Jap japans exports fell 6. 7 in june, much more than expected. They were looking for a 5. 4 drop tex tend the bigger surprise drop was a 5. 2 drop in importeds versus the 0. 2 decline economists were expected the nikkei was down by 2 . Hang seng off by a half percent. The shanghai down by 1 . In europe, red arrows there as well spain off by 1 . Lesser losses for the other averages check out the treasury market. You will see that the treasury market this morning is showing the tenyear with a yield of 2. 054 United Health just reporting moments ago. Posting Second Quarter profit of 3. 60 per share. That Beat Estimates of 15 cents. Revenue came in ahead of wall street forecasts the Company Raised its fullyear forecast well talk about this more with ana gupte. Netflix shares are falling sharply this morning the Company Reported a drop of 130,000 u. S. Subscribers in the past quarter on the Conference Call Reed Hastings attributed the lower growth in part to its Program Lineup during the qu
Reach a bipartisan agreement on the Strategic Forces subcommittee mark and that was a sad day for us on that subcommittee. My amendment would restore the authority of the department of defense to deploy the low yield variant of the w 762 warhead. Our deterrence requires that the United States have a proportional response available for any miscalculation. Low yield weapons are critical to our security because they give us a credible deterrent. Russias confidence that if they were to strike us we would have the capability and the will to respond in a proportional manners makes a strike by the russians less likely not more likely. Mr. Chairman, this is why the 2018 Nuclear Posture review included the requirement that the United States develop and deploy the low yield submarine launched Ballistic Missile as soon as possible. The npr highlighted how critical this capability is to close the deterrence gap and provide credible Response Options to russia to deescalate doctrine. There was an im
Much. Things a lot. You can watch live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. The senate is about to gavel back in for more debate on defense programs and policy this afternoon. Shortly we take live to the floor of the u. S. Senate for more debate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Cornyn madam president , yesterday the Senate Overwhelmingly voted to proceed to the National Defense authorization act by a vote of 868. Excuse me, 866. Thats about as overwhelming a bipartisan vote as weve had lately, and its for good reason. Because this bill represents one of our most fundamental duties as a United States congress, which is to authorize military expenditures and to provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need in order to protect the American People. The Defense Authorization bill would authorize funding for the d
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