They give mr. President. I yield the floor. Mr. President , on friday night the president issued an executive order striking wer at the hearts of our democracy i wish i were exaggerating or this were a game but it didnt believe as a religious test keeping immigrants from entering the country is illegal and unconstitutional and immoral and it must be overturned a. The effects of this order were immediate and terrifying for people in massachusetts my office got a call from iranian citizen t to see his daughter currently receiving treatment for cancer and was denied boarding in germanypprovd and said back to where rain and prepare a woman who already was approved but they would not allow her to board a flight to the united h states. Resident who has a student visa could not board the flight. Another resident called because her radiance sisters were denied boarding at heathrow both had of validhe o visa one is a visiting professor at harvard and other is at harvard medical. Chorus student
Ms. Warren mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from massachusetts. Ms. Warren thank you, mr. President. On friday night, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that strikes at the very heart of our democracy. I wish that i were exaggerating. I wish that there were some thrsh this were some sort of a game. But the ban that keeps refugees and immigrants from entering our country is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is immoral, and it must be overturned. The effects of this order were immediate and terrifying for people in massachusetts and all across this country. My office got a call from an iranian citizen who was traveling to massachusetts to see his daughter who is currently receiving treatment for cancer. He was denied boarding in germany and sent back to iran. We heard from a woman who already has an approved immigrant visa but still hasnt found an airline that will allow her to board a flight to the United States. And a massachusetts resident called becau
In asia, the nikkei closed up by 1 . Shanghai was down about 0. 4 . Hang seng was up by 0. 6 . In europe, some of the early trading right now, it looks like the dax is up by 0. 6 . The cac and the ftse are flat. If youve been watching the tenyear note. We fell below 2. 4 on the tenyear yield. This morning that yield is at 2. 38 4 off the lows of yesterday. If you look at crude oil prices, crude down 11 for the month. Its up 42 cents today, sitting just above 48 at 48. 16. President trump will be taking aim at former president Barack Obamas Climate Change policy by signing an executive order on Energy Independence today. The order will seek to curb the federal governments enforcement of climate regulations and focus on protecting american drives. The move expected to get legal and political pushback. The monthly s p 500 caseshiller home price index comes out at 9 00 a. M. At 10 00, march Consumer Confidence. Several fed officials speaking today, including janet yellen on Work Force Deve
Highexecutive pay. Coming up. The deal of the day, big deal 65 billiondollar merger. We will bring it to you. Cyber threat of american athletes, credit cards, we use them every day but a new study says most americans probably do not understand the contract because theyre too hard to read. What you need to know to protect yourself. In markets futures indicating stocks will open fractionally better this morning after another big move yesterday. In europe take a look at how the tone was set, rebound in the price of oil, in asia overnight declines across the board. Kospi index in korea closed for a holiday and all the stories coming up this morning. Joining me to talk about maverick cochair morgan and scott martin and former cia diligence president mike baker. Good to see, everybody. Morgan good morning. Maria a lot to talk about this morning. Definitely, the markets have been front and center this week, havent they . We went through this period a couple of months post brexit. So much on t
Good afternoon everybody. Happy friday. I thought i would take some questions but first let me say a few words. This morning we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs in july. Thats on top of about 300,000 new jobs in june. So we are now in a sixmonth streak with at least 200,000 new jobs each month. Thats the first time that has happened since 1997. Over the past year we have had more jobs than any year since 2006 and all told our businesses have created 9. 9 million new jobs over the past 53 months. Thats the longest streak of privatesector job creation in our history. And as we saw in wednesday the economy grew at a strong pace in the spring. Companies are investing, consumers are spending, American Manufacturing energy, technology autos all are booming. Thanks to the decisions we have made and the grid and resilience of the American People we have recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost any other advanced country on earth. So the good news i