Of america who, as you know, a year ago sat right with us and voted on our resolutions and most importantly as a governor, he understands the challenges we face, how to grow our economies, build an infrastructure of transportation and a sure our children are getting the best quality education in short of a change are getting the best quality education and understand who to Work Together on infrastructure and on tax reform. And we wanted to Work Together on health care so we can provide the best quality for our citizens. I thank Vice President pence, he showed true backbone in indiana when he expanded medicaid for his citizens. He understands and the challenges that we as governors face to make sure were providing that quality care. It is my honor today, chairman of the National Governors association to bring to the podium, the Vice President of the United States of america, Michael Pentz michael pence. [applause] [applause] Vice President pence thank you all. It is wonderful to be here
Need to know ahead of those numbers. We are coming off of another record close for the dow industrials, 24th alltime high this year. Futures indicating a bit of a pullback this morning, fractional move coming off the high. Dow industrials set to open up ten points and whether or not that changes things. The european markets are mixed, european indices as you see there, majors are flat. In asia overnight gains across the board to report, fractional moves, nonetheless but in the plus column. Planet of the apes swinging back into theaters full Box Office Preview later this hour. Joining me to talk about it Dagen Mcdowell, kings View Asset Management scott martin is here and research chief, Research Officer. Good see you. Dagen great to see you, coming up we were at the Berkeley Center for the third stop at the Connor McgregorFloyd Mayweather. You interviewed him. Dagen youve gotten paid, not so much. We have a very heated debate about who can win fight. I will put money down on the fact t
Forecast to 2. 1 in 2017, down twotenths percent from earlier estimates. Theyre trimming next years Growth Outlook as well fiscal policy will be less expansionary than expected they expect fwrogrowth in china, japan. Happening now, opec and nonopec ministers gathered in russia to discuss Global Oil Output speculation swirling they could ask libya and nigeria to join in on production cuts both those nations are exempt from a deal to cap output. We have much more on the meeting later in the show. Not Much Movement in the energy markets. In corporate news, kkr nearing a deal for web md. They have had a five month auction to be bought they solicited bids interest more than 100 companies and firms since february the price is unclear as of close, they had market cap 2. 1 billion. Put in some symptom you have, and then you find yourself falling into a web of web md leads to self medication, which is not good for anybody. It is good it is out there. Before you couldnt find the stuff. You go to
Instant updates. More breaking news within the past hour highway 17 in santa clara beings reopened in both directions. The search for the Bank Robbery Suspects as seen here has been scaled back. The suspect abandoned his car after a crash near red wood estates. He is accused of robbing a bank of america in scots valley. Police fired at him as they were chasing him, but it is not known if he was hit. The man ran from the crash. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. A long wait for the people affected by the ghost ship fire. On the one hand, we are incredibly grateful, and at the same time they raised this money on our behalf and theyre just sitting on it. The waiting is finally over. Nearly two months after oaklands deadliest fire, money from the biggest victims fundraiser is finally being distributed. 36 people died in december. Families were devastated and more than a dozen people were left homeless. The investigation into the cause and wh
Weve had in decades. Live at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org. Listen live on the free cspan radio app. The director of the Congressional Budget Office testified before a House Committee on the economic and budget forecast. Keith hall was question on wide range of issues relating to Economic Growth and the government. The hearing rant about two hours. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the Congressional Budget Office is budget and outlook. I want to thank everyone for being here this morning. We are holding the to discuss the Congressional Budget Offices budget and economic outlook, which gives us a 10 year projection of our spending, National Debt, and how the economy is going to perform over the next decade. The report forms the cornerstone of the work we do here at the house Budget Committee, and i want to thank everyone at cbo for all their hard work in producing this report. Id also like to welcome cbo director keith hall. Dire