The committee will come to order. Todays hearing will focus on the reauthorization of the vast act, the nations current surface transportation bill, that is embers decembers on september 30th. We will hear the perspective of key stakeholders. A long term reauthorization bill is critical to providing the certainty and stability that transit agencies, cities and states across the countries need to make responsible Transportation Planning decisions. Public transportation plays a key role in our nations economy, there are over 430,000 workers employed in Public Transportation in the united states, transit provides approximately 33 million trips every day, taking Many Americans to and from work, school, and medical appointments. And not just in big urban cities, but also in small, rural areas. However we find ourselves at yet another service says petition authorization is the most significant issue that needs to be addressed. In order to address a comprehensive, long term reauthorization bi
The 219th legislature, and the chief justice and the associate justice of the supreme cour court, members of the cabinet and former governors and bringing the first lady. [applause] distinguished faith leaders and members of organized labor and fellow New Jerseyans. Five weeks ago today our state was shattered by the gunfire of anti semitism and hate. In jersey city a Police Detective and three innocent people were murdered. In what we now know was an act of domestic terror fueled by a vicious and unjustifiable hate. This was an act of hate against the Jewish Community and Law Enforcement but it impacted everyone. Hundreds of schoolchildren and their educators were held aloft down including a Catholic School across the street. Parents feared the worst part of africanamerican residents visited their homes. Without the tremendous response of everyone in Law Enforcement i shudder to think how much worse that day could have been for jersey city and for our state. If there ever was a time t
Closing a. 3 . Up three point. 3 . A leading index doing that sort of reversal. Its not the close some traders want to see. The russell 2000 has been unable to get out of its own way. A micro version of that today. The last tie was up a year ago. Its around the 200 day moving average. It is starting to rise. Russell 2000he cannot get above 16 1600. Now it is back below it. The rsi is caught in range. We could continue to see consolidations of the recent gains. Keep an eye on it. It has not been able to put in an alltime high like the other major averages. Taylor from the equity markets into my world of the bond markets, i wanted to look at treasuries. Yields rising today. Year. T the 10 big moves, to 190. This chart is the fiveday move. Get3 basis point move to 2019 has brought in fiveday swings in both directions. It is translating into a bayer steepener bear steepener. It is now the steepest going back to march of this year. Thats why you are seeing some today, risk on rally partly f
See reporting live from Nationals Park in washington, washington, the site of game three of the world series with the hometown nationals leading the astros two games to none. They bring the world series to our nations capitol. It marks the first time the series has been played here in 86 years. Could be the first time this team has ever won it, the first victory for the city since the senators won the world series way back in 1924. In a moment i will speak with Ken Rosenthal from pox sports. First we begin with fox Business Team coverage of top stories on a friday. Gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. We have Edward Lawrence live at the white house. Susan li with the latest on Mark Zuckerbergs fireside chat. Grady trimble in chicago on the looming United Auto Workers decision but first, to the white house, a man who has a big nationals fan wishes he was here. Edward, first to you. Reporter that is true. Im very jealous of that assignment. You can see what the marke
The market is taking it is a positive sign, i am not sure it is entirely such a big step forward. David as you suggested, it depends on what is going on inside the white house and inside the president s mind. He has been adamant he wants a full loaf, not half a loaf. Is there any evidence you might not he might back off on that . Under a lot of pressure from the midwestern farmers, the base he has. Pledges of chinese purchases of soybeans and pork and other farm commodities might go a long way toward calming some of those concerns that make up a lot of his base. Like you said, we have not heard anything very solid that would suggest he is going to soften his stance at all. David Brendan Murray reporting from london on trade. Now we go to washington. Now we get if we had any doubt on what the white house strategy was dealing with the impeachment think, we got that question answered. Anna we got a letter from the white House Counsel to nancy pelosi saying there will be no cooperation wit