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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
'F*** him!' Emotional TV anchors and execs hit at 'bluffing blowhard' Trump for turning his media summit into a showdown
Well done Mr. Trump...
I would pay to be present at Trump's first press conference as president! Trump has the balls to pull off what former Republican presidents only dreamt of.
He's not going to get softball "Barry questions" like...what did you have for lunch today Mr. President? But that's okay. I think most of the electorate as seen the light. The MSM is simply another arm of the Democratic party. Barry's approval rating is a lie. The unemployment number is a lie. The polls were a lie. The cat's out of the bag. Why would anyone believe anything they have to say?
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'I have to tell you, I am emotionally f***ing pissed,' said one of those present for the meeting between Donald Trump (inset) and members of the media on Monday (Phil Griffin, Wolf Blitzer and Lester Holt above). That individual said that after being summoned to the meeting they were prepared to give Trump 'the benefit of the doubt,' until he began his attack on those present. 'After the meeting today, though - and I am being human with you here - I think, F*** him! I know I am being emotional about it. And I know I will get over it in a couple of days after Thanksgiving. But I really am offended. This was unprecedented. Outrageous!' Another individual who was in attendance said of Trump's behavior during the summit: 'He is the same kind of blustering, bluffing blowhard as he was during the campaign.'
At least 6 dead in Chattanooga, Tennessee, school bus crash
Woodmore Elementary School bus driver Johnthony Walker has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving, according to Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher.
Okay, let's be honest.
You're a parent. How comfortable would you be knowing this 24 year old was your kid's bus driver?
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A school bus slammed into a tree and split apart Monday, killing at least six children in Chattanooga, Tennessee, officials said.
Frantic parents arrived at the scene, screaming and crying.
A spokeswoman for the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office confirmed the death toll. But Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher would only say "multiple children" were killed, declining to specify how many died because the scene was still active.
Fletcher said the bus, which was carrying 35 students in kindergarten through fifth-grade from Woodmore Elementary School, turned over on its side and struck the tree.
Authorities received a call about the crash just before 3:30 p.m., and emergency officials worked for "many hours" to remove all the children from the bus, he said.
Fletcher said 23 victims were transported to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
Speed is a possible factor
"Certainly, speed is being investigated very, very strongly as a factor in this crash," Fletcher said, adding that the investigation was still at an early stage.
He added that driving conditions were clear and dry.
Fletcher said "a warrant has been issued to remove the informational box on the school bus and review the video."
Police said the bus driver is cooperative and talking to investigators.
Fletcher said the families of the victims were still being notified Monday night.
"Taking care of the children that are injured is our No. 1 priority. Taking care of the families who are looking for, caring for and grieving for children is our second priority," Fletcher said.
He added: "Our thoughts, our prayers and all of our efforts are with the families of these children and others impacted by this tragedy."
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would send a team to Chattanooga early Tuesday, according to a tweet from the federal agency's account.
'That's my baby'
At the scene, parents were heard crying and screaming "that's my baby" as they arrived, CNN-affiliate WTVC reported.
Parents heard crying and screaming "that's my baby" as they arrive on scene. Media now being pushed back a block. CPD expanding crime scene.— Stephanie Santostasi (@Stephanie_NC9) November 21, 2016
A woman who lives near the crash told CNN affiliate WDEF the impact was so powerful it knocked her power out.
"I just heard a big boom," the woman said.
Fletcher, in a press conference, called the crash scene "a complicated crime scene" that covered a large area.
"What has happened today is every public safety official's absolute worst nightmare, but that is nothing in comparison to the nightmare that families and friends and our community is going through with this tragic loss to children in our community," Fletcher said.
Melydia Clewell, the spokeswoman from the district attorney's office, said at least five children died on the scene, and one died at a hospital.
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker called the crash "heartbreaking" in a tweet.
Heartbreaking school bus crash in Chattanooga. My thoughts and prayers are with the children, families and first responders.— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) November 22, 2016
Last patient just extricated from bus by #ChattFire here at school bus crash on Talley Rd. EMS is transporting. pic.twitter.com/0GhrSSy0Wc— Chattanooga FireDept (@ChattFireDept) November 21, 2016
A tweet from the Chattanooga Fire Department showed the bus on its side and up against a tree as emergency officials extricated the last patient through the back door.
