AFN
NEWS
Thursday, January 3, 2019
1)
From ABC News, I’m Scott Goldberg. A
sit-down between President Trump and Congressional leaders has come to an early
end. They met in the situation room at the White House to talk border security.
“We know that we have a challenge along the border. We want to solve that issue.
We want to make sure we open this government up, and I think with the end of the
day, the President listening to him. He wants to solve this as well. That’s why
he’s asked us to come back Friday.” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, he says the President
was disappointed. Democrats want to go through with a vote on bills to end the
shutdown that do not include money for a border wall. And as this shutdown drags
on, the impact has been felt across the country. Strangers had to carry a hiker
out of the Texas National Park, because rangers weren’t there furloughed
without pay. Other agency employees forced to work without pay. Judith Rivette in D.C., finding locked doors
on the Smithsonian, “Not
necessarily, really just all about posturing, and this could be worked on the
whole different way.” The President meeting with Congressional leaders for the
first time in two weeks with no clear end to this. Andy Field, ABC News, Washington.
2)
President trump reacted today to a critical op-ed by incoming Republican
Senator Mitt Romney. “I gave him an endorsement.
I was happy that he won.” Romney writes in the Washington Post that the
President’s conduct is evidence that he’s (quote)
“not risen to the mantle of the office.” The President said in a tweet
Wednesday that he would prefer Romney focus on Border Security and other things
where he can be helpful. Karen Travers,
ABC News, the White House.
3)
Stocks ended the first trading day of the year on a positive note. All three
major U.S. indexes finishing Wednesday in the green to start 2019, and it could
have been much worse considering the Dow dropped nearly 400 points in the early
going only to close way back in midday trading. The Dow finished up slightly
picking up 18 points. The S&P closed up 3 and the NASDAQ gained 30. ABC’s Mark Remillard.
5)
The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman
met with Paul
Whelan
in a Moscow prison today. Whelan was held on spying accusations. You’re
listening to ABC News.
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From
the Fox Business Network; on Wall Street, another volatile session in the first
day of trading for the New Year with the major averages ending in the green. This
is the market comes off its worst year in a decade. Investors today focusing on
more shaky economic news from China. Among the gainers on Wall Street, energy
and financial companies, while real estates and utilities lagged. The Dow
leaders include Goldman Sachs and DowDuPont, while the decliners include Travelers and UnitedHealth Technologies
with the Dow closing up 19 points, NASDAQ up 31, S&P 500 up 3. // And
shares of Tesla tummbling around 7%
after the electric automaker reported fourth quarter delivery that missed Wall
Street expectations. The company also said it’s cutting its prices of the three
vehicles by 2,000 bucks. The price slash comes after the $7500 federal tax credit
for electric vehicles was cut in half at the end of 2018. With the Fox Business
Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky.
