Technology and Government Affairs will come to order. I recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here, and its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries both internal and external have sought to suppress. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today were here to talk about the best way to protect our integrity of our Voting Systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nation widethat administer elections. And even within states counties use different systems to conduct elections. A year ago last september Ranking Member kelly and i held a hearing ensuring the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential issues with the up coming election. It was an issue then and remains an issue now. The former secretary has made clear to the best of his knowledge the russians did not alter
Unstoppable with his pitches all year can he knock it out of the park once again well find out first, its been a stellar year for the markets dow, s p, and nasdaq on pace for their best performance since 2013 check out wynn, up nearly 100 boeing, d. R. Horton, paypal, up 90 . Caterpillar, best buy, facebook all surging. These are a few of the stocks that have been smashing record after record all year. The question is simple tonight do you stick with these high fliers heading into the new year there are specific names that stand out. Wynn and best buy are two names ive loved for a long time i continue to like them. Best buy is more appealing to me now that wynn. Wynn has had an absolutely incredible run, 100 gains thats stock that steve wynn was in there and telling you, this is too cheap, im buying my own stock back now hes got 12 million shares of his own stock thats a guy who is committed and showed us the way. But is the valuation a little high if theres any missteps in macau, that
Iranian nuclear deal. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily im emily chang, and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, our conversation with u. S. Transportation secretary elaine chao. Her approach to regulating autonomous cars. Our conversations with the ceos of arm holdings and turner. A member of congress is calling out apples ceo over the companys response to batterygate. Senators john senator john thune speaks out. First, u. S. Stocks fell for the first time this year. The s p 500 index, snapping a sixday rally, that was the longest since october. Abigail doolittle is in new york. What brought this on . Abigail with the record highs we have seen for the major averages this year, last year, the averages since 2016. After the big gains, investors stepping back a little bit, especially before earnings season kicks in. That said, we saw some
A part of every deal. Border patrol and immigration agents raided nearly 100 7eleven convenience stores. Interviewedd workers as part of an ongoing investigation. In moscow, Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met with his iranian counterpart to discuss the situation. The situation in syria, where both president s support bashar alassad. He also pledged support for the Iranian Nuclear deal. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily im emily chang, and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, our conversation with u. S. Transportation secretary elaine chao. Her approach to regulating autonomous cars. Plus, we bring you more big names from the consumers electronic show. Our conversations with the ceos of arm holdings and turner. A member of congress is calling out apples ceo over the companys response to batterygate. Senator john thune speaks out. F
Democrats decry President Trumps decision to block the Immediate Release of the democratic memo as politically motivated. Today, we are asking your thoughts on President Trumps decision not to release the memo immediately. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats can call 202 7488000. And independents can call 202 7488002. And onal media cspanwj facebook at facebook. Com cspan. More on the president s decision to delay the release of the memo from the Washington Post today President Trump will not immediately release the democratic memo refuting claims itshe fbi abused Surveillance Authority host which he said game support for his claim that the russian , that the fbi was politically motivated. Johnng us by phone is bennett, the White House Reporter at cq roll call. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. The result of this decision five the president to delay and review this memo as opposed to declassify what he did the republican memo . Guest i think the biggest t