100 points, nasdaq down about 35 points. Thats aflight away from stocks and into safe havens like gold, there you have it. Twentythree dollars higher gold this morning, 1,643 per ounce, now look at this, this is the yield on the 10year treasury bond, down 4. 8 , thats a flight to safety, money moving into the safer heaven of Treasury Bonds and out of the more risky assets known as stocks. President trump in rally in colorado, he was on the economy and markets and presented a very positive view of americas future, very much in contrast to the damage control that the democrats are doing after their debate, tonight, by the way, the president speaks in las vegas, that will be his third rally of the week and its in las vegas right before the las vegas the nevada caucuses which start tomorrow, look at this, on your screens now, thats the president with momentum, his 49th Approval Rating is higher than 48th percent disapproval, first time in presidency, the man has the wind in his sail and ra
Developments from russia and ukraine and how they impact the u. S. Watch washington journal, live at 7 00 eastern saturday morning. Join the discussion. Next, a book to be exclusive. Our cities tour visits indianapolis to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For nine years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. [indiscernible] could you lower those signs, please . I have some very sad news for all of you, and that is that Martin Luther king was shot and was killed tonight. [screaming] Martin Luther king dedicated and to justicee between fellow human beings. You are actually standing at the intersection of 17th street in indianapolis, indiana. On aprilhe spot where 4, Robert Kennedy gave his impromptu speech, so to speak informing the crowd of Martin Luther kings assassination. I was in a position on this side. If you look at the picture up there of Robert Kennedy at the
You can watch more of a revisit at cspan. Org citiestour. We are here in indianapolis at the home of Benjamin Harrison. And this is a very iconic spot. This is where he stood and greeted crowds of people that would come to hear him speak in 1888, when he was running for the presidency. He ran a unique campaign, a front porch campaign. However, he didnt have the same from porch you see here today. There was a stoop at the front door, which is still there. He stood in that area and spoke to the crowds of people that would come hear him speak. Harrison is probably one of the most under known of president s, 23rd president of the United States. He falls right in the middle of Grover Clevelands two terms. Oftentimes, people find him confused with his grandfather, William Henry harrison, who survived a month into his. Office Benjamin Harrison was only seven years old when his grandfather died. He served a full four years. And as president , he has a phenomenal legacy that is a little underst
Well. Since 1999 more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction and a production of deadly synthetic opioids have exasperated american staggering overdosed death rate. In 2017, more than 70000 people died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 60 involve prescription opioids and illicit opioid such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older of abused opioid in 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans died each day from an opioid openers. We did not know that some cost and disrupted lives or untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but we know from our family, our neighbors and our friend who bear the enduring lost loved ones that the opio crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. Th
Change the House Oversight subcommittee on the environment held its fifth hearing on Climate Change. Everybody sits together we will get started the subcommittee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time so to discuss Climate Change on the future Economic Impact i will defer the Opening Statement for myself and when we spoke earlier i mentioned the fact we would hopefully to do a hearing we have time for Opening Statements but what i would like to do is to give each of you the opportunity to do so. Let me introduce the four of you have all freight oh gomez from the Accountability Office senior director for environmental risk the institute for Economic Freedom doctor greenstone Milton Friedman and the honorable Stephen Benjamin mayor from south carolina. So you are now recognized to give an oral presentation of your testimony for five minutes. I am pleased to be here today how to limit the federal government fiscal exposure by reducing