far welcome to squawk alley for a wednesday. john fortt, sarah eisen and myself watching the market creep a little higher. dow up 37. white house expected to unveil a tax plan later this afternoon. stev stev steven mnuchin gave us a sneak peek. reporter: big tax day here at the white house. here is what we know about what is in this plan according to a senior administration official that gave this tip sheet to our john harwood. starting with that 15% corporate tax rate, a big cut for corporations and also for pass-throughs. the top individual rate would end up between 33 and 39.6%. there is a revenue place-holder that could turn into the border tax. that place-holder is something to watch out for. there will be an expanded personal exemption or child care credit or possibly both. that would be important for the middle class. one issue on the pass-throughs is whether or not wealthy americans would use that to incorporate themselves and say, i m only going to pay 15%
amazon, microsoft, and alphabet are still to come. we will break down the key numbers to look out for and we have an interview with the ups cfo. mark: let s have a look at where european equities are trading right now. 30 minutes until the end of the session. stocks falling for the first day in seven, highest close since august 2015. today is all about the ecb. and actually rose during the ecb meeting. they kept policy unchanged, rates at present or lower levels. qe can be increased in size and duration. the big comment was downside risks have diminished. that pushed the euro higher. however, underlying inflation pressures remain. risk still tilted to the downside. they did discuss whether to .hange the assessment of growth ecb economists suggest that will happen with forward guidance. the euro lower, sovereign bond yields falling today. commodities and cds. deutsche bank shares lower today. in the u.s.,s rising 11% versus 24% for the big five in the u.s. revenue dealing from
lands can be used. that according to the denver post . he signed order on a visit to the department of the interior. [applause] is great to be with you all today and on behalf of the western states could end communities i m honored and deeply humbled to welcome the president of the united states, donald j. trump, vice president mike pence esteemed members of congress and the governor of the department of the interior today but i can tell you as a kid growing up in the west in and glacier park today s executive order to review the antiquities act is long overdue. as secretary i am the steward of america s greatest treasures. and being a good steward is also being a good neighbor and listening to the american people who we represent. mr. president thank you once again for fulfilling your campaign promise to give a voice to our local communities and states. let s be clear, the antiquities act grants the president the authority to declare historic landmarks, historic and prehi
week. earlier today on capitol hill, house speaker paul ryan and minority leader nancy pelosi spoke with reporters about the government funding and health care bills. as well as the trump administration s tax proposal announced yesterday. up next here on c-span3, speaker ryan followed by minority leader pelosi. are you ready, archer? ready. what sticker? oh, yeah. i haven t had one of those in a long time. good morning, everybody. first i want to welcome all our special guests today. i think it s great to see you here and it s great that you get to see the work your parents do, but don t tell them this but they re actually kind of good at their jobs. one of those your daughters? yep. so cute. you had one last year with us. this is abby s first time. very cool. i digress. sorry. later today, the president will sign an executive order to improve accountability at the va. under the obama administration, not nearly enough was done to hold bureaucrats accountable for
yesterday the administration put out the pro growth tax reform. that s the next step toward overhauling our tax reform and we work to repeal and replace obamacare. as you saw we posted an attempt to the american health care act yesterday. this amendment was the result of constructive conversations among our members to focus how we can do more to lower costs for everyone. what this amendment does it gives more states flexibility and tools to reduce premiums and increase choices and it does this while maintaining and preserving protections for people with pre-existing conditions. this is important point. those protections remain in the books even as we add new ones. the goal here is to give states greater flexibility if they wanted to lower premiums. we have not yet made me disignificances on a vote but this is more progreansd we will continue our progress and our work to repeal and replace obamacare. i am sure there are people that have questions. are there any young people t