We are down across the board these would be losses for the week that will end four weeks of gain weve seen up to this point. Does this count as the first week of 2020, even though it is only two days . We could look at the fiveday thing and if it is up, we could say that is the first week this is up as we see crude oil prices jumping we see that wti is up 4. 1 the gain to 63. 72 a barrel ice brent up by 4. 3 Natural Gas Prices up. Crude is the real focus as tensions are on the rise in the middle east. The market is up 30 from last year that is a place for people to look this year as for gains. We are moving crude from 60. We are not moving from 62 but based on the tensions rising you think about the heighten tensions and what this will mean for the potential repercussions in the middle east the idea of additional strikes of any ships going through the straits of hormuz, people will be watching that closely theyve been blessing with the Oil Production for months. We always look forward
Member collins will hear from democrats and Republican Council on the findings of the inquiry. Our coverage starts live at cspan or cspan. Org or you can also find it on the free radio app. The director of the sen for for Tobacco Products testified about eliminating ecigarette use. This Committee Hearing focused on the status of the proposal to ban ecigarette flavors that was suggested by President Trump in september, but it has not yet been implemented. This subcommittee will come to order. Again, the chair is allowed to stop the Hearing Committee at any time, and this hearing is about youth ecigarette use, and fda and food and Drug Administration compliance policy. I now recognize myself for five minutes for a opening statement. The administration released deeply disturbing results from the National Youth poe back coe survey otherwise known as the nyts. And the data confirmed our fears that the youth vaping epidemic continues to grow the alltime highs. 5. 3 Million High School studen
Wall street watching washington today. Stocks set for a lower open. Google, the banker. The search giant reportedly planning to offer Checking Accounts next year and nikes amazon challenge, the sports wear retailer set to stop selling its clothes and shoes directly to the ecommerce giant. Wall streets going to pay close attention to events on capitol hilld chair powell will testify before the joint Economic Committee of congress and the nation will hear public testimony from house impeachment witnesses for the first time the inquiry surrounding the president s actions toward ukraine, for our purposes, jim, well see what powell says first as we expect him to say the economy is in a good place. Yesterday was a punitive moment with President Trump calling for negative rates and i think that a lot of what lets just call all of our watchers who are in the professional side of things, i think were unanimous in what was that about, thats off the reservation. I think jay powell is immune to it
Cigarettes, but scott reports theyre not. Just so were all on the same page, what are ecigarettes . I believe ecigarettes are electronic cigarettes. Correct. Sometimes referred to as a vape pen, there are three parts to an ecigarette. The vaporizer thats a tiny heating device. Theres the battery it powers the heating device. And then theres the cartridge. This holds the liquid that is heated, giving off a vapor that looks like smoke. An ecigarette is like a cleaner version of a cigarette. I think its with water vapor. Actually, its not. Many experts believe the vapor contains dangerous chemicals including Propylene Glycol which is often used in antifreeze put in cars. Right now, the marketplace for ecigarettes is really the wild, wild west. We dont know whats in the vapor. We dont know what the risks of the vapor are. Mitch zeller works for the federal government. He says that what we do know is that ecigarettes contain nicotine. No young person should be starting to use any of these p
Cigarettes, but scott reports theyre not. Just so were all on the same page, what are ecigarettes . I believe ecigarettes are electronic cigarettes. Correct. Sometimes referred to as a vape pen, there are three parts to an ecigarette. The vaporizer thats a tiny heating device. Theres the battery it powers the heating device. And then theres the cartridge. This holds the liquid that is heated, giving off a vapor that looks like smoke. An ecigarette is like a cleaner version of a cigarette. I think its with water vapor. Actually, its not. Many experts believe the vapor contains dangerous chemicals including Propylene Glycol which is often used in antifreeze put in cars. Right now, the marketplace for ecigarettes is really the wild, wild west. We dont know whats in the vapor. We dont know what the risks of the vapor are. Mitch zeller works for the federal government. He says that what we do know is that ecigarettes contain nicotine. No young person should be starting to use any of these p