Listening to chris hogan and yak is so mart so thats momma mcdowell summary of the panel. Futures are pointing higher this morning as earning season really pix up steam. Dow components United Technology travelers cocacola and visa all report Quarterly Results today along with Lockheed Martin and snapchat. 17 of the s p 500 have reported Second Quarter results 77 beating their earnings per share. Jackie what are you watching this morning in terms of the big movers here . Well overall were seeing good fir for earnings and thats when investors cared about going into this earning season. Youre seeing companies that are beating on ets and not hearing commentary oh we have problems in china thats what everyone was looking for. And youre also not seeing anybody really give any cuts on guidance Going Forward as well. And this was really important to support the rally that were seeing in the markets so thats investors know it is not all fed driven, of course, this week is going to be a really b
Members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to congratulate bucktell Medical Center c. E. O. Timothy reeves for receiving a Community Star from the National Organization of state offices for rural health. Community stars recognize men and women nationwide who work to improve, protect and advance health and wellness for those living in rural america. Timothy reeves is the chief executive office of the bucktail Medical Center which is a Skilled Nursing facility, Community Clinic and b. L. S. Ambulance service in renovo, pennsylva
Like it all has been worth it. Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work ive been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. For a decade now, every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated i would think about the people i was doing this for and would bet me back up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue a politics that is about improving peoples lives. And i hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Neil with that, senator al franken has resigned from the United States senate. He says he will do so in the coming weeks. He didnt specify how many weeks. That is important parliamentarywise because we dont know whether he wants to stay for the vote, not only temporary measure to continue the government and continue operating the government for another couple weeks and
Looking quite strong, up over 1 this morning same thing with the shanghai composite. Then european equities right now are also in the green. The cac ass off, ftses off i spoke too soon i looked at the ftse beforehand. The ftse is up, the dax is up. Everything else is down just marginally well, here are the big stories were watching for you today. We are continuing to follow a developing story out of Southern California new evacuations have been ordered as a string of massive wildfires continue to grow the thomas fire, the biggest in the area, still on the move. Officials say the blaze is just 10 contained. Its already burned more than 360 square miles of land we will continue to follow this developing story, bring you any updates and developments as we get them. On this weeks economic agenda, tomorrow, look for the november Producer Price index. The fed also kicks off a twoday meeting. On wednesday well get cpi as well as the fed decision this latest Economic Forecast and Janet Yellens
Around limerick and upper montgomery county. The rain stretches through ill allentown through monroe county. We have flood advisories and a Flash Flood Warning for this area because of the heavy rain. This goes across 476 and montgomery county. This will last through the overnight hours. One to two inches in this area and we expect more rain there. If you have to drive through the next couple of hours, be very careful. Locally, we have more rain down around maryland approaching delaware. We will be watching this as we go overnight tonight. The flash flood remains through the overnight hours. Future weather brings it out by 2 00 a. M. Then we go into tomorrow. We will see nice improvements with our weather. By 8 00 in the morning tomorrow, we will have dry conditions. Temperatures in the mid 70s. By 10 00 a. M. , sunny. By noon, you will feel the humidity dropping off. We will talk about the rain moving out coming up. Federal investigators are searching for the man who robbed a post off