Expanding trade with africa. We may also hear more about the shortterm spending measure that republicans unveiled last night which would fund the federal government through february 16. Debate in the house likely tomorrow. Live house coverage is here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, architect of the universe and advocate for us all, thank you for giving us another day. When we rise from sleep activities of the day stir the mind, having a job to fulfill sets us into routine as a people with purpose. Daily work demonstrates responsibility and manifest our participation in your creative power. Mind and body together become engaged in productivity, success tenance or Service Beyond ourselves. Because human work bestows a special dignity upon a person and achieve a just society, we know how important it is for us to pray for the unemployed and those who work but still struggle
Thats the responsible thing to do. Thats what i think this house will do. Thats why on both sides will choose to do. Both with they vote here and when they take it up in the United States senate. With that, mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves his time of the the gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter thank you, mr. Speaker. Sorry about that. I hope it wasnt anything i said. Mr. Speaker, for months the majoritys been holding the health care of nine million children and more than nine million individuals, including seniors and pregnant women and veterans hostage while they pass the tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. Time is up. To orry about act, our constitution constituents face with each day futures. This is wrong. Mr. Speaker, even President Trump agrees we need to act on chip. Just this morning he tweeted, quote, chip should be part of a longterm solution. Shortterm or extension. Heres our chance to
Today. Alix a really exciting couple of hours lined up. The theme is Capital Markets. They will be talking about mifid, regulation, tax reform. To help highlight that, i will be joined by david solomon, coceo of Goldman Sachs. Jonathan i want to know who at goldman wants to move from london to frankfurt. Alix nobody. Jonathan nobody i have spoken to. Alix i am asking him that. That is my last question. Jonathan lets get up to speed on the markets. Futures are firmer as we end the winning streak on the s p 500 in yesterdays session. We pop higher. In the fx market, the euro showing a little strength, up 0. 1 as we march toward Mario Draghis decision. In the treasury market, 2. 40 on the u. S. 10year. David thank you so much. Thats get an update on what is making headlines outside the Business World. Emma chandra is here. Emma the Chinese Party has elevated president xi jinping to the same status as mao zedong. It would give xi more power to enact policies after crucial reshuffle tomorro
Solid ground. Vonnie lets get back to the storm and controversy over trumps abrupt firing of james comey. Mike pence just telling reporters the firing was the right decision at the right time. We also follow swift reaction from both sides of the aisle. Absolutely laughable. Fails to pass any smell test. Both parties, at different times, have called for the mr. Comey. F this is not watergate. No one is happy with this performance. I think it is time to take a new direction at the fbi. The timing raises some questions. Because of the interference by the russians in our election. The idea that you take the person with every other spots ability, including the budget of the department, and somehow it all falls apart, that is not how organizations work. I do not believe the system has been compromised, but i believe at different times at different reasons, people ask for a new fbi director. Now they will get one. There needs to be a special, independent prosecutor who can be insulated and pr
James bullard said failing to reach the fed inflation target is hurting its reputation. We will bring you our interview with the president. Againstoins the stance risky positions. The question is, is dying down risk the right trade right now . Matt lets take a look right now, 30 minutes away from the european open where futures are trading, we had a reversal in asian markets, they recovered from the trump concerns and turned back down again. Here we see futures, no change for european stocks. Take a look at what we see happening in the bond trade. I will zoom in to see which direction we are going to coming back up in the yields so investors are selling off german debt. The yesterday we took a look bund isthat this, the trading in the tightest range since 1992. Almost no movement, no volatility and very tight ranges have been the story of the market and it continues today. Equitieserday european selloff, it was quite a chunky soft. 1. 5 . That was the story yesterday. This morning the