Energy spike. Its not just the brutally cold winter sending the price of natural gas to fiveyear highs. Its the supply. What happened to that glut of gas and how high will prices climb . All that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, february 19th. Good evening, everyone. Topping our news tonight, violent revolutionary protests erupting around the globe. Antigovernment dem on strarts have taken to the streets in ukraine, venezuela and thailand. Investors everywhere are closely watching those deadly clashes and hoping things will stabilize, especially as european officials meet tomorrow for an emergency session in brussels. Now, the biggest hot spot, kiev, ukraine. Theres no letup to the violence and the death toll in that citys Independence Square as protesters who want closer ties to europe and the u. S. But clash with others who want to be aligned with russianbacked government. In washington today, president obama warned kiev of consequences over the escalating v
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Most important act this week was not casting the deciding vote on repealing obamacare. It was his plea for nonpartisan compromise. And ill explain. And turns out there are goodpaying jobs for Blue Collar Workers in the rust belt. But theres a problem. Ill talk to one employer who says four out of every ten job applicants failed drug test. And President Trump pledged to let obamacare implode. How do you run that in that climate ill consider a ceo. And just how hazardous is playing professional football. In a new study, 111 brains of deceased nfl players analyzed. And 110 of them had brain damage. But first, after a stormy sixmonth tenure, President Trump has pushed out his white house chief of staff Reince Priebus, replaying him with Homeland Security secretarygeneral john kelly. Priebus tried but failed to impose order on an often chaotic infighting west wing. His ouster coming a day after a feud erupted were the new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, who wvowed publicly to o