Washington journal continues. Sam quinones is the a uthor of dream land and joins us to talk about what is going on when it comes to opioids in america and the white house response. We are at the point where trump is saying some type of announcement is forthcoming. What do you think that means about the situation overall . Guest finally, this topic is getting the recognition it deserves. This problem has been percolating 20 plus years. Deadliest drug problem we have ever had in this country. That last will find year, when the numbers are counted, something on the order of 60,000 plus people have died, or the in the americans lost in the vietnam war. Finally, it is getting that kind of response. We will see what the response is. So far, i have not heard the president say anything about what that response will be. We have what are called the commission, because Chris Christie leads it. They had proposals. They are not original people have been talking about this for a long time. But it i
The Campaign Posters are printed with the French Election in full swing. For Emmanuel Macron it was less than a warm welcome in his hometown where Marine Le Pen showed up as well. And. The white house says funding for that Mexican Wall May have to wait. We go to the border where not all residents are convinced. You build a 20 foot wall, someone isjust going to build a 21 foot ladder to go over it. Hello, i am katty kay in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. The us senate is about to decamp to the white house as a top admiral wa nts the white house as a top admiral wants lawmakers a north korean attack on the us is possible. Mr trump has summoned his senators were briefing, quite a show. The Television Image of senators going into the white house make the president look assertive in the run up to 100 days but then he has already shown his resolve coming to korea. The Carl Vincent Battle Group is now positioned. And the us michelin is always there. The Us Military Last Night began t
Banks, although they since recovered from the losses, and are now one of the best performing groups. Coming up, whether a bank breakup is good for the industry, the economy, investors, joined by independent Community Bankers of america ceo, cam fine, and the former ceo of wells fargo. Caterpillar up 10 over the last month and could rally another 20 from here. Coming up, debating whether you should be buying this dow component or selling it right now. But we begin with the old adage as you mentioned, sell in may, go away. Referring to the six months strategy from may to september in which markets historically perform worst than the rest of the year. We look how sell in may has really worked out for investors or not so much lately, dom. It all depends on statistics and looking at the overall picture for stocks because theres any number of viewpoints and any number of time frames to look at with regard to whether sell in may and go away actually ends up working, so we asked our data partn
The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses
C before we say or do anything else today i want to pause to extend our thoughts and our prayers for the wellbeing of with scalise and our colleagues. Police and staff who were attacked by gunman this morning in virginia. Several members of this committee were there. This is a sad day for our country. We still dont have all the details but we do know that there are those who want to use acts of violence to create chaos , to disrupt our democracy. The American People will not let them when. So after deliberation with the Ranking Member, we have decided to proceed. The secretary has a very challenging schedule. Given the circumstances of the delayed start of our hearing, i want to appeal to members who intend to use less than their full five minutes so that more of our colleagues have a chance to speak and i will be abbreviating my Opening Statement. Today secretary tillerson will testify on the administrations budget and reorganization plans for the department of state. First off mr. Se