AFN
NEWS
Thursday, January 24, 2019
1)
From ABC News, I’m Brian Clark.
Several people are dead after a shooting at a bank in Sebring, Florida. “After an assessment of the scene, we were sorry
to learn that we have at least five victims, people who were senselessly murdered
as a result of his act in this bank.” Sebring Police Chief Ray Harris. The
authorities say 21-year-old Zephen Xaver
walked into the Sun Trust Bank, opened
fire, then called 9-1-1 to report himself. He surrendered after speaking with
their hostage negotiator.
2)
President Trump says he’ll hold an alternative event after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked him from giving his
State of the Union Address before Congress until the partial government
shutdown is over. “It’s a sad thing for our country. We’ll do something in the alternative.
I’ll be talking you about that at a later date.” Speaker Pelosi was asked by
reporters why she won’t invite the President. “The government is still shutdown.
I still make the offer as for the mutually agreeable date, as the original date
was mutually agreeable.” The address was scheduled for this coming Tuesday.
3)
President Trump denied claims for his former personal attorney Michael Cohen that he’s been threatened
by him and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
“I would say he’s been threatened by the truth. He’s only been threatened by
the truth.” ABC’s Aaron Katersky has
more. Michael Cohen’s appearance before the House Oversight and Government
Reform Committee will be postponed to a later day, his attorney said, because
of ongoing threat against his family from President Trump and the President’s
attorney Rudy Giuliani. This is a time, Cohen’s attorney said in his statement
where Cohen had to put his family and their safety first. The statement did not
elaborate on the threat, but President Trump and Giuliani have suggested
investigators look into Cohen’s father-in-law. Aaron Katersky, ABC News,
Washington.
4)
In Venezuela, “__ __.” Nicolas Maduro
announced his cutting ties with the U.S. after the Trump Administration said it’s
recognizing the opposition leader as a country’s leader. You’re listening to
ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; on Wall Street, stocks closing higher boosted by a batch
of strong earnings reports from corporate heavyweights. Among the gainers
today, utilities and consumer staple companies, while financials and energy
companies lagged. With the Dow closing up 171 points, the NASDAQ up 5, S&P
500 up 6. // And shares of Procter &
Gamble rising after reporting some strong quarterly results continuing a
streak of robust gains and prompting the consumer products giant to raise its
outlook for the year even as one of the closest rivals. That’s been Kimberly-Clark reported weaker results.
P&G makes Tied detergents, Gillette razors and Pampers diapers. // And shares of Comcast closing up 5% higher after
reporting fourth quarter earnings and revenues that beat Wall Street
expectations. The company continues to lose its U.S. cable customers but get a
boost from NBC Universal media unit and high speed Internet business. With the
Fox Business Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky.
