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Halls. They have assured us that democrat also not compromise on repealing portions of the act, but they cant win over republicans alone. Across the country, lawmakers are meeting with constituents. The talk always turns to health care and what the republicans plan to do with the Affordable Care act. While the republicans faced hostile, loud crowds, the Democratic Leaders in california were greeted by supporters today. And a real difference in the lives of the american people. Reporter the democrats say they will not compromise on redrafting the Affordable Care act, but as the minority party, theyll need public help. You have to talk to your friends in the republican districts to tell them to call their member of congress. Reporter the democrats argue medicare and medicaid are tied to the a. C. A. And we do have some republican governors who are helping us who have expanded medicaid in their states. Reporter the Ohio Governor john kasich is one of them. He expanded medicaid in his stat
California shortly. And we are also going to check in so the sierra. Lots more snow expected over the next few days. Of course thats great news for skiers and snowboarders. It can be a treacherous drive home. Lets go over to rosemary who is tracking this storm. Kind of already here, more headed our way . This is going to be a doozie of a storm. White flag, huh . Yes. Weve got light rain that will fall over the next, we will call it, 12 hours or so, and then by tonight thats when the brunt of the system sweeps through and we have wind as well as some heavy rain coming our way. Heres a live look outside our doors across the oakland estuary towards San Francisco, the overcast skies back in place, the scattered showers already falling this morning. Take a look at your temperatures at this sour, santa rosa 48, San Francisco 48, oakland 51, 46 in livermore and san jose checking in at 48 as well. Heres a look at stormtracker 2, go in close, take a look at the east bay where we are seeing ligh
We are about 30 minutes away open in china and in hong kong. But singapore and malaysia have into whatonline really is a pretty lac lack lusr market. Of course, u. S. Markets have been on holiday for the president s day holiday. So a subdued start. The region, pairing the earlier drop with the costly about 7 10 of a percent. And Australian Shares down about 2 10 of a percent. Aussie took a brief dip but they have since rebounded. A lift,ar yen, getting thatd president s comments a march hike isnt off the table. Leading and financials the rise. Quick check on some of the movers today. Toshiba also in the green today on reports that it may begin the for its chip stakes sale this friday. Going onnto whats over in singapore. A percent here. We did have singapore deliver a budget that hopes to keep growth above 2 . We did have the second finance minister speaking to us this budget, telling us the is about having a new direction mediumtermgh that hump. He did note that the oil and gas indust
This is bloomberg surveillance. We are getting pmi figures out of the eurozone, and this is what they are showing. This is for the month of february. Services pmi rising more than expected, 55. 6. He spoke to economists who forecast a figure of 53. 7. Everything above 50 means it is expansionary. Manufacturing also rising a little better than expected. That is at 55. 5. The forecast was 55. I want to see the full breakdown, but we did have a earlier figures in manufacturing pmi from germany that were much better than expected. This is big for eurodollar. Lets get on to the rest of the markets. The one thing i want to show you is hsbc. That stock under pressure today. It did miss profit estimates as the revenue was dropping. It has had to say it will cut more costs. Still the biggest loser in europe in terms of the equity markets. Down 6 . Stocks are pretty unchanged overall. On a case basis, depending on the earnings. We once again talk about politics and risk in europe with those Fren