AFN
NEWS
Thursday, November 29, 2018
1)
From ABC News, I’m Scott Goldberg. House
Democrats voted to nominate Nancy Pelosi
for Speaker of the House once again. The majority of House Democrats chose the
nominee longtime leader Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House. The California Representative
became the first female speaker in 2007. This time she ran unopposed but a
small group of members vowed to vote against her. Pelosi will have several
weeks to firm up her support, cut deals and flex her power before the full
House vote on her nomination January 3rd. Kenneth
Moton, ABC News, the Capitol.
2)
The Senate has advanced the resolution to end U.S. military involvement in
Yemen. This is a rebuke to the White House that comes after lawmakers on both
sides __ were upset about a briefing they got this afternoon. “Secretary Mattis met with senators on U.S.-Saudi relationships
and concerned about the war in Yemen, and what the CIA knows about Jamal Khashoggi’s
death. ‘We have no smoking gun that the Crown Prince was involved.’ CIA reports
there is a high probability he was. President Trump saying the U.S.-Saudi
relationship isn’t worth risking over that possibility. Andy Field, ABC News, Washington.
3)
President Trump’s lead attorney says lawyers for former Trump campaign Chairman
Paul Manafort shared information
with the President’s legal team about what Manafort told the special counsel. “This
cooperation with the Trump lawyers simply shows how scared, literally petrified
both Manafort and Trump are.” This afternoon Senate blocked a vote on the bill
that would protect Mueller, if the
President tried to fire him.
4)
Officials say a body discovered in North Carolina is believed to be missing
13-year-old Hania Aguilar who was
kidnapped outside of her house three weeks ago. “This is the outcome that we all
feared that was going to happen. We did not want to hear this.” Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeil and investigators say her
body was discovered yesterday along a road.
5)
On Wall Street, the Dow gained more than 600 points today. You’re listening to
ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; on Wall Street, all the major averages ending sharply
higher for the third straight day of gains. Investors are welcoming remarks by
Fed Chair Jerome Powell who painted
a rosy picture of the U.S. economy, while addressing the economic club of New
York today. Powell suggested that the Fed might be willing to raise interest
rates at the slower pace next year. // Among the Dow leaders today, Boeing, Caterpillar
and Visa, while Verizon and United Technologies were among the laggers. The Dow
ending its session high, closing up 618 points. The NASDAQ up 209, S&P 500
up 62. // And shares of online furniture and home goods retailer Wayfair rallying today, closing up over
14% after the company said its online sales were up 58% over the holiday
shopping weekend compared with the last year. While Cyber Monday was the peak
sales day of the holiday weekend, Black Friday marked the highest growth day. With
the Fox Business Report, I’m Hilarie
Barsky.
