Ok. Good afternoon, i am chair of the democratic working womens group. We will have two speakers today. Myself and Brenda Lawrence who is our vice chair. Jackie may come in, she is our Policies Communications chair. I wanted thank i want to thanik my colleagues who are hee today. The me too movement has arrived. Sexual abuse will not be tolerated whether by a hollywood producer, the chef of a restaurant, member of congress, or the president of the united states. No man or woman is above the law. Clear is saying loud and that accusations of sexual abuse should be taken seriously. Must be heard, perpetrators must be held accountable, and all party should have an opportunity for a fair resolution. To date, more than 17 women have publicly come forward to accuse donald trump of Sexual Misconduct. Forced kissing, unwanted touching and groping. On an airplane, and incorporate office and in a pageant dressing room. The president meets denials and his press secretary comes out to say the matte
Ok. Good afternoon. Im lois frankel, im chair of the democratic womens group and well have two speakers too. Myself and Brenda Lawrence, who is our vice chair. Jackie sigher may come in. Shes our policy of communications hair chair. I want to thank my colleagues who are here today. I thank you for being here today. The me too movement has aremoved. Sexual abuse will not with toll arraignmented, whether its been a hollywood producer, the chef of a restaurant, a member of congress or the president of the United States. No man or woman is above the law. Clear is saying loud ask that accusations of sexual abuse should be taken seriously. Victims must be heard. Perpetrators must be held accountable ask all parties should have an opportunity for a phares lution. To date, more than 17 women have publicly come forward to accuse donald trump of Sexual Misconduct. Kissing, unwanted touching and groping, on an airplane, in a corporate office, in a pageant dressing room. The president tweets denia
Big news out of the United Nations, nikki haley announcing a cut in next years budget after the un voted to call for donald trump to withdraw his plans Israeli Embassy to jerusalem. Varney and company starts right now. Charles lets look at futures, under pressure all morning, fractionally better. Lets bring in zach hour. Everybody wants to know 205k in 2017. In 2017, i dont see why not, certainly lets call it by valentines day a couple points, next year will be a strong year for the stock market, the first half of next year especially. I am worried about a blow off topic for the market sometime next year but that is all the more reason. Charles you could argue this year, last year, the year before, pretty long market, people are calling for it. Prices are not crazy, prices are okay, we are introducing new money into this economy with conditions tight. What i worry about is a faster rise in Interest Rate than we expect giving more competition. The cd rates, why am i taking this risk in
And caught off guard. The nfl saying they have no record of giseles claims that her husband patriots Quarterback Tom Brady suffered a concussion last year. Did the super bowl star not report it, and could he be punished . Good morning, america. Yes, a very busy thursday morning on the heels of what happened late yesterday. That former fbi director Robert Mueller is coming in to investigate the Trump Campaign. And from the capitol to the stock exchange, george and robin, a lot have their eyes on wall street. Its worst day of the year. That drop came before we found out about Robert Mueller. Were also tracking all the latest from washington this morning including President Trumps reaction to that surprise appointment of a special counsel. The president said that investigation will confirm there was no collusion, that he did nothing wrong. Later today Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein will made that decision and what he knows about President Trumps decision to fire james comey. As fo
We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush