The ongoing lecture series. Russell took office as acting director in august, but its not his first, second or third time in the building. Hes held many other leadership positions including counselor to the director, chief data officer. Hes held positions at the Defense Intelligence agencies, the National Security council, the u. S. Army, joint chiefs of staff. So were thrilled that hes been able to carve time out of his busy schedule and spend some time with us today to talk about Counter Terrorism in an era of competing priorities. Russell will deliver some opening remarks from the podium and then well sit down for a little fireside chat. Ill ask the first few questions and then i will open it up to all of you who are here to ask some questions and we welcome all of you who are watching via livestream or via cspan, thank you for joining us today. Russell, the podium is yours. So, thanks very much, matt. Its a great pleasure to be here to talk about Counter Terrorism in an era of comp
Demanding a radical overhaul of the government. Of new report on the downing a malaysian aiairliner o over easterukukraine inn 2014 finds a strong link between top russian officials and separatist rebels. We begin in gaza, where a fragile ceasefire between israel and the Islamic Jihad seems to be holding despite rocket fire. A barrage of missiles fired into israel hours after the ceasefire was declared to end two days of intense fighting. Four palestinians have been killed in israeli airstrikes including three women and eight children. Mourners attended a funeral procession for eight members of the same family killed in one of them. The single deadliest moment in 48 hours of fighting. Destroyed airstrike this house in central gaza, killing a members of the same family, including five children. The target was an Islamic Jihad commander. No warning. Usually they do. This time they kill the whole family. Its not right. The mass funeral followed, eight buried, thousands on the streets. The
Good morning weve got a big show this morning joining the conversation fox business megyn mcdowell and tom bevin and pollster of partners author of persuasion lee carter the great to see you. A lot of news to talk about today actually first lets talk about futures in china. Because markets are up this morning pointing higher this morning, a gain of start of trading gets because of some optimism over potential deal with china. China said it is going to raise penalties. On i. P. Theft surveillances major point of the negotiations with states and continue trade talk last week this has to be a positive. I think a lot of people are feeling this. But do we believe this . That china is, in fact, going to enforce this that ip theft is against the law . This is not even a trust that verify situation because we dont have any trust with china baked into their Business Model with i. P. And you know theyll have to prove themselves i think before anybody believes theyre going follow through on this.
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If no, the on this vote the yeas are 516789 the nays are 31. Threefifths having not voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i enter a motion to reconsider the vote. The motion is entered. Mr. Mcconnell i move to have proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 355. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All in favor say aye. Those opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, David Austin Tapp of kentucky to be a judge of the United States court of federal claims. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22
Heinz following earnings beat. Dunkin driven by demand for premium drinks and expresso and iced coffee. Melissa in the capitol, house approves impeach investigation into President Trump. Well have the latest from washington. First we kick it off with fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman at at the white house. Grady trimble in chicago and jeff flock in chicago. Reporter chicago purchasing manager es index dropped to the lowest level in 40 years. It had biggest drop in nearly 40 years. Lowest level in four years. Not such good news if you look at the last three months you can see growth in august, according to this index, but then, contraction in september and october. Another question in this index is whether tariffs impact businesses for manufacturers in the midwest. 26 of them said that tariffs have a major negative impact for them. Taking a quick look at manufacturing stocks. Theyre also down today. Now it is important to point out this is a regional index. The National Manufactu