Not backing down, even though this case includes incriminating photos of gold bars, huge chunks of cash. Menendez says hes done nothing wrong and is confident hell be vi vindicated. I understand how deeply concerning this may be. However, the allegations levelled against me are just that, allegations. I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet. As ive saitated throughout the whole process, i firmly believe when all the facts are presented i will be exonerated. Weve been tracking this. Cara, we know the facts ads presented by the prosecution, all the cash, the gold bars and why the prosecution says he had it. What was his defense for having all this . Reporter so Senator Menendez really focusing on the allegations in the indictment to some extent. Hes been accused of taking cash, hundreds of thousands of dollars of gold bars and a mercedesbenz convertible in exchange for helping three new Jersey Business men and aiding the government of egypt. The senator saying the cash the fbi fou
Down 70 points. The nasdaq was the standout yesterday adding 1. 6 to close at the alltime high. Apple was up 4 on reports that it could be overhauling the mac line. We have more coming up in a bit. To the treasury market, lets look at what is happening with yields. This is a wild week for yields. The tenyear yield is lower. Still well above 4. 5 . 4. 53 right now. The twoyear note at 4. 92 . Lets also look at crude oil prices. The prices are moving higher on rising tensions in the middle east. In fact, this morning, you see things up by 1 for wti. 86. 05 a barrel. We are waiting for the banks to report. Over the next hour, Jpmorgan Chase and wells fargo and the Worlds Largest money manager blackrock and citi will turn in the First Quarter report card. We will get reaction as soon as numbers are released. We need to get to leslie picker because black rock is out. Leslie. Bottom line in at 981. A 24 year over year. Top line is 4. 728 billion. Up 11 year over year. Aum at 10. 5 trillion.
Pres. Biden hello, wisconsin. [applause] hello, hello, hello. Please, have a seat, if you have one. Gov, thank you for the nice introduction. Thank you, ashley, for introducing me and sharing your story. I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college and watched my dad struggled to help me get there and get all the kids there, and it was not easy. But, you know, i ask the rhetorical question, how can we be the leading country in the World Without the best Education System in the world, and access to it . You and sam are from rural wisconsin, the first in your family to go to college, only to see your dreams crushed by student debt. But now, thanks to what we are doing, that student debt is no longer holding you back. [cheers and applause] with this new freedom, you started your business. It helps women and minority owned businesses here in wisconsin. This is what it is all about. [applause] pres. Biden i think we all in this room share one
Previously postponed. Votes will be taken in the following order. H. R. 2706 by the yeas and nays. And h. R. 1730 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote resm maining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from missouri, mr. Luetkemeyer, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2706 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2706 a bill to provide requirements for banking agencies when requesting or ordering them to terminate a ecific customer account, and requiring documents related to subpoenas of the reform act of 1989 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , i
That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th