Obamacare. Its not a question of if, but a question of when. Train to the very latest on that plus Jared Kushners testimony coming up to congress. It is the busiest week of earnings for the quarter with one and a third s p 500 this week. Some of the highlights include googles Parent Company alphabet. Well tell you who else is reporting and how it may impact your money. The broader averages today. Take a look at markets. Dow industrials down 20 points. S p 500point back this morning. Fresh data showing the reach of the economy grew slower than expected. Down better than 1 . Down two thirds of 1 . In asia overnight, nikkei average was the one exception down two thirds of a percent. Best performers in hong kong a passive . Tragedy in texas. At least nine people found dead. More than a dozen others taken to the hospital after being found the back of a semi truck. Looking at Human Trafficking charges. We will tell you all about that with those immigrants did not try. Plus, the doctor may be
Repeal and replace. The lawmakers are not going home. No, theyre not going home tonight. There is still a plan, im hearing to meet this evening and then start that debate. Well be watching it and we will keep you updated. The vote could come later than tomorrow . We are waiting to see, could happen. Thank you. Seven years today president obama signed the Affordable Care act into law and he says the country is in a better place because of it. The former president released a statement today, pointing out the law came to be after a year of bipartisan debate. Now he is encouraging lawmakers to Work Together when it comes to a new healthcare bill. He said, quote, if republicans are serious about lowering costs, while expanding coverage to those who need it and if theyre prepared to work with democrats, that is something we all should welcome. Activists are making it clear they do not want a new healthcare bill. At Philadelphia City hall, mayor kenny raised his concerns. Since the aca was si
Acrosstheboard income tax reduction especially for middle income americans. My mission in the white house will be to make our economy work for everyone not just those at the top. Gwen but somehow they always returned to their war of words. Over trumps temperament. Over clintons emails. And even suspected russian hacking. Let me just say this in terms of the president ial campaign. This is an electronic watergate. Gwen drama on every front. Covering the week, molly balz, National Political molly ball National Political correspondent for the atlantic. Dan balz chief correspondent for the washington post. Jackie calmes National Correspondent for the New York Times. And Michael Scherer Washington Bureau chief for time magazine. Award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Funding for Washington Week is provided by once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. Gwen good evening. Since
Acrosstheboard income tax reduction especially for middle income americans. My mission in the white house will be to make our economy work for everyone not just those at the top. Gwen but somehow they always returned to their war of words. Over trumps temperament. Over clintons emails. And even suspected russian hacking. Let me just say this in terms of the president ial campaign. This is an electronic watergate. Gwen drama on every front. Covering the week, molly balz, National Political molly ball National Political correspondent for the atlantic. Dan balz chief correspondent for the washington post. Jackie calmes National Correspondent for the New York Times. And Michael Scherer Washington Bureau chief for time magazine. Award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Funding for Washington Week is provided by once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. Gwen good evening. Since
Could be seen, more like a victim, and heres another story of how my life could be seen, which is a life of extraordinary possibilities and choice. And you basically say you want us all to think about how we choose the narrative of our own life. Because how we choose to see ourselves says everything about kind of how we do end up seeing ourselves. Am i right . Yes. If i were to ask you, you know, why are you here what is it that ended up making you do what you to today . You along with anyone else, if you were to answer that question, you could give me any one of three versions of that story. You could tell me how you were destined to be here. You could tell me how there was some fortunate event that led you to be here, some chance event. Or you could tell me the story of how you chose to be here. And i think that its probably accurate to say that any of those stories might be true, or at least not falsifiable. But i think theres Something Special when you tell the story of your life i