Hearing. And topics are farm bill, and trade relations with china and the status of the disaster aid programs. This is about 2 15. This joint hearing of the subcommittees on the general farm commodities and Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture in order to review the title of Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you. And thank you for coming to the joint committee on farm commodities and risk committees and farm agriculture. I am pleased to be joined by my chair mr. Acosta and the esteemed Ranking Member mr. Thompson and mr. Rouser. Welcome to the chairman Collin Peterson and my texas Ranking Member mike conaway. This is coming at a important time for farmers. The usda and the food conservation area, and the farm agency is in the middle of a huge job. The fpac and other needs of farmers and ranchers and Rural Communities that is meant to assist the farmer most harmed by the administrations trade war and the expanded wildfire and Indemnity Program or w. H. I. P. Plu
Same with the nasdaq up about 60 points. Close to 1 . Here is the big stock news of the day. To stand out retailers. Target and lows. Both did very well in the profit report earlier this morning and consumers have money to spend and their spending it. It is the giant retailers who are responding best to Amazon Online challenge. Look at the two stocks go. 70 up for target and 12 for lowes. That is valid. This is not a race, i will ask you anyway. How much do you have in your 401k or you are away . I hope youre one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have at least a million. According to fidelity, 196,000 have 1 million bucks in the 401k and 179,000 have a million in their ira. Those are Record Numbers. The u. S. Drone has been shot down over yemen, it was an in queue nine drone otherwise known as you reset. It is been a long time since this kind of incident and that is true today. Without going on in the gulf oil is up just 30 cents. Stay there place, the latest on greenland. Var
Looks good morning, the Senate Committee will please come to order. We are holding a fourth hearing on stabilizing premiums and ensuring access in the Health Insurance market for 2018. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement in the way with hope in our five. Well have the opportunity to ask five minutes of questions. To begin, we ought not to take for granted the three hearings we have had over the last ten days. For seven years, are the civil word was spoken between republicans and democrats on the Affordable Care act. His trump care versus obama care, day in and day out. Rs for the last ten days senators have engaged in serious discussions for several hours at a time about what congress can do between now and the end of this month. To help limit premium increases for 18 million americans next year. And began to lower premiums inei the future and prevent ensures for leaving the markets where the 18 million americans bymeria insurance. Last week between the meeting so befor
Lifestyle. On june29th he plead guilty to one count of bribery as part of a deal that ended his trial prematurely. Shame, shame, shame reporter in a Statement Read by his attorney in court, williams apologized to his family, friends and supporters and said quote ive made mista mistake. Mistakes of character and judgment. But prosecutors called it a pattern of criminal conduct. As for others who might follow in williams dishonest path we hope they take this unmistakable message ive stood in this same spot year after year after Different Cases and said which is that we will find you, we will prosecute you, and what happened today will happen to you. Reporter Seth Williams remains locked up in philadelphia tonight await assignment to a specific federal prison. Could be anywhere in the nation. Hell learn that in a couple of weeks we believe. For now, Seth Williams trading a pin striped suit for a prison jumpsuit. Dawn . All right, thank you, brew. And back to your fox 29 Weather Authority
65 degrees. Bob kelly . Good morning, everybody, ticktock, 5 00. And our top story also going to be the top traffic story. South phillys favorite bridget foys, fire scene this morning, we will go out to jenny joyce there live at second and south, headhouse square, but this morning, be ready for alternates, instead of second street, you want to use either fourth or sixth. If youre headed down south street, you want to use pine or bainbridge, expect delays through the morning rush hour. Septa also has buses 12 and 40 on detour. Theyve been trying to cut down some trees here, and running into problems, this is a live look at the montgomery drive onramp to go east on the schuylkill expressway. So, penndot waiting for a bigger saw from a private contractor. So thats going to cause delays through the morning rush hour. The benny looking good. No fog here. And mass transit, other than the two septa buses were off to good start, karen, back over to you. Bob, thank you. You mentioned it, lets g