Specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. The truth is if the majority leader hadnt opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israels right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. He told reporters. More now on whats in store for the senate from a capitol hill reporter. Good morning to you. Good morning. Explain this criticism and where it came from . Has this been long simmering between senator ted cruz and the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell . Yes, to answer you briefly. Cruz is running a campaign that is essentially running against republicans in washington and trying to showcase himself as the conservative leading the charge against what he considers the washington cartel. They have been fighting over strategy ranging over the budget conference in 2013. The Government Shutdown in 2014. There was a fight over immigration at the end of last year. We have numerous tactical battles. This is the latest example of that. They
Weve seen since the election. The nasdaq is indicated up by 8. 5 points. Well talk to the nasdaqs ceo later this morning. Look at what happened overnight in asia. The nikkei was up by 1. 1 . Markets in china also closed higher with the hang seng up by a half percentage point. In europe this morning, in the early trading thats taking place, you can see things are relatively flat. Across the board. The ftse, the cac, and the dax all sitting within points of where they closed yet. Its been a big couple of days for markets there. Pepsico just out with earnings. The number is a core earnings of 94 cents a share. That Beat Estimates by two cents. Revenue also coming in a little above expectations. Talking about what happened with this quarter, she said they achieved solid Revenue Growth in the First Quarter, underpinned by global volume growth. Despite what she calls a challenging food and Beverage Industry thats been trading conditions in north america and continued volatility in developing
Congressman with us today. Because in this role, he will no doubt be playing an Important Role in the effort to develop, debate and pass fundamental tax reform. In his iraremarks today, he wil discuss three main goals. That is reform should fuel job creation and deliver opportunity for all americans. It should sitsimplify the tax code to make it fair and burdensome and refocus on its customers, the american people. It is my hope that members of the house and the senate will follow the lead of our guest and join his work and his consistent with his goals. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming guest. Well, its great to be with you today and thank you very much for the honor of spending some time at the Heritage Foundation. Im joined by my wife, elizabeth and they, she was telling stories as we woke up, walked here, that 30 years ago when they came, they were serving coarse bee coors beer, but not necessarily in the middle of the day. Well look for that later. I went to china
Still nearly cut off by a 300foot mudslide. Our lives have been totally turned upside now. Reporter now freedman and her neighbors wonder when county officials will come to their aid. As it is, they can walk over the slide toward clayton, or drive a treacherous onelane road 45 minutes to livermore. We dont have garbage pickup. We have to ferry our garbage through the closure. No mail delivery. The fire and emergency services, there is a truck down near the closure, but its not manned. All in favor. Reporter this morning contra costa supervisors did act, passing a resolution to expedite the repair of the roadway wiped out by the slide. Were working very hard. Theres a lot of pieces. Were making sure its safe, were trying to make sure its stable. Its going to take a structural fix. Reporter the countys public works director told us it could take four weeks to finalize a plan for a retaining wall at the slide site. The more immediate goal is to find residents a safer way out. We are looki
But air force, the electrical grid and more. This as the white house and House Speaker paul ryan now say the gops new plan to fix obamacare is in the stages. Well, we hope Republican Congressman jason has a way we can pay for all of this. Were going to ask him. Hes on the house budget and Infrastructure Committee. Plus, take military action against the north Korean Nuclear threat. At this hour, there is a growing corious of military leaders who seek action against kim jongun must be taken. Is diplomacy a deadened in this case . Former un ambassador to george Bush Christopher hill with me live. And shocking news about one of the most respected Federal Reserve president s. Why the richmond fed president has suddenly resigned. On wall street, stocks turn from red to green as President Trump said its time to come together to rebuild america. But the s p sort of flat at the moment, so were watching it very closely. Were less than an hour to the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. Okay.