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increase sanctions on iran road map begins with watching the fed. investors expect the second rate cut in a decade. stocks mostly lower ahead of the open. fedex is falling this morning. shares down in the premarket over trade worries policy uncertainty, of course, as well continuing to weigh on the delivery giant and right idea, wrong approach, house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down with jim you ll hear what she had to say about the president s china trade strategy as we said, a few moments ago, the president tweets, i ve just instructed the secretary of the treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran. so nice that our country is now energy independent the u.s. is in better shape than ever before, strongest military by far, biggest economy, no longer even close, number one in energy, maga equals kag. the story is going to be about the attacks and what else the saudis can tell us about it as aramco had that statement out yesterday. right i ....
describe today s session torn between the ecstasy of victory from the near passage of a very pro business tax bill, and the agony of consternation over the russia investigation taking a more serious turn oh, yeah volatile day dow only closing down 41 points. it was down 350 at one point the s&p backsiding 0.2 a lot of pressure on the tech stocks we re in an unchartered waters when the serious investigator is building a case seemingly against the president of the united states. a special counsel robert mueller seems to be doing that i found myself thinking, will we have impeachment hearing, a ton of presidential pardons? how does president pence sound i defy anyone to tell me they didn t think those same thoughts when they saw the headlines that former national security adviser mike flynn was flipping on his old compatriots. in the end though we don t know where this investigation will lead maybe nowhere. and while the tax bill looks close to a done deal, nothing could b ....
al qaeda leaders as they plotted the 9/11 attacks. an afghan official says omar died two to three years ago across the border in pakistan. the taliban says the group will release a statement shortly. congress will question pentagon officials today about that iran nuclear deal. a senate committee want to know how the agreement could affect the military balance in the middle east. yesterday, secretary of state john kerry test of ride before a house committee. all makers from both parties sounded skeptical about iran s promise not to build atomic weapons. matt: microsoft s new operating system windows 10 was released at midnight. it sparked a surge of computer buying but that is unlikely this time. still, microsoft vice president told bloomberg that this launch is very important. this is a pretty significant launch for anybody who uses pcs and wants to get things done with technology. we have had big window launches that have brought in things like enabling the internet ....
. [chanting] 88 he has taken charge of a growing threat with its initiative. governors united against media. this is a bipartisan collective of donors from all 50 states. these governors are making a powerful proactive statement that they reject the global movement to boycott, divest from and sanction israel. and they go further, reaffirming that israel remains a vital us ally in economic partner. in our state we said we will not use taxpayer funds to do business with any company that discriminates on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin. and make no mistake, that is exactly what the movement does. [applause] bds mixes two state solution more difficult by seeking to demonize, delegitimize and isolate israel, a beacon of democracy in the middle east and the only jewish state and today ajc salutes these governors in the pages of the wall street journal for taking this important stance. this is an honor roll of teachers who believe the ....
governors united against bbs campaign. together they made a powerful statement. first that the goals of the bds movement are antithetical to their value the and the values of their respective states and second they reaffirmed their support for israel as a vital u.s. ally, an important economic partner and a champion of freedom. i hope you ve had a chance to look at the wall street journal which carries a full page add naming all the governors who participated as well as the mayor of the district of columbia. bds has been rejected coast to coast. [ applause ] thank you. ajc continues to work with local, state, and federal legislators, and tomorrow one of our key advocacy items is combatting aides of 2017. it protects states that support bds legislation. one of the co-sponsors is here. it s a staunch supporter and committed jewish leader and a long time personal friend of mine. i m talking about u.s. state minority leader, senator chuck schumer. chuck has been at the ....