[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone and welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue our work and Economic Opportunity subcommittee. Without objection the chair is authorized to callec for recesst any time. Todays hearing is entitled redoing the availability of resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on a very important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will examine department of Veterans Affairs and department of Agriculture Programs identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans and provide nutrition assistance for those in need. Specifically, today through aly focus on how veterans access nutrition resourceson come out recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources, and how congress can more effectively support public and nonpublic agencies that seek to end veteran hunger, so critically important. This continues the subcommittees efforts to get economic factors that contribute to
On the systemic problem for amazons delivery network. And what shares of tesla are doing for the first time in history. All of that as Worldwide Exchange begins right now good morning welcome to the show. Im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan lets talk about what stocks are doing on this abbreviated trading day. Dow is up by 17 points s p at 1 and nasdaq around 7 markets are closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. They will remain closed picking up for a full day of trading on thursday today also kicks off the first day of the official santa claus rally period which happens the last five trading days and first two trading days of the new year the s p has posted 1. 3 average gain in the last ten years, the markets only posted two losing santa claus sessions as you see in 2013 and 2014 the santa rally, a powerful force. Lets go worldwide to see what is happening with the trade. You can see, a fairly mixed session, the nikkei about flat down about 0. 01 looking at what is going on in europe general
Good to see you. Youve still got, what, 50, 60 House Democratic members who came from republican and trump districts who understand the power of usmca, and in fact, to some extent if they are going to think they are going to go off the ledge, on some crazy idea of impeachment, which is doomed to failure, they might even be more inclined to do something constructive on the u. S. Canadian mexican trade deal. David but nancy pelosi says they will be able to work something out on usmca. Listen. Were moving ahead on the u. S. Mexico canada agreement. Were again hoping to be on a continuing path to that. David amid the noise, do you think we can see sustained Economic Growth and progrowth legislation . Im not sure that the first requires the second. And thankfully it does not. Weve had growth. We continue to have growth. Mainly because of the u. S. Consumer benefitting from great job market, higher wages and all the rest of the things we have talked about on this panel because nobody else is
In the College Cheating scandal. The hearing in boston wrapped moments ago. New details coming up on the legal challenge, what might happen next. Plus the fight against ecigarette companies. One state attorney general alleging that one manufacturerring a agressively targeting children. How regulators struggling with the growing vaping epidemic among younger americans. Keeping track of Tropical Storm dorian, gaining strength in the caribbean, threatening parts of the u. S. The latest path of the storm is ahead. Well tell you when it is expected to strike. Deirdre we have fox team coverage. Gerri willis at the floor, blake burman at white house, phil flynn at the floor of cme. Blake, we start with you. Reporter one story from the United States and completely different story from china as to whether or not there were conversations among the trade teams from both sides, most likely at the deputy level. At some point over the weekend. Heres the disparity in the timeline, at least where thin
We took a bit of a hit we saw a little more of a southwesterly wind and that was enough to bring down the temperature big time in the santa rosa was 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. We have to they are they were well in the 90s, 13 degrees cooler today a nap and you get the idea of numbers coming down around a good part of the bay area highs out there the out 94 degrees still hot in livermore 91 in concord 88 degrees in santa rosa 84. In san jose 81 degrees at mt do temperatures along the coastline still cool in the 60s. Thats kind of how its going to play out over the weekend. Youre going to see that hot weather as you head inland but boy along the coastline were going to keep those numbers cooler but the High Pressure going to continue to build throughout the weekend as we get into sunday and monday. Here comes the heat may be some triple digit temperatures mainly in the east bay on monday still some cooler numbers along the coastline, but maybe even some 70s. Last year when develop