House caucus participated. Host how many guest there were eight fewer. There were 188 at that time. A couple attending to family emergencies. A couple out of town for scheduled trips for other reasons. Only a handful of members who are democrats who are also aligned with the n. R. A. Ncluding the only two members, linda from texas on our ndependent line. Host your piece was titled inside the house, houses first social nonfilibuster. Why isnt there a filibuster procedure available in the house . Guest it goes right to the very heart of the civics lessons we all took in high school. The fundamental difference between the house and the enate. All the rules you and i think about every day when we Pay Attention to the house are designed so the majority can get what they want unless they misunderstand what they want and the vote goes against them. They have designed it to be a regular routine march through the legislative process. They organized how many amendments are going to be offered. I
Exchange. Nicole lets bring everybody to speed. The Dow Jones Industrial average 453 points so youre seeing heavy selling, selling across the board, certainly in those economically sensitive areas such as financials and the like, but the lowest point today we were down nearly 540 points. That was during trading. Overnight over 800. So traders now are saiding what happens by the end of the day and while some projecting only 200300 point loss, others are worried about next week. What happens next in the European Union and what janet yellen says next week . Here is a look at the ftse and cac quarante. They closed 8 , german dax 5 . Bringing back to currencies, we saw the uk pound plummet the most ever on record, plummet into the lowist lowest levels in 31 years. A little better but a lot of worries that it could go even further to the downside. I mention the financials, which have exposure to europe and uk in particular. We are watching gold as well. Gold has been a safe haven. Gold is up
Closely. We see panic across the globe. The british pound dropped to a 30year low after the news. While you were sleeping, Prime Minister cameron said he plans to leave his office the next three months. Right now at this minute, cameron is at the palace for an audience with the queen. We know that on monday the cabinet will meet to work out the next steps. As far as the United States president obama will be meeting with david cam ran in the next few days. We are starting to hear from other Young Leaders on how they plan to handle the u. K. s exit. Several reassert their commitment. We will have more on that angle and other developments as the fall out of the vote happens throughout the morning and as we see changes i will let you know and update you. This morning the lead candidate to replace david cam ran is this man, former london mayor johnson. The native new yorker campaigned for britain to leave the e. U. Against the wishes of cameron both gallonned to the conservative party that
Today, the Supreme Court validated that very core essential fundamental principle. The president vowed to make it an Election Year issue. Were going to have to decide whether were people who accept the cruelty of ripping children fracture their parents arms or whether we actually value families and keep them together for the sake of all of our communities. While his executive order has been defeated, the president will still try to offer his protection. What the president reaffirmed is theres still prioritization. They said their priority was terrorists, people with criminal convictions, people who just crossed the border, but not law abiding americans who work hard, who have family members who they support. Addressing the American People today, the president reiterated the only reason the Supreme Court was deadlocked was because the senate refuses to consider his nominee, merrick garland. Reporting outside of the Supreme Court, abc news. As we mentioned, an estimated 5 million undocum
And watching what is happening there on capitol hill. We will have Live Streaming on the abc7 news app and news. Com with highlights in the morning. Thank you, jessica. President obama is coming to the bay area. He will take the stage tomorrow with Mark Zuckerberg at stanford this means two days of track problems. Amy hollyfield is in San Francisco. Amie . Natasha look what they have ready to go barricades. You know what that means. Street closures on Howard Street in front of the hotel where the president will be staying. He will be attend the Global Entrepreneurship summit at stanford tomorrow. He will meet with Facebooks Zuckerberg with a live chat and a google conversation allowing people to tune in and see them together. The visit will mean street closures in San Francisco. Right around where he is staying. 5th street is closed from mission to folsom and howard. The president arrives tonight and will travel to palo alto tomorrow. The motorcade will impact traffic from San Francisc