As new reports say support from the allimportant evangelical bloc of the Republican Party may be eroding for trump. Hillary clinton for her part is off to another key battleground state, colorado. She is scheduled to speak in this hour. We have a busy hour. Shes dealing with the fallout over more wikileak emails. Our Political Panel is set to weigh in on that. On wall street today, we have gains for the markets. Not that much. 22 on the dow. After the fed minutes were released an hour ago. Amazon takes on 7eleven, cheap gas equals higher heating bills . Im Connell Mcshane in for liz claman, start the countdown. All right, breaking market news, and investors jumping back into stocks a little bit today after the flipflopping. The fed showed no definite commitment to a december rate hike. It is looking more likely well get the rate hike, not definitive just yet. The dow up 26 points, hitting session highs 18 minutes after the release of the latest round of fed minutes. The fed was split o
That measure provides for no offset it according to the joint committee on taxation making the credit permanent would cause 155 billion over ten years. Buy now or certainly members will consider a measure that will expand funding for charter schools. Coverage of the house is always over on cspan. The senate wrapping up yesterday. They will continue consideration of an energy bill that would provide incentives for Energy Efficient manufacturing and also to promote Energy Savings and buildings. The leaders are still trying to hash out an agreement that would get that legislation to a final vote limited dh on the bill is scheduled for 5 30 eastern on monday. Of course the senate is always live on cspan2. 2 00 monday eastern time when they gaveled back end. In about an hour or so we plan to take you west to california for remarks 1 00 p. M. , im sorry. We are planning to take you west to california to remarks by president obama speaking at a walmart in Mountain View california expected to
A Global Warming, and as you indicated, now changing over to a Global Climate change, it is not the lower 48 Climate Change. We could dot something unilaterally in the United States while the rest of the world is going to be dependent on fossil fuels for a long, long time . Th are burning a coa a cold plant a week. They are barely keeping up with their demand. Here here in the United States re pro prohibiting thewe a construction of the newhi coal plants it doesnt make sense to penalize when if indeed this is going on it calls for a global reaction. You are seeing what is happening in europe right now. They were the first group of countries to sign on to the kyoto protocols. They were the first half to be able to meet the targets. In the United States we didnt sign on to the protocols but guess what the measures are the lowest theyve been in 20 years. We beat the system. So what can we do while having a manufacturing renaissance brought back to the United States while gaining the leade
Together, and all of the information that the study has developed will be available on the web, again, in userfriendly, accessible forms, to provide people with the toormation they will need reduce their vulnerability. Of course, as you all well know, the president has instructed the Environmental Protection agency to develop standards both for new power plants, which have already been put out there, and soon, there will be standards proposed for discussion on and heatpower plants trapping gases, so this is a lot of progress. We also announced a few months ago a new study to reduce methane emissions which involves quantifying the emissions, committing to new steps to cut the emissions of that potent Greenhouse Gas, and outlining a set of actions Going Forward to improve the measurements so we can tell exactly how well we are doing. I would say, is what progress is supposed to look like, and todays events around this extraordinary assessment are another big step. As i think probably eve
Assessment from the white house, arguing that the u. S. Is at risk now from disaster coming from disruptive weather. What is your take . Is Climate Change happening now . You can also send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj, or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, and you can. Mail us, journal cspan. Org a little bit about the 840 page report. This is on their website. Assessmental climate summarizes the impact of Climate Change on the United States now and in the future. A team of over 300 experts, guided by host the website is very interactive. If youre interested, go there and play around with it. Call, email, send us your thoughts as to whether you think Climate Change is happening now and what should be done about it. There is a Washington Post piece courtesy of the museum newseu m. Herea look at this map that they have. Mapping Climate Change, observed and projected effects of Climate Change across the United States according to this latest National Climate assessment