More after the president announced the assailant had died, Pete Williams reporting the assailant, james hodgkinson, age 66 with an illinois drivers license, died about an hour ago. Pete williams reporting it was unclear if police were able to speak with the suspect en route to the hospital. There were five people here that were transferred to a hospital earlier this morning the shooter opened fire at 7 09 a. M. It took three minutes before both Capitol Police and members of the Alexandria Police and Fire Department to respond and get it under control residents here say it sounded like construction. It sounded like fireworks in the beginning, but then it became very clear it was a fire fight to use the words of people in this area. Many of them called 911 and the response was very, very quick to that the president when he spoke a few moments ago urged a message of unity in the wake of this moments events. Take a listen to what the president said this morning. We can all agree that we ar
Level thats needed to provide for new entrants in the labor market, we do have a strengthening economy. With policy accommodative all youre doing in raising rates is removing a bit of accommodation heading toward a neutral pace. And i see that is appropriate. Were not moving so aggressively as to put a break on continued improvement in the labor market. But i think that thats a prudent move to move in a gradual way with unemployment now. And not only the Unemployment Rate, but i think any indicator of labor Market Performance and tightness that you could look at whether its household perceptions of the availability of jobs, difficulty that firms report in hiring workers, the rate at which workers are quitting their jobs, the rate of job openings all of these indicators do signal a tight labor market. Now, with inflation below 2 , i think its appropriate that the labor market be that tight but on the other hand, i think we want to avoid the risk. We want to keep the expansion on sustain
Lower. The Federal Reserve moving to normalize hiking rates a second time this year and unveiling the plan to trim its Balance Sheet, 4 4. 5 trillion there, despite another soft inflation reading. We do have a strengthening economy with policy accommodative, all that were doing in raising rates is moving removing a bit of accommodation heading to a neutral pace china seas Foreign Investment falling for a second straight month this as questions around anbang. And in a stunning turning point in the russia probe, the u. S. Special counsel, robert mueller, reportedly opens an investigation into whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice i kid you not, an hour and 15 minutes ago, we were saying where will we see movement look, an hour and 15 minutes later, an hour into trading we have a decentsized decline on other hands. Down 0. 6 on the euro stoxx 600 at the moment. We should go straight in and look at which countries are being affected the most in terms of this down tick. We have
C good morning. This hearing is called to order. I want to thank the witnesses for your testimony and for taking the time, for your courage. The mission of this committee is pretty straightforward. To enhance the economic and National Security of america and to promote more efficient effective and accountable government. The Committee Really is in many respects to committees and one. We have Homeland Security and we have governmental affairs. This hearing is really focusing on the Homeland Security side of the Committee Structure and within that structure we have four priorities. Border security, Cyber Security infrastructure and countering extremism and violence in any form including islamist terrorism. What we try tried to do in this committee is through this hearing process layout a reality. I come from a manufacturing background. Salt a lot of problems. The only way to solve a problem is first admit you have one properly define it, properly describe it, gather the information and a
As you all know, shortly after 7 00 a. M. This morning, a gunman opened fire on members of congress and their staffs as they were practicing for tomorrows annual Charity Baseball game. Authorities are continuing to investigate the crime. And the assailant has now died from his injuries. The fbi is leading the investigation and will continue to provide updates as new information becomes available. Congressman steve scalise, a member of house leadership, was shot and badly wounded and is now in stable condition at the hospital, along with two very Courageous Capitol Police officers. At least two others were also wounded. Many lives would have been lost if not for the heroic actions of the two Capitol Police officers who took down the gunman despite sustaining gunshot wounds during a very, very brutal assault. Melania and i are grateful for their heroism and praying for the swift recovery of all victims. Congressman scalise is a friend and a very good friend. Hes a patriot and hes a fight