The issues in front of the energy and Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. My goal is to make sure we are leading on climate, driverless cars, closing the Digital Divide. Making sure america is leading and the rest of the world is following. Peter one of the issues before your subcommittee right now is privacy. What do you want to have done . It is very Important Congress act. That we set a National Standard for privacy in the u. S. What is happening is we are seeing a patchwork of laws. California has led with the law that is going into effect right now. Other states are introducing their own laws. Washington state has introduced legislation. There are 80 bills being introduced at the state level addressing privacy because congress is not acting. We need to have a standard or else we risk a patchwork of laws that are only going to cause confusion for consumers and make it difficult for businesses. We could run into a situation where a business wo
Officials. Representative Cathy Mcmorris rodgers, when you let Republican Leadership in the house, he basically had your choice of any committee you wanted. Why did you choose energy and commerce . Guest im excited to be on the energy and commerce right now. Energy and Commerce Committee has it at the forefront of americas competitiveness, at the forefront of our future, the issues and from the energy and Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. My goal is to make sure we are leading on energy, climate, healthcare, technology, 5g, driverless cars, closing the Digital Divide making sure america is leading and the rest of the world is following our leadership. Host as a Top Republican on the Consumer Protection subcommittee, one of the issues right now is privacy. Where is your marker . What you want to have done . Guest its very important that congress act. Its important that we set a National Standard for privacy in the United States of america. Right
August but mostly, especially the Fourth Quarter, has been knocking it out of the park. We do know that today and for the week it is a holiday shortened week and what that means for volume. Take a look at the volume chart i am showing here in my terminal. Given that it is a holiday shortened start everyone but me is on vacation, volume is down 50 from the average. The biggest drops in volume, healthcare, real estate, and utilities, the safety sectors are not being traded today. Youre getting a broadbased risk on sentiment. For me in San Francisco it is all about amazon and Consumer Discretionary is really leading the way. All of the other sectors are only up about one half of 1 . But take a look at amazon leading gains after posting another big holiday season. Billions of items were shipped, tens of millions of amazon devices like the echo. Were sold. And if we flip up the board is mostly risk on with crude and copper rising. Haven, alsofe catching 8 10 of 1 . That is a look at u. S. M
With beijing and washington talks. We are waiting for had for that. The hang seng raising some of the losses we have seen. Mckay up three quarters of 1 . Asx, which has had a rough time of it. Up 6 10 of 1 . A bad day for manila. David yesterday, we were down 1 that is standing on the screens. Rishaad lets have a look at some of the other asset classes. This is a position we have had. Nickel has had a torrid time should it has entered a bear market. 20 down since the beginning part of september. Prices may snap back next year if the conditions start to reemerge. A bit of a loose side of things that has driven things downward. Investors have continued to grapple with the uncertainty of trade. Lets have a look at what is going with the australian dollar. Just up a fraction at the moment. We had the commonwealth of australias pi numbers. Inwed manufacturing contractor he services. Picture,t the crude . 25 toks at 20 the barrel. The 10 year yield on the japanese bonds. The are yielding eig
Not enough, wall street getting lift from another company. Another shoe drops, facebook regulators set to launch a separate probe Worldwide Exchange begins right now. We always try to play it right down the middle of the road good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever in the world you are watching im Brian Sullivan thank you for watching going to capitol hill where sources are telling nbc news that the whistleblower has been declassified and is expected to be released this morning we have more now from washington reporter in a new nbc news tally indicates that a majority of the house of representatives now favor some sort of action in impeachment proceedings of President Trump. President trump returns now after all of this impeachment talk acting director of National Intelligence testifies before the house and Senate Intelligence committees today. He arrived hours after members read the whistleblower report i found the allegations deeply disturbing. I also found them very