Moves its way to the northeast, live to the gulf this morning. Markets this morning trading up, take a look at futures, wild week with triple digit gains for the dow industrials in record territory. Nasdaq up right now is lower but the s p 500 scored a fifth Straight Record high close yesterday and continues higher this morning up another 11 points. Airlines getting turbulence, United Airlines warning 3,000 pilots could be grounded by october. Mornings with maria live right now. Global markets are mixed, take a look at european indices. The cac quarante is up 3 points but the dax index in germany is lower by 17, in asian markets big news, japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe announcing hes resigning. He announced resignation overnight and the news weighing on japans stock. The nikkei average down 1 and a half percent over night. Some of the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump wrapping up the rnc last night officially accepting the gop nomination for president m
The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t
And joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley were on capitol hill to testify on the president s 2021 budget request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military modernization efforts and defense funds being diverted from border wall construction being diverted for border wall construction. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony for the 2021 budget request. We welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service. After mark esper and general mark milley. Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness and implementation of the National Defense strategy. Unfortunately under the last administration, we asked our military to do more with less, and that got us into trouble and 2017. 12 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he a country in crisis. Rican military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his
Well that victim who died in Placer County was here at pier 27 in San Francisco, not too long ago has here on february 21th and obviously that raises concerns about possible exposures to people in the city and 2 people still on that ship that are now showing symptoms now the governor is calling in resources keep those possible exposures on that ship at bay. Vernor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency after a rockland man died while in isolation at a roseville hospital on wednesday. Marking the first coronavirus death in california that individual. Came back with a number of others into not only Placer County area but many other were on that cruise from the state of california by one estimate. Im over 50 of the passengers which total roughly 2500 passengers that does not include the crew. Are californians. The an early victim became sick while aboard the grand princess cruise ship that docked in San Francisco late last month before the same ship left for another cruise to hawaii j
Is expected to deliver remarks in the st. Patricks Day Celebration. We will take you there, live, when the president begins speaking. While we wait, i am honored to be joined by senator warnock, democratic, of georgia. Thank you for joining us this evening. Good evening. Let me start with, as we wait for the president , i have to ask you about remarks made by his opponent, former President Trump, at a rally in ohio last night, the Presumptive Republican nominee warned that there would be a Bloodbath Unquote if he loses the election bid he claims he was talking about the Car Industry River but repeated those words several times and even said some migrants are not people and at another point called them animals. Whats your reaction . Well, my angelou said when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Donald trump is shown as who he is time and time and time again. We ought to take him seriously. This is the insurrectionist president. This is the man who egged on the m