'Hundreds and hundreds' of donors giving blood
Blood Assurance, a blood bank in the Chattanooga area, extended its hours at three locations, as "hundreds and hundreds" of donors flocked to give blood to treat crash victims, said Mindy Quinn of Blood Assurance.
"We have had people who were refusing to leave until they give blood," Quinn said.
Quinn said they brought two bloodmobiles to one blood bank because of the huge response.
She said they were fast-tracking O-negative donors and trying to schedule donors for the days ahead and into next week.
"The blood isn't going to be needed for just tonight," she said.
Interim Hamilton County Department of Education Superintendent Kirk Kelly called the crash "one of the worst days" the school community has experienced.
"This has been a great tragedy for us. We have suffered a great loss today," Kelly said in a news conference.
He said district schools will be open Tuesday, and officials will offer support for students and staff, including guidance counselors, for as long as they are needed.
"We will do everything that we can to try to help the families involved in this tragedy," Kelly said.
4 cops shot in 3 states during bloody Sunday for police nationwide
Another string of cop killings has reared its ugly head. These are senseless acts, without provocation, execution style murders. The inspiration for these atrocities stems back to the WH. Now that Trump has taken over this must come to an end. One of his first priorities should be to introduce legislation requiring a mandatory death sentence for anyone who assassinates a cop. If we can't protect the cops who in the hell is going tp protect us?
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The man suspected of executing a San Antonio police officer late Sunday morning staked out police headquarters just hours before the shooting and briefly gained access to a vestibule of the building before quickly leaving, officials said.
An extensive police dragnet had failed Monday to catch the unnamed suspect in the ambush killing of Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran. Marconi was the first of four police officers in three states shot during a seemingly unconnected Sunday spree.
Three of the incidents appeared to be targeted attacks and involved law enforcement officers sitting unsuspectingly in their patrol cars, either waiting in traffic or after pulling vehicles over for traffic stops.
"I think the uniform was the target and the first person who happened along was the person he targeted," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said on Monday of the Texas case.
Police in that investigation are searching for a 2009-2012 black Mitsubishi Galant with black rims that was believed to be driven by the suspected gunman.
Earlier Monday, San Antonio authorities released video surveillance footage showing the man outside police headquarters. He is seen speaking to a clerk on an intercom before being let in to a vestibule. But the man only stayed a short time before leaving. McManus wouldn't detail what the suspect said, only that he asked a question.
"I don’t know why he was in headquarters," McManus said. "We have some ideas why we believe he may have been in headquarters, but we're not sure."
Four hours later, the man is suspected of killing Marconi as Marconi sat in his patrol car across from police headquarters writing a traffic ticket at 11:45 a.m. local time.
While Marconi was in the squad car, a vehicle thought to be driven by the suspect pulled up behind him. A man got out and shot Marconi twice in the head. The final shot was fired as the assailant reached inside Marconi’s passenger window to shoot the father of two at close range.
McManus said dashcam footage of the incident existed, but he wouldn't say what was on the video.
Authorities had yet to identify a motive in the apparent ambush, which was only the first in a bloody day for police.
A St. Louis police sergeant was shot twice in the face at 7:30 p.m. Sunday night, but was expected to survive and was hospitalized in critical condition. The 46-year-old officer, who was not named, is a married father of three and, like Marconi, a 20-year veteran of the force.
“This officer was driving down the road and was ambushed by an individual who pointed a gun at him from inside of his car and shot out the police officer’s window,” Police Chief Sam Dotson said.
The gunman was later killed after he shot at other officers who returned fire. No officers were injured during that encounter.
An officer in Sanibel, Fla., was shot and injured during a similar incident when a person fired at the officer as he sat in his patrol car after finishing a traffic stop just before 8 p.m., The News-Press reported. Other officers fired back at the suspect, who was eventually taken into custody.
An officer in Gladstone, Mo., sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a struggle with a man in his late teens who had fled from a traffic stop, FOXC4KCreported. During the tussle, authorities said the man revealed a handgun, shots were fired and the teen was killed.
The shootings came less than five months after a gunman killed five officers in Dallas who were working a protest about the fatal police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. It was the deadliest day for American law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001.
