The most votes. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] newly elected french president emmanuel macron, will be frances youngest president ever, big deal. Call us when your president s baby. [ laughter and applause ] this next joke requires a real understanding of french politics, so if it goes over your head i would just encourage you to educate yourself. [ light laughter ] this is very, very, smart joke. About french politics. And dont beat yourself up if you dont get it. According to reports, a Record Number of french voters turned in blank ballots for the election yesterday, apparently they couldnt find le pen. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] eh. [ light laughter ] according to reports, former president obama warned President Trump against hiring mike flynn as his National Security adviser because obama knew that flynn had some dirty dealing with the russians. Of course, he also had to know that if he gave trump advice, trump would do the exact opposite. So why would he oh,
For millions of americans. Bending if not breaking promises mr. Trump has made. I want to keep preexisting conditions. I think we need it. But the house bill would allow states to opt out of rules which prohibit Insurance Companies from raising rates on people with preexisting conditions. Candidate trump promised there will be no cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid, but congress to the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the first version of the bill, federal funding for medicaid would drop by 880 billion over the next ten years. In january, president elect trump promised insurance for everybody, repeating a vow he made on the campaign trail. Im going to take care of everybody. I dont care if it costs me votes or not. But the Congressional Budget Office estimated 24 million would lose health care. The house bill eliminates the essential Health Benefits requirement. Meaning Insurance Companies could choose not to Cover Services like pediatric care. Mental health and presc
Check out crude oil prices, which went fuderwacken again yesterday, according to mark grant. Wti is up by just 1 , to 46. 36. Brent crude sitting at 44 th49. President trump abruptly fired james comey. Comey learning of the firing while speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. This morning there is bipartisan outrage as congressional members on both sides express concern about the sanctity of the Ongoing Investigation into President Trump and his ties into russia. Eamon javers has more on this continuing to develop story. Good morning. It was a dramatic and Stunning Development last evening as the white house announced that the president fired the fbi director. This is something that caught all of capitol hill by surprise. It caught all of the Law Enforcement community by surprise. It caught the Intelligence Community in washington, d. C. By surprise. Heres what the president of the United States wrote to the fbi director who is conducting an investigation into whether or not officials
We have the latest from the white house. Weve heard from the president of the United States and the Vice President of the United States, the pressure just a little while ago summoning reporters into the oval office where he was seated next to henry kissenger. The president addressing this that a question from a reporter asked about his decision to fire james come qul. Heres what he had to say. Why did you fire director come . Because he one doing a good job, simply. That is a much broader reasoning for firing james comey than was offered by the Deputy Attorney general who said in his letter released last night that he was critical of james comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email situation last fall. The president there offering a blanket explanation, saying comey simply wasnt doing a good job b in general. A sligt deaf rinse well ask about later this afternoon. Also, the Vice President was on capitol hill today, he was asked by Kristen Welker who in fact ordered this review
And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. As brian pointed out, disney shares getting slammed on the revenue miss. The stock is the biggest drag on the dow shaping off about 20 points off the industrial average. Energy and real estate the best performing sectors, health care and discretionary the biggest losers. Check out the big movers here, yelp about 20 , co it coty soar. Thank you very much, melissa. Welcome, everybody, to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. Losses at the u. S. Postal service narrowing from a year ago. The ecommerce boom package to offset firstclass mail declining revenue there. And amazon slashing Free Shipping minimum requirement to 25 from 35 for nonprime members. Earlier this year walmart rolled out free twoday shipping for orders of 35 or more. And apple supplier foxcon will begin construction of a u. S. Plant in the second half of the year. We begin today perhaps understa understandably with washington and arguably the most highly anticipated White House Press