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With a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The focus of the investigation onday two trying to establish whether the person responsible acted alone or was he part of a wider group. The uk Terror Threat remains at its highest level. We want people to be alert, not alarmed. We need to carry on with our way of life. The spirit of manchester is far mightier than the staged plots by terrorists. President trump meets with one of his harshest critic, pope francis. They do not even realize theyre along that path until they realize its a pit too late. So now we even got russia, the heal...

And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. A winning month with a losing day. The major averages lower across the board here. We did hit record highs with the nasdaq and dow jones utility average before the markets went lower. Crude oil, meantime, hitting threemonth lows. Traders are worried the opec led cuts to reduce global inventories are being undermined by those outside of the deal. Financials, big hit here. Regional banks on pace for the third consecutive day of losses. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is happening this hour. New york times offering buyouts. The move aimed a...

System. Fannie mae and freddie mac have been in conservatorship for close to nine years. In september 2008, then treasury secretary hank paulson famously described the conservatorships as a timeout. Today, fannie and freddie along with fha continue to dominate the Mortgage Market. Approximately 70 of the mortgages are backed by the federal government. While fannie and freddie are currently earning profits, if the Housing Market experiences a downturn, taxpayers could again be on the hook for billions of dollars. The status quo is not a viable option. The Housing Finance system depends on two G...

Body. Thank you, mr. President. I yield the floor. A senator plop . The presiding officer the senator from washington. Ms. Cantwell i come to the floor tonight to raise concern about a proposed Senate Health care bill that might move through the United States senate, as my colleagues are pointing out, without hearing, without attention to the details actually, almost in secret. I guess it would be secret if we didnt know exactly what was in the house bill. It would be even more secret. People have said it will be about 80 of what was in the house bill. I can agree with President Trump. That wa...

Leaders are not allowing lengthy debate. Later this week theyll take up a bill funding defense related programs, also for energy, water, legislative branch, v. A. , military construction. Votes later. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord our god, thank you for giving us another day. As they are returning to the capitol, please be with the members of this peoples house and all their undertakings today. You know them through and through. You know how they r...