave. they head for meeting inside the white house. jared kushner will be at the meeting which add as interesting twist to it. we'll get to that in more detail? we'll have comments from the president we hope. patrice, there are republicans, paul r

mr. sexiest man alive and all that. [ laughter ] >> seth: how did that go over in the country community when blakee were quite perplexed. >> seth: yeah. >> but we got over it. [ laughter ] >> seth: sure, yeah. >> no, we -- [ applause ] no, he is a beautiful man. >> seth: yes, thank you. [ laughter ] yeah. >> from a distance. >> seth: yeah. >> and -- [ laughter ] >> seth: when he's here we make him sit all the way at the end. yeah. >> yeah, you, like, move the couch. oh, that's anchored! yeah, you're not moving that thing. [ laughter ] but, yeah, blake did call me and, man, he was really excited for me because, you know, in the country world, man, we -- like, i love touring. i love getting on the bus, rolling down the road, hanging with my buds, going and playing shows. and blake was excited because he -- he wanted to see my reaction to this whole other segment. >> seth: right. >> i mean, tv has its own -- you know, tv has its own little lane and even -- even when, you know, we were rolling into the city yesterday and there's a big billboard, "american idol." and here's this -- this yahoo right her

blake burman. joining me right now former economic advisor for president ronald reagan, mr. art laffer. he is not very happy shall we say about these tariffs, are you, art? >> i think tariffs would be a wrong, wrong thing to do, trish. donald trump has been very, very clever as president, sometimes he says things to get negotiating positions and all that. i'm not sure it is not a fake left and do the right thing to get nafta renegotiated so it is fair for america. i don't know that he really wants to impose tariffs. i hope not, they would be bad for the u.s. if he can get nafta renegotiated, god bless him. trish: maybe that is exactly what it is. >> you might be, you don't know, yep. trish: regardless of that, the reality exist that is it has become increasingly challenging, art, for the average american to earn a living in today's environment. specifically, i'm talking about industries like manufacturing. you can include steel and aluminum in that. >> sure. trish: is that because so much of that is now overseas? >> no, it is not because of that, it is because states like michigan, ohio

mr. president. time will see. liz: interrupt us if you get anything more blake burman, the dow is down 378 points still a pretty significant swing from top to bottom where earlier the dow was up 156. when we come back, we know a lot of you are very concerned about your 401 (k). we're going to get you some information on the hit they may be taking short term what you should do long term plus robert wolf and charles payne are getting in the chairs right now. there's going to be a cosmic flash between what people fear about this trade war at the same time that interest rates are rising stay tuned we're coming right back with lots of breaking news, don't move. two, one, fadeaway. that was awful. why are you so good at this? had a coach in high school. really helped me up my game. i had a coach. math. ooh. so, why don't traders have coaches? who says they don't? coach mcadoo! you know, at td ameritrade, we offer free access to coaches and a full education curriculum -- just to help you improve your skills. boom! that's lesson one. education to take your trading to the next level. only with td ameritrade. but i'm not standing st

blake burman. joining me with more on this, fox news contributor, former governor of arkansas, mr. mike huckabee. governor, good to see you. >> thank you very much, trish. great being with you. trish: this is actually something you have talked about for a long time. you have said we haven't had a level playing field and you have talked a lot about trying to put measures in place that would protect american jobs. so what do you think of these tariffs that are about to be signed in just a short moment from now? >> well we'll see exactly what they are but i applaud the president, for number one, keeping a campaign promise. that is something we don't get used to politicians doing and it is shocking washington because they assumed it was just rhetoric. now they're realizing when he said he would cut taxes he really was. when he said he was going to build a wall, he really will. when he said he would bring an end to unfair trade practices he will. now exactly what he is going to do we don't know but let me tell you he has the attention of the world right now and he is in a very strong position to negot

jonathan blake joins us jonathan blakejoins us now from westminster. did that come as a surprise to mris reaction, possibly. as you read out there, the tweet that he put out within a few minutes of us learning he had been sacked sounds quite determined to continue to make his views clear. they are views that are his views clear. they are views that a re reflected by his views clear. they are views that are reflected by many other labour members of parliament. this has happened after mr smith spoke out and wrote a piece in the guardian, publicly disagreeing with the pa rty‘s publicly disagreeing with the party's official position on brexit and disagreeing with party leadership, suggesting that britain should stay in the single market and the customs union, where it is labour policy only to remain in a customs union with the european union. also, further suggesting that there should be another referendum, a public vote, on the outcome of the brexit negotiations. as the shadow brexit negotiations. as the shadow brexit secretary pointed out later, thatis brexit secretary pointed out later,

