We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
Not spooked by anything happening at Federal Reserve and dow, nasdaq and s p at records at the moment after the Federal Reserve held rates stead i did for fifth meeting in the row and fed chair Jerome Powell answering questions for reporters. Lets go back there live. Early parts of the Pandemic Recovery have mostly been resolved. Youre seeing high job growth, youre seeing big increases in supply. Youre seeing strong wage growth but wage growth is gradually moderating down to more sustainable levels in many, many respects and the things are returning more to their state in 2019, which we can think of normal for this purpose. Thats job openings and quits and surveys of workers and businesses are interesting on this and how tight is the how easy to find a job and how easy it is to find a worker. Those have both those surveys have both come down. The labor market is in good shape. You know, you do see things like the low hiring rate. And people made the argument that if layoffs were to inc
Staying in Emergency Shelters with many not knowing when basic services will be restored and if their homes are still there. Plus hunter biden is being investigated by a Special Counsel. Why republicans arent pleased with the developments. And australia and france fighting for a spot in the world cup semifinals. Well have the latest on all the actions. We begin this hour in hawaii, where were getting a better understanding of the devastation caused by Deadly Wildfires that tore across the Island Of Maui and sadly a new death toll. 80 people are now confirmed dead from the fire. That number could rise dramatically in the coming days as crews with Cadaver Dogs Sift through the ashes of homes and buildings. The only public road in and out was open briefly on friday to give people a chance to see whats become of their homes, but authorities closed it again a short time later. Officials say the fire is 85 contained, but the danger isnt completely gone. Criticism is growing on how authoritie
This year for june. The market looking for confirmation of that and sentiment stateside could be key. As we look at the overall picture, we are down. 40 . We are strong with the heat map bringing on the green early on. We are seeing oil and gas at the top and autos at the bottom. One lone sector with porsche right at the pbottom of the bac of numbers. Telcos and utilities and under performers today. Real estate is an under performer as well. The chemicals basket is up. 50 . Household goods up over. 50 . The banks with hsbc up 1. 5 . We have Technology Names up by. 60 today. Travel and leisure is improving. Basic resources is a top performer. Oil and gas with the bounce up 1. 7 . The ftse 100 is 7,731. The addition of 60 p0 points ascertain us above 7,700. The French Market is above the 8,000 point level. Settling in above 8,000. The other main boards from the smi to the italian market up. 30 . Little more appetite on the stocks from spain today with the ibex at. 40 . Strong signals cre
Politics. Up next north dakota governor doug burgum talking Artificial Intelligence andâ– technological innovation during the National Governors Association Winter meeting in washington, d. C. Prior to his remarks builder from pollster and Communications Strategist frank lund who discusses the need for depolarization and civility in american politics. Naudibgle conversations] recent settlement may have your attention. Please take your seat. Our program is about t begin. Welcome to the second Plenary Session of national governo mee. Now approaching the podium is the executive director of the National Governors association bill mcbride. Thank you. Morning everyone. [applause] hope youre having a good mo a great evening. Wasnt that session yesterday afternoon just wonderful . That was fantastic, wasnt it . People keep asking me all last night how are you going to top that . I dont know. Thats a challenge, right . Setting the bar real high. We will get there. Anyway, we hope you really en