Tenyear below october lows right around 1. 8. 30year, a record low, above 2. 40. Road map begins like this futures taking abig hit. Monthly retail sales log the largest drop since this time last year. Banks on the hot seat. Jpmorgan misses estimates across the board. Well hear from wells fargo. Good year for gm . Auto giant expecting improved profits in 2015. Futures extending losses as weaker than expected retail sales in the u. S. And concerns about Global Growth. Sales fell. 9 in december even if you strip out gas and autos, sales in most other categories fell below estimates on a day where the world bank jim, says global economys running on a single engine and that is us. 24 hours ago a mark up 1. 5 . Everything seemed great. Then copper fell kb homes disappointed, next thing you know were down big. I caution people that we open down very big, maybe midday something happens thats not so bad. I didnt think wells was that bat bad. Just disappointing, except for people who have been f
Our lawmakers to advance your providential purposes. May they think your thoughts striving always to do your will. Lord, lead them together to find solutions to the problems that beset our nation and world. Calm their fears and strengthen their faith, as you use them to accomplish your will. Let your peace guard their hearts. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell today the senate is continuing to consider s. 1 a bill to approve the keystone x. L. Pipeline. Chairman murkowski and senator cantwell are here this morning to manage debate and there are several amendments pending. Well begin voting on those and any other amendments in the queue s
Misdemeanors and those convicted of three or more misdemeanors. So heres my ask. We want to work with you to restore this relationship. Weve replaced secure communities with a new program for the benefit of Public Safety. But i need a partner. In those in this room, in governors and mayors county commissions, and so forth. Weve done our part to end the controversial secure communities program. Now i ask that you and others get with your city attorney, your city council, your police commissioner, your chief get a hold of the policy document that i issued in november to see how weve replaced the secure communities program. For the benefit of all of toes we serve. And if youre one of those 177 jurisdictions, you will get a knock on the door from me. Because we want to work with you to rebuild this relationship. In my view it is a Public Safety imperative. Elsewhere in our department were moving forward on our Cyber Security mission. We had legislation passed late last year. The administra
Each of those states. Well this meeting began in the oval office. The president asked about it, and it was pushed back on by everybody in the room. This is appalling. Theres no other way to describe it. Its unbelievable. Almost certainly completely without precedent. Our breaking news this morning, the historic Vaccination Campaign to wipe out covid19 is about to get a huge boost. The first shipments of modernas Coronavirus Vaccine beginning to roll out soon here. Now a Cdc Advisory Committee yesterday did vote to recommend it for people 18 and older. The cdc director is expected to accept the recommendation today. And then once he signs off, thats when vaccinations can begin. Experts caution that it will take time to see the impacts of the two vaccines now authorized. And the u. S. Is reporting more people getting infected, more people sick in hospitals, and more dying from coronavirus than ever. Were covering the crisis and u. S. Response from all angles morning. Cnn has more from ou
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