directions between fair view and webb road. your ultimate nate 926 or street road is your best bet.ou can see crews out there, look at is what surrounding them, ice and snow, and that is still on a lot of our roadways especially smaller won untreated road. even the treated road will have black ice, on them, and right around walt whitman bridge 95 south disabled vehicle as well and i have to point out in the pennsylvania hour we have seen a lot of disabled vehicles. i'm in the sure if that is anything weather related but head up that is what we are dealing with today as well. maybe the cars cannot sustain these cold temperatures with the snow, ice and what have you. anyway, moving on we have more activity, bustleton involving a pedestrian here, accident northeast avenue at red lion road and we have an accident where they are directing traffic in new jersey, hook road 551 between lee avenue and george drive broadway is your best alternate, jim, over to you. >>> a volcano erupt nothing hawaii was quite a sight for this helicopter crew. they captured moments lava began bubbling from the

directions. this scheduled for 11:15. the bet si ross is an alternate for you there.sey shore a cover on route 40 eastbound. the right lane is closed there. checking drive times here. this is right around mile marker 345. 27 minutes eastbound from valley forge. rail delays earlier this morning. 20 minutes delays due to equipment issues. back to you. >> thank you. >>> checking out our nbc 10 headlines. police have a connection. they say the man had an assault rifle when they took him into custody and they believe the shooting was random. today seth williams will tell a judge if he found a new lawyer. his former lawyer said williams did not have the money to pay him. >>> a norman rockwell painting is back with the owner 40 years after it was stolen. special agents said it was turned in by an art dealer who had it hanging in his kitchen. he thought it was a copy. >>> new reports tied to investigation. offering to testify in exchange for immunity. flynn said he will testify in exchange for immunity. a committee spokesman declining to comment. >> when you have given immuni

quick secession of potentially market-moving events challenges investors to place their bets on the next directiontraders are bracing for an expected federal reserve increase, dutch elections, if a potential step by the u.k. of exiting the european union. quick one, too, from the new york times this morning looking at the week ahead with possible interest rise rates from the fed. economic steam hits trump against a wary fed, yellen pepsi breaks. to speed growth. let's get a quick call on our question this morning. democrat line. valeria in winston-salem, north carolina. caller: thank you for taking my call. there are many things i would like to say. republicans are burying their heads in the sand forgetting who donald trump really is and what he has done and what he is not doing. pipelinetory about the and the deal that is already on the ground in montana and the u.s. steelot from makers but russia, china and india. the pipeline had already started being built by a russian company. i wonder why that story has not been told. putin haserstood that a contract with donald trump saying he would have to

i would say 95 a better bet in both directions right now. outside the top side.t be there. so friday morning this is what we want to show you. jammed up right now on 395, 15 minute delay again use caution watch for that fog until it moves out. keep it to fox5 news morning. we'll be back in just a few with more news, weather and traffic. >>> straight ahead, moving on. president trump trying to get back on track after that major health care defeat last week. what's next on his agenda? and what the capitol hill drama to could mean for his relationship with fellow republicans like house speaker paul ryan. >> we'll tell was dc mayor muriel bowser announcing today to help empower young girls of color in d.c. public schools and to help families of girls who go missing. >>> outfit outrage. uniunited airlines in the middlf a pr disaster after banning two teenagers from boarding a flight because they were wearing leggings. why the airline stands by the decision and how social media went all i

direct exposure to oil and gas. there is zero correlation. you are bettingn the pharmacy framework, which on a relative basis remain some of the strongest in the world. the debt has doubled but it is still at 22% for the region. there is little argument against buying these credits today. >> coming up, oil has been on a wild ride as opec and france cut. we ask where they see prices going. ♪ >> welcome back to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. oil has had a roller coaster ride on data from the u.s.. it raised oil production back above 10 million barrels. cots itg a third of the introduced in january. more from anthony. >> it was differing information coming out. investors were reading different things. was thateadline we saw the saudi's increased production in february. opec is looking to cut production as a whole. those are merely held in the u.s. and europe. the saudi said they went even a day.0 million barrels that was more than they needed to take. so they could get that production off the market. they were up over 10 million. we see saudi's incr

