To our viewers in the United States and those of you joining us around the world, welcome. We have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. We are live at Yankee Stadium for derek jeters last game, weather permitting. We have details on obamas latest comments on the ebola epidemic. Peter cook has word that attorney general eric holder will step down. We will get to all of that in just a minute, but first, stocks are falling the most in eight weeks as apple shares tumble and concern is growing that russia macys foreign assets. The dow extended a fouryear high, fueling speculation that the fed is a step closer to raising interest rates. Lets take a close look at the numbers. The s p 500 is down about one. 5 . The Dow Jones Industrial falling as well today. The nasdaq falling as well, down 1. 8 . We will get a check on the markets from Olivia Sterns as we follow equity trading throughout the hour. Now lets get to peter cook with details on attorney general eric hold
Williamsburg virginia, i had to leave for an Important Senate vote on iraq. Handed the gavel to our most conservative republican member. Someone in whom i had trust. That shocked people. But it helped on the consensus. In the end, we were proud, madam president , to vote 320, in support of the legislation that we put forward, and our policy statement as a whole. And that included both policies ed through the creation of a new refundable Child Tax Credit for the first time, and a major expansion hoff the earned income tax credit, which has lifted millions of American Families out of poverty. It worked. Because we listened to one another. Respected one another. And we wanted to come to an agreement. It was clear, obvious. And there it was, 320. Unbelievable but it happened. Is that possible these days . My answer is, yes. And i believe that we can see that the spirit again, as we address the future of the bipartisan Childrens Health Insurance Program shift, thats the way its known. It cu
Relative merits will benefit our consideration. I particularly want to thank mr. King and mr. Shack bow for their work chabot for their work and congresswoman lofgren and congressmann deutch for their work. This deserves careful consideration by the committee. I yield back. Thank you. I would now like to recognize the full Committee Ranking members, the distinguished gentleman from michigan, congressman conyers. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I wanted to begin by mentioning that our colleague from new york, mr. Indiana nadler, wanted to be here today but he is at the Supreme Court where there is oral argument going on in a very important case, and i wanted his absence to be noted and that he is very concerned about the proceedings taking place here in the Judiciary Committee. The sunshine in courtroom act, of course, would authorize photography, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any Court Proceeding held in the Federal District court. And in the Circuit Court of
Of writing, making things come alive in a fair, relevant way, youre going to find a position. Thank you. You bet. Thanks for being here. Real quickly. Yes or no, michael, is that it . Just yes or no. Im kelly mcgowan. I have another ethics question. What do you do to get everybody on your staff on the same page ethically . Get everybody on the same page ethically . Like what do you do to ensure your staff is all on the same page constant coaching, transparency. Here is what is expected if you want to work for me, and if you cant live by those rules, you wont. Okay. Lets face it, ethics is a nonnegotiable thing, okay . Its not. Michael, you know that certainly in your classes and what it is youre teaching. Its nonnegotiable conversations related to the ethics. You want to be in this business, to be credible, relevant to the readers and advertisers i serve, you dont play by the ethics game, youre not going to work for us. Thank you. My name is nicole. Im in a Research Class and our littl
This morning, president obama nominated former Defense Department official Ashton Carter to be his fourth defense secretary. He would replace chuck hagel. Mr. Carter has served in a number of roles within the department as defense secretary from 2011 to 2013. Watch the president s announcement of his nomination at cspan. Org. The cspan cities tour takes book tv and American History tv on the road traveling to u. S. Cities to learn about their history. This weekend we visit waco, texas. As we began to receive the vinyl to be saved, we began turning over the b sides of the 45s that we received. First off, gospel music was not widely heard in the white community. What it was, it was only the hits, if that. The b or flip side would be heard less. What we discovered quickly was how many of the b side songs were directly related to the civil rights movement. Since theres few databases and none of them are complete on gospel music, didnt know that. We didnt know the sheer number of songs that