Plus bitcoin week continues here on fast money. That means two things. First, well hear from the app at the center of the bitcoin boom the president of coin base will be here. Well ask him which currency will be added to the platform. Second, its ack thats right the bitcoin bug is here. You see it there at the corner of your screen well be tracking the price via the coin based app throughout the hour first, trouble in tax cut paradise some of the most tax sensitive groups, small caps, banks, retail stocks, all sinking as it looks like the bill may not be a done deal. Ylan mui in d. C. Has all the details. Reporter melissa, senator marco rubio is threatening to vote no on the tax bill unless the Child Tax Credit is expanded hes particularly mad because the proposed corporate rate went from 20 to 21 but that extra revenue went toward lowering the top rate for individuals rather than a measure he said will help middle class families. In a tweet that he put out in just the past hour, he wr
Decertify the deal. Continue to watch this hearing online at cspan. Org. Here on cspan taking you live to the u. S. House. They gavel in for legislative work, beginning work on debate rules for fridays bill dealing with whistleblower protections. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend molly fraser, fwig harbor United Methodist church, gig harbor, washington. The chaplain god of many names we give thanks for many opportunities to serve and remind us we are servants of our country, our people, and the land. Let us not forget the blessings you have given us so we might use our power and influence to oorder the country in ways that allow each and every person to find life and liberty and to pursue happiness. Become, perhaps we come, perhaps already weary from an onslaught of emails, texts, fen calls, and meetings where people make demands on how we vote and assumptions on every decision we put forward.
He was defiant on day one of his testimony. He clashed with republicans, multiple calls to resign and tough questions from fellow democrats. Also refusing to acknowledge any short comings in the administrations handling of the afghanistan withdrawal. Placing blame for the chaotic scenes on the Trump Administration negotiations with the taliban. Lets get straight to cnn, we see secretary blinken walking in here. Again arriving as hes set to testify before the senate. Were going to go straight to Congressional Correspondent lauren fox joining us now from capitol hill. As the sect gets settled there. You know more information on what the plan is from lawmakers today in terms of questions for the secretary. Reporter well that is right, erica. Look, everyone is just entering the room preparing for this highstaking hearing on capitol hill this morning. Where this is going to be senators first opportunity to get to the bottom of what transpired in afghanistan in those waning days as the u. S.
Secretary of state blinken, who is hoping for a friendlier reception than he got yesterday. Contentious and combative. One of our analysts predicting it will be brutal. Well talk to her in a second with blinken set to defend the administrations exit from afghanistan. I want to get to our team. So right now, were looking at several senators talking. The republican cohort of this, secretary blinken just walked in. Leanne, what are you looking ahead to . Thats right, hallie. Todays the second difficult day for secretary blinken whos before capitol hill. This time, this senate. Hes going to receive a lot of tough questions. Yesterday in the house, he was called a liar. He was called on to resign by republicans but we didnt get a lot of specifics into what the plan was and what its going to look like moving forward. We expect the senate to really drill down on some of those specifics. We are going to see secretary blinken defend the administration and their plan and blame the Previous Admin
Newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york. Thanks for being with me. President trump doubling down on his threat today to declare a National Emergency. If he doesnt get exactly what he wants from congress, money to build a border wall. A National Emergency. That means money set aside only for times of war or massive disaster when human lives are in unavoidab unavoidable danger. The president is putting a political argument on the same level of extreme urgency as Hurricane Katrina and even 9 11. I may declare a National Emergency, depending on whats going to happen over the next few days. He said the same thing friday that he may declare a National Emergency. Thats the president s idea of leapfrogging the established political process, compromise, give and take. Something that should come easily to a man who says this about himself. Im going to make the great deals. I make deals. I negotiate. Everybody wants me to negotiate. Thats what im known as, a negotiator. Im so anxious to negotiate. W