finance committee turkey race of discussed the prospects are changes to corporate tax policy at a forum hosted by the urban-brookings tax policy center. this is about 30 minutes. good morning, everybody. welcome to today s event sponsored by the tax policy center. my name is mark mazur, and the director of the tax policy center which is cosponsored by the urban institute and the brookings institution. i ve been at a tax policy center for just over a month and i m excited to be part of this fantastic organization. we had a wonderful program today covering prospects for corporate or business tax reform and featuring a number of perspectives. we have senator wyden to provide alleges that perspective. where professor and touched t professor albert are back, a major step toward reform followed by a panel of experts to discuss the pros and cons of this approach. we will finish up today with doug holtz-eakin providing his views on the need and prospects for corporate tax reform. a
the ftse is flat. cac is down by 0.16. the dax is off by a half percent. looking at the treasury market. the ten-year yield is still deld below 2.4%. now at 2.35%. crude oil, syria is not a major oil producer. it produces the 66th market in the entire world for oil production. any time there are bombs in the middle east, as pointed out, you see a reaction in crude oil. it used to be you sthuthoughe arab states would immediately look at us as on the other side. jordan is dealing with such a mass influx of people who have been left behind. the knee jerk reaction was the straits of hormuz i can remember in previous the beginning of things. this was a targeted strike. it s not like 1991 or the shock and awe, but oil would go up 10%. go up like $8. 91 it went up $8. syria has been a problem for all the middle east neighbors. but at this point, even the oil reaction is muted. 100 point drop in futures is like half a percent at this point. even that wasn t big. you fi
sending a powerful signal to the world. we re going to defend our workers, protect our jobs, finally put america first. cheryl: the president making these comments at snap-on tools in kenosha, wisconsin. we ll ask the ceo what the approximately s policies mean for his business. plus on this tax day, more signs that tax reform is going to be delayed. why treasury secretary steve mnuchin says that he is changing his stance from what he told fox business last month. and two tech titans out with their results at any moment. we ll bring you the numbers from yahoo! and ibm soon as they come out. david? david: expectations of a great earnings season driving markets a lot higher yesterday but today, a little bit of reality settling in. a pair of disappointing reports shaving most of the points off of the dow. particularly into the end of the trading season although it is way off its lows. let s go straight to lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. at one point,
awaiting the start of this forum on health care costs to get underway. it will start in just a moment live here on c-span2. we told you about many so of the programing on c-span2 today. over on c-span hillary clinton and former vice president al gore will be appearing at a campaign rally in miami. live coverage of that getting underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. then tonight we have live hour-long interviews separately with third party presidential candidates. you will hear from libertarian gary johnson. he starts at 8:00 p.m. the green party s jill stein. she is after that at 9:00. we ll take your phone calls and tweets to the candidates. 10 second warning. on behalf of the mercatus center at george mason university i want to welcome you to this important discussion about the effect much rising health care costs on economic mobility and economic well-being. my name is bill beach. i m the vice president of policy research at mercatus on behalf of the scholars and the staff wel
the election. bill: first, new polling shows the state of the race like this. hillary clinton leads trump by five points in a four-way race according to cnn s numbers out late yesterday. trump says pay no attention to polls like these. they show these phony polls where they, you know, they look at democrats, and it s heavily weighted with democrats x. then they ll put on a poll where we re not winning, and everybody says, oh, they re not winning. it s a heavily weighted poll with democrats. they try and suppress the vote, this way people don t go out and vote. bill: both candidates zeroing in on florida. trump has four different events there today, and mike pence will be in the state of ohio. martha: hillary clinton also campaigning in the sunshine state today. her running mate, tim kaine, will be in connecticut and new york. john roberts beginning our live coverage this morning. he is in miami. good morning to you, john. reporter: martha, good morning. one of the events