We want to get legislation to end failed obamacare status quo. Through congress and to president s desk before his signature. Reporter initial amendments have failed to get 50 votes, rand paul amendment for straight repil repeal was rejected 4555, and ted cruzs proposal for selling strip down plans of rejected by 9 republicans and all democrats. We have to figure out a skinny down version. Had is disappointing, but we have to keep the process moving, otherwise were stuck with the mess that is obamacare. Reporter member of Republican Leadership signaled that could be path to 50 yes votes. Repealing the individual mandate is something we agree on. I think we peeling a lot obamacare taxing that are driving up cost of health care, are things we agree on. Reporter issue of two republicans who voted against even just debating the bill, Susan Collins from maine, and murkowski from alaska. President trump firing a twitter shot out this morning. Key democrats are focused on resistings republica
We want to get legislation to end failed obamacare status quo. Through congress and to president s desk before his signature. Reporter initial amendments have failed to get 50 votes, rand paul amendment for straight repil repeal was rejected 4555, and ted cruzs proposal for selling strip down plans of rejected by 9 republicans and all democrats. We have to figure out a skinny down version. Had is disappointing, but we have to keep the process moving, otherwise were stuck with the mess that is obamacare. Reporter member of Republican Leadership signaled that could be path to 50 yes votes. Repealing the individual mandate is something we agree on. I think we peeling a lot obamacare taxing that are driving up cost of health care, are things we agree on. Reporter issue of two republicans who voted against even just debating the bill, Susan Collins from maine, and murkowski from alaska. President trump firing a twitter shot out this morning. Key democrats are focused on resistings republica
Liz that was reporter jeff f lock and his camera person laurie bullerdick getting hit in the middle of the protest last night the protest turned violent after President Trumps rally in phoenix but today calling for unity in a news speech in reno, nevada this as the president is not backing down. Hes doubling down on his policies. Welcome to risk reward im liz macdonald. The u. S. Stocks dow ending down 87 points on deepening concerns about d. C. In action stopping the president s agenda and now his threats of a Government Shutdown. This as the left was very much in action last night. Violence scenes outside the Phoenix Center after the president addressed thousands of supporters inside. President trump spoke for well over an hour spending a lot of time railing against the media and defending his comments about the Charlottesville Violence and then the president moved on to policy and just as combative. He said he would probably terminate the nafta trade deal but shutdown the government
And game, set, match for Sports Direct as it agrees to sell its tennis brand dunlap for 140 million. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on how the european equities are trading an hour into the trading day. Were hoping for a little bit more action now that the uk is joining the post christmas party. A rather mixed picture. Again, we are seeing the uk outperform, but that market is playing catch up from what we saw. Gains in the neighborhood shy of 2 yesterday. Thats in line with the ftse 100 at the moment. The xetra dax in negative territory, same story for the french cac 40, and the ftse mib lower by 0. 2 . Just shy of that mark. Lets give you a closer look at the sector breakdown. Weve been following the outperformance in basic resources. Higher by 0. 2 . Similar to asian session. Strength in the australian miners spilling over to the uk market. Crude prices have ticked up again. On the down side, watching real estate, telecoms, food and beverage, travel and
Nightline, venezuela descent into chaos will be right back. This is a special edition of nightline. Venezuela descent into chaos. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Tonight an extraordinary journey inside a country on the brink of an economic collapse. Venezuelas class is now trapped in desperation, struggling to put food on the table, some even dying from simple infections due to lack of basic medicines. Our matt gutman traveled to venezuela for a rare firsthand report from inside this repressive, authoritarian regime. Reporter venezuela. A tropical paradise steeped in natural riches. Sitting atop the biggest oil reserves on the planet. Once oozing glamor and excess. Known for its beauty queens black gold, and its authoritarian rulers. But now its a country in the midst of violent upheaval. When the price of oil crashed, the economy went with it. Exposing the failures of hugo chavezs socialist government, mass instability. And now the people are paying the price. I traveled to ve