General to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we have a budg
I will start with some good news well, first of all, i will start with thinking our witnesses for being here and thanking them for their service to our country. Further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we hav
Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre
The forefront. President trump says republicans are united but one republican senator is already expressing their concerns. Hello, good evening. Im blake burman in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Blake records abound. Not just on the corner of wall and broad. We have it covered with jeff flock in chicago how holiday shop remembers expected to return as much as 41 billion worth of gifts. Ups alone is anticipating a record amount of returned shipments to start off the year. Well have the Market Reaction with gerri willis, who of course is at the big board. We begin with jeff in the windy city. Hello, jeff . Reporter blake, good to see you. Not just at corner of wall and broad but corner of state and randolph. The sun setting on extraordinary day in chicago. Shoppers are still out even though the sun has gone down here. 62 degrees, alltime record high made it easy for those returning their exists. This is the kickoff of the return season. We had Holiday Shoppin
Growing up. You were just too busy and too fabulous. Too busy. Too busy. Cheryl its a fabulous friday. Welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. Tracee good morning, im tracee carrasco, in for lauren simonetti. Last friday of the decade, of the year, my goodness. Cheryl it is. The last friday were going to see marc markets trading and, w, its incredible what the markets have been doing. This morning, after all major averages hit yet again new records on thursday, as you can see the dow is up 64, s p up 5 in the premarket, nasdaq up 22. Any gains today means more records will be hit. Strong holiday sales, the fed cutting rates this year, less regulation, trade tensions easing, all of these things have been market positives for the year. Tracee lets take a look at stocks in asia, mixed after that record day on l wall street. Nikkei and shanghai pointing lower. Europe, we can see gains across the board. The ftse up by 30, cac up by 17, dax up by 33. Cheryl following us here. An