Bowlby c. Plus, from Natural Disaster to the opioid epidemic, we will find out the state of the nations most pressing crises. All right now be seven. And hello again and happy new years eve from fox news in washington. We begin with breaking news. The protests in major cities across iran including the capital for College Students and others anchored by the countrys worsening economy are challenging the government and the way not seen since the Islamic Republic disputed 2009 president ial election. President trump has tweeted his support of the protesters and its sparked pushback from iran. Lets go live in west palm beach, florida, for the latest from the winter white house. The protest across iran clearly a focus for President Trump. He has tweeted about of them for the last three days in a row including just three days ago drawing attention to the demonstrations and showing his support for the protesters. The president tweeted many reports of peaceful protest by iranian citizens fed u
Correspondent daniel new howser and congressional reporter pitterson, later anthony from the center for strategic and International Talk about the Foreign Policy challenges that are facing in 2018. Social media. But voters, wed, should make it a priority that basic knowledge pertaining to our government. Amy says it helps. I have learned so much from the social media. I can adjust my opinion to include new facts. Ive change my mind is some because of conversations with people online. One more from saul. A lot of people do not care about the research, it hurts, they end up spreading false information. That is a sampling of the discussion on our facebook page. Here is a poll. Different wording, but same idea, this is from surveymonkey from october, asked whether social media does more to help, promote democracy and free speech or does more to hurt it. 51 surveyed in the late october poll said it did more to her democracy, 45 said it did more to help. Large majorities among hispanics and
To what we were seeing november and part of december as we saw some rotation. On a relative basis the dow having a much smaller gain than the nasdaq. Leadership in largecap technology. Its a bit broader. We see Consumer Discretionary also helping lead gains. I want to talk about the weather affect. Take a look at whats going on with some of the commodities. Gas rising to its highest in about a month. A 14 surge. Its quite chilly in the northeast. Temperatures hover well below normal. Coffee is also seeing a boost. Things that are hot. Some crop issues in columbia. Slowing brazilian exports also helping and cocoa also seeing a boost. Shirts are hitting a record in london. The u. S. Actually burned the most natural gas ever on record on monday. Natural gas consumption surpassing even the socalled polar vortex. 143 billion cubic feet was mondays usage in the United States and this is having a Ripple Effect within stocks so out Gas Producers are outperforming. Retail generally is seeing a
Possible that the government code shuts down and that would be a big mistake. Government shutdowns do not make sense. Ow we have w legislation called and Government Shutdown that says when congress doesnt do their bills on time, which is never or rarely that there should not be a shutdown but rather continue to spend from the Previous Year to get the appropriationso committee and the congress and senate to get the job done but t lets not shut down government. It doesnt help us as taxpayers because we end up coming back and paying people creating more costs so i would hope we are not even talking about that, but in the socalled continuing resolution which is a short terms pending bill that again is the best wayn to govern but its what the choice is good in the resolution to keep the government from shutting down there is also going to be something that is ry good for. Com three. Shutting down doesnt make sense but number two, the shortterm spending bill that we do pass includes somethin
Mr. Lankford mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Lankford i ask unanimous consent to viscerate the quorum. The presiding officer the senate not in a quorum call. Mr. Lankford mr. President , i want to get a chance to address an ongoing conversation thats going on in washington, d. C. , right now and will be over the next 36 hours. As unusual as this may sound with all the drama thats happening here, just outside this building there are tens of thousands ofeople, most of them students, that are gathering in washington, d. C. , preparing for something called the march for life. This has happened for decades now. For students and adults that come from all over the country to be able to come to washington, d. C. , to quietly speak for those who cannot speak for themselves children still in the womb, to be able to speak out for the protection of life. It is an interesting conversation that has a tremendous amount of science and a tremendous amount of faith a