Even from some of the kids today. A couple of things to note yesterday was an important moment for our nations fight against the drug addiction and Opioid Epidemic that has hurt so many families. By directing a nationwide Health Emergency to address the crisis, the president is mobilizing his entire administration to confront the issue. The president s remarks included a powerful story and set the for the country to unite behind his fight to save lives. In the wake of the announcement, several agency heads are traveling around the country for event related to the crisis. Among those participating are attorney general sessions, secretary schultz and hearken. These events illustrate that the president truly has made this issue and administrationwide priority. On the economic front, the u. S. Economy grew at 3 for the Second Quarter in a row despite the damage from this years hurricane season. Unemployment is at a 16year low. The stock market continues to economic engines are soaring. It
Briefing, Sarah Sanders announced the president will announce a chaired nominate next week. She also answered questions about puerto rico recovery efforts, the russia investigation, and the president s Upcoming Trip to asia. The briefing is 15 minutes. Sec. Sanders hey, guys. Happy friday. Good afternoon. It is great to see so many family faces in here, not that that is different than normal. Obviously i am referring to the children around the room. We are excited and welcome the kids of the press corps to the white house. They will love trickortreating in the executive Office Building, and i look forward to taking some questions, maybe even from some of the kids today. A couple of things to note yesterday was an important moment for our nations fight against the drug addiction and Opioid Epidemic that has hurt so many families. By directing a nationwide Health Emergency to address the crisis, the president is mobilizing his entire administration to confront this issue. The president s
About his position throughout this process. That is not the own investigation that has taken place. Congress has spent a great deal of time on this, a better part of a year. All of your news organizations have actually spent a lot of money on this as well, which we would consider probably a pretty big waste. I think our position has not changed since day one. And i think we are seeing now if it there if there was any collusion with russia it was between the dnc and the clintons, and certainly not our campaign. Sec. Sanders we have to move around. This is an important one on 401 k s. Sec. Sanders maybe your colleagues will ask. Do you have any comments on the events in catalonia . Spain put out a statement. Has the president made any phone calls on that . Sec. Sanders i am not aware of any phone calls today, but we certainly echo the state department and again reiterate our support for a unified spain. I am going to jump around. The present the president met this morning with interior s
Traveled across his pelvis, fractured bones and caused severe internal bleeding. Well have a live report from outside the Medstar Washington Hospital Center tonight, where the congressman is being treated in just moments. But first, we are moments away from the first pitch in tonights game, which has been breaking fundraising records and fox Business Correspondent adam shapiro, live at nationals park, in washington, d. C. Adam, good evening. Reporter and a good evening to you, lou. What could be a better show of unity than the fact that this event, which goes back to 1909, this charitable congressional baseball game. This year, has raised 1 million. Last year it raised 500,000. They doubled how much they raised for charitable causes in the washington, d. C. , area and sold far more tickets of over 20,000 sold for tonights game, and also added to the charitable causes that will receive funding, the Capitol Police memorial fund, because it was of course two Capitol Police officers who we
Traveled across his pelvis, fractured bones and caused severe internal bleeding. Well have a live report from outside the Medstar Washington Hospital Center tonight, where the congressman is being treated in just moments. But first, we are moments away from the first pitch in tonights game, which has been breaking fundraising records and fox Business Correspondent adam shapiro, live at nationals park, in washington, d. C. Adam, good evening. Reporter and a good evening to you, lou. What could be a better show of unity than the fact that this event, which goes back to 1909, this charitable congressional baseball game. This year, has raised 1 million. Last year it raised 500,000. They doubled how much they raised for charitable causes in the washington, d. C. , area and sold far more tickets of over 20,000 sold for tonights game, and also added to the charitable causes that will receive funding, the Capitol Police memorial fund, because it was of course two Capitol Police officers who we