Conversation stay tuned. Which will continue for the next 59 minutes. I want you to be more vocal on fast money, certain people are saying whatever they want. When good men are silent, thats when bad things can fester thats like a history lesson. Thats when things can fester hes saying youre a good guy. Ill take that. Thank you, joe a look at u. S. Equity futures it looks like we would have been on track for a positive month of august well see what happens this morning. Dow futures up by 57 points. S p futures up by 7. Nasdaq up by 20 this comes after an up day for the markets yesterday as well. Overnight in asia, you will see the nikkei closed up by 0. 75 . Hang seng down by a percentage point. Shanghai was almost flat if you look at whats happening in early trading this morning, you can see across the board there is strength. It looks like the ftse is up by 0. 6 similar gains for the dax in germany. The cac is up by 0. 7 . Check out the dollar, too. Dollar weve been watching so close
It is a devastating sight in texas. Up hitting, people trying to help one another, trying to help neighbors evacuate. Theyre going doortodoor. But we still know at least 31 people have died. Officials do fear that number will rise as floodwaters begin to recede and theyre actually able to go doortodoor, house to house, to see who may have been left behind. We know 44,000 homes, think about that, have been destroyed. In tyler county officials are warning folks to quote, get out or die. That is the warning as water levels continue to rise. There is no First Responders there. They have no firstresponders to get to the flooded areas. But during this tragedy, you are really seeing something wonderful, and that is heart of who we are as a nation. It is heart of who the people in texas are. This is americas real being, this is our truth. You have got neighbors there helping neighbors. You see them in the video over and over again. People risking their own lives to rescue a complete stranger.
Proposing and todays vote. If you support the gop plan and effort by the republicans, 202 7488000. F you oppose, 202 7488001 if you are not sure, 202 7488002. You can tweet us your thoughts cspanwj or post on facebook. Com cspan. The wall street journal lists on its pages, what might have been as far as health care is concerned. Here are categories they highlight. Individuals would no longer have to pay a penalty without health coverage, but they wouldnt be off the hook. People who are uninsured for more than two months and then buy coverage would be subject to in theirce boost premium. Older americans could pay more. Insurers would be allowed to charge their oldest customers more than they do now. People under 30 would be eligible for a credit of 2002year increasing to 4000 to those over 60. The tax cut would grow with the size of a family. An amendment to the bill will let states apply for waivers that could allow insurers to charge higher premiums to people with preexisting conditio
Earlier about the communications of Trump Associates was gained after viewing documents at the white house. We will tell you more about what happened and the reaction from democrats. We want to get your thoughts about the new set of events and does it compromise devin nunes ability to lead the a look inton into potential ties between russia and the white house or the Trump Campaign and what you think about that. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. Or independents, 2027488002 you can post on twitter cspanwj or on facebook. Com cspan. The lasttalking about few days concerning devin nunes and this is what he writes. Saying the last few days, washington has been assessed about what representative nunez did last tuesday evening, that was the night before the viewedn of the he had dozens of reports now reporting the chairman was off white house grounds to view documents and on reporters, he went back to the white house to inform the president. The chairman told me he ended
Are some aspects that are not within the control of cities. When youre talking that interstate commerce, obviously that is a federal issue. Another key aspect advocate for is local control. There is an understanding that if we are charging cities with being our leaders of innovation , both local governments themselves and cities as test grounds for innovation, that we need to empower cities to do that. There are many concerns on local governments to help them facilitate additional innovation in the economy. It is certainly a challenge and one that we recognize. It probably does not get enough attention currently, we put a block of pressure and expectation at the federal and state level making the assumption that local governments and cities are handling it, or it is your responsibility. Again there is the issue of health and safety, and that is part of how cities are any government balance the regulatory environment. Some of it may lead to the businesses have more regulations than they