On cspan2. Okay. We went right to okay. Well, i think thats the tone for what we want to talk about today. So welcome, everyone, with that to our first readiness subcommittee hearing of 2024. Hopefully, he will be able to join us. We have a new member joining the subcommittee this year, representative gooden of the 5th district of texas. I look forward to working with him and hopefully when our other subcommittee members free up from their obligations, we can get everybody over here, but i look forward to working with all of you as we go forward through this next year. Unfortunately as you can see from the photos todays topics is not a new issue, infrastructure across the department and the services continues to age and the deteriorating conditions at military facilities, obviously, have brought us as you well know. The neglect, the disrepair, the underfunding of our military facilities doesnt just harm our operational readiness capability, it does have significant impacts on everythin
On cspan2. Okay. We went right to okay. Well, i think thats the tone for what we want to talk about today. So welcome, everyone, with that to our first readiness subcommittee hearing of 2024. Hopefully, he will be able to join us. We have a new member joining the subcommittee this year, representative gooden of the 5th district of texas. I look forward to working with him and hopefully when our other subcommittee members free up from their obligations, we can get everybody over here, but i look forward to working with all of you as we go forward through this next year. Unfortunately as you can see from the photos todays topics is not a new issue, infrastructure across the department and the services continues to age and the deteriorating conditions at military facilities, obviously, have brought us as you well know. The neglect, the disrepair, the underfunding of our military facilities doesnt just harm our operational readiness capability, it does have significant impacts on everythin
Been hoping for and less than labour had been demanding. Economic growth has been revised down, productivity growth has been revised down, Business Investment revised down, peoples wages and Living Standards revised down. What sort of Strong Economy is that . Well have the detail, and reaction to the second budget delivered by Philip Hammond this year. Also tonight mr mladic, sit. In the hague, the former bosnian serb commander, ratko mladic, is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. Zimbawes former Vice President , emmerson mnangagwa, has returned home to succeed Robert Mugabe as head of state. And, were all set for the start of the first ashes test, in brisbane. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news chelsea are through to the last 16 of the Champions League with celtic and Manchester United also in european action. Good evening. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has delivered his second budget this year, warning that the economy is expected to grow more slowly than previou
For the man by the name of michael wolf who is author of a book coming out next week about the Trump Presidency that book called fire and fury bannon is quoted as saying here is the quote that has everyone talking. Even if you thought that this was not treason or unpatriotic or bad four letter word starts with an s, and i happen to think its all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately which of course the people at that meeting did not. So the president responded by issuing a statement which he said when he was fired, referring to steve bannon, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Steve doesnt represent my base, hes only in it for himself. So, there are several people who have been quoted an excerpt of the book has been published in different news magazines and in it there are attacks on the Trump Presidency and President Trump but people who are attributed to the quotes attacking the administration are walking back saying they never said these things. Sarah Sarah Huc
And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. A winning month with a losing day. The major averages lower across the board here. We did hit record highs with the nasdaq and dow jones utility average before the markets went lower. Crude oil, meantime, hitting threemonth lows. Traders are worried the opec led cuts to reduce global inventories are being undermined by those outside of the deal. Financials, big hit here. Regional banks on pace for the third consecutive day of losses. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is happening this hour. New york times offering buyouts. The move aimed at cutting the number of editors in its newsroom. Contracts to buy previously owned homes are falling for a second straight month amid a supply squeeze. Jetblue launching its first of its kind selfboarding Program Using facial recognition software. More on that intriguing story ahead. Brian . Michelle, welcome back. Well, if you are just a casual market observer, you probably know the stock markets