Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
First of all i should say welcome to everybody particularly our colleagues and nominees and family and friends and citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination ofChristopher Wray. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on you nomination. This is an important day for the country considering the importance of fbi and Law Enforcement in america. Importance of fbi and i welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give omitting and then senator nunn will introduce anybody he wants to and then we will turn to questions. His Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As an accommodation to the minoritys request, we will have tenminute rounds for questions during the first round rather than the normal seven. The di
And investors totally shrugging it off. Especially when news came after a possible deal on taxes. Look at this, the dow will open way up about a half hour from know you and that will put it about what, 100 points, roughly 100 points away from the roughly alltime high. Janet yellen had something to do with the rally. Now look at this, too, amazon, the prime day sale ended early this morning on pace for a billion dollars worth of sales in 30 hours. The echo speaker, one of the top sellers, along with dna tests. The stock will open above 1,000 a share. All the big tech names on the way up again. And especially facebook. Keep an eye there, close to a record high. All of them on the upside. So there you have it. A political mess. And a wall street rally, oh, weve seen this before. Varney company about to begin. In retrospect, i probably would have done things different. Again, this is before the russia mania and building it up in the press. For me it was opposition research, they had someth
A few districts noted that places eased slightly. That adds to the feds inflation concerns. New york, tight labor market but commercial Real Estate Market especially in new york softened. In philadelphia, Consumer Spending declined sharply for clothing cars new home construction. Atlanta, Consumer Spending softening. Chicago, real estate activity increasing. St. Louis, minimal hiring due to lack of qualified workers. This sums all of this up. Boston, real estate contact, retail contact noted movement of consumers away from in store shopping toward Online Shopping is accelerating faster than anticipated. In philadelphia, falling used car prices have been, prices have been contributing factor to softer demand for new cars. A couple of highlights . San francisco, the Real Estate Market robust. Minneapolis, kansas city, agriculture they have problems because of drought in the minneapolis area. Kansas city, falling farm prices are contributing problem for them. Trish adam, thank you very mu
Major indices, higher by a fraction. Lauren stocks in japan, also edging up, nikkei up just a bit, in south korea kospi hit record high. Bring on the records today. Cheryl millions of verizon customers, names, passwords leaked online. We will tell you who is at risk. Lauren good morning, 5 01 a. M. In new york, its thursday july 139, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, everyone, im cheryl casone. We have a lot of news to get to. Lauren good to see you, cheryl. We certainly do. President trump visiting france for a meeting with french president Emmanuel Macron, he arrived about two hours ago. Cheryl expected to report syria, global trade and hold joint press conference later today and fox business will carry the event for you, 12 00 p. M. Eastern time in cavuto coast to coast. Lauren Senate Majority leader to unveil measures, sceep keep Obamacare Tax cuts to wealthiest. Urging gop senators to pass the bill. They have to get together and get it done. What happens if they dont . I w