Brandnew high right there and the nasdaq, poised for another 30 , 30point gain, 9,000, getting close to 9,300 actually, the latest rally very well received the china trade deal, signals new economic relationship between worlds two biggest economists, formers, manufacturers, Tech Companies and they all get help with this and the economy likely insulated from my threat of recession this year. Theres more trade help on the way for the market as well, Mitch Mcconnell says the senate will pass usmca legislation at 11 00 oclock eastern time this morning, so in a matter of days, america concluded deals with four new partners, mexico, canada, china, japan, all good stuff and theres a lot more to come, here is a tease for you n a moment you will hear exactly what senator warren said to senator sanders in the Heated Exchange right after the debate, you know, its fascinating to hear socialists call each other liars, stay right there, its coming for you, promise, Varney Company is about to begin.
Not much breeze though. Sunny today and increasing clouds tomorrow, upper 50s and a few near 60 out of the gate we have a few issues and where would you like to begin . Speak well we do have slowing traffic on the 580 and 205 and as he drives a little more we can see it. It is not too slow but definitely slower than you might expect. We are also looking at 80 westbound and 680 s. To a good start when you get to the bay bridge a little bit of a black up at the toll plaza. Today and iran a country is a morning as tens of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of recusal as tensions between the us and iran are rising. We have overnight developments. Good to receive condolence, and in to ron a sea of mourners lined streets drawn millions of police, express anger over thq soul chanting death to america in earlier today iranian Supreme Leader was a scene in the mourners praying over the casket of useful and the replacement as vowed to take revenge on the us and iraqi to officials ann
Town and so is the president and both will have to deal with this escalating situation with iran. The iranian Supreme Leader weeping at the funeral of q soul killed in an us airstrike last week and the procession has drawn hundreds of thousands of mourners. His daughter and others vowing revenge on the United States. And meantime President Trump returning to washington and making threats of his own on twitter , these media posts will serve as notification to the u. S. Congress that should iran strike any us person or target the United States will quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner. We will take responses appropriate and commensurate with actions that threaten american lives. The secretary of state driving the point home but congress this week may assert its own authority and House Speaker nancy pelosi sang the democratic colleagues they should rebuke the president and limit his power to respond to iran. The point we are making is the president is not
We will share some of the details. Is itr in afghanistan, still worth it . Our phone lines are open at 202 7488000 free democrats, 202 7488001 for republicans. If youre an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweet at cspanwj. Also taking your Text Messages. Tell us your first name and where your texting from. Here is that number, 202 7488003. If youre driving, dont text and drive. Front page of the Washington Post, the latest installment in a multi part series on afghanistan and reporting of craig with law focusing on opioids. The headline is unguarded nation question ma we also unguarded nation. From the website and news. Com, the Trump Administration intending to announce the drawdown of about 4000 troops from afghanistan as early as next week. The withdrawal will leave between 8000 and 9000 troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Has between 12000 and 13,000 troops in afghanistan today. Officials would not say when the drawdown would begin. A combination of
Hello youre watching r. T. International amerzone a lot quit thank you for joining us. We start with this donald trump has said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u. S. President paid a surprise visit to the back room air base in afghanistan and its the 1st time hes ever been to the country during the time there he announced a substantial cut in troop numbers. Were doing a tremendous job and as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and and we have weve got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of an aversion or period of time and well see what happens the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see when trump made that statement after meeting with the afghan president ashraf ghani and we heard from karen to task hes a retired u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel she says a u. S. Pullout from afghanistan is long overdue. Seems like theyre trying to rebuild it and i do thin