Connecticut, new york and vermont. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, the source of light and life, we praise your holy name. Because of you we live, and move, and have our being. Remind us that we are not adequate for our daily tasks without your strength and abiding presence. Lord, empower our senators this day to think clearly, speak wisely, and live faithfully. May they strive to do their best and then leave the results to you. Eternal god, we are trusting you to fulfill your purposes for our nation and world. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. M
Come up, excluse of ive insightm jamie dimon and ray dalio. Shares of uber, theyre sinking on continuing losses, more than a billion dollars in the Third Quarter. But the ceo predicts profitability within two years. And done everything right goings new chairman backing embattled ceo Dennis Muilenburg of the max crisis. Uber, shares falling stocks now 35 below the ipo price in may yesterday on closing bell, the ceo said he sees profitability as david said for the company in 2021 it was a very significant beat on the top line in terms of Revenue Growth accelerating and the bottom line. We increased our 2019 midpoint of our guidance and ebitda by 250 million. Ill tell you, while we havent finalized our planning, and it is going to take a lot of hard work from a lot of folks, were targeting 2021 for adjusted ebitda profitability full year sort of echoes of what lyft said last week street is mixed on this. I saw price target cuts and raises today. You got rbc saying that there is 1. 7 billi
Congressional subpoenas and cant be forced to testify before congress. Lets bring in attorney david rifkin, he served during the reagan and georg george h. W. Buh administrations. Welcome. Thank you for coming today. David, how strong is this president s case for saying that his aides dont have to testify because of this immunity . Very strong. It is a wellestablished immunity, paul, dates back to 1971, an opinion written by william republica renquist, been reaffirmed in nine administrations and both parties, fully case law. Ittheres a group of people tht see the president every day, he communicates with them, the 1971 opinion says the president is a coequal branch, he cannot command that members of congress appear before him. They cannot command he appears before them. I want to emphasize one more point. The reason the president has a strong position, theres another form of absolute immunity based upon 1989 opinion, he went on to be a chief judge in the fourth circuit. That stands for
Live friday at 8 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. Towelcome Kimberly Leonard her desk. I want to start with the news that the obama care premiums are set to fail. The Trump Administration has taken so many actions that sabotage the law. Premiums are going down for midlevel plans by about 4 next year. Know that more Health Insurers are entering the marketplace, and we know it is happening because of a variety of factors, one of which has to do with the Trump Administration authorizing funnelsnce, which federal funds to states so they can use those dollars to help them lower premiums. That helps lower the premiums across the board. Hill, arday on capitol hearing about obamacare, about the Affordable Care act. It sabotaged the trumpet ministrations attack on health care. You explain what the democrats in charge of that hearing were pointing to . The democrats have been very focused to really bring forth obamacare, the Affordable Care act,
Cant be forced to testify before congress. Lets bring in attorney david rifkin, he served during the reagan and georg george h. W. Buh administrations. Welcome. Thank you for coming today. David, how strong is this president s case for saying that his aides dont have to testify because of this immunity . Very strong. It is a wellestablished immunity, paul, dates back to 1971, an opinion written by william republica renquist, been reaffirmed in nine administrations and both parties, fully case law. Ittheres a group of people tht see the president every day, he communicates with them, the 1971 opinion says the president is a coequal branch, he cannot command that members of congress appear before him. They cannot command he appears before them. I want to emphasize one more point. The reason the president has a strong position, theres another form of absolute immunity based upon 1989 opinion, he went on to be a chief judge in the fourth circuit. That stands for the proposition that Nation