The details ahead with the shares down 4 . I saw you guys playing with that this morning. John was a sport in that. President trump signed that executive order that he says will end the war on coal. Epa Administration Scott pruitt joining us to talk about this on a first on cnbc interview. We look forward to that very much. Meantime, details on that executive order. We are at the white house right now. Bill, the president went to the epa to sign the executive order moments ago. He arrived back here at the white house. The president put in all of this in the context of as you say, ending president obamas socalled war on coal. He said this is about creating jobs. Heres the president over at the epa. My administration is putting an end to the war on coal. With todays executive action, i am taking historic steps to lift restrictions on american energy, to reverse government intrusion and to cancel job killing regulations. What specifically is the administration doing here . A couple bullet
Group terry duffy will also be with us today. First, we want to welcome in gary is president and ceo of Goldman Sachs. Good to see you. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. Good to be here. I think we should start in the obvious place. How surprised were you by the election result . Honestly not as surprised as i think many other people. Having seen what happened in this year, the year that i would call a year of great uncertainty, weve seen other results in other elections whether it be the columbia referendum or brexit where weve had very unpredictable results, where pollsters have gotten it wrong this year. It was not that shocking. You know, some people say its because you grew up in ohio and you have a lot of Ohio Midwestern context, and i was talking to people in the midwest. I had a feeling that we may end up in this situation. The markets down 800 points that night into the morning. For many times i was talking to people prior to the election. My mantra is whatever h
Us down. Everything is cyclically oriented so it is a risk off tenor to the markets. It is there where amazon lives and not in information technology. The best and worst performers today in terms of index point contributions to the s p 500, we have amazon, on the upside of 9 after recording Record Net Income and part of the because of the strength of its web services division. Gileads hepatitis c drugs came in lower. Some of the best performers related to earnings, monster beverage being because of its relationship with cocacola. Resources raising its output forecast for the year. Downside. Seagate coming in with results below estimates and sky works as well suffering from waiting apple demand. It is one of the apple suppliers that has been hit as people have been buying fewer iphones. A lot of Energy Companies going into earnings season. That sector was supposed to be a big drag. Is beating estimates because this is how it works. Butyone beats estimates that is it. Here are the exampl
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95. The nays are 3. The bill as amended is passed. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The senate will be in order. Mr. Thune mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i want to express my appreciation to my colleagues for the passage of the federal Aviation Administration reauthorization act of 2016. By passing this legislation, which i offered with the Commerce Committees Ranking Member, senator nelson, and our aviation subcommittee leaders senators ayotte and cantwell, the senate is seeking to end a string of short extensions with a comprehensive reform proposal now on its way to the house of representatives. Bipartisan efforts at both
Illegitimate purpose. And there was another issue that required additional scrutiny. We satisfied that burden. Dont you think this will lead every single plan to be challenged as voter delusion . No, i think you would have to have a showing of an illegitimate purpose behind the deviation. You didnt just establish it by the fact of the deviation. What kind of evidence did you present to the District Court . Well, i think in this case, this case is a very unique case because as judge wake found in his decent, the chart shows statistically there was systematic partisan mall apportionment done for that partisan reason. Just looking at numbers. Is that the chart at 112a of the appendix . Yes. I think that it is the chart that is in color. I think weve also provided. Ive got the colored chart. Yes. It shows the districts were systematically, statistically mall apportioned for that purpose. That shis the kind of showing Justice Scalia i thought, mr. Herron, that you were saying that the thing