Have a small declines for both small cap and energy and some of those other cyclical sectors. Taking a bit of a break today. Maybe we earned a bit of calm after the storm. Thank you for the update. Affordable care act really got attention yesterday. First, in the challenge to it in the Supreme Court of the united and then from president elect biden who said hed improve, not replace, obamacare. President elect biden well ease headquarter on you and your family. I promise you that. As i said, ill protect your protect it like i like its my own family. Weve been unfortunately consumers weve been significant consumers of headquarter. That starts on building on the Affordable Care act. A dramatic expansion of headquarter coverage and steps to lower headquarter costs. David we welcome one of the arc Affordable Care act, jonathan gruber, professor technical nd assistant to the Obama Administration helping draft the legislation what became the Affordable Care act. Professor, thanks for being wi
We are very honored by your presence and participation. The launch of the center is a historic moment for the program and for brookings. At a time of massive dislocation in the Global Economy, the need to improve policy is inclusive and sustainable. Policymakers and other people around the world have leadership on aspects of Sustainable Development. We are grateful to all of our partners whose support has been instrumental. A special thank you to richard who supports through the roundtable and Sustainable Development over the past several years have inspired the creation of the center. The launch of the center tsuldnt have been possible without the efforts of those that worked tirelessly so let me take a moment to recognize my colleagues and scholars including the director macarthur and the checks and Communications Team as well as the central Communications Team and importantly the commitment gof our president who is very passionate about Global Development. Thank you, john, for your
Rules and procedures when things go wrong. The European Commission will be proposing a new european law. In this field which will tackle the issue of supervision of personal data and control of personal data every time we access a website and it asks us to establish a new Digital Identity or set up a user profile or to register on my platform the fact is we simply dont know what will happen to our data we must put a stop to this. And. This is why the European Commission well come forward with a proposal for a new secure Digital Identity one that we can really trust and that citizens can use europe wide for everything whether its right renting a bicycle or paying taxes. And identity that you have full control over where you can control the data that is transferred and how it is used that is our idea of a Technology Focused and centered around people. For the service of people in the 3rd focal point in infrastructure. We must keep up with the racing pace of technology and if we want to b
Markets this morning are lower. Mixed picture at the start of trading, dow industrials down 68 points. Nasdaq up 30 and the markets were able to cut losses almost by half. Dow, s p 500 are on track for winning week despite 140 points lower for the white house. Battle for the white house goes prime time. Biden breaking down the election as scranton versus park avenue. Power panel hour. Cohost of the 5, Juan Williams is here and joe concha to tackle what is going on and backlash of facebook spying on instagram users tapping into your phone camera. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning look like this. European indices are mix. Cac lower by 15. We did get positive news on the brexit front. European Commission President saying shes convinced a deal is possible following a round of informal talks in europe. Take a look at indices. You will see the shanghai composite was up better than 2 . Some op the top stories that we are watching this morning. President trump
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