Since february 5 and 6 thats right, it has been about a month and a half since february 5 and 6 for the dow and february 13 for the s p 500. Right now, it looks like the yield is at 0. 858 andrew we have a huge lineup of guests today out of washington James Bullard talking about headlines. Tom barrack and former federal chairman ben bernanke. Living through the crisis of 2008 and studying the Great Depression all of that coming up over the next three hours to the news that broke overnight. The white house and the senate announcing a deal. Well get to leaSteve Liesman f more on that and eamon with more. It was in the 1 00 a. M. Hour that it broke overnight. What we have here, joe, is a handshake deal we dont have a vote and we dont have the explicit text what we have is a deal here is how Mitch Mcconnell announced the deal at 1 00 a. M help is on the way. The American People are already rising to this great challenge the senate is about to follow suit well pass this legislation later to
Sue is off tonight. Today stocks moved higher, sharplyigher on a familiar theme, trade. Chinese officials were quoted at sayiy wanted to resolve the current trade conflict in the u. S. In a wacalm manner. Some took it as a sign that the Chinese Government will not retaliate against the latest round of tariffs and the bulls ran with it on wall street. The dow was up 26 points to 26,362. The nasdaq added 116 and s the gained 36. As bob pisani reports, this rally does not have the certainty of some reporter the rally rolls on. Stocks ended yterdays gains ater chinese officials s positive tone for u. S. china trade talks. K man for Chinas Ministry of commerce said they are willing to solve it with a calm attitude. It comes three days before the next round of tariffs are slated to go into eect. That happened before theap a opg be stocks were higher throughout the day. Tradeheavy industrials like boeing and caterpillar were up. Tech names like alibaba were up. These are names withi the cycli
Just as a quick disclaimer is a nonpartisan educational organization. The institute takes no position on any issues. The views expressed in this report are mine and mine alone. Im going to make some brief comments on the report. And we will invite our two distinguished discussants up to the stage. Then i will sit with them and will ask a few questions and we chat about this topic of dismantling the corruption nexus until about 4 pm. Then we will take questions from the audience. And we were dismissed promptly at 430. What is this all about . I am a political scientist. This means our study and explain how the political world works. Not my job to offer my opinion. It is my job to explain how things work. My work stems from actual personal frustration. Letting you know my opinion. I have been frustrated with being able to predict terrible outcomes in the worlds authoritative regime. Looking around and seeing terrible things that are going to happen. Then being frustrated by the fact that
So we are likely to be dry between now and lunch time. By mid to Late Afternoon our in be chances go up once again and because of that chance for some slow moving summer soakers, a flash flood wch could be issued for the metro area. 69 Prince Georges County and 70 Montgomery County. High today 87. Yesterday was 91. Today, 87. A little bit cooler but be on the lookout. Rain chance still stands at 70 . Closer look at the rest of the week and talking about the weekend is coming up. Good morning. Beltvilleowsouthbound pr mill road is on the shoulder so we are seeing delays southbound and northbound on bw parkway because of that accident. Inner loop and outer lono problems. A vehicle into a building there and a closure because of the response. Inbod 66 at 28 in centerville slow. Southbound 95 approaching tte loop for a fatal crash spencer tion and dar has more on that. Reporter good morning. That crash scene did clear a short time o. If you were coming through that area of 95 south in Princ
The senator made the case that workers are overworked and able to keep up productivity. On the panel push back. We will show you portions of the hearing. If you want to comment on the idea of a shorterk if you approve of it or create new problems or opportunities you could call us on the lines and tell us what you think about a federally mandated 35 hour workweek. Texas if you wish at 202 7488003 and post on facebook and on x. The lead up to that hearing which you can still see on their website at cspan. Org and the apis cspan now taking a look at seto a press proposal saying workers share in the massive increasintw technology with lead to a 32 hour workweek. American workers are 400 percent more productive than they were in the 1940s and millions of americans are working more hours for lower wages. This has got to change. There are text Available Online butor sanders deduced reduce the standard work we to 32 hours. Lower the maximum hour threshold for compensation. Overtime pay for wo