[inaudible conversations] our meeting will come to order. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing that totality and i recognize myself for the Opening Statement and we need to finish the hearing before 1030 in the morning. We know we will be inspired by our Witnesses Today to harness the enthusiasm for the clips that we saw when people came together so my husband is a math teacher so he really is excited with whole generation of students that are interested and you translate that into a stem career were starting to hear from the Witnesses Today and now what will recognize the Ranking Member , the gentleman from california for his Opening Statement. The . . . Is exciting on august 21st i went to the Science Center in sacramento but was great is the number of kids that were out there with their glasses and amateur astronomers and that generation of scientists encouraging those to visit those hero scientist but she was one of the most enthusiastic people i have seen. The african have t
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting alivelshi and facebook. Com alivelshi. Fighting in Eastern Ukraine got more intention with direct russian intervention in the conflict zone. Todays violence centered around luhansk, where rebels have been encircled for nineteen days. Today, at least 34 trucks from a controversial russian aid convoy drove into the city to relief residents and fighters with water and supplies. They crossed into ukraine without coordination from the International Committee of the red cross which was a condition the Ukrainian Government had demanded. Russia says 90 more trucks are headed to luhansk now. Ukrainians government blasted the russian government as a direct invasion. Nato claimed the Russian Military has moved artilleriunits into ukrainian territory in recent days. It says russia is using them to fire at Ukrainian Forces in the two main battle zoeningz in Eastern Ukraine. Luhan luhansk. The dis
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting alivelshi and facebook. Com alivelshi. Fighting in Eastern Ukraine got more intention with direct russian intervention in the conflict zone. Todays violence centered around luhansk, where rebels have been encircled for nineteen days. Today, at least 34 trucks from a controversial russian aid convoy drove into the city to relief residents and fighters with water and supplies. They crossed into ukraine without coordination from the International Committee of the red cross which was a condition the Ukrainian Government had demanded. Russia says 90 more trucks are headed to luhansk now. Ukrainians government blasted the russian government as a direct invasion. Nato claimed the Russian Military has moved artilleriunits into ukrainian territory in recent days. It says russia is using them to fire at Ukrainian Forces in the two main battle zoeningz in Eastern Ukraine. Luhan luhansk. The dis
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by tweeting alivelshi and facebook. Com alivelshi. Fighting in Eastern Ukraine got more intention with direct russian intervention in the conflict zone. Todays violence centered around luhansk, where rebels have been encircled for nineteen days. Today, at least 34 trucks from a controversial russian aid convoy drove into the city to relief residents and fighters with water and supplies. They crossed into ukraine without coordination from the International Committee of the red cross which was a condition the Ukrainian Government had demanded. Russia says 90 more trucks are headed to luhansk now. Ukrainians government blasted the russian government as a direct invasion. Nato claimed the Russian Military has moved artilleriunits into ukrainian territory in recent days. It says russia is using them to fire at Ukrainian Forces in the two main battle zoeningz in Eastern Ukraine. Luhan luhansk. The dis
Almost creeping down to 52 on west texas. The ten year steady at 2. 18. Our road map begins with the last trading day of the year. Full day. No half day for the markets on this new years eve. Better than expected weekly jobless claims number helping futures point slightly higher this morning as investors look to end 2014 with a bang. Sony hack sent the company back to the stone age. Forced to revert back to note pads. And why ipads could make a comeback in 2015. First up, stocks are edging higher a little bit. Brent crude hitting new lows this morning. Jobless claims up to 298. All major indices solidly in the green. Nasdaq up 14. 4. Russell up about four. Well talk about sort of the annual performers. The best s p stock, southwest airlines. Worst s p, transocean. Ibm has the dubious distinction of being the worst dow component two years running. Thats not happened since 1995 when it was bethlehem steel, believe it or not. I guess the other ones on the dow are the Oil Companies . Chevr