Including dreamers, make was a threat to the rest of the country. Duty in thismp my chamber is to defend americans. To protect their safety, their andlies, their communities, their right to an American Dream because americans are dreamers too. David we welcome back larry from the university of virginia, larry, will come back to the program, and take us into the might of the president and what he is trying to do here. The president said he wants to reach across the aisle on immigration but he up the ante it is not the dreamers we have to worry about the rest of the country. I think the whole presentation prior to the statement telling the media the speech was about National Unity faintpartisanship was a there probably isnt any hope for unity or bipartisanship. Other than a few words tossed in here and there without substance that meant nothing out of dont think there was anything unifying about the speech on immigration or anything else. It was particularly divisive. David you have terr
Newsroom in a document faxed to abc news this morning after the shootings, flanagan blamed his rage on racism and on bully because he was gay. He called himself a human powder keg just waiting to go boom. It was about 6 45 this morning when 24yearold reporter Alison Parker and 27yearold photographer adam ward were simply doing their jobs, conducting a live interview for the morning news for station wdbj. Thats when the gunman struck, parker screaming as she tried to run and wards camera falling to the ground but still managing to of the suspect. We have learned that flanagan was a disgruntled former reporter for the station who went by the name Bryce Williams. He had been fired two years ago and was described as difficult to work with. This is an individual who came to work for us as a reporter and about two years ago im thinking we had to separate him from the company. Reporter we have also learned this afternoon that flanagan sent a 23 page fax to abc news two hours after the shootin
Number of different records being set, quite a number of them. The dow has set 42 highs over the course of the year. S p 500, 38 highs this year. That it has49 highs set this far in 2017. 49 record highs. 11 in the Third Quarter. Clearly, the dow has been the upper former here, playing some ketchup. It saw that big surge came down, and then came back again. Big stocks not seeing that of a percentage gain, but because of their leadership, we see them helped lift things over all. Netflix, amazon, alphabet among the gainers today. The trend im talking about in terms of small caps versus large caps, the dow has been doing well but small caps have been doing even better. That is another group that surged postelection, came down, and rising once again. We are looking at the lows. The top line is the small cap ratio to the large caps. We have seen small caps takeoff in the last month and a half or so. Down here we have value versus growth. , thes not been as dramatic offline, but we have star
National association of manufacturers was at the event and will join us later this hour. New details surfacing about the las vegas gunman. Officials say he may not have acted alone. Authorities seeking the identity of a woman seen with him days before the mass shooting. Puerto rican bonds tumbling, when the president said the islands massive debt should be wiped out. The white house budget director says the president would not be literal. There will be no bailout. Coming up we have the governor of port reeks coable to respond. David we need to hear from him. New record highs for all major averages. Lets go straight to Nicole Petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. I set it up, nicole. Investors were happy about progress toward tax reform. Is that what is buoying the market . Were closer to having tax reform and americans and businesses benefit in a way easier, bern official to them in tax reform that boosts the market ultimately. You call it the trump trade, whatever you want.
The committee will come to order. Good morning and thank you all for joining us. And today our committees focus on the top priority for the American People. Progrowth tax reform that will create jobs, increase paychecks and strengthen our nations economy. America now has one of the most costly unfair and uncompetitive tax systems in the world. The need for progrowth tax reform is urgent. Todays high tax rates on americas businesses drive good paying jobs overseas. Makes it more difficult for our job creators and workers to succeed here at home. Americas burdensome International Tax discourages investment in our local communities. Scores of loopholes give favored treatment to Washington Special interests while millions of hardworking americans havent seen a real pay raise in years. Heres the good news. President trump is leading the charge for bold tax reform that will unleash the growth of jobs and paychecks nationwide. And hes calling on the house anthe senate to put forward or best i