, i want to say a few words about some of what has been said thus far. My democratic colleagues always professed to be the champions of middleclass families. We see that rhetoric in full bloom, on full display today. That is why it is astonishing to atthat they are so opposed the repeal of the individual mandate tax. They talk as though everything is fine with our health care system. And that the repeal of this taxable said it all tumbling down. Obamacare is already failing. Largely because the mandate has failed to do what it was designed to do. It has not improved markets. It has not brought down premiums. Markets are in decline. Premiums continually rise, despite the presence of this tax. The great irony of obamacare is that on one hand it makes Health Insurance too expensive for many to afford, while on the other hand it imposes a tax on those who do not buy it. The mandate has not improved the health care system. It has imposed significant burdens on middleclass and low income fam
Shanghai exchange is making adjustment for some futures cutting the trading margin for copper, aluem nim, and tin futures from 8 to 7 while the daily limit will be cut to 5 . It is also making similar adjustments for gold and silver futures. The changes will take effect on january 2. Iraq says it is optimistic oil will continue to rise in 2018 thanks to falling global stockpiles and higher demand in china and india. Oil minister says he expects the market to rebalance in the First Quarter thanks to the output caps imposed and extended by opec and independent producers. As futures start this hour, brent pretty much flat. 65. 24. New york crude up slightly, 58. 51. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts and more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. A quick check on the markets. Just getting under way. Currently pretty much in the red. Down by 0. 2 , down by a similar margin for shanghai. And the nikkei, kospi, opposite territories. This is bloombe
Done in phoenix so you should be okay after today. 30s and 40s for the temperatures but otherwise we are looking at sunshine and after the arizona rain things are looking quiet for the next three days and then a change is coming sunday and monday. Sunny and breezy today with 60s and warmer into saturday. Here is sal. We have a jackknifed truck that has spilled fuel at west line i80 and that is causing a huge backup. It is going to be there for a little bit. We will keep following this jackknifed truck if you drive through tracy it is going to be a major problem, highway 24 is very slow because of earlier problems getting to the tunnel. Watch for traffic to be slow approaching fish ranch road and the bay bridge toll plaza is slow for 20 minutes on the delay and this morning the east bay freeways are okay with slowing on 880 s. Lets get back to the desk. We are following the mass shooting yesterday at a school in parkland florida that killed 17 people. The Deadliest School shooting since
Especially communities of color, with high latino populations. Folks didnt want to be counted. Took large invests in folks not concerned what the census could do for them, movement building, doortodoor contact, education to get people to fill that out so it could do two things. One it could build a case Voting Rights happening in different parts of the state, specifically in Yakima Valley and everett, north of seattle. It also brought more people facetoface with folks already invested in the political outcomes of their communities. They could meet people who could intro for them, that meant better sidewalks and street lights, right . Bringing macro down to the micro so people could see this affects everyday life. This affects my commute, my Childrens School and wages and census is first part of that as politicos, we look at census thing that doesnt impact us as much but is very important. We need to get out of the mind set to make sure our communities are counted. Second thing many of
In to start legislative work today. You can continue watching this and both of last weeks Senate Health Care Committee hearings on the individual Health Insurance market on our website cspan. Org. Live coverage of the u. S. House. Prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conro y. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god we give you thanks for giving us another day. As members of the peoples house return to washington, delayed by the storms that have blown through the southeast, we ask your blessing upon them. That they might be all the more focused in their work and as modeled by so Many Americans in their efforts these past days in helping their neighbors prepare to Work Together to address our nations most pressing needs. Continue to bless those who are recovering from hurricane destruction and those fighting still the storms of wildfire that plague our western states. Blanket those who fight to overcome these Natural Disasters with your spirit of strength and endurance and pres