AFN News January 28

 

AFN NEWS

Thursday, January 28, 2021

 

1) From ABC News, I’m Michelle Franzen.

For the first time in the year, Homeland Security issuing a terrorism alert. This time warning domestic extremist groups are plotting more attacks. The public bulletin warned of ideologically motivated violent extremists who object to President Biden’s victory, inciting or committing violence. The Department of Homeland Security issued the warning through the public National Terrorism Advisory System that replaced the color-coded alerts after 9/11. The bulletin said the extremists are motivated by anger over coronavirus restrictions, the 2020 election or police use of force. The same drivers to violence, the bulletin said, will remain through early 2021. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, New York.

 2) Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Antony Blinken held his first briefing today. Russia among the topics asked by reporters, he was asked about the jailing of opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, in Russia. “We have a deep concern for Mr. Navalny’s safety and security, and, and the larger point is that his voice is the voice of many, many, many Russians and it should be heard, not muzzled.” The White House also confirmed President Biden and Russia’s President spoke today.

 3) President Biden also signing executive orders to make clean energy a top focus. “One big fear whenever President Biden mentions climate change, ‘We’re not going to ban fracking. We’ll protect jobs and grow jobs.’ President Biden ordering the government to use more clean energy, limit offshore drilling, protect federal lands, and opening a domestic climate office to manage transition to clean energy. Andy Field, ABC News, Washington.

 4) The White House COVID-19 response team holding its first briefing today. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says they’re working to surpass goals of more than a million shots in the arm a day. So far, they’ve surpassed 1.6 million doses a day in the past week. Health experts so say it will still take months for the majority of Americans to be vaccinated. You’re listening to ABC News.

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I’m Connell McShane. This is the Fox Business Report.

It’s bad, a selloff on Wall Street with stocks closing sharply lower. The Dow suffering the fifth straight session of losses, and valuation worries that the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell offered a sobering outlook for the U.S. economy amid the pandemic. And the Central Bank is keeping short-term interest rates near zero, and Federal keeps stimulus measures in place until its goal of lower unemployment and 2% of inflation are achieved. The Dow winners today; 3M, Walgreens and Cisco. The decliners; Home Depot, Caterpillar and Boeing. Take a look at Wall Street by the numbers. The Dow down whopping 634 points, the Nasdaq off 355, while the S&P 500 dropped 99. There was no stopping for GameStop. Shares of the video-game retailer’s surging more than 133%.

That’s your Fox Business Report. I’m Tom Graham invested in you.