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[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama prima...

[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama prima...

[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama prima...

The Senate Finance committee. We expect we have live coverage for you over on cspan3 of the Senate Finance committee. You can also find that online at cspan. Org. Outside of are also he meeting room in the capitol where House Republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. Making their way to the meeting room. President trump as we mentioned, expecting to leave the white house shortly. And speak to republicans before that vote, which is expected this afternoon sometime shortly after be...

Yeah. Didnt scrooge send over a turkey at the end . He did something. He sent over dinner. And tiny tim was like, wow, its the best christmas. I dont know if that was the book version or the movie version. Im getting a little wait a minute there was a book huh . Yes, charles dickens. I know you know this we had this discussion there was a book it wasnt just a movie some people we know get all their news in tv which we hope is you at home. We hope you are getting your news here today. Look at the...

Lunch begins right now welcome to power lunch. Im Michelle Carusocabrera. The dow hitting record highs again, pushing closer to 25,000, just days after crossing 24,000. The s p 500, the russell small caps also hitting record highs but in the category of things that make you go hmm the nasdaq struggling again today because of a tech slump. Nvidia, micron, amd among the biggest declines check out what else is moving at this hour. General cable is soaring more than 30 the industrial wiring cable ma...

We are up by 4 10 of 1 on the stoxx 600. Spain is higher, norway is lower, italy is up, luxembourg is down. Removed. As been Northern Ireland remains. We will talk more about that in a second. Sovereign bonds, commodities, bus to chat about today including brent crude. The Global Benchmark closing under the lower band. That green light on wednesday for the First Time Since june. Previous threee times they tested the trend line this year. Elsewhere the great credit party that is taken deal premiu...

4 news. grant another big story were following. A heated meeting tonight over proposed budget cuts within the Oakland School district. The district was initially facing a shortfall of 15pointone Million Dollars. That number has now dropped to nine Million Dollars. Tonight hundreds of parents packed tonights meeting. Pushing Board Members to keep their school open. Labor unions and Community Groups are trying to get school Board Members to reconsider their calculations. They want access to how th...

They need to make these mid year cuts. Cuts are not something we ever want to see. We dont want to do this, but the reality is we have to make some cuts because if we dont, if we stay in the position we are currently, in all likelihood were going into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. That could be anything up to and including the closing of a number of schools immediately. Standup those opposing the cuts...

Disney in the biggest acquisition in its history will buy most of 21st century fox for 52 billion in stock. It is a transaction that will reshape the media landscape. Disney already powerful in filmed entertainment and sports will become even more dominant after it folds in foxs film and tv production assets and its 22 Regional Sports networks. Its an offensive defensive play aimed at fending off the rise of Tech Companies like netflix, amazon and others that have turned hollywood upside down. E...