One of islams most important sites blown away in a matter of seconds. Supposedly by Islamic State. It is if at first you do not succeed, try again. U. S. Senators debate a new form of health care presented by republican to repeal and replace obamacare. And what investors on wall street make of it all. Good to have you with us. It is not often that we can report on an upbeat meeting of European Union leaders but that is exactly what happened tonight in brussels. This is the first summit since brexit talks began earlier this week. The british Prime Minister just announcing citizens from the eu will be allowed to stay in the u. K. After breakfast. The german chancellor Angela Merkel tonight speaking with a new sense of optimism. It may have all to do with the man from france. This is the first summit with the newly elected president macron. Correspondent all eyes on inaugural macron, emmanuel macron. On the european stage, leaders are already relying on him to infuse new life into the eu.
Washington correspondent. Kevin, let me start with you. They have three whole weeks to get things done and they have to get health care through at least the senate with republicans. What are the chances . Kevin they have three weeks, but time is running out. Now posed with the option of rather to not whether not to negotiate with Heidi Heitkamp or muster a deal with alexa ted cruz and mike lee c. Some folks on capitol hill are suggesting that the majority leader is not potentially serious with working with democrats. He wants to put pressure on these republicans and say this is it. This is the moment. This is the opportunity in order to get some type of repeal and replacement effort on the Affordable Care act. Either way you start looking at the numbers of 2 million for opioid addiction or defunding planned parenthood. Look at the 22 million americans according to the nonpartisan congressional argent losedget office that would insurance because of this legislation and any look at the I
That is surging thanks to all things robotic power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. You can see stocks are higher right now. The dow is trying to avoid its third loss in four sessions. The s p 500 will be up for a third time if it can finish the green. Right now, its higher by five points not just best buy thats taking a beating, other retail names also getting hit dicks sporting goods, kohls, nordstrom, all off between 3 and 6 heres what else is happening at this hour tesla firing back at reports that sales in hong kong came to a halt this after a tax break for electric cars was slashed. Tesla says its business does not rely on Government Policies and the Hong Kong Government will continue to be strong. But for all you traditional car drivers, the average gallon of gas down to 2. 31. All you people in South Carolina can smile. You had the lowest average cost in america at 1. 93. More people are hitting the skies, as well Southwest Airlines says passenger traffic grows mo
Agreement, we will postpone the recorded vote until we have finished the debate on the batch of this seven. Members of the House Budget Committee will return shortly after house floor votes to continue debate and mark up of the gop budget plan for fiscal 2018. While we wait to bring you that live coverage, here is some of the Budget Discussion from earlier. The committee will now come to order and we will proceed with consideration of fiscal year 2018 concurrent resolution of the budget. I want to thank the Ranking Member for working with me to develop a structure for this markup that closely resembles and follows what has been done here in the past. Our goal is to have an open markup which both sides will have an opportunity to debate, the frame work for the fiscal 2018 concurrent budget resolution. We have a long day ahead of us and i thank everyone for their cooperation. We will complete our work by midnight and hopefully well before then. We all can work together, that may be possi
Agreement, we will postpone the recorded vote until we have finished the debate on the batch of this seven. Members of the House Budget Committee will return shortly after house floor votes to continue debate and mark up of the gop budget plan for fiscal 2018. While we wait to bring you that live coverage, here is some of the Budget Discussion from earlier. The committee will now come to order and we will proceed with consideration of fiscal year 2018 concurrent resolution of the budget. I want to thank the Ranking Member for working with me to develop a structure for this markup that closely resembles and follows what has been done here in the past. Our goal is to have an open markup which both sides will have an opportunity to debate, the frame work for the fiscal 2018 concurrent budget resolution. We have a long day ahead of us and i thank everyone for their cooperation. We will complete our work by midnight and hopefully well before then. We all can work together, that may be possi