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Welcome. >> thank you. chris: columnist for the hill, juan williams. former democratic congresswoman jane harman, director of the woodrow wilson center, and former house speaker newt gingrich. we asked you for questions, and its clear democrats are already making headway on this argument that the house bill is going to hit older americans. susan lloyd farrell sent this on facebook: these are the years when the elderly need medical coverage, and many live on social security. what will happen to u...

>> in a february survey of small business owner, 60% supported a repeal of the affordable care act. how do you explain that? >> i think most small business owners like me are focused on their business. i dont think they have spent enough time looking at getting under the hood, so to speak, and really looking at what this means and what repeal means. >> but werent you hit by rate increases under the affordable care act too? i feel like people are idealizing it and people dont know which way to go...

Going to disagree. get to work quietly on whether or not youre going to go big or small and then go big with a deal with chuck schumer thats good. in maryland the large e inshins just filed for a 52% rate increase. aetna pulled out of virginia, iowas largest individual market plan insurer is thinking about leaving completely. obam0 b obamacare is falling apart. what theyve got to do is not go on twitter and trash each other before they get a plan together. >> good luck with that. rand paul talke...

Officials say it was prompted by a shortage of soldiers joining voluntarily as well as increased security concerns, including russian aggression in ukraine and crimea. interest rate hikes could be going up this month. federal reserve chair janet yellen dropped a big hint while speaking in chicago today saying, when they meet later this month, theyll evaluate employment and inflation and see if a rate increase might be appropriate. this as the stock market is climbing. the dow hit 21,000 for th...

A record and the nasdaq drops five. minutes from the meds last meeting showed policy makers were confident they were strong enough to make a rate increase appropriate and orders for durable goods jumped for a fourth straight month, climbing in october thanks to demand for commercial aircraft. thats cnbc first in business worldwide.

How does it make it in? but first, kate rogers. >> stocks rise across the board today. the s&p up 10. yellen saying a rate increase could be relatively soon. walmart sank 3% today. sales beat estimates but revenues fell short. thats it from cnbc, first in business worldwide.

And previously uninsured americans nationwide, most of these folks are able to pay $100 or less in their monthly premium and so while there are costs that have continued to go up, its the slowest rate increase in 50 years and for the kinks that need ironed out, we need to sit down together like hillary clinton has said over and over with republicans across the table and iron out those kinks. were committed to do to continue with a plan that has given 20 million people insurance and people like m...

Question, perhaps, but what is the reflection of janet yellen the public figure in this? such a hugely powerful job in american life. about which and about whom so little is heard during the year normally. >> absolutely. and the fed chief miss yellen has come under criticism because wall wls been wastreets been a rate increase for some time. you know, the markets kind of been on pins and needles and people trying to buy homes or finance cars, you know, they make the decisions based on how much t...

Bottom line? lauren simonetti from the fox business network live with that. >> the crystal ball, volatility means your 401(k) is looking drastically different date today as the market moves in big directions in both directions. the reason for the volatility is china slowing down and the federal reserve standing down on interest rates, policies of the makers telling us we mostly favor a rate increase this year. the fear is they will not hike because they think the u.s. cannot handle a small bump ...

Last couple of recoveries is wages dont really pick up until the economy gets near full strength. im expecting to see wage growth pick up. with the forecast i have with the economy getting stronger and stronger well see more increases in wages over the years and thats going to be part of the story of bringing inflation back to 2%. >> because youve put all this out there, now we understand the conversation behind the decision that you dont need a press conference. should we expect it in october? ...