And fpfizer and getting ready fr the twoday meeting and waiting for the president to make a new proposal on tax reduction. And we will wait for the two components merck and pfizer. Are patent problems looming. After posting weak sales in north america and announcing two executives leaving the company. And you heard it here first, two firms buying hmas. And watch the fertilizer stock, because they are down after one of the Potash Companies drops. Slight sli above forecast and the revenues are shy of census, and fpfizer plans to go into three segments. Meanwhile, mercks q2 earnings were above estimates and the merck beats the earnings but profit is cut in the half. That is the repeating echo of the quarter and a lot of the names and in some cases blockbusters losing exclusivity and trying to fill the pipeline with stuff at the other end. That is the story of big pharma, and a pack of development and changing in recent months and years, carl. Of course, replacing off patent with whatever
California. Some kids chained to beds. Their parents now facing serious charges. We have reports from capitol hill this morning and jerusalem and from london. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lawmakers begin to face a complex agenda and ticking closclos clock. The government will run out of money on friday. It is complicated by the president s comments last week. Usually cooler heads prevail, but conservatives dont want another shortterm solution. This is the first time members are considering withholding their votes. Some want to fight for a longterm daca fictix. Phil mattingly has more on capitol hill. Reporter they want to keep the government funded beyond friday. Things are in a difficult position. Issues are completion in terms of the pathway forward as you talk to democratic and republican aides. They dont want to vote on any bill if there is no daca resolution included with it. Republicans now have made very
Safe scott pruitt. Scott pruitt is standing strong in his job. Plus, new evidence of a russian attempt to hack state voter systems. And rebecca trayce traister on the glaring difference between samantha bee and Roseanne Barr. Americans are finally paying attention. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes with two big Foreign Policy moves just today, the president is turning away from the western democracies that have for decades been americas closest allies, aligning the u. S. Instead with autocrats and strongmen who practice the type of leadership that this president admires. In the process he is reshaping our relationship to the rest of the world. The president announced today his june 12th summit is back on fulfilling a long time goal. North koreans meeting with the u. S. President without securing concessions in return. The announcement came after the president welcomed a top aide of kim jongun to the white house later bragging to the press corps ab
The dow advancing and the s p 500 as well. The quarter was the only period that registered the hat trick averages. This is a convenient time to step back and look where we stand six months into the trading year, economic year. Six months into the tax cuts that the claims that got all of this going. Kevin corke with more. An economic miracle, neil. Thats how the president described what happened with those fay news now tax cuts. Keep this in mind. He would like to see more where that came from if they can somehow manage a proposed second round of tax cuts again. Maybe inching ever closer to 20 . Lets talk about what happened here today. Very important day for the president. Clearly thats looking ahead as we talk about what may happen. Today with a chance to look back at what many are crediting for a roaring economy. Its my great honor to celebrate six months of new jobs, bigger paychecks and keeping more of your hard earned money where it belongs, in your pocket. And thats the idea. Kee
Police do not know yet the exact motivation for the attack. They do know that the newspaper, the Capital Gazette was a target and the gunman had been threatening people at the paper for years. Rene marsh is in annapolis, maryland, been there, watching all of this play out since yesterday. What are investigators saying now about what has happened and also what happens now to the shooter . Reporter well, kate, new this morning, we know that surveillance cameras were rolling and captured the moment that this shooter stormed that newsroom. That video was actually used as evidence when charging this shooter with five counts of first degree murder. We got a hold cnn got a hold of the charging documents this morning that says that the shooter with a shotgun in hand shot out the glass doors before entering that newsroom. Then he targeted those journalists. He, himself, the shooter, even hid under a desk to evade police. We also have some sound from a journalist who was inside the newsroom at t