In audible conversations for thank you everyone for being here today. We know that its busy with many things happening tha but it is incredibly important that we be voting on basic and talk about voting and the basic tenets of our democracy in terms of Voting Rights. Every citizen who wants to vote is able to cast a vote must be at the top of congress agenda. At the local level many of us have heard stories about how difficult voting can be. Registering to vote in a place where they go to school or even functioning Voting Machines that lead to long lines and voters that need to get back to work, so they have to get up and leave their lives. Weve seen that over and over again. 2015 was the first president ial election and half century or the full Voting Rights act was not in effect. While some states and local communities have improved access to voting, others have restricted it often by targeting poor people and minority communities. The Supreme Court refused to hear on North Carolinas
In audible conversations for thank you everyone for being here today. We know that its busy with many things happening tha but it is incredibly important that we be voting on basic and talk about voting and the basic tenets of our democracy in terms of Voting Rights. Every citizen who wants to vote is able to cast a vote must be at the top of congress agenda. At the local level many of us have heard stories about how difficult voting can be. Registering to vote in a place where they go to school or even functioning Voting Machines that lead to long lines and voters that need to get back to work, so they have to get up and leave their lives. Weve seen that over and over again. 2015 was the first president ial election and half century or the full Voting Rights act was not in effect. While some states and local communities have improved access to voting, others have restricted it often by targeting poor people and minority communities. The Supreme Court refused to hear on North Carolinas
Announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal. We begin in open phones. Let us know your thoughts on any of the Public Policy issues. 202 ican callin at 7848001. Democrats 202 7488000. Independence 202 7488002. You can also catch us on social media. Good right a morning to you. Our lead story this morning involves puerto rico, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and headline. We have frontpage stories. On the Iran Nuclear Deal, President Trump will announce his policy toward a iran. P. M. T is happening at 1245 the president is acted to address the value voters summit. 10 30s happening around a. M. The president is acted to have his address. The big news out of the lighthouse was the health care front and politico broke the story. The posted the story about subsidies any plan changes. Is going to cut off subsidy payments in his most aggressive move yet to undermine the Health Care Law or it law. 7 subsidies are worth billion this year. They are paid out in monthly installments. They may stop im
Mainland shares gaining access to the msci index sending the blue chip stocks to 1 1 2 year highs. The queen is due to open parliament in just over two hours. But uk government hanging in the balance as a deal between theresa mays conservatives and the Northern Irish dup remains in limbo were in complete unknown territory. Theyre trying to sew up the deal with a Smaller Party not telling us what that deal is that Smaller Party today, so they cant do the deal yet because the governing party is in chaos. Travel niis kalanick steps n as ceo of uber over a shareholder revolt its officially in bear market territory we had a rollover in one of the contracts from july to august yesterday. The Oil Prices Falling pretty modestly bearing in mind this has been a long pulldown from january where we were trading around about 55 bucks a barrel on the front month contract all the oil majors finding themselves under a significant amount of pressure in europe lets look at the u. S. Energy sector as wel
Is seems to be working. Oil and the energy sector. We have Oil Trading Slightly Higher up about 0. 4 after a bigger than expected drawdown for Oil Inventories and a small build from that oil reacting favorably up for the first time in three days or it three days. The s p 500 not so much. Down five days in a row. Streak. Losing perhaps helping energy stocks. And look at some of the Industrial Metals. Big gains for copper, zinc, nickel. Dollar, just about flat, giving up some gains. We have pretty decent movers. The top percentage mover for the s p 500 is freeport, very solid. Told methese, mike, that this has to do with the strength in iron. Bank a dramatic nejra somewhere shorting the metals because of concerns of china. Here is hot equities are looking around the close of as and the trading. Green across the screen. Germanys dax, ftse 100 hitting their highs in at least a week in todays sessions. Most of these benchmarks of 0. 7 1 like ftse. By in a the fx space, Dollar Strength ahead