Test. Test. Test. And part of that reason is because of the research that is going on at our National Labs. And im going to, again, ask paul to share with you, just because hes fresh out of seeing some of this and has to do with the Battery Storage. And the progress being made on Battery Storage is really fascinating. And ive always said that Battery Storage is the holy grail. If were able to get to that point where we can use our renewables, solar and wind in particular to power these batteries that have long time storage, and what were finding now is that the the elements that are being used to create some of these batteries are not Rare Earth Minerals and theyre elements that we have right here in the United States, so were going to be in control of our future substantially more on the Battery Storage if you just kind of give them a glimpse of whats going on here and i think thats pretty exciting stuff. So a couple of examples, the complex, r d business, beyond lithium ion batteries
A chain around the world are watching the weekly from Art International recapping some of the big headlines from us the last 7 days and start with some breaking news to tell you about this sunday a developing Story Development is that iran has announced as expected that its further scaling back its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal today the government spokesman there said on sunday that the Islamic Republic will accelerate its Uranium Enrichment Program now and supports the 3. 6 percent cap stipulated in the agreement that would in future allow it to develop a Nuclear Weapon more quickly if it cheer chose to do so. Today based on the orders we received from president rouhani and the National Security council we are taking the 2nd step in scaling back our commitments the j. C. Time has run out we will inform the i. A. E. A. Of our decision we will now go beyond the 3. 6 percent level of uranium enrichment of course no surprise that this accord is being on the brink of collapse si
And fan are flying high. It is friday, it is july 19th fbn am starts right now. For a minute i thought that heat outside took the music out of the show but it is back and hot outside. Welcome everybody to fbn am and good morning im cheryl casone. Did you have a great birthday . Good morning after the big day. Good morning everybody happy friday im lauren simonetti. Lets take a look at how money folks is moving on this friday. The heat so on for the markets look at this. The dow is up 108 in the premarket and looking for the rate cut and nasdaq is up 35. Officials saying they might act fast in cutting rates and yield on tenure treasury up two basis points 2. 04 . As we were talking about more develops overnight with iran lets fake a look at oil right now. We are high per were at 5585 thats a gain of 55 cents. Stocks in asia closing out the week. In the green look at this nikkei in japan gaining 2 other markets 9 . Imf and in u. K. Green across the screen over in europe. Lets get to our
Last year ago iowa heading into the quarter finals of the Corporate America after beating champions chile. Iran is remaining defiant after the u. S. Placed new sanctions this time targeting its top leadership including the supremes leader ayatollah ali how many tehran says it will go ahead with its plan to reduce its commitments to the 250 nuclear deal despite the increasing pressure the u. S. National security advisor john bolton hes warned that all options remain on the table if iran continues to conceive what he called its Nuclear Ambitions but iran says mondays sanctions have now permanently closed all avenues for diplomacy it calls him outrageous and idiotic and accuses washington of lie and then theres russia russias accuse. The u. S. Is being reckless moscow is warning of a dangerous scenario if tension between washington and tehran continues to mount and then theres france saying its working with britain and germany to try to deescalate this crisis well go live to roslyn jordan
We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,