[applause] thank you and welcome barney frank. First ill ask some questions and then well go to questions from the audience which i have one of these cards, so i will access or reject them. [applause] i was hoping you can say a little bit about the two stories that you tried to tell, the political stories that you tried to tell in this book which is about your life and also political work. Its as i start writing that there are two things. I was a normal teenager, my father, working programs. [inaudible] so these hearings were fascinated to me. I also decided something i have to get into politics. I was debating and arguing as i was a kid. Better than some adults. [laughs] i could do that. At the same time i realized [inaudible] so i began to say, i want to be influential, but i never will be because im gay. By the time i retired there was a disparity from being gave and politics, but the order has reversed. [laughs] i get married. I was the first member of congress to have the samesex
Later this week, and a vote held next week. But the legislation faces an uncertain future. Over the weekend, senator john mccain said the bill was likely, quote, dead. Others have talked about working with democrats to pass a shortterm bill to help stabilize the individual insurance market. And some conservative members of the Republican Party want to see a full repeal of the Affordable Care act. John harwood is following the story for us from washington tonight. John, good to see you. So, whats the status of the Senate Health care bill . Reporter its not quite dead, but it is in very difficult condition right now, sue. The republicans found themselves before the break, they initially hoped to pass it by the fourth of july. They found themselves at least ten votes short. Youve got critics both on the left and the right. There are ways that they can tweak the bill that Mitch Mcconnell laid out the week before the fourth of july, but going in either direction risks losing senators at the
For you here on nbr closed at records today, something that hadnt happened simultaneously since 1999. Back then technology played a big role in driving the markets. A combination of factors that boosted investor oil prices, strong earnings from Department Stores and positive news on the jobs market. Lets get right to those recordbreaking numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average added 117 points to a record 18,613. Nasdaq up 23 to a record 5228 and the s p 500, ill say it again, gaining 10, a record 2185. As for domestic crude, it settled up more than 4 on comments from the Saudi Oil Minister about possible action to stabilize prices. Bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange has more now on what drove stocks to historic highs today. Reporter how did we get to new record highs . We did it the oldfashioned way. We rotated into it. For most of the year investors chased anything that paid a dividend, telecom and utilities and Consumer Staples and reits and since the start of the Third Qua
Of the maj indexes we follow for you here on nbr closed at records today, something that hadnt happened simultaneously since 1999. Back then technology played a big role in driving the markets. A combination of factors that boosted investor oil prices, strong earnings from Department Stores and positive news on the jobs market. Lets get right to those recordbreaking numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average added 117 points to a record 18,613. Nasdaq up 23 to a record 5228 and the s p 500, ill say it again, gaining 10, a record 2185. As for domestic crude, it settled up more than 4 on comments from the Saudi Oil Minister about possible action to stabilize prices. Bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange has more now on what drove stocks to historic highs today. Reporter how did we get to new record highs . We did it the oldfashioned way. We rotated into it. For most of the year investors chased anything that paid a dividend, telecom and utilities and Consumer Staples and reits and sin
Of the maj indexes we follow for you here on nbr closed at records today, something that hadnt happened simultaneously since 1999. Back then technology played a big role in driving the markets. A combination of factors that boosted investor oil prices, strong earnings from Department Stores and positive news on the jobs market. Lets get right to those recordbreaking numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average added 117 points to a record 18,613. Nasdaq up 23 to a record 5228 and the s p 500, ill say it again, gaining 10, a record 2185. As for domestic crude, it settled up more than 4 on comments from the Saudi Oil Minister about possible action to stabilize prices. Bob pisani at the New York Stock Exchange has more now on what drove stocks to historic highs today. Reporter how did we get to new record highs . We did it the oldfashioned way. We rotated into it. For most of the year investors chased anything that paid a dividend, telecom and utilities and Consumer Staples and reits and sin