Ten days after the Dallas attack, a man wearing a ski mask and armed with two rifles and a pistol killed three officers near a gas station and convenience store in Baton Rouge, La. And earlier this month, two Des Moines, Iowa-area police officers were fatally shot in separate ambush-style attacks while sitting in their patrol cars.
In 2016, 56 state, county and local officers have been shot while on duty.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Time for thrashing the MSM liberal dogs
Trump's TV summit: The Donald summons network executives and anchors from 'the dishonest media' to Trump Tower
The summons included FOX but couldn't find Geraldo Rivera anywhere in the photos.
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Donald Trump met with executives and on-air anchors from the major television news networks in the United States on Monday afternoon at Trump Tower.
The surprise get-together came as a shock given some of the comments Trump made during his campaign about the 'dishonest media,' and was not mentioned in a mid-morning conference call that his transition team held with reporters.
It was organized by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who was also in attendance on Monday and demanded that the discussions that took place be off the record.
Representatives from CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS will file in to Trump Tower for the sit-down with Trump and Conway.
Gayle King was seen exiting Trump Tower after meeting with the President-elect and other members of the media on Monday
Face the Nation host John Dickerson arrives at Trump Tower alongside CBS This Morning anchor Charlie Rose
NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt arriving just before the 1pm meeting on Monday
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer (center) smiles as he enters Trump Tower, standing next to NBC News president Deborah Turness (with her back to camera in fur coat)
Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN, was also on hand for the meeting, which Trump transition team members would not give any information about
The entire meeting will be conducted 'off the record,' meaning attendees must promise not to report on what is said or who is in the room.
Past presidents and presidents-elect have held similar meetings, but they were easier to keep secret since attendees didn't have to tromp through a landmark gold-encrusted marble office lobby in full view of TV cameras managed by the same media companies that took part.
ABC News was represented by president James Goldston and anchors George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, and Martha Raddatz.
Nightly News host Lester Holt and Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd were on hand for NBC News, along with president Deborah Turness.
And rounding out the broadcast network presence at the meeting was Face the Nation host John Dickerson and the entire CBS This Morning team of Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell.
CNN president Jeff Zucker attended with on-air talent Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett.
Fox News had a handful of executives present at the meeting, including co-presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernathy, vice president of news and editorial Jay Wallace and Suzanne Scott, the vice president of programming and development at the network.
MSNBC president Phil Griffin was there for his network.
Tight-lipped transition officials wouldn't discuss the purpose for the meeting on Monday afternoon.
But it's expected that the Trump team would make a cease-fire overture to end his campaign's war on the press.
Trump referred to America's political press corps as 'the dishonest media, 'the most dishonest people' and 'unbelievable liars' while he ran for president, often drawing sternum-rattling boos and storms of shouted insults from his rally crowds.
Donald Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway called a meeting on Monday with the president-elect and TV executives and anchors
Trump has 59 days left to solidify his personnel choices, but he's taking time out to set ground rules with the media he once lambasted as 'liars'
Trump Tower is once again transition-central following a weekend of meetings at Trump's golf course in New Jersey
He also referred to specific reporters as 'sleaze' and 'slime' when he thought their pro-Hillary Clinton biases were showing, and sometimes named them from the podium while thousands jeered.
The president-elect hasn't held a press conference since late July.
Questions are also swirling about what his administration might do to redefine the White House's relationship with the media.
Print, wire and broadcast reporters currently get the benefit of a lengthy on-camera briefing from a spokesperson every day, along with the chance to send a representative to follow the president everywhere in a 'protective pool.'
The pool makes note of everything from presidential small-talk to the exact time, down to the minute, he leaves and enters the White House or individual rooms inside.
Mike McCurry, who served as press secretary to President Bill Clinton, told National Journal last week that both institutions should be re-thought.
He explained that it was a mistake for him to implement the televised briefings without any restrictions.
McCurry also said that '[t]he idea of nonstop body-watch pool coverage is a bit ridiculous.'
Trump has yet to take questions from the assembled press corps in a formal news conference setting since his Election Day triumph.
He did, however, take a handful of questions from pool reporters over the weekend in between meetings with potential cabinet appointees.
And the CBS '60 Minutes' program aired an hour-long broadcast last Sunday that included lengthy interview segments.
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