Grownup and speaking out with his parents. Balloon boy, anybody ever throw that at you these days . Yeah, a lot. The familys attempt to set record straight on their infamous past. Do you feel a sense still that you need to clear your name . But first, the nightline five. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tonight one former lawmaker now waging a new campaign. Katie hill is finding herself in the center of a scandal, after leaked intimate photos and allegations of an affair with a staff member surfaced. Hills departure now shining a light on what she calls revenge porn. This coordinated Campaign Carried out by the right wing media and republican opponents, enabling and perpetuating my husbands abuse by providing him a platform is disgusting and unforgivable, and they will be held accountable. Reporter california representative, katie hill, a rising star in the Democratic Party now tarnished, resigning in the face of what hill calls a campaign of revenge porn. I made this decision so t
Our website, cspan. Org, type attacks on federal employees in the search box which youll find at the top of our home page. The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in on this wednesday morning, Senate Lawmakers plan to resume debates on appealing wavers on states to offer low cost Insurance Plans with the Affordable Care act 12 15 eastern toed and lawmakers plan to turn to 2020 federal spending on several departments including agricultural commerce, and housing. Now to live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The u. We offer you today a sacrifice of thanksgiving for we borrow our heartbeats from you. Inspire our lawmakers to love discipline and cherish your word, seeking always to glorify you. May they trust your power and wisdom to supply what is needed to keep our nation strong. Have your way, sovereign god. You are the potter. We are the clay. Mold and make us after your will while we are waiting, yielded, and still. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please
China says unless you remove the december tariffs we dont have a deal otherwise. David dietze and kristen anderson, last but not least the wall street journal wealth reporter, veronica daguerre. David i will begin with you. One out of five s p 500 companies have already reported and 82 beating earnings estimates. 63 top line revenue estimates. So far, so good. What do you think . I generally agree with that. Remember the bar was set very, very low. Of course companies forced analysts to push down the ratings so it is easier to beat. Neil i thought i was only one who did that. Gave my parents d and fs and see cs would think i was genius. They learned from you. Expectations are very low. I am seeing pretty good beats. I like the fact revenue is coming up strongly. Remember that Information Technology sector that is really weighing down expectations for the s p 500. The rankandfile is doing extraordinarily well. Neil it is interesting, veronica, Biotech Sector on this stunning news out of
Our country has lost stupidly, trillions of dollars with china over many years, theyve stolen our intellectual property at a rate of hundreds of billions of dollars a year and they want to continue and i wont let that happen. We dont need china, and frankly , would be far better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by china from the u. S. Year after year for decades will and must stop. Our Great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china, including bringing your Companies Home and making your products in the usa. I will be responding to chinas tariffs this afternoon. This is a great opportunity for the United States. Also, i am ordering all carriers , including fedex, amazon, ups, and the post office , to search for and refusal deliveries, of fentanyl from china, or anywhere else. Fentanyl kills 100,000 americans a year. President xi said this would stop. It didnt. Our economy because of our gains in the last tw
We welcome you and respect your right to be here. We also asked in turn for your respect as we proceed with the basis of the committee today. It is the intention of this committee to proceed with this hearing without any disruptions. Any disruption of this committee will result in the u. S. Capitol police restoring order. Now listen up. This is very important. If a disruption occurs, a Capitol Police officer will go up to the individual and instruct that they seize the demonstration. If the person does not cease or begin the demonstration after the initial warning i the officer, the individual or individuals will be removed from the hearing room. We are very grateful for your presence today, and we very much appreciate that you want to listen to the witness, but we also ask you to respect the witnesses ability to express himself. I would also remind all members to avoid engaging in adverse personal references. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Big to