Good evening. Welcome to the william g. Mcgowan theater here at the National Archives. Im the archivist of the United States, and its a pleasure to welcome you here this evening whether youre here in person, joining us on our youtube station or a special welcome to our friends at cspan. We present tonights program, meet the better half congressional partners, spouses and families, in partnership with the u. S. Association of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support. Where are you . Weve been doing this for six years now. Great to have you with us. Look forward to six more. Before we get started, id like to tell you about two other programs coming up next month. Oh, actually, this month. On tuesday, february 6th at noon, katherine kerryson will be here to talk about jeffersons daughters three sisters, white and black, which look into the lives of martha and harriet. And friday february 16th at noon, derek ash and George Musgrove will be here to tell us about their
Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with michelle carusocabrera, john fortt. Sara eisen has the morning off we have a vote in the house on the budget elon hi guys, the house has passed the final version of the 2018 budget, clearing the way for tax reform to be completed without any help from democrats. Now, were told that they have reached that 215 marker that they needed in order to get this passed there were at least 19 republicans that voted against this doesnt appear that any democrats supported this Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi even called this budget immoral and a raw deal now, some of the republicans who voted against this, those are expected to be protest votes over the potential elimination or capping of the state and local tax deduction, so there is still going to be a lot of really tough negotiations under way over the next few weeks as republicans hammer out the details of their tax bill. But for now, a big step forward and something that can give them some crucial
We have a great show to kick off a big week for the markets. We will discuss what 2017 holds for u. S. Monetary policy. As italy lines up another new premier, in turkey comes to terms with the bombing istanbul, we will focus on the market and Political Risk in europe. As crude oil surges, we also speak live to the Nigerian Petroleum minister on surveillance at 9 40 u. K. Time. Lets check on the markets. This is a picture for oil, gaining 5. 1 at 54. It surged the highest in 17 months as efforts to cut production sent the 10year treasury yield above 2. 5 . Chinese equities tumbling. European shares holding to what we saw last week, pretty much flat. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra president elect donald trump says hes close to naming his secretary of state, dropping hints it could be exxon mobils ceo. A person close to the transition on hasnt beenrs formally offered the job yet but is likely to be the pick. Italys prize minister designate has been hol
That is what we have up the moment. They are likely to restore the ideological balance. It was left a vacancy and hasnt been filled yet. Have a republican appointee with a decades long record on the federal bench. Just waiting at the moment for what is going on there in formerly of breitbart news, talking to a colleague there. This is what we have as we await donald trump to get to the lectern to announce his Supreme Court nominee. Repeat, the two names are neil gore such of denver and thomas hardeman. People are standing up. One can assume that donald trump is approaching the lectern. President trump thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. When Justice Scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the American People. If i were elected president , i would find the very best judge in the country for the Supreme Court. I promised to select someone that respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves
That is a check of traffic, youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. John 5 02, following breaking news involving a fire at a restaurant in east charlotte. Christine Kristen Miranda is getting details right now. Kristen chris mentioned a section of albermarle road becaused of the fire. If your morning commute takes you along albermarle road, you might find this restaurant familiar to you. Fire shot through the roof of the restaurant when firefighters got there. Let me show you pictures from the scene that charlotte fire tweeted overnight a short time ago, actually. Took a crew of 50 firefighters to knock down the flame in 30 minutes. You can see the damage to the restaurant. If you drive that way in the next few minutes this morning, be aware crews are out there, could slow you getting through that scene, that area a little bit. Chris gave you alternate routes to get around the section closed. The scene as well, well try to get you li