At book christ in crisis. Nine a clock a. M. , the Heritage Foundation on the trump administrations economic record and how it could impact the 2020 election. Trumps economic record and how it could impact the election. Host good morning. It is tuesday, december 24. A3 hour washington journal is ahead. We will begin by getting your view on the legacy of the Affordable Care act. It was 10 years ago today the Senate Passed legislation some dub obamacare. We want to know what the impact has been on your family and your community, phone lines are on your screen. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can also send us a text message this morning. That number, 2027488003. Onerwise, catch up with us social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Morning, youuesday can start calling in now as we take you back to 10 years ago, this was president barack obama at the white house the evening after the senate held that vote, a par
We put a level headed make khouw to work. But he plan to prepare for volatility its time to risk less and make more options action starts now. Lets get to it Health Care Getting a boost as President Trump announced a new plan eamon javers has the latest from d. C. Eeme melissa, the president spoke in the roosevelt room at the white house today to rollout what this administration is doing on Health Care Transparency the president views this as a political win because a lot of people around the country agree with him that this is a kind of a shady area pricing pat hospitals. You dont have any idea what all the different procedures youre getting necessarily cost the president wants to change that here is what he would do president president saying that hospitals will now have to reveal discounted rates that they negotiate with insurers they have to disclose prices on about 300 Different Services that you would schedule in advance. So in theory patients would be able to then look at prices
Khouw to work. But he plan to prepare for volatility its time to risk less and make more options action starts now. Lets get to it, Health Care Getting a boost as President Trump announced a new plan eamon javers has the latest from d. C. Melissa, the president spoke in the roosevelt room at the white house today to rollout what this administration is doing on Health Care Transparency the president views this as a political win because a lot of people around the country agree with him that this is a kind of a shady area pricing at hospitals you dont have any idea what all the different procedures youre getting necessarily cost the president wants to change that here is what he would do president saying that hospitals will now have to reveal discounted rates that they negotiate with insurers. They have to disclose prices on about 300 Different Services that you would schedule in advance. So in theory patients would be able to then look at prices and pick and choose what they want and co
With support from Cable Partners this weekend, we traveled to charleston, West Virginia. Coming up in the next hour we speak with local authors about the citys history starting with the link to booker t. Washington. In 20 minutes the Chemical Spill that contaminated charlestons water system and in 50 minutes the teacher strike. We begin with booker t. Washington. Booker t. Washington, the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america, at the time, had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen in West Virginia. What he observed in his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class that became his path, his career path from teske to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born south of corona, virginia, 225 miles from here. And those nine years he was a slave boy, he didnt have pants, he wore a slave boy shirt, shoes, across the top, he wanted very much to go to school and he wasnt able to do that. He left the farm in 1865 after the civil war end, there w
Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma