House. And later, advancing Health Equity founder and ceo dr. Uche blackstock joins us to discuss covid19s impact on minority communities. Another ruling on the Affordable Care act, the Supreme Court ruled 72 yesterday in favor of a 2017 Trump Administration rule extending the exemption to the Affordable Care acts birthcontrol mandate. It is thursday, july 9, 2020. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal. We open the show and ask whether support employers decided denying contraceptive health care to employees. Here is how to join the conversation. If you support the exemptions, two of 274s 88000. Two748pose, it is to 80001. Commentsost additional at facebook. Com cspan. , specificallyting on that case, the New York Times this morning with a graphic on how justices voted and how people for it feel about where the public stands on this issue. They write the Affordable Care act requires Health Insurance plans for women include coverage for contraceptives, Birth Control, but the Tr
Suffered its worst trading session in 15 years. The ruble bounced back at the open this morning, but it has since dropped once again, falling into negative territory against the dollar despite these extremely hard core moves by the russians. Russian stocks selling up again as Oil Continues to decline. Michelle ka reduce sa cabrera will join us with the russian story and why the markets are very worried in just a moment. Headlines out of china grabbing attention this morning. The first flash reading of the hsbc pmi showing the First Manufacturing contraction there in seven months. It was a reading below 50. This is the latest sign of weakness in the chinese economy. Stocks rose on hopes of more stimulus from chinas central bank. As for how things are shaping up here at home, check out the futures this morning. At least in early trading, remember yesterday, everything reversed by the end of the day. We were up 100 points in premarket. But in the premarket this morning, dow futures are in
Latest on what is going on. Press effectively what we have right now is a standoff between antigovernment protesters on the one side and riot police on the other. What divides them is a smoldering fire 30 feet wide. That is what that is. A 30 foot wide gap that in some cases has a kneedeep amount of coals. On the far side of that picture, across from the protesters, you see the police. They are not china move over that at the moment. That is independent square at the moment. 7000. Many have come more armed than they have in the past. Almost all of them are armed with clubs. We also have other room other weaponry. This all began when the president ordered the riot police, telling them to clear the square. Injured. 350 people we stopped short of that. See this kicked off at any time this could kick off at any time again. Class is there a possibility we could see an outbreak civil war . Say, no, we want to reject that and move toward. He European Union one is against a popular government
Coming up on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everybody, im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. We are live here at 506789 p. M. Eastern, 4 00 p. M. Pacific. President obama leveled new sanctions against 20 individual and a key russian bank today. He warned more on are on the way if moscow escalated a crisis in ukraine. Good evening, eamon. 16 russian people and four senior officials called cronies of Vladmir Putin today, also a bank which the senior delegation called a crony bank for the putin regime. All of that, the president said, designed to send a message to russia and the russian people. Take a listen. The russian people need to know and mr. Putin needs to understand that the ukrainians shouldnt have to choose the between the west and russia. We want the ukrainian people to determine their own destiny. And to have good relations with the United States, with russia, with europe, with anyone that they choose. Now the president also said that new Authority
Russia probe. Plus, new questions about a newly disclosed meeting between trumps top adviser, his soninlaw Jared Kushner, and the head of a russian bank that is subject to u. S. Sanctions. Well discuss all of that. But i want to begin with cnns Global Affairs analyst david rhodee, National Investigative editor for reuters. Also contributor emily jane fox, a staff writer at vanity fair. Senior political analyst mark preston, political analyst david drucker. Senior Congressional Correspondent for the washington examiner. And justice correspondent evan perez. Good evening to all of you. En, im going to start with you to give us the news here. The chairman devon nunes says he met with a source on the white house grounds a day before his controversial announcement and now the Ranking Member adam schiff is saying he no longer has any credibility to head this investigation. So bring us up to speed because you have some new reporting i understand. Well, thats right, don. One of the strangest p