3 30 p. M. Eastern today here is to follow the president to missouri. Future the Federal Reserve on deck set to testify today in the state of the economy on capitol hill as her possible successor thatcher nominee Jerome Powell was questioned by lawmakers. December 13th at the meeting. Features indicate a rally that will not quit on the heels of a triple digit. Dow industrial a quarter of a percent higher. The s p 500 positive. European bases right now but they make story with the ft 100 down to third to 1 . Caci passes a percent of the dax up almost 1 . Markets in asia close in japan, shanghai and china both. Hang seng and kospi lower. Suspect in deadly murder spree in custody this morning. Florida authorities have arrested a man they believed to be connect to do a series of killings in the tampa area. Details of a possible serial killer and his arrest is morning. 1 billion for freedom billion for freedom. One of the senior princes arrested in saudi arabia in recent crackdown has been
Thousand jobs at its global power business its trying to become a more focused company and if this story sounds familiar look no further than here in germany g. E. Decided on the currency it says to save over a billion euros in twenty eighteen the companys stock has plunged forty four percent this year and the downturn is not only affected g. E. Rivals in china which generates clean energy and doesnt contribute to Climate Change and solar has become a more realistic alternative since the dawn of Battery Storage solutions to store daylight energy. The u. S. Company says it expects dwindling demand for fossil fuel power plants to continue g. E. Said the job cuts would primarily take place outside the United States but nearly a third of the companys swiss workforce is set to go and sixteen hundred employees in germany are also likely to lose their jobs. Its of course a story that affects the many many people who want to discuss this with our financial correspondent on wall street gets cau
Like it has all been worth it. Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of the lives of people. I know that the work i have been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. , every time iow would get tired or discouraged or frustrated, i would think about the people i was doing this for and it would get me back up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue a politics that is about improving peoples lives. I hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Vonnie senator al franken in a speech we anticipated, announcing on twitter that he would make a speech today saying that he will be announcing in the coming weeks that he will be resigning as a member of the United States senate after Sexual Harassment allegations. He started by saying he would use his power to be a champion to be a woman at upset at claims against them. He
Along with other white house staffers so this is a relatively large group for this meeting you remember, last week they tried to have this meeting and the democrats didnt slow up we saw that visual of the president with the empty chairs on either side of him waiting for chuck and nancy, Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi, to attend the meeting they never came. Today theyll be here. We should see all these chairs filled today what theyre going to discuss, though, is a mystery weve seen a dampening of the tone going into this meeting both sides know theres a lot at stake here in terms of a potential Government Shutdown as early as tomorrow if they dont get a continuing resolution to kick the can down the road another two weeks in terms of government spending. So Sarah Huckabee sanders just briefed the press within the past hour or so, and laid out sort of her expectations from the white house perspective of what well see in the meeting. Heres what she said in terms of the Government Shutdown
Are incredible. Thousands of people evacuated as the Massive Wildfire wreaks havoc on the los angeles area. The latest as firefighters struggle to control the growing blaze. The price soars past 16,000. Hackers have gotten away with millions of bitcoin in the highest. Fractional moves higher although the Dow Jones Industrial average moved into negative territory. S p is a s p is up a fraction of the nasdaq up a third of a percent. Major indices look like this. Take a look trading right now. The ft 100 up a fraction and the cac up a quarter of a percent this morning. Asia overnight carcass remix. The big winner at japan up about 1. 5 overnight. Hang seng in hong kong were covering up a quarter of a percent. The nfl 200 man amid a huge payday for commissioner Roger Goodell. The reaction from the delete this morning. The buyer of the artists painting that just sold at auction for 450 million reportedly revealed. Well tell you who broke the bank for that painting this morning. Jay made a t