mr hammond said the government would still need to continue paying down the debt. labour have the accused the government of holding back growth. our political correspondent, jonathan blakephilip hammond looked reasonably cheerful this morning as he arrived to deliver his message that the economy could be turning a corner, after a gloomy few years of relatively few growth, a hint things could be looking brighter. there is light at the end of the tunnel because we are about to see dead starting to fall after it has been growing for 17 continuous years. that is a very important moment. but we are still in the tunnel at the moment. we have to get debt down. we have got all sides of other things we need to do. we have taken a balanced approach. that debt is too high for his liking. but forecasts show the amount the uk owes could have peaked and then fallen in the coming years. no cause for celebration, according to labour, who say other factors tell a different story. we should not be celebrating that. austerity, the head of the obr said it, austerity is holding growth back. and wages now are below what they were in 2000, 2007, 2008, below they were in 2000, 2007, 2008, belo

blake, bbc news. jon lansman, the founder of the left wing campaign group, momentum, has pulled out of the race to become the next general secretary of the labour party. in a statement, mr to step back" having achieved his aim of opening up the contest. china's people's congress has voted to approve a constitutional amendment abolishing two—term limits for the country's president. the move will allow xi jinping to stay in office beyond the end of his second term in 2023 and possibly rule indefinitely. among the nearly 3000 delegates, just two voted against the change and three abstained. i'm joined by celia hatton, the world service asia—pacific editor. great to have year. there were some abstentions, some didn't agree, some have said, just how brave was it for them to do that? what reaction has there been on the streets of it has been fascinating. xi jin it has been fascinating. xijin ping isa it has been fascinating. xijin ping is a popularfigure, a man whom many think has really restored china or is in the process of doing so, to what chinese people believe is china's vital place in the world. he has a lot of grand projects eliciting national pride — establishing new

mr corbyn offered a new apology last night — following protests and an angry meeting of backbenchers. the labour leader insisted he wouldn't tolerate anti—semitism. jonathan blake'ssure. many in his party are angry at what they see as his failure to tackle anti—semitism. shame on you! at a protest in parliament square last night the message was clear. enough is enough. many feel racism towards jewish people is all too common within labour. and the leadership has not done enough. an image you may find offensive has reignited the row. in 2012jeremy corbyn questioned on facebook why this mural depicting well—known stereotypes of jewish people was being removed. i do not believe he is personally anti—semitic. no, i don't, actually. but i do believe that he and the people around him particularly do not understand the seriousness of this problem. in an open letter, jeremy corbyn addressed the issue head—on. he wrote, i recognise that anti—semitism has surfaced within the labour party and has too often been dismissed as simply a matter of a few bad apples. this has caused pain and hurt tojewish members of our party and the widerjewish community in britain. i am sincerel

mr. president, we can't do it. he said, get it done. he announced it before they said they had gotten it done. they announced it and managed to get it done. blake burman at the white house, thank you. melissa: you put pressure on your team. david: do it! melissa: stocks climbing in the final minutes of trading as the president announced that countries will be able to negotiate their way out of the tariffs if they come to the table with the right thing. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. and nicole, so what are traders saying? talk to me about steel and aluminum stocks and everything else. how is it responding? >> big picture they knew president trump was a negotiator. we learned exactly that. interesting enough when we came to the podium we were up 68 points. moved negative, by end of his speech and talk about steel and aluminum tariffs, doing this in a fair manner and exemptions, et cetera, well the market moved higher. we're up 93 points. the dow, has s&p, all with green arrows. nasdaq up five days in a row. zopp and dow up two days in a row. looks like we may have a up week. third up week in four. looking how w

mr hammond is expected to use his speech in london to focus on an agreement which he says will be of mutual interest to both parties. we can speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blakewestminster. how much do you know about what is in the speech on how significant is it? it is significant because if you consider your bank, your insurance company, your accountant if you have one, the financial services sector in the uk is huge, employing about 2 million people and is worth £125 billion to the uk economy. no surprise that ministers are trying to protect it and make sure those companies can continue to do business freely across the uk after brexit and they don't leave, taking jobs and business. the question is, financial services be included in a free—trade agreement struck with the eu after brexit? the chancellor says yes and it makes sense for the eu and the uk. but the eu's chief negotiator says it can't be done, it doesn't exist but the chancellor pointed out in response that the eu itself has tried to include financial services in a free—trade agreement before with the us and canada city aspiration is there on oui’ canada city aspiration is there on our part. saud

mr skripal‘s wife and son are buried here in this cemetery in salisbury. his brother died in russia and the family believe the deaths are suspicious. richard galpin, bbc news. our political correspondent jonathan blakenow. the home secretary very careful not to apportion blame because we still need to find the facts. that is why, she had strong words, as you heard, calling it a brazen and reckless act and saying it was attempted murder ina very and saying it was attempted murder in a very cool and public way, and she said was right that people wa nted she said was right that people wanted to know who to hold to account —— attempted murder in a very cruel public way. the government is not in the position to point the finger of blame, but that did not stop mps asking secretaries of the home secretary, along the lines of, if this isn't russia, who? one mp put it in strong terms, calling this a brazen act of war and the humiliation of the country. the home secretary came back with the response that it was too early to point the finger of blame and the police and intelligence services should be allowed to get on with their fast moving and complex investigation as she described it. fast moving is the phra