Say if he had gotten that nomination, all of this would be a moot point. At the time Luther Strange did not. Alabamas present senator with us right now. Senator, very good to have you. Thank you, neil. Glad to be on with you today. How do you feel about this . Must be mixed emotions. Better sweet. Ive loved my time in the senate. We accomplished a lot. Even with the repeal and replace of obamacare. So its disappointing. Ive been honored to serve and looking forward to the next chapter. Its no accident that a lot of folks have said and polls seem to indicate that had you gotten that nomination, all of this drama wouldnt have been necessary. That you probably would have won. Well never know for sure. Right. Neil are you bitter . No, not at all. Im not one to look back. I have a motto many our family, theres no whines in politics. I accented the appointment to give me two years to become a good senator. The governor changed the date of the primary, which threw us into this situation. So t
Old party and no one shows up to Trace Gallagher on that prospect. Neil, theres a couple of big factors playing into this. One is the rising tension between the u. S. And north korea. Yesterday when the u. S. And south korea conducted exercises, kim jongun declared the peninsula was on the brink of war. Then the fact that the olympic venues in south korea are only 50 or so miles from the demilitarized zone, which is well in range of weapons. During the story with martha maccallum, nikki haley was asked directly if the u. S. Olympic team should attend the Winter Olympics. Heres how she answered. I think it depends on whats going on at the time in the country. We have to watch this closely and its changing by the day. Yeah, haley was asked if she felt comfortable sending a Family Member to the games. She said it has to go with what is happening at the time. Today the white house was asked about the olympics and Sarah Sanders first said this. Watch her. U. N. Ambassador said its an open q
Interest rates in an environment that is not ideal, this is the same criticism of President Trump that said the Federal Reserve risks pouring cold water on a market rallies that been going on without abandon. That is until whats been going on in the last couple weeks. With todays fall off, the s p 500, the dow, are off better than 12 from their highs. The nasdaq about 17 from its highs. All into correction territory. What define as bear market . You get 20 or more. Heres the killer there. 2 3s of the stocks that inhabit the s p 500 are well into that bear market territory. More from Kristina Partsinevelos with what is going on. Kristina . Yeah, you saw this happened in the last ten minutes. This has to do with algorithms that are selling off shares like head funds and et cetera. All markets in negative territory for the day. You have concerns about a recession, slow down, Global Growth. More specifically for the nasdaq trading lower. You have the world stock on nasdaq. There was a poll
Washington with what lawmakers can do to strike a deal, ellison barber at the white house on what donald trump is planning to do and christina in new york city. Despite a market meltdown, christmas shoppers with lastminute deals. We begin with doug mikell way. Reporter we were number one powerful Committee Chairman leaders on both sides of the aisle were able to look at a situation like this, 1. 3 billion the democrats want for Border Security, 5. 7 billion the republicans ones for border wall and strike a deal. Split the difference, shake hands, call it a day and go home for christmas and spare the country this unnecessary ordeal, but that is not where we are in the 21st century. Weve seen it many times. Both houses will convene at noon today but they have nothing to do. A Skeleton Crew. Many members of left for the holidays, to the frustration of many including this one republican senator. If we stay in session everyone has to stay here and debate, keep everyone in the room, they fin
President trump wants the opportunity to present his case fairly and robustly. He says the white house is working very carefully with Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and senate republicans. Meanwhile, lawmakers are gone until january 26. Senate impeachment trial is totally up in the era. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the house of representatives home for the holidays without sending the articles of impeachment over to the senate. But a complicating factor for pelosi and her team as harvard law professor testified in a impeachment hearing trump is not impeached until the house tells the senate. The house judiciary blasted the speaker. Remember, it will be a conscious vote. Vote your conscience. We are doing this for the morals of our country. And clear and present danger that the president creates and holding the documents. This is just speaker pelosi, different from what shes done from day one. She has not said one thing, get this president defeated. At the top senator leaders Mitch