Clintons administration serving for nearly eight years. She was 78. And in a 5. 0 nag any attitude earthquake in central oklahoma damaged several buildings. The Downtown Energy hub of cushing was blocked off and part of the area was without power for two hours. There were several gas leaks but Officials Say they have been contained. No lifethreatening injuries were reported. A spokesman for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Says that they have been in contact with pipeline operators in cushing and no immediate reports of problems. Weird, though. Never was an earthquake center. Odd. Back to the political story this morning, the fbi director james comey is maintaining his recommendation that Hillary Clinton not face charges following the newlydiscovered emails. And ayman is here with more. Good morning, joe. We had twists and turns down to the last day in the president ial campaign. But late yesterday the fbi director james comey sent a letter to capitol hill saying the fbi completed i
Guys to weigh in. H you guys have been weighing in about this already, tweet us and use the hashtag, 5 6 30. The first it came up last night. Tom bryce, a huge critic of the Affordable Care act will leave the. Hes a Third Generation doctor who previously ran an atlanticbased orthopedic donald trump also named seem am veer ma who was the artic of medicaid changes in indiana to run a crucial section. Ion. Its reported that verma has close ties to Vice President side mike pence. Which would make sense. Show you was mom name id tomm serve as the department of through the senate, shell be the First American asian woman who hold a cabinet position. The big question is who will be the secretary of state. Mitt romney met with thee president elect. Pres a lot of the names going aroundg right now. Righ were going to bring in another, been syringier. He joins us tonight via skype. Y. What do you make of this, this paneling try where we keep seeing all of these names into trump tower and other pla
Decades ago, and thats the prohibition of discrimination in housing based on race, sex, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability and family status. Its the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act was in many ways the culmination of the legislative fight for civil rights in the 1960s. It was the first effective federal law guarding against discrimination in the sale and the rental of housing in the United States and for nearly 50 years, it has been employed to assure that every american can choose where to live free from discrimination and the immoral and unconstitutional consequences of residential segregation. Weve come a long way since the 1960s, but we are by no means all of the way there. Today discrimination is still a reality in housing markets all across the country. There are cases in every single state of landlords misrepresenting the availability of housing or outright refusing to sell or rent to certain protected individuals or groups of people. There are othe
Impose a new set of regulations under the employment Retirement Income security act or erisa on a greatly expanded number of people. Under current law, brokers and dealers that provide services to retirement plans are already heavily regulated. They are not, however, automatically consider labor law fiduciaries and therefore they are not subject to the increased liability provided under erisa. Instead, these Service Providers are subject to regulations issued by the securities and Exchange Commission to protect investors from fraud and ensure transparency. Under the new d. O. L. Rule, virtually any broker that provides Investment Advice of any kind to individuals regarding their individual retirement accounts or iras will be considered a pension plan fiduciary subject to Higher Standards and greater liability. As my colleagues have aptly noted, this rule will reduce the availability of Investment Advice for retirees and make the advice that is available more expensive which will have a
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