Retailer slashing prices on thousands of items what this could be signaling about the company and its rivals power lunch starts right now im brian sullivan, stocks are mixed this hour but on track for first losing week in three weeks. The dow is the only major average that is higher meantime the u. S. Dollar, the greenback weakening against most of the world major currencies, the dollar index now at its lowest level since january of 2015 kroger beating estimates but the shares getting pounded apparently because of aggressive discounting, chipotle taking another hit. Zumi sext. Soaring, a smaller than expected loss and beating sales estimates. Good afternoon, thank you, brian. Lets get you caught up on Hurricane Irma the white house set to hold a briefing in about 30 minutes from now the latest on the emergency efforts, well carry that briefing live. Meantime the president tweeting, warning everyone in the storms path to be vigilant and heed all recommendations from government officials
Companies and banks doing business with pyongyang. And with word that Chinas Central Bank has ordered its Financial Institutions to stop dealing with north korea. John bolton is the former United States ambassador to the u. N. And a fox news contributor. Ambassador, welcome back. Glad to be with you. Paul so since those remarks by the president , kim jong un has now said maybe we will send a missile with a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. Right. I think it shows hes trying to demonstrate hes not intimidated by everything thats going on. This would be the first atmospheric test in more than paul 1980, yeah. The environmental consequences would be enormous. But the steps that have been taken, you mentioned the executive order, i think, is potentially quite Senate Although the words china and russia dont appear in it, those are the two targets to make it very specific whos aiding north korea. Paul lets go back to this Hydrogen Bomb incident because that would be a serious escalation on the
Companies and banks doing business with pyongyang. And with word that Chinas Central Bank has ordered its Financial Institutions to stop dealing with north korea. John bolton is the former United States ambassador to the u. N. And a fox news contributor. Ambassador, welcome back. Glad to be with you. Paul so since those remarks by the president , kim jong un has now said maybe we will send a missile with a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. Right. I think it shows hes trying to demonstrate hes not intimidated by everything thats going on. This would be the first atmospheric test in more than paul 1980, yeah. The environmental consequences would be enormous. But the steps that have been taken, you mentioned the executive order, i think, is potentially quite Senate Although the words china and russia dont appear in it, those are the two targets to make it very specific whos aiding north korea. Paul lets go back to this Hydrogen Bomb incident because that would be a serious escalation on the
Many are also working to transform their Energy Economy from a fossil fuel economy to renewable Energy Economy. How much do you know about the changes that are under way . Well, lets find out. Welcome to episode five of the Senate Climate disruption quiz. So here we go. Heres the first question. This august, an electric 500horsepower tesla model x ss. U. V. Raced a 740horsepower Lamborghini Aventador s. V. In a quartermile drag race. Who won . Was it the 500horsepower electric tesla . Or the 740horsepower lamborghini . Or was the race called off or did they tie . Take a moment, feel free to lock in your answer. The answer the answer is that the tesla won the race. The tesla won the race despite the fact it had finish less horsepower. It set a record for an s. U. V. In a quarter mile. It beat the lamborghini by 500ths of a send second. It just goes to help demonstrate the incredible work and acceleration that comes with electric power and if youve ever tried driving a tesla and had a ac
Mindboggling statistic, i know, n vietnam, proportionately speaking, more puerto 18, the declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the urther consideration of h. R. 2824. Will the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Duncan, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 2824, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a billtomend title 5 of the Social Security act to extend the maternal, infant, and literal childhood Home Visiting program. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 4 printed in ouse report 115331 offered by the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. Murphy, had been disposed f. Nfinished business pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 115331, by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pascrell, on which further