[inaudible conversation] we will resume the confirmation hearing for scott pruitt epa administrator. Let me start by saying, sometimes you get a chance to sit down over lunch and you say ive been answering question for two and half hours, you know, i wish i had said Something Differently about something or other. Anything you would like to clarify. Just one point of clarification in response to senator whitehouse questions about invar mental steps weve taken with respect to the leaky underground storage and double dipping in our state. I have initiated three cases with respect to valero, bp and conoco. Exxon in a number of other cases are still in settlement discussions. They have not materialized in litigation just yet. Thank you for that clarification. Anyway, a couple quick questions. In in the city of cheyenne wyoming, it was discovered that ethylene chemical thats used by the military to degrees the engines of rocket motors was seeping into the cities Drinking Water supply. The ar
[inaudible conversations] spirit we will resume the hearing for the attorney general pruitt sometimes you can sit down over lunch to answer questions to a halfhours open shy said Something Different anything that you would like to clarify quick. In response to the white house questions about the enforcement steps we have taken with double dipping i initiated three cases and so they have not materialized in litigations just yet. Thanks for that clarification in the city and cheyenne wyoming with a chemical used by the military to decrease the engines of the rocket motors the army corps that was in charge of a Nuclear Missile site refuse to amend it was the cause of pollution to do of a testing needed they showed a large plume directly into the citys balls it is now protected by state of the art water facility but when you serve as the attorney general of you held them accountable in the same way . This was indicated in industrious ammoniac and mention the case put that this was somethin
[inaudible conversations] spirit we will resume the hearing for the attorney general pruitt sometimes you can sit down over lunch to answer questions to a halfhours open shy said Something Different anything that you would like to clarify quick. In response to the white house questions about the enforcement steps we have taken with double dipping i initiated three cases and so they have not materialized in litigations just yet. Thanks for that clarification in the city and cheyenne wyoming with a chemical used by the military to decrease the engines of the rocket motors the army corps that was in charge of a Nuclear Missile site refuse to amend it was the cause of pollution to do of a testing needed they showed a large plume directly into the citys balls it is now protected by state of the art water facility but when you serve as the attorney general of you held them accountable in the same way . This was indicated in industrious ammoniac and mention the case put that this was somethin
Weapon for the target, americas most senior Military Commander in afghanistan has defended the decision to drop a huge bomb on Islamic State militants in a remote area in the east of the country. This is the first time the us has deployed in combat the massive ordinance air blast bomb, referred to as the mother of all bombs. The afg ha n to as the mother of all bombs. The afghan doc mac says 36 militants we re afghan doc mac says 36 militants were killed and no civilians although Islamic State denies that. The afghan government. Frank gardner reports. A remote valley in a remote country. Then, this. 11 tonnes of high explosives, dropped an an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. The blast was felt 30 miles away. The weapon used is called moab, or Massive Ordnance Air burst, also known as the mother of all bombs. This was its first time used in combat. This was the right weapon against the right target. We will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades. To eliminate
We are about 30 minutes into the trading day. Marketsman is at the with breaking news. A unexpectedly dropping to oneyear low. That 87. 9 is lower than even the lowest forecast of the economist who we surveyed. This as we see the Current Conditions index kicking up and is looks like the expectations are going down sharply. Economists say could have something to do with the contentious president ial election campaign. The margin of consumers expecting Hillary Clinton to win to 46ection widened Percentage Points from 34 points in september. Interesting below the host free this Consumer Confidence measure. Stocks seem to behold and pretty steady in the wake of those numbers here. Averages upe major 7 10 of 1 here. If you look at a two day chart clearly more reaction. They climbed back up throughout the day. A little bit of a takedown of these michigan numbers. Of course a big story continues to be bank earnings. Both reporting big increases in fixed income revenue. 35 , that is the amount