Electromagnetic pulse attacks. Good afternoon, everybody. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee. Will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the risk posed by north korea to Homeland Security and recommendations for the department to be better prepared to mitigate these risks. The chair recognizes himself for an Opening Statement. It is no secret that kim jong un and his regime in north korea has ratcheted up tensions with thenitis at an alarming rate. With the knowledge north korea conducted over 20 missile tests on a dozen different occasions between february and september of 2017. Including test of Ballistic Missiles. Many americans and allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland directly. Intelligence from the hermit kingdom is inconsistent and limited. Despite the intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. For example, accor
Saying the goal of replacing obama care is within reach. More on where the bill stands right now. Meanwhile, crisis averted. Congress striking a deal to keep the government open, but at what cost to republicans . Congressman dave brat will respond to criticism that the gop did more than compromise, they caved. The president vowing to keep the heat on north korea after another missile test. President leaving the door open for possible military action including sending more troops. For more on this coming up. Ashley markets anxious awaiting movement on health care and tax reform, arent we all, but one sector directly affected by comments earlier. Lets go straight to gerri willis at the new york stock exchange. You are watching the financials. Thats right, ash, i absolutely am. We had big news when the president said this morning wouldnt it be a great idea to break up banks . The stocks dipped, jpmorgan, citigroup and wells fargo, but they came back strongly. Not a lot of reaction. He is
Hackers are threatening to meet the new pirates of the caribbean film to hit theaters this friday. They say they want a ransom that disney will not pay up your latest developments coming out. For blogger to put to some good support. Big news today. Shares are up on the news. Plus we are keeping an eye on retail today. Home depot earnings didnt expect to be a bright spot for the sector. Earnings and revenue to rise from year ago in home depot shares at 157 in change. The fast food giant taking how big your way to a whole new level with the latest menu of offerings. Well have the details. Maria nasdaq and s p 500 coming off of record highs. Down industrial south, s p 500 down to five. Nasdaq up fractionally. In your Upcoming European indices this morning. Mixed performance theirs as well. Ft 100 a pop of 1 . Cac quarante up almost half of 1 . Japans nikkei average is up a quarter of a percent of the shanghai of three quarters of a percentage sign it. Stories coming out this morning. A bi
It is a great tester to maturity of the company you want to do business with is do they submit themselves to open hacking . Do they compensate hackers. If a volume and if you find a vulnerability of their product they will pay the hacker which is amazing. It gets hackers oriented the organization that puts that out there feels comfortable. They want to learn more. They have a culture that wants to identify and protect themselves. Any thoughts on the black holes . What is interesting to know my years of technology he will invent something new every five to 10 years and create a of natural holes. The social media today we couldnt fathom 15 years ago. It continues to be this notion of mixed Public Private and in trying to coordinate across your organization, most businesses meanwhile. So finding more ways to partner, finding more ways to Work Together to make sure we are covering this. If you look at my back in a database in your backend database, how come we dont have one bad guy databas
Coming up on the show, we have Dale Stafford. He will join us on all the dealmaking and unmaking going on. We will preview aprils retail sales. Jon looking forward to that conversation. S p 500 futures negative five. Switch over to the board very quickly. 1. 1345. Lar, foot. Llar is on the front yields are down by two basis points. What a week for wti. 46 thought. Flat. Lets go around the world for indepth coverage. Selena wang as the latest. We are 90 minutes away from the april retail Sales Numbers. Speaking of ecodata, guy johnson has latest on euro area growth. Julia tells us what to expect a day after Dilma Rousseffs suspension. Apple has found a way to use its enormous pile of cash and it could have an effect on the uber. Lets get the details from selena wang. Selena this is a huge deal. This is the single largest investment they have ever received. Was in talks to raise 2 billion. This is very unusual for the smartphone maker. They dont normally invest in startup funding rounds