To iraq, his last memories as he dove onto of his soldiers to cover them from a rocket propelled grenade was that you would never see his wife or his child again. While he would survive, his last words proved to be prophetic. The blast cost him his site. But despite his injuries has pursued his education and is planning to start a new business. Though he may never actually see his firstborn daughter, he and his wife, heather, have added two more children to their growing family. In a sense, veterans like sergeant pepper and many others have sacrifice one life to the country and service. In an instant, their hopes and dreams for the future were shattered. But with a love of their countrymen and the support of the family and their community, they rediscover their purpose in life to learn to accept or overcome the obstacles their injuries have imposed. These walls remind us that a sacrifice might only have of our nation is most often shared with a loved one who cares for our injured heroe
Not there. I we are developing and promised the principal sponsors of this law that we are going to develop a plan to get to 100 not have the we do resources. Congress has not given us the resources. We are developing that. I would like to see us get to a higher percentage of what is deans scanned what is being scanned right now. I look at what comes into the country and the method we have for screening it all, and it is pretty sophisticated. So i take away from that a pretty good story. Ok, yes, sir. Last question. On ebola. We are now screening at five airports. Do we have the capability to deal with this, and do we have contingencies if things get worse . We very definitely in this country have the ability to deal with the ebola virus. Every time there has been an outbreak of ebola in the world, it has been defeated. Here in the United States, we have the best health care, doctors, infrastructure, hospitals. It is a treatable disease if it is caught in time and you receive the right
A resolution on the nations budget or the debt limit. People looking for protection bought gold futures which rose 13 dollars. And oil drift down 42 cents as tensions with iran eased following a phone call between president obama and the president of iran. Blackberrys ceo is said to be leaving the company with a golden parachute worth as much as 55 Million Dollars. And ichan and apple. The billion investor recently revealed his fascination with the tech giant. Reports say ichan is meeting with ceo of apple today. Lets get the trading day started with Mark Sebastian of swan wealth advisors. Good morning. Are we in for a messy monday . I think thats absolutely possible. Friday, while the market didnt really move very much, we saw the vix pop. I think were starting to finally see the market react to this government business and it could really drive things through the week. Even overshadowing non farm payrolls which are usually really important. Is the Market Pricing in anything different
But if you were a member of congress, you were supposed to go to work today, then also tomorrow, which is a bummer, but dont worry, you can cut out middle of the day on wednesday. You will not be working thursday or friday. You will not be working all of next week. Also, you do not have to work the monday after that. Youre going to work a 2 1 2day week this week, then youre not back until after veterans day. When you come back after veterans day, its a fourday week followed by another fourday week, and then thats it for the whole month nice deal, right . I mean, no matter what else might motivate you to want to be in congress, that kind of a schedule and a sixfigure salary for doing it, that is a combination that is impossible not to love. And we learned at politico. Com late last night this is amazing that even though congress is already basically not working anymore between now and christmas, theyve got just those few days scheduled on the calendar, internally, Speaker John Boehner a
Halt. And he can do it using a Senate Protocol that allows for any single senator to block any nomination by placing a hold on it. But thats how Lindsey Graham is able to block all nominees, not why. To understand why graham wants to bring government to a halt, you have to meet Lindsey Grahams primary challenger, South Carolina state senator lee bright. Patrick henry said give me liberty or give me death. Weve got folks in our country thats getting above 50 that say give me liberty or give me a card. Lindsey graham, like john boehner and the House Republicans before him, is threatening to essentially shut down part of the government so he can defend himself from a tea party backlash. Recent polling found only 53 of South Carolina republicans have a favorable view of graham. For some context, grahams unfavorables in the state are 30 points higher than its fellow Senate Republican tim scott. Needing to turn around his numbers, graham is turning back to benghazi. Were just beginning on be