Addressing his departure on twitter this morning. And brexit polls from the uk cant seem to lock down which way thursday will go. And then theres George Sorros issuing a major warning against a departure, even David Beckham is weighing in. But first up in about an hour from now on capitol hill fed chair yellen will kick off two days of semiannual testimony on Monetary Policy and the economy. Today its before the Senate Banking committee which is expected to grill her on everything from rates to brexit. Of course well bring you live coverage once the fed chair begins her remarks followed by the q a session with lawmakers. Some discussion it might be more contentious than usual even with her recent comments in the meeting last week. On both sides a lot of people saying get it over with. Admit things are weak and what are you going to do about it. What is she going to do about it . Its not up to her. Look at germany last quarter very interesting what the finance minister say. Look, we had
, independents, call 202 7488002. Twitter,omment on or on facebook. Obama has frequently railed against congresss refusal to pass additional gun control curbres in an effort to Mass Shootings. Especially in the wake of the december 14 2012 massacre of 20 students, six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. On thursday, he delivered remarks in which she feared from anger to incredulity as he described his amazement at a slew of horrific attacks had failed to spur a response from washington political establishment. Country isg how the willing to devote a more enormous resources to address other threats to human life ranging from terrorist strikes to unsafe bridges, obama questioned why there is a different response when it comes to guns. Heres a little the more the president. [video clip] president obama this is a Political Choice that we make. To allow this to happen every few months in america. We, collectively, are answerable for those families who lose thei
Utah republican governor gary herbert who is the chairman of the National Governors is to see asian. You may have heard john hughes asked him about a story breaking this afternoon. Utah republican representative jason chief its is preparing a campaign for house speaker. Say that theyes write the expected bid after chief its called on Kevin Mccarthy to apologize for his remarks this week. That it has damaged Hillary Clintons poll numbers, a respected member of the republican conference rights. The overwhelming favorite to replace outgoing speaker john boehner. To nearbyke you live fort lauderdale. Hillary clinton will be speaking at a grassroots organizing meeting. We can full of politics. The possibility of policymakers, industry innovators. On book tv saturday night, martha discusses her new book on president ial transitions and is interviewed by the former white house chief of staff. And sunday at noon, were alive with tom hartman who has offered authored several books. Texts, emails
Oil this morning. Gain of 1 and a third percent. Prices decline nearly 9 just in the last three trading sessions. In case you missed it last night, the worlds top supermodels hit the cat walk. Wearing the most expensive bra encrusted. Dow chemical and dupont advance talks to merge, a merger can be announced in the next couple of days. Together a cap of some 120 billion. A deal would result in a threeway split. First they merge and then they split it off. Keith mccullough, record and tough deal for the industrial company. You have said in many times its in recession. More than 4 trillion in takeovers over time. Keith thiswhen things slow people have to buy growth and join each other. We cant do this, we didnt do that. Boom, all of a sudden theyre basically agreeing that nelson said and you get a lot of value creation. At least thats what the market is implying. Thats a big move. This is what you to deal daytoday. Everyone is going to agreed to get married at this point. Maria you wonder
The Hong Kong Exchange and the shanghai. Just about broken in the last hour. What have we got . What do we know . We know the starting day now is the member 17, so we are hoping, we are expecting it to the month. Day in this will, of course, allow for crossborder daily purchases, and the delayed to the shanghai stock index. We do not know why. Protests ated the some point, but we do not know what happened. We only hear that brokers have been working overtime to get this started. Now, with the start of this link, were going to see chinese investors trading in hong kong, using the system. Foreigners to directly buy more mainland shares. Key point. Foreigners will have unprecedented access to chinas 4. 2 trillion dollar equity market, and we are seeing a lot of excitement, yes, you guess just last week, we heard from the osaka exchange, telling us thisjapan wanted in in Hong Kong Shanghai stockinette, no specifics, just that they wanted to get in. We also have shenzhen. It is not just the