heading northbound to get to the walt whit man bridge, your next best bet is to take the franklin bridge and ted to that direction. that will be good for you there. we'll keep our eye on both of these things and check back in with both accidents and the stuff in new jersey when i come back in ten. >> we have to tell jessica it is never to early to think of summer plans. a multi-million dollar dune and sand project that will start along the jersey shore. up next hear how that could impact popular vacation spots. >>> also when it comes to picking out facts versus fake news, what do you tell your kids? this morning we have some advice for parents. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of $990 dollars more. so don't trade in... sell it.... to we buy any car. learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com ♪ find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar.com ♪ prodders, shuckersers, and snif

if you want to bet on that direction, you start on the european side. 233.5 billion euros.was the take off this morning. average is much, much lower. what is the signal that comes out of that? torsten: the key story now is that europe is getting better. for a long time, the absolute value between european rates and u.s. rates has been significant. the ecb is now discussing -- rateshey should before qe. it makes sense that the markets are set to reprice european rates. that could have a significant impact on european rates across the bond. jon: why is it still 200 basis points? we were trading at 222-to 23 at one point earlier this year. 222-223 at one point earlier this year. torsten: we are getting to the point where the ecb expectations are changing. look at what ecb expectations are for the december meeting. ecbdecember meeting for the , if you months ago, there was a -- now, it is up to 50%. we have had a significant repricing of the ecb outlook. perspective, it is not so much about absolute levels. it's about what is not priced and the upside risks and downside risks.

directions. egg harbor road own the white horse pike are better bets in the winslow township. ben franklin bridge no problems on our good buddy ben. in olney there's a house fire lincoln near second. juniata park would you want for a crash at k and luzerne. let's check this spot i-95 at allegheny avenue building southbound volume heading toward center city. so far not terribly delayed at this point as we kick things off on this monday morning. >> thank you matt. this time tomorrow it will be about the snow with an event that is expected to last through much of the day. katherine scott is live at the city salt yard in south philadelphia as the city gets ready to brine and plow. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. penndot crews have begun brining and they will continue to brine today. you can expect to see them on the roads and here later on in south philadelphia loading up their salt trucks ahead of the storm. today penndot crews will be across the area brining the roads, a late season snowstorm fast approaching. the city of philadelphia began sunday with l

you're not just making a naked bet on the direction of the stock markets? >> exactly right.t is a nikkei trade. if you've got the currency right, you want to be hedged depending where you live. we think that the dollar rally's probably 3ish percent, 5ish percent, not plus 20. the dollar will work less hard on you. you have to get the currency right. that said, the fundamentals down side projection gives you a little bit of projection. >> chris, what's the catalyst that will make the u.s. market attractive again? we've been sideways here for a while. what are you waiting to happen that will push us higher again? >> stephen is mentioning valuations when you look at the european markets. last year they got negative 1% growth in earnings. this year they're expected to get still more than 14%. when you compare that to the united states we're expected to get 10% and we're on pace right now to possibly see 9% year over year in the first quarter. i think that the expectations are much too high when we look overseas right now when we look at the earnings picture. bill, that's where t

to this house intel committee investigation and it is hearing, but you can bet the trump administration is going to want direct attention to the confirmation hearings of neil gorsuch, their in this case for the supreme court. this is something the trump administration believes is a big win for them. they believe that gorsuch is a qualified candidate and someone that will please all of the different factions that support this administration. the gorsuch hearings could get tough. there are some senate democrats in particular that are going to raise serious questions about his background, but ultimately, the administration believes they've got the votes to get him on the bench. they're going to want a lot of attention paid to gorsuch because they believe he will perform well during these hearings. >> all right. ryan noble, appreciate it so much. thank you. >> thank you. >> that was a good time to go to rebecca burg and david. big day, monday, first public congressional hearing on russian meddling in the u.s. election. fbi director james comey will be there and i'm wondering, rebecca, what do you expect to hear? >

