Around Orange County and the inland empire, but in l. A. Itself, do you have a goal of what you think is reasonable to sign up over the next year or so . Im striving for 220,000. You are. If that takes us a series of years, so be it, but were putting rhettthe resources behind this. It pays us back many times over. It makes business sense first and foremost but it also makes ethical sense. You alluded to this before but cities may intervene on the other side . Were looking to have a lot of other cities who stepped up saying they want to be a part of it, too. We dont have, quote unquote, local government or the federal part of the government saying were against this because if just a few voices decided to challenge, we think we can get a coalition of cities much larger and that is an important counterbalance for any court. They may win this first round judging by what ive heard from the court its in but it will be appealed, of course. As its being appealed, its very important for america
President sarcoys of france. Chancellor merkel of germany and president calderone of mexico. It was initiated by congress but agreed to by all four leaders. So it is out of the ordinary that the speaker would decide that he would be inviting people to a joint session without any bipartisan consultation. And of course, we always our friendship with israel is a very strong one. Prime minister netanyahu has spoken to the joint session two times already. There are concerns about the fact that as i understand it from this morning, this presentation will take place within two weeks of the election in israel. I dont think that is appropriate for any country that the head of state would come here within two weeks of his own election in his own country. The more serious part of your question is about the sanctions. Yes, the president was correct in his presentation on the strength in which he presented his appeal to congress that we not have sanctions at this time. Putting it in perspective, th
The previous was just higher than that 111. 7. It was expected to come in at 112. Of. Both the numbers coming in slightly below expectations. The gdp data we had earlier about ten days ago now. The euro is at session lows down about half a percent. Germany has been a price the german tax so far is up better than 10. 5 and closed on a record high on friday. The economy continues to show signs of improvement. Jobless claims coming down. Unemployment rate at 6. 57 . Its been falling steadily. Absolutely. Lets get a reaction from the chief european economist. David, a better day in germany recently. This coming against expectations. Slightly weaker. Yeah. Consistent with germany and consistent with the eurozone more generally seeing expansions. Thing is one of the key things about greece going on. Europe is generally surprising on the upside. Overall we said the youren economy now has just turned the corner even before the ecb Bond Buying Program has begun. Yeah. Weve had several quarters
I am guy johnson. And i am francine lacqua. If you have 250,000 for a night out, we are back with the vegas whale who says sin cities most expensive table is worth every penny. Looking forward to that one. Lets begin with our big story of the morning. Shares are on the decline. Europes biggest oil and gas company has warned that Fourth Quarter profit will be significantly lower than recent levels due to a mix of lower than expected production and higherthanexpected costs. N. Joining us is bria thanks for joining us. A surprise, what happened today. It is very unusual for them to put out a statement two weeks before they were supposed to do earnings anyway. They have not done it for over a decade and they had a big scandal. Faceds new ceo has never the press. His first arrest conference will be quite entertaining even what he said this morning. How we gone from a situation where the numbers were cruising along ok, not great, but ok, to this . Has anything changed in the last 17 days . F
Ms. Mikulski mr. President , today we bring to the floor on a bipartisan basis the annual appropriation bills of the commerce, justice, science bill, the subcommittee on transportation, housing and urban development, and also agriculture and food and Drug Administration. I want to thank all the members of the Appropriation Committee for their tremendous work on these bills. First, i want to say a special word about my vicechairman Richard Shelby who has done the hard work and the Due Diligence of helping move the entire process, but also moving particularly our bill that funds the Commerce Department, Justice Department and the science programs like our space program. In terms of transportation, we have the able leadership of senator murray with her vicechairman senator collins and on agriculture chairman mark pryor and again his vicechairman roy blunt. This process is about moving america forward. This legislation that we are putting before the senate today puts americas middleclass f