Rate. That meeting, 2day meeting beginning trade, trade in focus, Robert Lighthizer testifying before Senate House Committee today and ways and means tomorrow. Jeff, great to have you. Thank you, glad to be here. Maria thanks for joining us, i remember when you first went public, a lot of conversation of where the growth is coming for and since then the stock is up 1,000 , congratulations. Thank you so much. You bet, last year i move today hong kong for most of the year trying to understand better the market, but in that time we figured out something thats perhaps obvious which is thethe biggest brands in the world want to advertise more in china, largest surge in middle class in china, in fact, over 1 years 10 years they will create middle class. Maria wow. Cocacola, nike, you want to be tapping into a large surge in middle class because they are Global Companies and we help Global Companies . Given the fact that companies that want to get a foothold in china so far can only do it thr
Wanted, which could wreak trigger tax increases that could whena risk for the senate it goes for a vote, possibly as soon as tomorrow. We speak with kevin cirilli. What is the danger that conservatives will go against the bill based on this trigger . Kevin Mitch Mcconnell is saying they are our will move ahead with the motion to proceed in order to have this vote on the tax reform package tomorrow. A deal being reached could mean the public and leadership as coulds senator corker, resolve. Should the tax plan not be able enue as aenough rev mechanism for Economic Growth, there would be an austerity trigger that would drive up revenue for the government to collect, still being deciphered as we speak. All systems are go for the Senate Passing this tomorrow. President trump is going to be back in missouri this afternoon and he will be trying to drum up support. Hery that satisfies defecity hawks, buteficit what about senators like ron johnson . Kevin those folks are moving toward getting
You can see were set up for what would typically be what weve seen most days higher, european markets this morning as well. Well look at right now and they are as you see largely in the red. No major moves the uk has come to light here in the last couple of trading days, though, making up perhaps some of the gap with the other markets. The 10year note yield hanging around the 2. 4 level where its been and earlier this week we saw wti cross above 60 and it is there again. That has actually been a quietly big story you might argue. That just happened last night, right we did earlier this week and now were back above Natural Gas Prices you might expect also moving up a legal bit, recently given our kitchen pipe froze. Oh, no. Yeah. Welcome to homeowners. These are the joys. But a quick Public Service announcement, you take a hair dryer on the pipe and we got it going again. Then you let it trickle all day and hopefully well be able to make dinner tonight. If not, you let us know. Im comin
Meteorologist kari hall who has been also tracking this. Kari, did you feel this this morning . I did not. I was actually awake and moving around and did not feel it in san jose. We had a lot of people who were in san jose up or not eaven awae who did feel that shaking coming from this 4. 5 magnitude earthquake just to the east of berkeley. We are looking at a large area of people who were awakened at 2 39 this morning as that occurred on the hayward fault. Now, we are going to get a closer look at where this fault runs across much of the east bay and the last major earthquake we had on this fault was october 21st in 1868. It was a magnitude 7. 0. We havent had anything major since then, but we do Pay Attention to these minor earthquakes as definitely a reminder to be prepared and it could be a forethought to a larger event. You want to take cover and hold once you feel shaking and get under sturdy furniture, a table or a desk. After the quake you make sure that your family has a Meeti
Magnitude 7. 0 we had was back in the 1800s that killed 30 people. Now is the time to make sure you do have a plan. If you do start to feel that shaking make sure you drop, cover and hold. Those are the three words to remember. Get under some sturdy furniture, a desk or a table. After the quake make sure your family has a Meeting Place and that should be something arranged ahead of time. Why Pay Attention to the small earthquakes . Once again, it could be a foreshock to a larger event. If you are indoors you want to make sure you stay away from windows, stay away from outside doors and walls and do not use a doorway as a shelter unless it is strongly supported. We try not to try to run outside, even though you may be frightened at that time, do not try to exit a building. These are the things that we will be watching as we go throughout the day as we get prepared. There may be more shaking later on today as a lot more people get outside so we wanted to give you preparedness tips for be