thank you. good to be with you again, stephen. it s good to talk to you. you, of course, are a medical doctor. you have many colleagues in gaza. communication is very difficult. but does it seem to you right now that there is any semblance of a functioning medical and humanitarian system left inside gaza? no, the situation in gaza is absolutely drastic. it s a huge humanitarian crisis because not only of the israeli siege on gaza, but also, of this terrible bombardment. we ve lost up to now more than 10,000 people who were killed by israeli air strikes and bombardment. we ve lost 6,000 children, 6,000 children, stephen. nothing can justify that. but on top of that, israel is depriving gaza from fuel, from electricity, from food, from water and from medications. we have 17 medical teams working there around the clock. they do their best, but they tell me that the situation is intolerable. first of all, we have more than 130 children in incubators who could die at any moment be
Coverage is going to continue over on our companion network, cspan. You can also see all of todays fcc hearing later in our schedule. And on the cspan. Org. Here on cspan3, well bring you a discussion with House Democrats on the ways and Means Committee. They held a meeting yesterday on the republican tax reformulation. Joining them were House Democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and steny hoyer, invited speakers, mark zandi of moodys analytics and jason fuhrman, former chair of the white house economic advisers during the obama administration. This is 90 minutes. [deval patrick tolet me bring this hearing order. It might be the only hearing let me bring this hearing to order. Take note of the fact this may be the only hearing on impending tax legislation where conferees will get together for the first time today. I want to thank our witnesses for joining us. Todays hearing is the first, and as i noted, likely the only hearing on hr1, the Ryan Mcconnell tax legislation. So i thank our witn
The achairman ajit pai greeting witnesses as the meeting is set to get under way shortly. Well have live allday coverage here on cspan3. Welcome. December 2017 meeting of the federal Communications Commission. Madam secretary, turn the floor over to you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you, and good morning commissioners. The purpose of the federal Communications Commission open meeting is for the commission to consider the matters that have been duly posted in accordance with the government and the sunshine act. As provided in the commissions rules, members of the public are invited to observe, which includes attending, listening, and taking notes, but does not include participating in the meeting, or addressing the commission. Actions that purposely interfere or attempt to interfere with the commencement or conduct of the meeting, or inhibit the audiences ability to observe or listen to the meeting, including attempts by audience members to address the commission while the m
Crew Getting Crude Oil getting a boost, david billionaire environmentalist and democratic Megadonor Tom Steyer goes to washington to announce his political plans for 2018. At 2 00 this afternoon, the house of representatives reconvenes after their holiday break and at 4 10 this afternoon eastern time, President Trump addresses the American Farm be all federation anthony annual meeting in tennessee. That makes him the first sitting president to do that in 26 years. Alix emma chandra is here with first word news. Emma steve bannon is trying to get in President Trumps good graces. He has issued a lengthy apology for comment at the remarks came in the new behindthescenes book that raised doubts about President Trumps fitness for option. To avert theng out parcel shutdown partial partial on january 9 Government Shutdown. Theres no indication either side has budged on key issues, immigration and the budget cap. Lawmakers may decide to once again pass a shortterm spending measure. Theresa may
Somewhere between debating somewhere between 0. 25, 0. 5. Mark the British Chamber of commerce says the weaker pound is failing to boost u. K. Growth. We speak to the head of economics. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im mark barton in london. Check out european stocks today, on track for a weekly decline, continuing that trend of alternating between weekly drops and gains. Down today by 0. 2 on the european benchmark. Above 1. 20. Rising for a fifth day today, best run since august last year, aside from admitting the Exchange Rate and volatility is problematic. Draghi declining to talk about any action to reverse the course. Highest for the euro against the dollar since 2015. Look at the u. S. 10year yield. Down by a basis point. Lowest since november 8 last year. You know what happened on that day, the election in the u. S. Geopolitical tensions, Hurricane Irma, driving yields lower across europe as well. Nymex crude is lower today. It is headed for the first weekly gain since july a