Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
By 9. 1 and the pain is very much in the tech sector. The nasdaq is down even more. Stoxx 600 down by 6 10 of 1 . 1834,rodollar is at 100 stabilizing at this point. The euro has been down and pushing back. The lira is that a fresh record low against the dollar. Just off a fresh record low. Alix a lot of activity in the u. S. Is a steep selloff in tech. Scarlet fu, walk us through the nuts and bolts. Scarlett we are off the worst levels of the session before the nasdaq its the biggest drop since june 11. No specific catalyst. The jobless claims report was not encouraging, but this is a long time coming. People saying equities were not extended, especially those in the growth sectors and specifically mecca cap names. Looking at the different indexes within the nasdaq 100, 80 9 of the members are lower. Are down. M within the s p 500, 62 . Then you get to the dow average. 57 of the members are lower and within the valley, only half the members are down. They give you the sense of the rota
There to monitor turkeys activities in disputed waters. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now the top diplomats have agreed to slap sanctions on bellerose over what they claim was the falsified election and the violence during the ensuing protests meanwhile those arrested in minsk during a week of antigovernment demonstrations have started to be released since the outbreak of the Unrest Police have faced allegations of excessive brutality earlier today president Alexander Lukashenko said he didnt have a problem with the conduct of the Security Forces although he urged them to take a softer line meanwhile protests continue with the countrys capital once again the main focus of these are images from the square in front of the main governor. Building some protesters and rushed to hug and hand flowers to Security Forces after they laid down their shields thats after crowds of demonstrators conv
Bolster its military presence there to monitor turkeys activities activities in disputed waters. Are broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the u. N. Security council has rejected a u. S. Sponsored resolution to extend the arms trade embargo on iran only to members including the us supported the draft while russia and china voted against and the other members including the u. K. France and germany abstained the embargo was imposed in 2010 and is to expire in october under the joint comprehensive plan of action that is the 2015 deal to impose controls on Irans Nuclear program reports. Well the resolution put forward by the United States would have extended the arms embargo against iran now france germany and other countries have been very vocal about the fact that they oppose the United States decision to unilaterally withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement and furthermore they oppose puttin
Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the u. N. Security council has rejected a u. S. Sponsored resolution to extend the arms trade embargo on iran only to members including the u. S. Supported the draft while russia and china voted against and the other members including the u. K. And france and germany abstained the embargo was imposed in 2010 and is to expire in october under the joint comprehensive plan of action the 2015 deal to impose controls on Irans Nuclear program parties reports. Well the resolution put forward by the United States would have extended the arms embargo against iran now france germany and other countries have been very vocal about the fact that they oppose the United States decision to unilaterally withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement and furthermore they oppose putting new sanctions on iran now in the lead up to the vote at the u. N. Security council u. S. Diplomats w