I think we having criticized for doing things too quickly in our being criticized for dealings to slowly. Maybe im right in the middle of the sweet spot, but the president hit the timing perfectly and i will tell you i. One of the block and tackle things was get the money right. He has picked a cabinet full of people that no Business Operations and business functions youre listening to the white House Homeland Security adviser while we await the question portion of the daily press briefing. How to bring and frank gordon from washington. Kevin is live as well from capitol hill. Greg, the president signed an executive order earlier this afternoon focusing on protecting federal agencies to develop a plan for cybersecurity. Office throughout this executive order is about . Of the most unprotected pieces of u. S. Government infrastructure after 9 11 has an the cyber part of it. It is shocking, shocking to a lot of americans how antiquated a lot of the government equipment is around town. Th
Our road map begins with macys down double digits on the earnings miss. Shares of kohls taking a hit. Shares of snap also plunging more than 20 after its first public Earnings Report. Didnt go too well. But well dig in on the quarter. Fireworks expected on capitol hill later this morning. Acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe will take the stand in place of james comey. But first, comps are below consensus, down 4. 6 on the owned plus licensed basis. Macys says it expects the sales decline for the full year. This is nine straight quarters, jim, they have had comps in the red. Yeah. Ive got to distinguish macys from kohls here. I thought kohls was a decent number. Kohls got better and better and better and they have lean inventories. Macys what can i say . They dont have it. They are the ones when you try to figure out who exactly is in the crosshairs of the moment, i come back to macys. I just feel like that the you could floor by floor. Aisle by aisle and theyre being challenged. And it i
Public service by americas Cable Television companies. It is provided today by your cable or satellite provider. Former president bill clinton spoke about ongoing efforts to combat Childhood Obesity at the annual summit for the partnership for healthier america in washington, d. C. This is 40 minutes. [applause] bill clinton thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, very much. Tardy upze for being here, i didnt get the memo about where i could stand and listen. I am mired the doctor, and wish to talk for another halfhour. Im very grateful to all of you. For the work you do. I want to say that i working on this Childhood Obesity issue for more than a decade. I have listened to remarks, i have been to the middle east and to asia. To put his debate with the efforts against burgeoning Public Health problems there. That therey grateful are companies that, where possible, are trying to work themselves out of a job by giving our children a healthier future. Th
Lesniewski for cq roll call. Senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. You have concerns about the meeting between director comey general,eputy attorney where he was asking for Additional Resources to investigate russia was the same person that wrote the memo that led to his firing. My. Grassley it is understanding that within a few hours of this interview, somebody in the Justice Department cleared up that they were not asking for additional money. You accept that explanation from the Justice Department depart despite the reporting to the contrary that comey was seeking additional money . Sen. Grassley i usually accept what i am told unless there is lingering suspicion. Ms. Werner you have questions about the way the president handled the situation and the firing of director comey . Sen. Grassley i would look at my relationship with the fbi generally and i would look at a particularly with my relationship with comey. In my constitutional job of oversight, of having a
Investigation, i can assure you, we are covered. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable Satellite Corp. 2017] you can watch the entire Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Education secretary betsy devos delivered the commencement address at Bethunecookman University. A historically black college in daytona, florida. Graduates booed during her speech. At one point the schools president threatened to mail the students their degrees. Ms. Devos dr. Jackson, board of trustees. Thank you so very, very much for his great honor and privilege. [crowd booing] im honored to become a wildcat. And its a real honor and privilege to be with you as we celebrate the Bethunecookman University class of 2017. Congratulations to all of you. In addition to the graduates, there are so many people deserving of special recognition today. Paren