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scream at the very this morning i was the majority of americans are disapproving of the republican tax cut plan. futures are higher this morning come expecting a higher opening to the broader averages. dow industrials that dow industrial set to open 60 points the nasdaq up 26. the s&p 500 up a third of a percent. in europe, similar story had a better talent than yesterday. dax up two thirds of a percent as is the cac and the ft 100 higher by a fraction. asia s dots close mostly higher with the exception of china. best performer japan. nikkei average up 1.5%. ban hunters under way in baltimore. a police officer in great condition after being shot in the head. the details as investigators search for a suspect. consumer rage both at&t and google with massive outages. what you need to do to get back up and running this morning. retail earnings still the focus on wall street. the biggest of the mall, wal-mart expecting earnings of 97 cents a share. the numbers analysis as so ....
file debate on floor action for tax reform, and c-span s congressional chronicle, at c-span.org/congress. we will look at today s white house briefing. press secretary sarah sanders went over the president s age of trip, and also addressed questions about tax reform on capitol hill. good afternoon. apologies for the delay. it s great to be back with everybody. certainly, missing most of you who were not on the road i have seen most of you who were not on the road. a little wiggle room there. the president s historic five country trip to asia was an incredible success. he rid the world against the menace of north korea, strengthened our alliances, and showed our commitment to a free, open, indo pacific region, and took a stand for free fair and reciprocal trade. american families will be safer and more secure, and american workers and companies are one step closer to competing on the level playing field they serve. speaking of leveling the playing field, the presid ....
resolution to extend an international inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria so that means the united nations team investigating the april use of deadly sarin gas in syria will be disbanded russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism it helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep blow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future attacks assad and isis will no longer be on notice for the use of chemical weapons by russia s actions today. moscow then presented its own draft resolution to change the methodology is to gather and assess evidence but that was also not approved russia s ambassador defen ....
say. but actually, the human stories are of resilience and extraordinary courage and even renewal in the most difficult of circumstances. i think it was a filmmaker who went to the congo and said if you look at the statistics you are depressed but if you look at the people you have hope. as the head of an ngo, that is certainly the kind of philosophy or insight i get from the work we do around the world. i don t mean to diminish the importance of a one on one experience you have when you go to this conflict zones, but in the end, the statistics matter more, because it is the collective experience that really matters. if i plucked out of the air one crisis unfolding right now, that of the rohingya people, forced out of myanmar, now collected in appalling conditions in camps in bangladesh, 600,000 people at least. in the space of six or seven weeks. what on earth are you and all of the people who work on these sorts of crises able to do? the truth is, we are there to stau ....
a permanent member of the of the security council. russian veto at the u.n. signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. hello i m down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. in the interest of the people of zimbabwe. mr robert mugabe in my city. president mugabe rejects calls to quit military leaders say the only way to ensure a bloodless transition of power. amnesty international accuses all sides of war crimes in the battle for control of money in the philippines. and how a trump administration decision is being saluted by elephant hunters. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by ....