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Thursday, January 30, 2020
1)
From ABC News, I’m Michelle Franzen.
An impeachment trial taking a new turn today. Senators asking the questions and
the legal team responding. One key question today, President Trump’s motive
when he held the phone call with the Ukraine leader asking him to investigate
political rival Joe Biden and his
son and withholding military aid to Ukraine. The President’s attorneys argued
the money was released to Ukraine, and that the President was concerned about
corruption. Deputy White House Counsel Patrick
Philbin, “Once you get into a mixed motive situation, if there’s both some
personal motive but also some legitimate public interest motive, it can’t
possibly be an offense.” House managers Zoe
Lofgren of California arguing that the intent was there. “Getting caught
doesn’t medicate the wrongdoing. The President’s unrepentant and we fear he
will do it again.” The other sticking point whether to allow testimony from
former National Security adviser John
Bolton. ABC’s Rachel Scott, “Pressure
is building to call former National Security adviser John Bolton to testify,
calls fueled by his unpublished book. The New York Times reports an unpublished
manuscript. Bolton says the President told him explicitly the hold up a military
aid to Ukraine was directly tied to the investigations of his political rival.”
The President’s attorney is now trying to block manuscript of the book and
testimony siding as classified.
2)
At the U.S.-Mexico border, a new discovery, “Just revealed, the border patrol
finding what it says is the longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered, running
three quarters of a mile from Tijuana
into the U.S. The tunnel is 5.5 feet tall, 2 feet wide. It runs about 70 feed
down and has an extensive rail and cart system, forced air ventilation, high
voltage electrical cables, a drainage system, and even an elevator to move
drugs. Nobody has been arrested connected to the tunnel.” ABC’s Alex Stone.
3)
World Health experts now say the coronavirus has killed 132 people in China
without an outbreak statement. You’re listening to ABC News.
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I’m
Maria Bartiromo and this is the Fox Business Report. The major averages
ending off session highs and closing mixed. Markets slipping today following the
Fed’s late decision and Chair Jerome
Powell’s comments. The Federal Reserve leaving its benchmark interest rate
unchanged to a range of 1.5 and 1.75%, reaffirming that it remains in a holding
pattern. The Dow winners today; Apple, Boeing and McDonald’s. The Dow
decliners; UnitedHealth, 3M and Disney. The Dow rising 12 points, the NASDAQ up
5, S&P 500 down 3. // And Google said it was temporarily shutting down all of
its China offices due to the coronavirus outbreak. // And another big mover
today. On Wall Street, Victoria’s
Secret parent L Brands jumping 13%
after the Wall Street Journal reported its chief executive, Leslie Wexner is in discussion to step
aside and is exploring strategic alternatives for the lingerie brand, which
could result in a full or partial sale of the company. That’s your Fox Business
Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky, invested in you.A
