And well talk about that, whether the markets weary of chair yellen. Also, were expecting perfection. Anyway, when the bell rings in about an hour, thats when the action here might really heat up. At 4 00 p. M. , a new crucial rounds of Bank Stress Test results are due out. Well have that vital report on which banks made the grade and which did not, if any. And the financials have been very strong today, as they were yesterday. 18 of the s p 500. Jpmorgan is up like 6 this week. So expectations, if you want to put it this way, are pretty high. Well find out more in about an hour. Plus, nike reporting earnings. Keep it here for the numbers on that one and what it means for consumers. Of course, tomorrow morning well shift our focus to tiffany. Thats still some time away. A busy hour next hour. Thatll be fun. Plus, googles larry page says if he had to give away his billions, he would rather give all that money to elon musk than any charity. Now, before you judge him, wait until you hear
Welcome. We have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines. Reports on the latest forecasts for flooding this spring. Ryan chilcote is in brussels, where eu leaders are discussing how to put more pressure on russian president Vladimir Putin. Thats begin with peter cook on how the u. S. Is ratcheting up sanctions against russia. Give us the highlights for president obamas from president obamas quick speech today. Things are escalating. Laughing quite as hard at this list. Things have gotten tougher from the administration. The president designated 20 more russians with asset freezes and travel bans on the including 16 government officials. List, russias 17 the biggest bank. A latest executive order also 17ths the u. S. Russias biggest bank. The latest executive order also allows the u. S. This is not our preferred outcome. These sanctions will not only have an impact on the russian economy but could also have an impact to the global economy. However, russia must know that
Getting things up and rung. I appreciate it. From my i hear constituents is not good. I hear so many stories of rebuild,nts who cant who havent gotten money. Theres so much red tape that theirannot possibly find way through. So i want to ask each of you tape thats of red concern me that hopefully you can give me the road forward so let my constituents know that relief is possible. Secretary donovan, this one seems very difficult. A number of my constituents were that becauseearn they accepted Small Business administration loans that they now ineligible for cdbg funding. I understand the need to make duplication in getting federal benefits and we want to protect against fraud, but and that is absolutely critical to the integrity of this program. But is there any distinction grantsn be made between and loans under the duplication of benefits regulations . And under the current federal regulations what are the options for sandy affected homeowners whoaccepted sba loans but believe they ar
All High School Juniors and children in the gallery and state legislatures a. Some of those elements we think are not ones that the court should acknowledge is whether or not it advances religion. If you ask a chaplain for the state assembly i and sacrament f california who is going to the assembly are you going to advance your religion today . What this court said is the limit of the legislative prayer is a problem ties to example. We think with respect to the Second Circuit if got it just about right to the question is does it preach conversion or threaten and damnation to non believers or you use the word advanced and proselytized. Its not proselytized or advanced. That is the link which is the proselytized and whether or not it is in fact fair to ask the minister or the priest or the chaplain if he or she advances their religion. We dont whitmarsh says is advanced doesnt mean having a single chaplain of a denomination were looking at the content of the sectarian prayer in light of
Educational system, customized learning, things like that. And, of course, we talk about the Health Care Law and all the controversy, but the solution is in innovation. Its in some of the technologies. We have a huge, growing area on wireless health. People are monitoring cells. Its what they eat, its how much they exercise, its how much they sleep. And that information at the cautionary level could get to physicians. We could solve a lot of our Health Care Problems by focusing on some of these things, and they will solve problems. Host gary shapiro is president and ceo of the Consumer Electronics association which sponsors ces every year in vegas, and alex byers is a Technology Reporter with politico. He puts out their morning tech newsletter. Gentlemen, thank you. Guest thank you. Thank you very much. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Coming up next, Supreme Court oral argument from last month on the ep