Were going to tell you about the new drug trial results weighing on that company today. Guess how it went. Well, it went well for someone else yeah. Exactly. Box office blues Movie Theater stocks are getting crushed again today. Six superheroes cant even save those shares being very opaque here but well explain coming up in a little bit. First, breaking news, just this afternoon on fed chair janet yellen, our dom chu has more on the story. All right, so guys, Federal Reserve chairman janet yellen will be leaving the fed completely in february and this is what some fed observers say is no real surprise. Fed chair yellens term as chairman expires in february we know this and President Trump has already made his pick to be the next fed head thats current fed governor Jerome Powell, of course, pending confirmation by the senate there had been some speculation around the notion, perhaps, yellen would maintain a presence on the fed board of governors since her term adds a governor of the cen
Telling cnbc we may not need the type of tax cuts being proposed. We have those details coming up. And a major deal in the media space. Maybe youve heard about it. It brings together bbetter home gardens and people magazines, Meredith Buying Time Inc for nearly 2 billion. Will this pave the way for more deals especially in the media sector where theyve been trying to get them done we have that coming up in a little bit. First, our top story today, the cyber monday surge amazon shares hitting yet another alltime high today. Courtney reagan joins us from an Amazon Fulfillment Center in robbinsville, new jersey, with the very are you packaging anything and sending it off as well reporter no, no, im not allowed to touch anything, so i will not be touching anyones packages dont you worry about it amazons prime day, bill, actually still Reigns Supreme at least as far as we know for its biggest day on record. Last year on cyber monday, amazon shipped 64 million items worldwide. Thats what was
We will not allow it to obstruct. As i stated yesterday this committee has conducted an extremely thorough and fair process of reviewing attorney generals pruitts nomination. That includes hearing of length, number of kwegs and timely responses. It is unprecedented to delay for incoming president to this extent. We had an election last november. The people spoke and now it is time to set up a functioning government. That includes a functioning epa. To do that this committee has to do its work. So at this time i ask for a motion to suspend rules 2 a, 4 and 8 of the rules of the environment and Public Works Committee for the duration of this business meeting. I so move. Is there a second . All those in favor. All opposed nay. And the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and rules 2 a, 4 and 8 of rules of committee are suspended for the duration of this business meeting. At this time i would like to call up president ial nomination 44 scott pruitt of oklahoma to be administrator of the E
From capitol hill reporters that there have been sightings of Reince Priebus steve bannon and budget director Rick Mulvaney all heading into speaker ryans office before this 7 00 p. M. Meeting. So, what if it doesnt pass tomorrow . Will there be repercussions for republicans who dont support the bill . And think about it, what if repeal and replace of obamacare that republicans have been literally talking about for years doesnt happen because of republicans . Listen to what the press secretary had to say about that today. This is something that weve talked about. Youve taken a bunch of these free votes when it didnt matter because you didnt have a republican president and you got to vote for repeal and go back and tell your constituents Something Like 50 times. Well, this is a live ball now. And this is for real and were going to do what we pledged to the American People and keep our word. But the members of the house and the senate have an obligation to fulfill the promise and pledge
Tough. We knew there was a lot of ideas out there and its a balancing act to get to 216 in this case to make sure we can pass it. The president is putting everything on this. Those last minute changes include repealing Healthcare Benefits that Affordable Care act requires such as Substance Abuse treatment and newborn care. Permit needed to road with construction of the pipeline. Days after he took Office President trump signed an executive order for construction of keystone and the the Dakota Access pipeline. Thousands of people protested work on that pipeline saying it threatens Water Supplies and infringes on native americans sacred ground. The d. C. Council will hold a final hearing on Peter Newsham as police chief. More than 80 witness set the testify t acting chief newsham will also testify. Still no word on what led to a shooting inside of a Charles County home. Police say a man and a toddler were found dead last night inside the home along west a woman and a teenager were also f