directions. northbound and southbound, do you have use alternate 295 or the new jersey turnpike will be your best betm, rahel, back to you. >> thank you shall meisha. two alarm fire at virginia school for the next couple of days, the fire at baker elementary school just southeast of richmond started sunday morning. firefighters arrived within two minutes to call and found black smoke coming from the roof of the school. under control in about an hour. the fire affect more than 400 student. >> trying to figure out whether i will be able to work, or my son can go to school. if he ain't in school i can't go to work. >> no injuries, and they blamed it on an electrical problem. >> philadelphia police getting support from local snow count. meet lucy's smoke house in the talcony section, the restaurant sold pulled pork and chicken sandwiches. it included music anibal on artists, and it will go to their k9 unit and training. >> airport can be bustling but confusing place. >> then their the signs, thousands of them. what if you couldn't read those signs? would you need some help, right? well, in oakland intern

bets on a weaker yen. what is this showing us? about the direction of the dollar-yen?he rally of the dollar-yen seems to have peaked. i have been long-term bearish for a weaker yen. nothing has changed my mind. yesterday, they were mediocre. -- negativeflation interest rates are staying. the yen,oes out with it cannot possibly be bullish. do stick around because it want to continue our conversation. we do have to cover the ecb and their meeting. back to talk much more. especially everything happening in europe. ♪ welcome back, you are watching bloomberg. i am shery on in tokyo. yousef: and i am yousef gamal el-din in dubai. let's get back to andrw freris from ecognosis. as i see, nothing really rattles you. it is strange. either you are really complacent or the world is a better place than the market would have thought. that brings up the question, what are you worried about when you look at the world and the systemic risks today? i will split that in three parts. number one, i have made my mind completely that i will pay no attention whatsoever to president trump. pay

met road, alternate route 40 will be your best bet, also down pole in pleasantville, new jersey, black horse pike at dottie road. lane blocked in each direction, back to you. >> new this morning, 17 year old boy found shot to death in philadelphia's cobbs creek section. officers were called out to the 5900 block of arch wood avenue. police say the teen was on stoop with three gunshot wounds to his torso. they rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police do not believe the victim lived at the house where he was found. police are still looking for a shooter and a motive. >>> well, close to week after the indictment of philadelphia district attorney seth williams, another group is calling on him to step down. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live outside of the d.a.'s office in center city where protesters will gather later this morning. good morning, trang. >> well, good morning, jan, jim. this is shaping up to be another rough week for district attorney seth williams. judges laws week his attorney was defending him in front of news cameras, now since learned he was off the case. now, here's what he had to say to report

have an accident baltimore pike is closed both directions between fair view and, you will to have use an alternate. route 926 or street road is your best bet. by the way, the boulevard, southbound approaching schuylkill we have a disable vehicle here as well. we also have another one, on i-95 south at cottman pulled off to that left lane. just a head up we are having some problems, not sure if this has anything to do with the slick conditions, but we are seeing a lot of activity, already this morning and around 5:30 this morning on a wednesday would i say we are seeing more than what we typically do. if you can stay at home today you will want to. if you have to go out, it gets easy and then we have got some activity here, church street closed at pleasant valley avenue your alternate pleasant valley avenue because of down traffic signal and down wires, as well, rahel and jim, back over to you. >>> this morning many streets are still covered with snow. >> and it appears not to be going anywhere anytime soon. jan carabao is outlooking at several neighborhood throughout philadelphia, now in mayfair, so what are you seeing there. >> reporter:

i would maybe take i-95 moving in the northbound direction and then get back on the schuylkill that way. that is your best betylkill westbound give yourself some extra time indeed, jim and rahel, over to you. >>> meisha, check this out, it looks like dukes of hazard as a pickup truck goes airborne, while fleeing police. >> here's what happened. officers pulled over the driver for speeding when his passenger jumped behind the wheel and floored it. truck landed on top of another vehicle but surprisingly no one was injured. >>> another crash while on the subject of this wild video shows a man crashing his boat right into a wooden pole in gray river in new seal land. somehow man escaped with just a small cut on his foot. man had problems with the steering of the boat. his friend recorded the video. authorities say he was speeding and could face charges. there is nothing out there except for that pole and he hits the pole. >> like going straight for it. >> did he post it because he thought it was funny. >> i would say, just what happened when they don't listen to me. >> don't follow posted speed. >> yes, take it e

