AFN
NEWS ON THE HOUR
Thursday, May 10, 2018
1)
From ABC News, I’m Richard Cantu.
The White House answering questions about the business activities of Michael Cohen, formerly President
Trump’s personal attorney. This after Stormy
Daniels’ attorney asserted that Cohen accepted $1/2 million from a New York
investment firm with ties to a Russian billionaire close to Vladimir Putin. Was Cohen providing insights
to the new administration? White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, “I’m not
gonna get into somebody else’s qualifications. That’s something that an independent
company that hires an individual would have to make that determination, not
me.”
2)
President Trump is set to greet three U.S. citizens released by North Korea
when they return to the U.S. before dawn tomorrow. The detainees released after
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
visited Pyongyang. President Trump says to greet them at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington at 2 a.m. North Korea said it
was a hard decision but a gesture of goodwill before Trump and Kim summit.
Planning that summit brought Pompeo to North Korea, only the second Secretary
of State who visited the country and the highest ranking official to have met
Kim Jong-un. ABC’s Conor Finnegan in
Washington.
3)
Gina Haspel, President Trump’s
choice to run the CIA went before the Senate Intelligence Committee. She used
to run a post 911 black site for terror detainees but wants no part of that. “I
don’t believe that torture works.” Committee Democrat Martin Heinrich of New Mexico then posed the question. “What would
you do if the President ordered you to get back in that business?” “Senator,
the President has elected me to give them advice. I would not restart under any
circumstances an interrogation program at CIA under any circumstances.” “Thank
you.” Protestors disrupted the hearing with chants of “Prosecute the Torturers.”
4)
His assistant says 86-year-old civil rights activist Andrew Young will be transferred to a hospital in Atlanta tomorrow.
Young took sick in Nashville over the weekend. His daughter says Young had a
minor infection and ran a fever and he’s recovering well.
5)
On Wall Street, the Dow closed up 182 points. The NASDAQ was a 73-point gainer.
You’re listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network, more than half of all Americans who are not yet retired
believe they will be financially comfortable when they do retire, but not
everybody thinks that will be certain pretty because the poll which was done by
Gallup also finds 46% fear they won’t
have enough money. // The Dow, NASDAQ and S&P-500 all rallying as oil
prices hit the highest level since November 2014. // Sears is teaming up with Amazon to make buying and installing
tires a little easier to get in the next few weeks. Customers who buy tires
from Amazon will be able to have them installed at a Sears’ auto center. Shares
of Sears soaring nearly 16% on the news. // Finally, if you’re planning to take
your mom out for a meal on Mother’s Day, you’ll have lots of company because
the National Restaurant Association predicts around 87 million adults will go
out to restaurants on Sunday, and another 1/3 plan on having a home cook meal.
With the Fox Business Report, I am David
Asman.
