Microbiomes. In simplest terms, they are the entire collection of various tiny organisms such as bacteria and fungi that live in and on our body. Scientists is have found that upsetting the balance can lead to illness and, conversely, understanding microbiomes better can help improve our health. We have trillions of organisms in our body that make up our microbii dont mean mat, so researchers are using big data to learn more about them and how they work. So how can we take advantage of what microbiomes tell us . Well, here to talk to me now about this Promising New Research is the founder and chief science officer of viome which uses technology and microbiome biology to improve health. Momo, thank you very much for joining us. Lets start, if we may, by understanding what the problem is here. Whats the Health Challenge that youre trying to address . We have a massive, massive epidemic of chronic diseases. Youve heard about parkinsons and alzheimers ask and diabetes and obesity and so on
While futures are off their highs following the release of that complaint but we will still be up about 50 points on the dow, up maybe 4 on the s p, 4. 5 on the nasdaq. We were higher than that before the whistleblower complaint was released. We have come down a little bit but not that much. Look, this is going to be a very big day for politics and of course, for your money. You are going to see Speaker Pelosis news conference. Thats in our 10 00 hour. The speaker owns the impeachment process. She favors quote, a quick, narrow impeachment probe focused on ukraine. Hold on. Theres a great deal happening on the corporate front as well. First off, peloton goes public at 29 a share. This is another big name ipo which is losing money and its facing lawsuits from music stars who want more money for appearing on the peloton workout screen. We will show you the first peloton trade. How about this. An aboutface for mcdonalds. Yes, they are planning a meatless burger. Watch beyond meats stock go
They blame higher costs, they blame amazon for the competition in shipping, and of course, they are blaming china and the tra war, blaming the Global Economy as a whole. We have a huge show for you. Look at this lineup. Senator roger wicker will be grilling social Media Companies on the hill next hour but we have him first. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on that fiery Cory Lewandowski hearing. Martha maccallum on Elizabeth Warren getting grilled by Stephen Colbert. And tom brady and Dennis Rodman are on the show as well. Wow. What a lineup. All the big names are here. Im david asman in for stuart. Varney company starts right now. David we have some breaking news from President Trump. He just tweeted out quote, i have just instructed the secretary of the treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran. Check oil, it is now trading after hours, remember, it came down tremendously yesterday, its still dropping. Now its under 59. Looks like its headed to 57 a barrel quite a dif
Us. We have all got a stake in the action. 55 million 401 k holders, 35 million i. R. A. Holders, Union Pension plans, government worker Pension Plans, all benefit from the trump rally. Maybe records today. Politics. This is the day the democrats define themselves and their party. In a couple of hours, Speaker Pelosi takes to the podium. She will try to bring a badly divided Party Together. They are split on impeachment and split on how far left to go on the Green New Deal and open borders. Then tonight, theres the democrat debate. That too will define the party as it goes to the 2020 election. Same story. How far left will they go. Weve got a big show for you guaranteed. We are dealing with vaping, guns and the europeans, yes, they are printing money again. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart here it comes. A tweet from the president moments ago. It is, im going to read it for you, it is expected that china will be buying large amounts of our Agricultural Products. There you go.
Microbiomes. In simplest terms, they are the entire collection of various tiny organisms such as bacteria and fungi that live in and on our body. Scientists is have found that upsetting the balance can lead to illness and, conversely, understanding microbiomes better can help improve our health. We have trillions of organisms in our body that make up our microbii dont mean mat, so researchers are using big data to learn more about them and how they work. So how can we take advantage of what microbiomes tell us . Well, here to talk to me now about this Promising New Research is the founder and chief science officer of viome which uses technology and microbiome biology to improve health. Momo, thank you very much for joining us. Lets start, if we may, by understanding what the problem is here. Whats the Health Challenge that youre trying to address . We have a massive, massive epidemic of chronic diseases. Youve heard about parkinsons and alzheimers ask and diabetes and obesity and so on