Have made to washington, d. C. , over the years. The the doors that they have knocked on, the efforts that they have contributed are just are just considerable. And you start to name names. You start thinking about tara sweeney and the folks that have been there year in and year out. Those who have been supportive, either traveling back here or those who call, those who write. It really is it really is its gratifying, its heartwarming, and it is it is a its a reality that you can never say thank you for the efforts that you have made over the years. So to know that as you as you spoke as alaskans that your voices have been heard and that congress has finally listened is, indeed, gratifying. And, of course, we would not have reach this point without two particular alaskans, the one im proud to serve with here in our delegation, don young, the dean of the house, the congressman for all alaska. He has singlehandedly kept this issue alive in the house for a generation. It has been 13 times
Market is down you can turn black monday into a black friday sale. The money you chip into your 401 k you are getting more shares at lower prices right now. Its human nature to be scared and to worry, but again, if you have an investment process that you have used, stick with it. Reporter indeed, the market just closed. Lets go live to new york to lester holt with an update on the situation from wall street. Reporter below 586 after going as low as below 1,000 points at one point early this morning. Several attempts at a late day comeback but they started dropping again within the last few minutes and again, the Dow Jones Industrial average now down 586. 13, the nasdaq and s p made similar falls today. This selloff which of course began last week on fears of whats happening in china. Lets go to sue herrera at cnbc. What have we been watching . A lot of selling pressure that it was built up in the market. They kept testing the market this afternoon, trying to see whether or not they cou
Good morning, i am the executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce, in charge of international affairs. On behalf of the u. S. Chamber of delighted toare host the u. S. Secretary of state for exiting the European Union, david davis, give him a round of applause. I know, secretary davis this is your first visit back to washington in some time. It is an interesting time on both sides of the atlantic. Here we have our unique set of interesting and complex challenges which will not be discussed at todays discussion. An are coming off interesting round of negotiations with your counterpart in europe as well. I know there are a lot of Business Leaders but there are also diplomats from Different Industries in washington. I want to recognize one diplomat in particular. Embassy whohe u. K. Has done a great job representing your country in washington dc. Now, it is an unusual occurrence, someone said on their way in, this is the first time in 25 years ive worn a tie on a friday bef
Opportunity to moderate and important conversation that impacts everyone and that is School Finance. Talk about the lot and the opportunity and the role ahead. I spoke with four attorneys today each person will have an opportunity to speak 10 minutes and then a moderated conversation then we will open to the audience. Let me put into context why this is important. The Supreme Court made an important ruling on finance and since then we have had a number of cases that the state level to make sure those set an underperforming schools and also money to pay for it. Does money matter . I want to say yes does matter what and and to spend millions of dollars of education so we will figure out what this means with new questions of the role of the federal government sold the first person to have an opportunity to talk about this subject is professor of law and has practiced in of private sector and a graduate of Harvard Law School and has gotten a lot of publicity we will invite the professor to
Schultz, thehe partys chair. We will get the latest on the leaked dnc emails and why Bernie Sanders supporters oppose the selection of tim kaine as her running mate. And we will go to the streets of philadelphia, where thousands marched sunday calling for democrats to embrace clean energy solutions. Pennsylvanians against fracking. It represents the things fracking has taken from us, clean air and clean water. It has taken people, our friends, that we can never get back. It has takaken our bush andnd or wildlife. It has taken justice away from us. Amy we will hear from two of the founding members of the newly formed group, National Puerto rican agenda, which held an allllday summit in new jers, and we will speak with a longtime Philadelphia Community activist who recently became part of the Philadelphia City council. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, were breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. There is Massive Party turmoi