Hello and welcome everybody, its 10 30 p. M. Here in the iranian capital centran, watching press tvs world news, our top story for this hour at least 57 people have been killed in suicide bomb attacks on two most and pakistan scores of people were also injured as a country held a Public Holiday to celebrate the birthday of the prophet muhammad. The first blast in the southwestern province of valuchestan killed 52 people, the Second Attack in neighboring northwesternhua province killed five people, the mosk roof collapsed there trapping up to 40 people, under the rouble, no group has claimed responsibility for the blast, iran has strongly condemned the attacks, president ibrahim raisi said to so discord among muslims, but will once again fail to achieve their illegitimate and inhumane goals. Our correspondent in islamabad tells us more about the recent surge in violence in pakistan. This is sad day in pakistan, you know north and north and southwestern provinces of pakistan are in grip
Held a News Conference just about an hour ago during which he promised the senate, regardless of the bickering going on in the house ors or would work on keeping the government open. Now, let me just pick this apart for you. The vix was waving the fear nag for the second straight day flag the but you can see it punch back into the red after having been up earlier. Weve got it at 18. 49. Yesterday e the volatility index closed at 18. 94, thats the highest in 4 months. Notwithstanding the momentary moderation of fear, can you blame investors for being jitteriesome we are now less than 3 days and 9 hours away from a government shutdown, and the house is nowhere near agreement on a plan to fund the government by saturday is deadline. Republican factions in the House Holding up a shortterm government funding bill, but we are learning a potential compromise involving southern Border Security and ukraine funding has begun to take shape, one thats getting consideration from a number of republi
Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. President trump hosted a listening session this afternoon at the white house with students and others affected by gun violence. About 40 people attended the emotional hourlong meeting including 6 students from parkland, florida, and their parents. Parents of children killed in the School Shootings at Columbine High School in colorado and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in connecticut also attending. The president listened as survivors and parents spoke out. You cant even think about it. Like, it doesnt even seem real still. Everything seems sick. I dont really i cant even i dont even know whats going on. Its just crazy. Everything happening, its just so tragic. Never, ever will i see my kid. I want it to sink in. My beautiful daughter im never going to see again. And its simple. Its not we could fix it. God bless you all. Along with stronger background checks and raising the age for buying assault guns, the president suggested that allowing con
To consider who we are as a people. Please bless all our citizens and those who would be citizens with generosity and discernment, that the National Discourse would be a wonder for the world to see and not a time of everwidening divisions. For the members of this wisdom house, we ask and patience that they might Work Together and through the differences that are all too familiar to a new vision of those qualities that might bring us together as one people. Finally, we ask your blessing on the people of texas, puerto rico, the Virgin Islands, california, oregon, washington and montana, all who suffer the ravages of extreme Natural Disasters. Comfort them and strengthen those who labor to bring relief to their hardships. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Men. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. Fo
The fed added a third rate hike for 2017 or the median forecast adds to the third hike up from two. Our fed survey was at twoandahalf. So the market didnt fully price it. Yellen also and i put that word bless on trumps policies. Thats rick santellis words. He didnt bless it or criticize it much, but didnt bless it and the market wanted to hear these things will lead to better growth. And she said more worried about inflation, pointing out that when her counterparts were calling for what she and bernanke were calling for fiscal policy, it was a lot higher than now. Slack in the economy. Now i asked her at the press conference whether or not trumps tax cuts were the kinds of things that she could bless, because they raised productivity. Heres what she said. Tax policies can have that effect. It really depends on the specifics. I dont think theres anything that i could say in general about what tax policy would do. But that and i really cant tell you what the feds response would be to any