Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was very kind of you. Thank you. It is good to have you back in pierre to the legislature, welcome. Im sure youre going to enjoy this experience immensely. Before i begin today, though, i would like to note a historical milestone. Today is the beginning of Lieutenant Governor Matt Michaels seventh session as president of the senate, and prior to that, he presided for four sessions as speaker of the house. Those 11 sessions make Matt Michaels the longest serving officer in the south dakota legislature. Lets recognize him and thank him for that service. [ applause ] thank you very much. Over the past six years, weve undertaken many significant initiatives together, and have made progress in many areas. Today, im going to provide updates on many of our efforts in the areas of education, transportation, criminal justice, workforce and Tribal Affairs among others. I want to up
Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker and here are excerpts, when a Robert Mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence spent wednesday on capitol hill in a final pitch to republicans wary of the legislation. N
When the white house. Some say he and his daughter rebekah outkoched the koch brothers. Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker anad herere are excerpts, when a robt mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence s
When the white house. Some say he and his daughter rebekah outkoched the koch brothers. Mercerses of the controlled the white house. We will speak with Investigative Reporter jane mayer about her new piece in the new yorker anad herere are excerpts, when a robt mercers only public appearances. Im wondering, what am i going to say . I Left Research 20 years ago. I have not really paid any attention to the world of dms sinces or i then. I cannot talk really about what i do now. [laughter] amy we will also look at dark moneys role in the confirmation process as the Supreme Court am the neil gorsuch. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act, a plan the Congressional Budget Office says would add 24 Million People to the ranks of the uninsured. President donald trump and Vice President mike pence s
Ftse 100, italy, spain, all up. Looking at crude. Wti sitting at 50. 91. Lets get to that microsoft story. It is the top corporate story. Shares of the tech giant popping on better than expected quarterly results. The big driver, the cloud. The shares of the microsoft product doubling in the most recent quarter. The stock hitting an alltime high in afterhours trading breaking through a level hit at the peak of the tech bubble back in 1999. Its going to close in on a half trillion dollars again. Its great day to have ballmer on. He took a lot of flack for not turning it into something it wasnt. In hindsight, now that we have the benefit of hindsight, he kept that thing moving along. Increasing revenue. Maybe the share price didnt go all the way back. Got pretty rich himself. How much does he have left . I expect him well have him for an hour. I expect him to be in a really good mood today. Because of the stock price. Very few of us get like 4 billion richer on wake up in the morning. I