Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000, and , 202 7488002. We will get to your calls in a minute but first running us on the phone is jennifer shutt, the budget appropriations reporter for c q roll call to talk a little bit more about a continuing resolution in washington. When they say that this continuing resolution keeps the current spending level going into 2017, what does that mean exactly in dollars . Guest every year the federal government is supposed to get 12 Appropriations Bills passed by september 30 when the fiscal year expires. They were not able to do that this year so they passed a temporary stopgap spending bill which we call a continuing resolution. One of the criticisms from appropriators is that it continues those fiscal 2016 spending levels into fiscal 2017, which can cause some problems. We heard the department of defense repeatedly Tell Congress that it causes a lot of problems for them. One of the important points to make about the continuing resolution
Receiving it. According to child care aware, one of the many groups that help with the legislation i just mentioned, the child care act, they tell us that particularly in urban and Rural Communities there is a severe shortage of highquality or licensed childcare facilities. In pennsylvania, where we have a significant state investment in l child care, only 3. 5 of childcare slots for children birth to age four years old are in the highestquality programs. For many families who can even find care, the cost is very burdensome. For most families child care is often the secondmost costly expense behind only housing. Just imagine that, the secondhighest expense in the life of the family for far too many families is child care, second only to housing. In 2014, in more than half of the United States a year of Childcare Costs more than a year of College Tuition at a public college. That is another stunning comparison. We hear it all the time from real people, not just numbers or studies. We he
With all the days sport including the Champions League group stages get underway with the show down between two europes giant clubs. Austria has become the latest country to introduce tougher boarder checks in an effort to control the refugee crisis. Austria will introduce the new measures on tuesday, following its neighbor germany. How longry has declare add state of emergency at it has introduced tough new laws. A scale of the crisis continues to grow, the European Union border agency, says 156,000 people crossed into europe last month. That brings laugh a million that have come here since the start of the year. This is the scene live now at the crossing on serbias border with hungary. Where hundreds have gathered. The minister has appealed to reopen the crossing. It makes life even harder for refugees. Many have found themselves stuck in no mans land, with no way in, and no way back to serbia. They dont understand it, i told the army to just tribe our situation, that its a humanitar
The whole thing is over and we can go back home. Relief and jubilation, jailed al jazeera journalists are pardoned in egypt. First we begin in yemen where two suicide bombers have blown themselves up inside a mosque in the capital sanaa killing at least 25 people. The attack happened during prayers marking the muslim holiday of eid. We believe at least 30 people have been injured. Muslims around the world are gathering to celebrate the start of the eid holiday. These are the latest pictures from outside the alaqsa mosque compound in east occupied east jerusalem. There wont be any age restrictions real jazeera plied on thursday for russ limbs wanting to enter the holy site. Scott heidler joins us from occupied east gentleman russ legal. What is it like there at the moment . Reporter yes, we are at damascus gate and this is one of the mount entries in to the old see and the alaqsa mosque there was a heightened Israeli Security forces presence here this is something we have seen since fri
Slightly positive territory for some of the averages right now. The dow though is down ten points. About five off the s p 500. 1750 is the level. The nasdaq sitting just above the 4,000 mark off 20. Speaking of moment of truth, twitter with its first Quarterly Results since going public due to hit within the hour. Investors will get their first real look at the numbers. Well see if they justify a stock price thats now up more than 150 since that initial Public Offering here that we remember so well. We will get you those full results right after the bell. And were not finished with earnings either. Disney also reports. A big bellwether for the economy and bob iger will be joining us here on the closing bell as soon as the numbers are released. Twitter and disney, two very Important Companies reporting in this jittery market right now. And lets remind people where we sit. After a series of losses to start out the year and after the worst start to a february in some time, we look a littl