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NEWS
Friday, February 6, 2020
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From ABC News, I’m Dave Packer. The
Senate votes to keep President Trump in office. Chief Justice John Roberts presiding; “On this article
of impeachment, 48 senators have pronounced Donald John Trump, President of the
United States, guilty as charged. 52 senators have pronounced him not guilty as
charged.” Mr. Trump found not guilty on both counts of impeachment, “abuse of
power” and “obstruction of Congress.” Before the vote, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer reminded his colleagues on the Senate floor about how they
vote would determine how history remembers them; “Let future generations know that
only a fraction of the Senate swallowed these fantasies. The rest of us condemn
them to the usher of history.” Sen. Mitch
McConnell clearly differs, “Whatever policy differences we may have, we should
all agree this is precisely the kind of recklessness, the kind of recklessness
the Senate was created to stop.” ABC’s senior White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, “The White House has
pushed very hard to portray this as a purely partisan impeachment, and in the
House that’s exactly what it was, not a single Republican voted to impeach the
President and they really believed that it was what’s gonna be the situation in
the Senate. But now here you have a Republican and not just any Republican but
a former Republican presidential nominee come out and say that he is voting to
remove the President from office to convict him on impeachment.” And talking,
of course, about Republican Mitt Romney.
He’s catching a lot of criticism from others in the GOP for being the only
Republican to vote to remove the President. “I’m sure to hear abuse from the
President and his supporters. Does anyone seriously believe that I would consent
to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction than my oath
before God demanded it of me.” Other Republicans led by Representatives Collins, Zeldin and Jordan blasting
Romney’s decision.” You’re listening to ABC News.
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I’m
Maria Bartiromo and this is the Fox Business Report. Stocks rally with
the major averages ending higher as investors assessed latest batch of corporate
earnings reports and set aside fears about the economic global impact from the
coronavirus. Among the Dow winners today; Boeing, IBM and UnitedHealth, all
three stocks accounted for a half of the Dow-gains today. The Dow decliners;
Disney, Merck and Visa. The Dow rising 483 points, the NASDAQ up 41 for a new record
close, the S&P 500 up 37 for a new record high. // And shares of Tesla tumbling 17%, hitting the brakes
on a dramatic rally after senior executive warned that the coronavirus outbreak
in China would delay deliveries of Model 3 cars made at its Shanghai plant. //
And another automaker tumbling, Ford; its stocks plunging down over 9% after
reporting dismal fourth-quarter results with a loss of $1.7 billion for the quarter.
That’s your Fox Business Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky, invested in you.
