Twitter storm, we have it for you. The force is with amazon at least temporarily, a judge ruled microsoft and the pentagon must put the multimillion dollar je distribution contract on hold as legal battle rages on. Sweet success this morning, valentines day busiest day of the year, selling more than a million strawberries, the company ceo is here. Nicole phelp is here and take us on a trip to sesame street, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria some of the stories we are watching this morning retaining vigilant the new York City Police Department Warning of, quote, credible threat after last weeks assassination attempt, the Department Said that there are no specific threats at this time but stress that every station security post needed to be staffed around the clock, a surprising tribute from attorney general william barr amid the pending doj investigation of roger stone case, hitting back against President Trumps criticism of the justice. I think its time to stop the tweeting,
Thompson, seek recognition . Mr. Thompson madam speaker, pursuant to House Resolution, i for up h. R. 5377 and ask its immediate consideration in the house. The peaker pro tempore clerk will report the bill the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 275, h. R. 5377, a bill to amend revenue code of 1986 to modify the deduction of and local taxes and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution in the naturement of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means in the bill is adopted and bill, as amended, is read. Ered as the bill shall be debatable for ne hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the means. Ee on ways and the gentleman from california, r. Thompson, and the gentleman from nebraska from texas, mr. Rady, each will control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may ha
[ inaudible ]. The tax will be substantial. We will put them on payments. What is your number . The number we talked about is 70 increase. Where are you now in terms of your number . We are at 1. 4 . Youre getting there. Neil whether you are a fan of the president or not, you have to just be startled at what you are seeing here on global tv live. Negotiating with the leader of canada saying why arent you coughing up more, what kind of progress are you making on that and all of a sudden Justin Trudeau say we are about 1. 3 , 1. 4 live for the whole world to see, not behind closed doors for no one to see. And talking as well with macron of france about how much are you putting and why did you say that nato is brain dead and why did you say that behind my back when you can tell me to my face. So macron did raise it to the president sitting right next to the president but thats the way its been going today. As the president , when it came to tariffs that are targeting much more countries a
The final hour and we did get some strong earnings from industrial names like Rockwell Automation and speaking of the president s speech, we will have the first reaction from the white house right here on closing bell. A live interview with top economic adviser larry kudlow in just a few minutes from now. And we will ask him for some clarity on china and the status to have the trade negotiations joining us now for the hour is steve grasso from stuart frankel. Kind of a quiet market day here, but perhaps a little bit of upward bias for a while until just the last several minutes. I think its about everything that you just touched on i think its the majority was President Trump, the expectations coming out of that speak that speech at the Economic Club. Was he going to unveil anything that the market didnt already know so once you get through it and there was nothing new that the market could bite into, the market sells off sort of an anticlimactic feel to the whole day. So we had some a
Interview. That is coming up. To our stop story, billionaire Mike Bloomberg is officially jumping into the race. To Charlie Gasparino, who has been on top of the story. That is a lot of money. Now you have mike on a good friend of my friend greg valentino. I have to watch. I cant wait for that. But in any event. This is a huge story on a number of levels. Mike bloomberg is one of the richest men in america. I think fifth richest, could be wrong. 58 billion. Selfmade man. David wow. New york city mayor. He has upended the race at least for journalists. Now the real question Going Forward, does he upend the race, the real race . I think there are two storylines you will see coming out. One is the bigger one. Does he have impact here . Does he have impact beyond beating the hell out of donald trump, right . A lot of these ads will be saying why trump is unfit for office david he has to get the nomination first. Do they work . Do they work where they get him enough votes where he sneaks in