Until the close, cnbc contributor stephanie link from tiaa a nuveen company. Welcome, stephanie thanks. Energy doesnt usually lead this market but is today on the oil bounce and questions about whether thats sustainable and given sort of the scale and increase in tensions whether the move is big enough to bring back the sector and commodity trade i dont know. I really dont because its been a tough industry for the whole year. For a whul of years now. So this is really more a supply issue concern. I think the Biggest Issue for oil are demand and the demand environment has been slowing and the revisions have been lower. So with that as a backdrop this might be just temporary. You would have thought oil would have been rallying much more than it did. I spoke as well about 20 minutes ago to one of the senior traders at one of the major investment banks and said was pleased to see the algos didnt disrupt the market when pompeo came out and clearly blamed iran on that. That could have been a
Perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. Ah, youre adorable. Huh. Oh, whah welcome back to msnbc state of the Union Special coverage. President biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. Not just abroad but right here in the u. S. In front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th Capitol Attack in the very room, three years ago. History is watching. Just like history watched three years ago on january 6. Insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. Many of you were here on the darkest of days. We also, they were not patriots. They stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u. S. Democracy since the civil war. They failed. America stood. America stood strong. Democracy prevailed. The Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of politics and public service. And brendan buck is here but he is the for
attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigative committee voted to bring articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton. and guad venegas is joining me. tell us about the allegations and what comes next. the investigative committee decided to move forward with the 20 articles impeachment and it will go to the full chamber of the house where 149 members will vote. if they decide to move forward, paxton will be suspended, he will have to wait for the process to then go to the is that the. governor abbott would have to appoint
Feel the jolt and the back and forth shaking motion. And the number one reason reason is of course that it was shallow. But the second thing we look at is the shallow nature allows the primary and secondary energy waves to travel farther reaching more of the bay area. And thats why so many of us had the perceived notion that it was higher than 4. 4 magnitude. Lets look at the primary and secondary waves. Primary waves usually arrives first hence the name. This travels lieu rock and water. Thats what arrives in the big boom first experienced all the way down to san jose. We had reports of that. Secondary wave that only travels through rock and soil. But thats where you get the back and forth motion. We had reports of that from the north bay down to the south bay. Most of the bay area, bottom line, felt the p and s wave and due to the shallow nature. Now its simple to forget but always remember drop cover and hold. If you feel that big jolt first, the primary wave you may have time to se
Opener, your world in 90 seconds. Because he wasnt doing a good job. Very simply. He was not doing a good job. Questions swirl around the firing of james comey. This is an effort by the Trump Administration and the president himself to thwart or undermine this investigation. He encouraged them to complete this investigation. Theres no evidence of collusion. Lets put it behind us and move on. Thats nonsense. The investigation is barely beginning. This is a moment where the russians are coming. There is no getting through to these tin foil hat conspiracy liberals on the left. Theyre detached from reality. A controversial monument coming down in new orleans. The city is removing statute of confederate president Jefferson Davis. People are very angry and i think it split the city apart. Education secretary betsy devos getting a chilly reception during a commencement ceremony. If this behavior continues your degrees will be mailed to you. Violent protests rage on in venezuela as the country