Maria good friday morning everyone. Thank you for joining us. I am Maria Bartiromo it is friday march 15. Your top story 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. The fallout over tiktok the ceo refusing to answer whether the Chinese Government has influence over the social media app why he says it does not make sense to digest and trend divest from bytedance as more offers to make an american come in, we are following the story with the latest coming up market this morning mostly higher, take a look at futures rising once again on the final trading day of the week doubt industrials right now up 59, the nasdaq at 24 and the s p 500 up eight and a quarter we are watching Interest Rates ahead of the Federal Reserve march meeting next week on the 19th and why the inflation data makes the case to delay rate cuts, the yield on the tenure of fourpoint to 8 . European markets in the green, take a look at the eurozone with s p 100 in london is higher by 12, the cat crown in paris is higher by 24 and the d
Next the hearing from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist party, an alleged human rights abuses against the uyghur population. A mostly Muslim Minority in a country in the northwest. The testimony from human rights advocates and people detained in prison camps in the region. Its about three hours. And the select committee will come to order. At this beginning of ramadan, as muslims around the world commemorate Prophet Muhammad receiving the first revelations of the quran, we are here to say a horrifying truth. The uyghurs, many of whom matt practice the muslim faith, are being erased. Genocide is occurring. This time, at the hands of the Chinese Communist party. We are privileged to have with us many members of the weaker community. We are deeply grateful for your bravery. We know that it comes at a great cost. We prepare to hear firsthand testimony from the ccp concentration camp. I would like to turn to alicia we sell, whose father, auschwitz survivor and Nobel Laurea
Live here on cspan three in the Senate Veteran Affairs Meeting testifying on the president s 2024 request for his department. May join this meeting live in progress. I visited there, as you have, as your staff had, you do the right thing. We want to keep working with you. I want to talk about the pact act a little bit. Do you have numbers, up to date numbers of how many veterans are taking advantage of it . I like to say when i do these round tables that this is government and right. This bill passed if, i remember, of august 2022. By january you had it up and running. Hundreds of thousands of veterans were getting care. That is exactly the way governments should run. All of us are proud to be part of that. Do you have an eye to the number of how many people have been served . Yes. Thank you very much. As of may 6th, 251,584 total veterans or survivors have had completed pact act relating claims. We are granting at about 80 . That is the beauty of the presumption we are able to grant a
Government had recently passed. Few days later, metro metropolitan Police Commissioner issued a statement saying. Lets bring in our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, in the newsroom for us. A lot has been said about this being a unique event and i suppose whether it called for unique actions, theres going to be a lot of defending those actions in the next hour or so, isnt there . Talk us through what you are expecting. I talk us through what you are petting talk us through what you are exectina. ,. ,. ,. ,. , expecting. I was there on Coronation Mornin , expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning. At expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 when expecting. I was there on Coronation Morning, at 6. 00 when the morning, at 6. 00 when the anti monarchy protesters arrived to start their protest. Theyre obviously had been a lot of concern in the days building up to the coronation that groups likeJust Stop Oil m
Marjorie Taylor Greene of georgia introducing a resolution to censure congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of michigan for what she characterizes as antisemitic behavior in the wake of hamass deadly attacks on israel. A vote carries no specific punishment other than public rebuke on the floor. The house has two legislative days to decide. Rep. Greene pursuant to clause 2a1, i seek notice to give recognition of my intent to raise question of the intent of the privileges of the house. Will the gentlewoman first yield back for one minute . For what purpose does the gentlewoman seek recognition . Rep. Greene pursuant to rule 9, i give notice of my intent to raise question of the privileges of the house. The form of the resolution is as follows. A resolution censuring representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity sympathizing with terrorist organizations and leading an insurrection at the United States capitol complex. Whereas in may 2019, reseated tlaib said that she celebrated the holocaus