Points s p turned negative. Down by lows to 3 points the nasdaq down by 72 points this morning a mixed bag again dow futures indicated up by 43 points s p down by 3 points the nasdaq down by 27. Overnight in asia, the nikkei ended down by 0. 3 the hang seng down by 1 shanghai down by 0. 20 in european trading, ret arroir across the board, though the ftse is at the flat line lets check out currencies yesterday cruel oil prices were down 1. 5 . This morning the dollar is up against the euro at 1. 1862 dollar yen at 112. 45 Republican Leaders in the house and senate are racing to merge the tax plans and send the bill to President Trump before the end of the year. A Conference Committee plans to reconcile the two pieces of legislation starting this week among the differences the house has four individual rates, the senate seven the house cuts the corporate rate to 20 right away the senate waits until 2019. The senate repeals the individual mandate while the house doesnt. Another point of p
Behind. So what are they taking . The news at 11 00 starts now. First tonight breaking news from prince georges county, a logic accident with a gun a tragic accident with a gun had paramedics rushing an 11year old into surgery at Childrens Hospital a short time ago. This happened on bellamy way and suitland. Our john henry is live tonight with the developments. John . Reporter that child was shot in this townhome right here behind me. You can actually see police are still on scene collecting evidence, but as of right now, the Police Department maintains that this appears to have been a sad accident. It all happened around 6 40 p. M. Prince georges county police say a 33yearold man living inside this home was putting away a gun when it suddenly discharged striking an 11year old boy who was in the same room. This is a boy who was a neighbor. A 33yearold man had been asked to watch the boy. Reporter the bullet hit immediately after the shooting police say the man who once served in the mi
Used that did not allow us to really know what we are doing. As a result, its my understanding there are numerous provisions in both the house and senate bill that will not work and will require changes. Secondly, we profess to want to do this to help middleincome families but in reality this bill hurts middleinincome families, both the house and senate bill. I hope that will be corrected in conference. And the third, and there is no dispute about this, the house bill and senate bill add anywhere between 2 trillion to the deficit of this country and we shouldnt be deficit financing a tax reform bill. Let me first talk very briefly about process. Lets not repeat the mistakes that we made. It was outrageous that late friday night we got a 500pageplus amendment to the pending bill and tried to read it and couldnt even read the handwritten changes that were put into the margins, and then we were asked to vote on that later that evening. That process just is not befitting the United States
In a power unit, part of john flannerys turnaround plan. This is stock down 44 . Year to date, worse than 2008. Is enough tothis encourage investors ahead. Bitcoin is amazing. Over the last two days, bitcoin taking out several round numbers. Over013,00014,000, now 15,000. That, david. Bitcoin continues. Futures trade next week. It. Id mini is one word for lisa another work. [laughter] david insanity, i dont know. Morning brief. 8 30, we will get job claims. At 9 45, Bloomberg Consumer comfort data. 11 30 this morning, President Trump will meet with republican senators. Later in the afternoon, he will get together with members of the congressional leadership. Thats all coming up later today. Sign up for our daybreak first take, where we discuss the first stores of the morning. First up is tax reform. Orrin hatch is saying there is a drive to set the Corporate Tax rate of 22 instead of 20 . We will turn brexit with theresa. Ay, another proposal wildfires raging in Southern California. Jo
Consider a twoweek government funding extension while negotiations continue on federal spending past december 22. Current Spending Authority runs out friday night. Also changes to the Small Business Merger Acquisition. Live coverage here on cspan. T. Today, we remember the lives lost at pearl harbor and the young men and woman who served today. In these troubled times of fires, floods, terror attacks, mass chootings, help us to rely on your strength to envision and build a stronger, more secure america. Give us more visionaries like father Edward Flanagan who founded on december 12, 100 years ago. He was an irish immigrant who lived the American Dream and taught us all that the troubled child can grow up to be a useful citizen if given half the chance. He saw the best in the kids that others rejected as useless. Help us. Especially each of our representatives to see the best in those that have different political or social views so we can together build an america that enables and call