Capitol hill matters to your kingdom. Lord with the military response against syria we are reminded again that eternal vigilance is the price for freedom. Continue to provide our lawmakers with opportunities to serve your purposes on earth. May they take seriously the responsibilities entrusted to them in their stewardship of the legislative branch. Remind them that you know the pressures they must confront as they strive to serve you and country. Bestow upon them the blessing of your presence that will guard their hearts with your peace. Lord give them the confidence that in following you they can be certain of ultimate triumph. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding officer the majorit
Capitol hill matters to your kingdom. Lord with the military response against syria we are reminded again that eternal vigilance is the price for freedom. Continue to provide our lawmakers with opportunities to serve your purposes on earth. May they take seriously the responsibilities entrusted to them in their stewardship of the legislative branch. Remind them that you know the pressures they must confront as they strive to serve you and country. Bestow upon them the blessing of your presence that will guard their hearts with your peace. Lord give them the confidence that in following you they can be certain of ultimate triumph. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding officer the majorit
Calls, emails and beats. We will kick it off right now. Republicans, 202 7488001. Emocrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can go to facebook. Com cspan. Republicans will open their National Convention here in this city for their 41st attempt to win the white house which theyve accomplished 23 times starting with abraham lincoln. Folks are arty starting to arrive. From the cleveland plain dealer, rnc visitors are receiving the red carpet treatment from the moment they stepped off planes and into downtown hotels, conventioneers making their way into Cleveland Saturday were treated to northeast ohios version of red carpet. Even live music. A says here it is ordinarily price. A twoperson rap group regaled passengers while clearly identified volunteers shouted welcome to cleveland when they werent answering questions. You mention some of the facts and figures about this convention, i want to share this from politico. A couple more facts and figures. 50,000 visitors are coming to
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Still in the early stages. What this could mean for verizon. Lets go straight to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest. Possibly a bad earnings season, but you could not tell from how the markets are trading. Julie the sentiment is terrible going into the season with a pullback of about 10 in the s p on average. All three major averages trading higher. Some talk that investors are now looking past this earnings season, seeing it as a bottom for earnings. All three major averages are higher, the dow doing the best of the three. If you look inside the moves today, sector wide, financials are leading some of the gains, even though there is a lot of pessimism around the bank earnings. Energy and technology rounding out the top movers. Health care is the laggard, but at the moment it is not much changed. The other big story has been a japanese yen, which is not doing much today, after that 17month high for the currency. We could see a shift there, even as we are seeing a very bu