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I am join today by jim walden, the attorney for russian doping whistle whistleblowerrer, for this work into the dark underworld of fraud in sports and what we can do about it. As an administrative aside, would like to mention that camera crews are permitted to record the briefing in its entirety. Our topic today is a russian doping scandal, a story of corruption and fraud on an unprecedented scale. It has now been demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that the russian state was behind a systemic effort to dope their athletes and defraud the olympics. No one can say how deep this rabbit hole go...

Agency. However since then, there have been no responses from the department. Despite repeated followup inquiries from the requester. On january 27th of this year, 15 months after the initial request, i sent you a letter asking for prompt action on the request, and to keep me informed on the response that would be forthcoming. Despite additional inquiries, the only answer i received so far is, were working on it. Its now been 20 months. Almost two years since their simple initial request under the freedom of information act, and five months since my letter inquiring about the status of that re...

Day. Well begin with the market and whats been anything but a summer sizzle for stocks. Now comes august which is historically hard for investors. The s p has fallen 2. 5 in each of the past five years. As we look towards whats ahead in august, five months to go, does everything hinge on whether the fed hikes Interest Rates in september . I mean, if thats really the case, then i have good news for you. The market says theres no shot. If you look at the cmes fed watch and you believe that the market is getting things right as we get closer, theres a much higher likelihood that you see a decembe...

Today. This is the day, bill, people will look back on and remember. Disney seized a little bit in the earnings. As you can see there, disney shares down about 9 . Putting the cable bundle front and center after talking about espn. Not just disney. Other big media stocks falling today as netflix is hitting an alltime high. 21st century fox down 7. 5 . Time warner, not the cable piece, twx down 8. 7 . Comcast down 4. 7. And well debate whether its time for investors to get out of disney and into the unbundled media plays. Comcast is our parent company. Approving a new rule from dodd frank that ...

Those blasts sent massive fire balls into the nights sky. The initial blast erupted at a warehouse for Hazardous Materials and triggered other explosions at nearby businesses. Those explosions could be felt miles away. The cause at this point not immediately clear. Lets take a look at some live pictures this morning from tianjin china. You can still see the smoke cloud billowing. We heard from hyundai. Well take more of a look at whats happening with china in a bit. About 4,000 imported vehicles were destroyed by that blast. Heres the big stories today, China Central bank holding a News Confer...