Senator murray and i will be to have an opening statement, and then we will introduce the witnesses. After witness testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. Theres a vote scheduled for 10 30. I think what we will do is continue right on through of about 10 45, and then we will alternate going back and forth to vote. I think we will have time to all of us here witness testimony before we have to leave for the vote. We are holding a hearing, which is the second in a series on Prescription Drug costs in response to a bipartisan request, led by senators cassidy, senator franken, along with senators collins, baldwin, murkowski, war and as well as other senators interested in the subject. Not only was the request for these hearings bipartisan, but both this hearing and the first hearing on drug prices were a partisan, which means senator murray and i agreed on the witnesses. Despite this, our first hearing in june when so far off track that i delayed this hearing because
Rob a mike a lot of goals are serving penalties tonight. Eddie get control of this puck. Get the extra attacker. Try to get one in the first 30 seconds. Mike 3 38 to go. You need three. Thrown back on by rust. It is ovechkin out there. Along with kuznetsov. Burakovsky, across the way, williams. And shattenkirk. Those are the five right now. Grubauer has it left. And a shot by ovechkin, not only broke his stick but caught the glass. Came back on to williams. Ovechkin has gotten another stick from the bench and wheels back in the play. And a shot, ricochetted off the pipe again. And sent back down. Three brought back ahead by shattenkirk. Weaves his way along. And stashes it back in. And along it comes, ron hainsey. For maatta. Hainsey, able to pull in. Has help nearby. Sent back in by kunitz. Still in the goal is grubauer. 58 to go on the power play. Think theyre waiting to see if they get a power play goal here and then pull him . Eddie must be. Mike johansson, throwing one in front. G
Reporting that a Current White House official is a significant person of interest in the investigation. Up until now, most of the focus had been on former officials, like mike flynn and paul manafort. Minutes before that story broke, this headline from the New York Times. Trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased pressure from investigation. The president reportedly made the comments during his meeting in the oval office earlier this month. Press Secretary Sean Spicer did not refute the times report. He said comey politicized the investigation and put unnecessary pressure on the ability to negotiate with russia. Now in terms of the Washington Post report, spicer would only say an investigation would only prove there was no collusion. All of this as the president is on his way to saudi arabia. Wendy . Thanks, chris. Now, we have new information about a string of unusual events that caused such a scene in the middle of the morning rush rims. The tires were shot. On the streets
Record highs take a look at the percentage gain in the nasdaq more than 1 lets start with the meeting of the minds in d. C as we await comments from President Trump. Eamon javers has the very latest reporter it is as you say a glittering collection of ceos at the white house today. Were waiting for the president in the east room we expect hes going to come in and participate in a roundtable discussion the ceos have been here all day. Take a list at took at the listf prominent names. I was brought into the indian treaty room in the eisenhower executive building the other day to listen to remarks from Jared Kushner and watching the ceos mingle with each other, interacting here in washington, including you saw eric schmidt of alba bet aphabet and google. Talking at the whouite house. Cross pollen nation of ideas thats what the white house is looking at ideas from private sector executives on how to improve government from every way from its i. T. To its services to its performance for the
Everybody, im kelly evans right here im here at the Stock Exchange weather central or something im Bill Griffith, energy still this is kind of a catchy tune, isnt it . Energy weighing on the market yet again today. Oil to a ten month low, you is that true earlier, health care has been a big winner today with a number of biotech stocks pushing that index higher. Were going to have more on whats behind the moves coming up here. Take a look at footlocker today. It could become the latest amazon victim. Nike is getting closer to selling on amazon. Another retailer should be worried with foot locker down 5 which one is it . Youve heard this story, this is unbelievable George Clooney selling his tequila business for 1 billion. Jeff cohen sitting here next to me he cant believe this. We have a special report on why tequila sales are so hot right now. Its only 700 million up front. Oh, well, okay. The 300 thatll come down the road if they sit certain targets. This reminds me, griffin was known