As they work under the duress of time and pressures from diverse interests, inspire them to strive to live with integrity, making ethical decisions that honor you. Lord, be with their Staff Members who run the office and provide the data needed for responsible decisions. Be also with those who process the mountains of business in and out of the cloakrooms. Lord, sustain those who transcribe the debates for the congressional record. Bless those who monitor parliamentary order, schedules, and voting records. Protect those who provide security at the doors, on the floor, and on the street. And, lord, bless our pages. Strengthen all who are a part of the senates support system, surrounding them with your protection and favor. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty a
How about china trade . Thats a standoff. Lighthizer and mnuchin have been on the phone to their chinese counterparts. The chinese say we called them. President xi and President Trump will meet just within days. Back home, a standoff on money for the border crisis. The democrats cannot agree among themselves on new cash for detention facilities. Children are suffering. A vote on emergency aid which was supposed to take place today might not even make it to the floor of the house. Just wait until you see how gold and bitcoin are reacting to all of this. And wait until you hear about a massive 60 billion buyout in the pharma business. Lets get on with it. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart right. This is a whopping great big merger. Got to tell you about it. Abbvie says it will acquire allergan in a deal valued at 63 billion. Ash, what does allergan have that makes it worth this huge premium offer . Ashley nearly 16 billion a year in revenue from a lot of beauty products. 16 billio
Slightly in the european markets for this thursday morning. The tenyear note yield crossed that 2. 5 level and now 2. 572 is where we find ourselves with wti firmly above 50 a barrel as well. Lets get to our road map this morning. And it starts with the markets. Of course we are still on 20,000 watch for the dow. Lots of data as well to digest this morning. And in president elect Donald Trumps meeting with defense ceos, what did boeing and lockheed say . And what are they saying now . And two more names familiar to the cnbc audience named to trumps team, carl icahn and Peter Navarro both set to join as advisors to the president elect. The economy grew faster in the Third Quarter than the government originally thought. The final reading up 3. 5 , that is the fastest pace in two years, better than the previous estimate of 3. 2 growth. The data comes as the dow continues of course to take aim at 20,000, jim, weve been ever so close. Ive been monitoring it from my few days off, but we didn
Friday. Hes told his officials he will work to reenforce allies. China has warned the United States to act cautiously in regard to the South China Sea. The administration of President Donald Trump vowed to protect u. S. Interests in the areas International Waters. Translator the United States is not a party to the South China Sea dispute and should respect the facts. We urge them to tread carefully to avoid harming the peace and stability of the sea. They were responding to comments by spokesperson sean spicer who referred to chinas artificial islands in the waters at a press briefing. Its a question of if those islands are, in fact, in International Waters and not part of china proper, then yeah, were going to make sure that we defend International Territories from being taken over by one country. Hua said china is dedicated to protecting freedom of navigation based on International Law but she insisted china will protect its sovereignty and maritime rights in the waters. Israel has a
Friday. Hes told his officials he will work to reenforce allies. China has warned the United States to act cautiously in regard to the South China Sea. The administration of President Donald Trump vowed to protect u. S. Interests in the areas International Waters. Translator the United States is not a party to the South China Sea dispute and should respect the facts. We urge them to tread carefully to avoid harming the peace and stability of the sea. They were responding to comments by spokesperson sean spicer who referred to chinas artificial islands in the waters at a press briefing. Its a question of if those islands are, in fact, in International Waters and not part of china proper, then yeah, were going to make sure that we defend International Territories from being taken over by one country. Hua said china is dedicated to protecting freedom of navigation based on International Law but she insisted china will protect its sovereignty and maritime rights in the waters. Israel has a