Democrats in the congress today. Lou it is an extraordinary moment in history for so many reasons. We have as i was saying earlier with walid and fred, this is a moment for celebration. This is a country whose president has acted, with an attack on a specific enemy of this country. This is straightforward. A person who has done this country and hundreds of americans, indeed thousands of americans great damage and killed hundreds, if not even more. Its just its a you know, i hate to use the word surreal because it is so often overused, it is cliched but it is i will go back to my word, stupefying. Thats a good word for it, lou. What most americans already know is that this president s record on National Security is the best record of my lifetime. He just in spite of being impeached, the day before the Impeachment Vote in the house, he passed a defense bill that is the largest defense bill in american history. Hes passed three of them in a row to rebuild the American Military so that he
Last night at my direction, the United States military executed a flawless strike that terminated the terrorist ringleader responsible for gravely wounding and murdering thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds at least of americans. Qassem suleimani has been killed and his bloody rampage is now forever gone. Lou the commanderinchief obviously taking decisive and bold action to end the thuggish reign of irans Qassem Suleimani as leader of the iranian quds force. He had a lot of american blood on his hands, responsible for killing more than 600 of our troops in the iraq war. Some put the estimates much higher than that. Suleimani, the chief exporter of iran state sponsor terrorism, but because of President Trump, and our unrivalled military, the suleimani legend is ended. He got what he deserved. The president last night directing an airstrike in baghdad to kill suleimani, just days after an attack on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad by iranian backed militiamen who were
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By
Much worse from a civilian point of view on had to be simply targeted a Christmas Market using an automatic rifle we wouldnt be talking about 2 fatalities in the war 5 injuries would be talking multiple fatalities and perhaps dozens of injuries so its very telling that the attacker chose perhaps the most heavily guarded building the most heavily guarded area aside from the kremlin or the white house perhaps in moscow he very much knew what would happen and indeed the timing of this event how quickly it wrapped up how many lives were saved by the actions of the Security Service as well is something is one Silver Lining as you quite rightly say if you just look back through i mean russia had its fair share of terrorist attacks as. You know developed countries if you look back 2010 moscow metro bombings the least 40 dead over 100 injured 2011 domodedovo airport bombing 37 killed 2070. St petersburg metro bombing 15 died we were very sadly used to multiple fatalities when youre talking abo
Affairs laura cooper. This was the Intelligence Committee six of the impeachment inquiry. The committee will come to order. Igood afternoon. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. There is a quorum present. We will proceed in the same fashion. I will make another statement and mr. Nunez will have an opportunity to make a statement. We welcome you and respect your interest. As chairman, i will make any steps to maintain order and ensure the committee is run in accordance with house rules. I recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry. David hale is the undersecretary for clinical affairs, the third most senior person in the department. Laura cooper is the secretary of isense for russia, ukraine, responsible for broad range of countries in the former soviet union. They have several decades of National Security experience. Dedicatedd from other their onlyants, priority has bee