Gerri Health Connect tore, the Massachusetts Health exchange, is under fire. The officials appeared to have lied to the federal government about the progress of the website. The report coming days after federal investigators issued a subpoena for records from the troubled health exchange. Here to weigh in douglas holtzeakin, president of American Action forum. Great to see you. This is one of the many state obama care exchanges. We come to find out that state officials knew that particular exchange was off track more than a before it was supposed to be launched did nothing. Massachusetts was the model for obama care. Are you surprised by this . Does appear to have been the model for obamacare. Healthcare. Gov didnt work. The connecttor didnt work. Nobody told the boss on healthcare. Gov and massachusetts and nobody got fired. They appear to be on the same track. The problem is politics as usual. You get invested in a topdown solution. No one wants to tell the top it is not working. You
The founder and ceo on the 100 million it has raised for charity, auctioning off celebrity experiences. That and more on this hour of markets now. I miss Connell Mcshane so he could carry some of the weight. Black friday, hope everyone had a great thanksgiving but stocks are trading until 1 00. Lets go to the New York Stock Exchange where Nicole Petallides is standing by on the shortened trading day. Nicole we had our markets closed for the thanksgiving holiday. However in europe and asia they were easily awaiting the market opened, halfday of trading moving at 1 00, u. S. Stocks are having a good day on wall street, record levels once again, the nasdaq 4 thousands 64, Dow Jones Industrial 16,055 and the s p at 1812, all three are higher and a record, look at the retailers, the thanksgiving day, black friday people running in for a limited brands, abercrombie, walmart pulling back but retailers are talking about a lot of traffic and a lot of deals and so far so good for these guys and
Challenges that findings the ukraine Opposition Leader has a calling for a general strike up to the parliamentary allies failed to topple the government in effect no confidence. The test is the role suspecting that i have located the key buildings amid the deepening crisis said the governments rejection of christ that our eyes to the European Union meanwhile nate and has criticized the crackdown. We hunt them. They yours. Our Excessive Force against peaceful demonstrators in ukraine. We color on all or part is to reframe from the locations and violence washington has also voiced concerns. We urge the uk government to listen. Voices of the people that want to live in freedom and we urge all sides to conduct themselves peacefully the violence has no place in a modern european state despite the testicles for him to resign ukraines president Viktor Yanukovich has left the country for china as a gesture of confidence that security can be maintained at him. Our correspondent in kiev says the
Orders looking flat. Consumer demand is measured. Capital goods coming out as a measure of corporate demand, looking up. I will bite you. [laughter] easy, easy. Dont do it, i will lose my contract with adidas. 9 45, pmi, purchasing Managers Index. A lot of earnings. Noble, General Mills, monsanto, bed bath and beyond. I need towels. Gopro is pricing tonight. 2123 . Begins trading tomorrow. President hosting shimon perez at the white house for lunch. Beyonce and jayz kicking off their first combined national tour. Not only are they married, seeking together. The summer concert series. They are not the two that went to florence. No. Kanye counts them as friends. Odds on how long that lasts . This is number three, kardashians. We look at the inner tame industry. Stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities ugly yesterday. 0 points. , down 10 yields have come in, 2. 6 to 2. 58. Nymex crude, 106. 56. 12 on under 11 to above the vix. Dow down. Two year yield gets my attention, creeping higher. Wor
Those of you here in the audience and people who are joining us virtually. With the election less than three weeks away, it is important to remember it is essential to preserving our democratic republic that we have secure elections in which every citizen who is eligible to vote is to cast a ballot. We want a process in which when it is over everyone agrees, even the candidates who lost and their supporters that we had a fair and honest election. How do we do that . That is the question today. It begs the question, are comprehensive election audits a way to achieve that goal . In depth audits of elections are almost nonexistent yet indepth financial and accounting audits are standard practice. Heritage has published a new study explaining this issue available online. It is called best practices and standards for election audits. I encourage you to read it or download it. Today we have three experts with us to discuss this very important question. The honorable senator paul that in cour