Who is falling behind . Weve got the latest l polls ahead of the big democratic debates coming up, and end of the month and then spacex reach for stars two big successes lodging rocket to space station and getting the giants space hop per, that even elon musk says looks like a water tower to blast off a the ground. Mornings with maria beginsing right now. Weve got a big program this morning joining conversation Fox Business Network Dagen Mcdowell and the brewer group investsment banker nfl star jack brewer great to see everybody today. Great to see you happy friday. My name better than you Maria Bartiromo. [laughter] rally up everybody. Dagen is in the house. Come on. So sweet. All right weve got gdp this morning that is important. Going to dig into that. So were expecting almost 2 growth 1. growth so things to watch out for ill jump ahead. Household spending infrastructure, investment and military buildup could contradict 4 percentage point to gdp but get a reversal inventory draw dow
The hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Today is the third panel of the oversight investigation subcommittee hearing spielgtsed learning from v. A. Whistleblowers. On june 25th, the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle bloergs we heard testimony from people inside the va raising Major Concerns questions and kwerns critical problems affecting the health and well being of veterans. These witnesses were willing to below the whistle even when at risk their livelihood and careers. Unfortunately we learned the va continuing to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistleblowers. In too many instances leadership and supervisor turned a blind eye in those in v. A. Worker frs pointed out sowers problems or pointing out bad actors ace abuseding positions or broken laws. Even worse the whistleblowers are target of active retaliation one striking example dpram dr. Catherine mitchells t
Unfortunately, we learned that the v. A. Is continuing to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistleblowers. In too many instances leadership and supervisor turned a blind eye in those in v. A. Worker frs pointed out sowers problems or pointing out bad actors ace of using positions or breaking laws. Even worse the whistleblowers are targeted for active retaliation. One striking example dpram dr. Catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Medical Center to expose the secret waiting list of veterans in need of medical care. Instead of addressing the issue , the leadership actively worked to hide the exorbitant wait times. And it turned out such practices occurred at v. A. Facilities nationwide. The coverup was extensive and deliberate, and health and well the health and well being of veterans was put at risk. Congress responded to the allegations with hearings that confirmed the whistleblowers revelations of long and activ
Accusing facebook of misleading investors as the doj launches this antitrust review. Corporate earnings going to be weighing on some stocks at least this morning boeing and caterpillar disappoint trade worries remain u. P. S. Shares sinking ahead of the open. Profits soaring more than 13 for the quarter. David abney joins us first on cnbc this hour facebook up first. Three different Government Agencies today, the ftc formally announcing that record 5 billion settlement with the company over privacy violations, imposing new requirement oz on Mark Zuckerberg and making structural changes to the board the s. E. C. Simultaneously announcing 100 million settlement accusing the company of misleading investors about the misuse of user data. And lastly, last night, the doj is opening a broad review of Tech Companies, that will scrutinize leading Online Market platforms. Didnt name any specific companies, but obviously facebook, amazon, alphabet are all in play. Of the alphabet soup, what is mo
Is 202 hat line 7488001. We also welcome your comments on twitter. Tweet us cspanwj. Post your comments on facebook. We are talking about the federal Death Penalty being reinstated by the department of justice effective as of thursday. The executions set to begin in december of this year. The Justice Department plans to restart Capital Punishment after long hiatus. The attorney general william barr ordered the euro of presence to schedule executions for five inmates on death row. Each was convicted of murdering children among others. Owe it to the victims and their families to carry out the sentence imposed by our Justice System. They write that by diving into the Death Penalty debate, the Trump Administration is pushing back against the countrys recent trend of declining executions. More on the washington post. One of the authors of that piece, mark berman, is on the phone with us this morning. What was behind the administrations decision to reinstate the federal Death Penalty . Guest