[indiscernible conversations] President Biden good afternoon, everybody. I know the press has had a long session with the team here about what we are going to be talking about today and this afternoon. ,let me just start by saying i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the three people standing next to me here for what they agreed to do to help. Particularly my best buddy, john kerry. Asking a former secretary of state to come back and do this, i know it has been a big ask. It is my fault. I was going to blame kamala as well. Vice president harris why not . [laughter] President Biden i dont think anybody knows more about the issue. And the damage that has been done by some of the executive orders from the Previous Administration. We will get to it. Today is climate day at the white house, jobs day at the whe house. We are talking about about american innovation, products, labor. We are talking about the health of our families, cleaner water, cleaner air, and the health of our communit
Even more retaliation. Weve got the latest. Markets this morning pointing to rally at start of trading upbeat news on Moderna Vaccine. Dow industrials up 556 points and nasdaq up 97 and the s p up 42. New covid warning, though, for expected mothers as baby contracts the baby in the womb. Everything you need to know coming up. Big win for apple this morning, European Union court ruled in favor of the Technology Giant over multibillion dollar antitrust tax bill. The stock is up on the news, up 1 and a quarter percent. Goldman sachs among big banks reporting today along with dow component and United Health, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria and european markets like the Investor Sentiment of vaccine trials and london better consumer data. The cac quarante in paris up 63 and dax index up 122. In asia overnight, mix story, take a look, asian indices finishing like this overnight with shanghai composite down, japan was up one and two third and the others fractionally moving. Some
And Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton regarding the work and agenda of the s. E. C. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today, mr. Clayton, your willingness to testify is essential to our oversight much the s. E. C. The mission of the s. E. C. Is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and sufficient markets and facilitate capital formation. It plays a Critical Role in ensuring our nation has Capital Markets that the public can have confidence and trust in. It provides information to investors so as americans prepare for their futures, they may not only have a wide variety of financial opportunities, but they also have the information necessary to make informed investment decisions. Chairman clay torngs you came before this committee a year ago and assured us you would continue to take steps to ensure that the u. S. Capital markets remain the deepest, moshgt dynamic and liquid in the world. I commend you and the s. E. C. Staff for actions taken o
Cspan. Org, or listen with a free cspan radio app. Announcer cspan spoke with more than 50 freshman lawmakers of the 116th congress. We recently spoke with representatives in the midwest and northeast region. First up, angie craig. She is a former newspaper reporter and a Small Business investor. Rep. Craig i grew up in a mobile home court in arkansas. I have lived life at all extremes. My mom was a single mom. Who raised three kids mostly on our own. We had lots of farms around us. I grew up in rural america. I know what struggle looks like there. Tell us about the struggle for your family. Rep. Craig one of the things im most passionate about is making sure families have access to health care they can afford. My family did not have access themselves for a lot of my childhood. It is probably no secret that i have been working really hard to make sure that we stabilize the Affordable Care act and work toward how do we Structure Health care to make sure that every american has access to
Im most passionate about is making sure every family in this country has access to health care they can afford. Thats because i grew up in a family that did not have access to health care themselves for a lot of my childhood. It is probably no secret that i have been working really hard to make sure that we stabilize the Affordable Care act and work toward how do we Structure Health care to make sure that every american has access to it . Host how did you end up going from arkansas to minnesota . Rep. Craig i ended up working for a medical Technology Company. I ran the st. Jude medical foundation. A foundation that provided heart treatment for low income women. Im sure that is no surprise, given my own childhood. Saint jude recruited me from another medical Technology Company in tennessee. I moved from arkansas to tennessee when i was 18 to go to college. 60 miles from home. And i worked two jobs to put myself through college. Just like my mom had done all those years before. My family