Surged as much as 3. 9 percent while west texas intermediate jump by 6 percent before falling back to the mid pfizer around noon iranian officials claim the drone was in their air space when it was down while the u. S. Armed forces directorate for the region Central Command insisted that the drone was attacked over International Waters now joining us to drill deeper into the dilemma are david mack and they need the c. E. O. Of mckelvey Wealth Management and former pentagon official Michael Maloof thank you both for being here so michael lets start off with the geopolitical aspects of everything going on here we know the importance of the strait of hormuz when it came to congress can you tell us how this has been a soft spot for iran in the past its been a contentious period contentious area for quite some time you can go back to the to the socalled tanker war during the iran iraq iraq war and then subsequent events leading. Up to that when iraq was shipping oil through. Canadian ships
Puppy dog eyes early today starts right now good to kick off your wednesday with you im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. The fight for 2020 is officially under way. President trump declared his reelection bid in front of a raucous crowd in orlando thousands of supporters greeted the news with cheers but the citys paper wasnt so kind the Orlando Sentinel released their 2020 endorsement early, narrowing the field down to not donald trump. Thats not the only sign of trouble for mr. Trump in the battleground state according to a new quinnipiac poll, as of now six democrats would beat him in florida. Joe biden is polling a full 9 ahead of him nbcs tracie potts joining us with the latest from d. C both sides are already throwing punches. No question about that, phillip. Good morning, everyone so President Trump in announcing his Reelection Campaign talked policy, but he really went in hard on politics especially those top democratic opponents like joe biden and Bernie Sanders remember the
Both for being here so michael lets start off with the geopolitical aspects of everything going on here we know the importance of the strait of hormuz when it came to congress can you tell us how this has been a thought baran in the past its been a contentious period contentious area for quite some time you can go back to the to the socalled tanker war during the iran iraq iraq war and then subsequent events leading up to that when iraq was shipping oil through. Canadian ships im sorry on kuwaiti ships and and they were they were attacked by iran and as a consequence reagan. Knocked out some of the Oil Platforms that were there in a very restricted air strike and then stopped and then there was the escort the armed escort afterwords. Of these ships and then you fast forward again to about 2008 there was another another episode in which. U. S. Ships were patrolling the area trying to keep the waterways open and once again small iranian ships are boats rather would try to buzz it and att
Responses on thursday morning prices spiked after u. S. President donald trump responded to the incident on twitter brant crude prices surged as much as 3. 9 percent while west texas intermediate jump by 6 percent before falling back to the mid pfizer around noon iranian officials claim the drone was in their air space when it was down while the u. S. Armed forces directorate for the region Central Command insisted that the drone was attacked over International Waters now joining us deeper into the dilemma are david mack ommaney the c. E. O. Of mckelvey Wealth Management and former pentagon official Michael Maloof thank you both for being here so michael lets start off with the geopolitical aspects of everything going on here we know the importance of the strait of hormuz when it came to congress can you tell us how this has been a soft spot for iran in the past its been a contentious period contentious area for quite some time you can go back to. To the socalled tanker war during the
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere