Fed chair Janet Yellenss before the committee today. First, lets get you right to the top stories we are following. Janet yellen serve notice that a change in the feds plus pledge to be patient on the timing of an increase would signal that liftoff could come at any meeting. Yellens comments come before testimony at the Senate Banking committee. Modification of the Forward Guidance should not be read as indicating that the committee will necessarily increase the target range in a couple of meetings. Instead, the modification should become too understood the conditions improve to the point where it should be the case the change in the target range could be warranted at any meeting. Up near quarter percent at 20. 2115. Up over half a percent at 18,000 tonight. And the nasdaq composite, 49 and free. The Conference Board says Consumer Confidence fell more than expected this month. Februarys number is slightly below the Monthly Average for an expansion. The greek bailout has been put on hol
Team over the last two years have left. 11 out of 15. So when our colleagues leave, we ask the general lift to absorb those patients, carry their own panels and continue to see these patients. I dont know how we can do that. I know you know because we all have Family Members that work at kaiser. We are all members of kaiser. We all get treatment at kaiser. I know you know this and i wish our employers would too and do something about it. Lastly, i think i just want to add that our program has been expanding for the past few years. It used to be a program for teenagers. We are seeing 7 and 8 years old in our program. That is not okay. I have a 10 year old. I dont want my kid to end up in this place. They are not getting more sick. They are just not being seeing. I want that to be very clear. Our youth are not getting more sick. They are not being seeing and treated for mild anxiety adjustment, mild depression. Social skills, things like that. And so they end up getting worse and worse a
Right under the law and whats right for our patients. Thank you for your comments. Public speaker my name is steve, also a member of kaiser. I think its really not only sickening whats going on at kaiser but its clinical. They have committed to provide Mental Health care to clients, their members, they are not doing it. Frankly, the reason they have a board of supervisors with contempt because they are not being held accountable. What i think it means is this board of supervisors, if you are serious, to call on the San Francisco District Attorney to investigate the prosecution of kaiser for fraud. They are committing fraud on the people of san franciscans. They make promises and they dont carry them out and institute an investigation and criminal charges against the executives of kaiser for committing these acts of fraud which have led to the deaths and suicide of the patients who didnt get care. Its requiring the federal law to require from state law and they are just ignoring it. If
8. It is also a back to work week for members of congress. Lawmakers return tomorrow following the fiveweek august recess. Congress coming back to capitol hill with a growing list of issues to vote on, including the budget, the debt ceiling, and immigration. We be in with more on syria and today we are breaking down the vote and the question this way, for those that support military intervention, the number to call is 2025853880. , 2025853881. If you remain undecided, thats number to call is 2025853882. We are also collecting your e. Ails at journal cspan. Org lets begin with some of the headlines outside of washington dc. The boston sunday globe. From the front page of the Chicago Tribune is this headline times he l. A. He spent the time preparing for his speech and also a golf outing. The president is doing a series of Network Interviews tomorrow. Lets go to the front page of the New York Times a couple of polls over the last few days. A new pew poll showing the majority of americans
Good morning. It is friday, october 24th and look its dark in times square. Those days are come, cold rainey fall days. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have chairman of deutsche incorporated and nicholas. The kids call him nicki c. Young lashing kent. Nicki c. All right. So we got some news here. Were talking about political news. A serious situation obviously in new york, but if they got it controlled, like if everything has been handled correctly shouldnt be too much of a problem. One question about the process, but it did go as it was supposed to go as they said it would. Well start in new york city where a doctor who recently returned from west africa has tested positively for the ebola virus. At this hour dr. Craig spencer is being treated at bellevue hospital. Hes the fourth case diagnosed in the u. S. And first outside of texas. Dr. Spencer an emergency room doctor who was working in guinea for the Group Doctors without border. He returned to the u. S. On october 17th.