directions between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. lingering out there through friday. just a head uptake a couple alternate crescent road white horse pike is your best bet. we have more construction in cherry hill route zero seven between springdale road and new jersey turnpike one lane blocked, that is another area where it will be lingering until 6:00 a.m. head up for those in that neck of the wood. if you missed it we talk about live tv event filming in philadelphia today. because of that walnut closed between one and 8:00, broad and 17th numbered streets remain old by the way, they will toe you after 10:00 a.m. if you are out there. >>> the charges are shocking, philadelphia's top prosecutor, indicted on nearly two dozen corruption charges. >> one of the charge's alleged district attorney seth williams stole from his own relative in a nursing home. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live, in center city where williams will be formally charged later today good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning. d.a. seth williams is expected to be here at federal courthouse right around 2:00 for his arraignment and facing a number of charge

betting? their idea? >> you can expect a reprisal coming back in their direction. >> sean: fine, that's fair. >> i look at people would still do it if they had to pay an extra 250-$300 every time they got on an airplane?n the reality is the intelligence that we now got ever since 9/11 is clearly focused on the threat. now it's an electronic device. the adage of the ages we have to be right 100 times, 100% of it time and the terrorist only have to be right once. >> hannity: well said. good to see. up next, we need your help very important question of the day and these messages are getting meaner by the night i'm not sure why. maybe it's something i'm doing wrong, the hannity hotline coming up. wrong, the hannity hotline coming up. here's to the heroes -- america's small business owners. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes, who use their expertise to keep those businesses covered. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes behind the heroes, who brought us delicious gyros. actually, the gyro hero owns vero's gyros, so he should have been with those first heroes. ha ha! that's better. so, to recap --

bet. you saw the chief of staff say the president might go the other direction and work with democrats. moderate democrats on the next initiative. reince priebus said that's a warning to people on the far right. this is a doubling down on the strategy of if you don't go my way, it's the highway. >> thank you very much. >> any time. >> we return to a tragic and developing story in japan. an avalanche struck a group of high school students taking skiing lessons about 200 kilometers north of tokyo. >> a fire official said eight of the students show no signs of and six are injured. 32 teachers were able to get safely. they are having trouble reaching the area due to poor weather at the moment. >> we will keep a close eye on that story. we will take a break, but still to come, hong kong's new leader is not expected to have much of a honeymoon period. why she was elected over another candidate who was more popular. >> why rallies were held across russia when we come back. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's

already sterling.baked into bank of america's preferred strategy is to bet on greater swings in sterling rather than its direction. morgan stanley, more sanguine, and thanks targeting article 50 should not come as a major surprise. a possibility of another scottish referendum. pull-ups and we'll be chatting about that in a few seconds. an interesting chart showing the u.k. 10 year yield, the white line, which is at roughly one point 23%, below the highs of 1.5% a month or so ago, way above the lows of 50 basis points. 30 day volatility is low, around the level before the brexit vote. we are seeing movement in the fixed income market. we are not seeing a very volatile fixed income market. big news today for hsbc. it named insurance executive mark tucker to succeed the chairman. the ceo of aia group, former head of prudential, will take the post october 3. a big task, finding a successor to chief executive officer stuart gulliver. shares are up. it is the best performer post-brexit among u.k. banks. vonnie: i am going to be speaking about that everything a little later on in the program. as you said, it is a huge w

bet. >> a new invitation to testify. chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes is directing fbi director james comb toe come and testify before house investigators. nunes originally planned to have comey and nsa director mike rogers testify in private tuesday. that meeting was cancelled, and more on that in just a moment. and quickbooks automatically tracks those miles. she categorizes with a swipe and is ready for tax time. find more than $4000 in tax savings. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >>> the white house says if the president ordered russian dressing, somehow that would come off as a russian connection. now the house is investigating some guy named ruben. "the lead" starts right now. why should i? the chairman of the house intelligence committee refusing to step away from the investigation of the trump campaign in russia even after a mysterious trip to white house grounds. he is the guy that the president goes to to get things done, so what did son-in-law jared kushner say to a russian banker? now a senate committee wants to know. plus, carnage in the battle to take a key iraqi city from isis. a u.s. offi

wouldn't want, as sinn fein clearly definitely doesn't want, direct route from westminster and, as a result, the dup might be willing to betee weeks from now to do get a new system in place for power—sharing, in the agreement between them. it's not clear what it would take to get them over the line, for sinn fein to nominate a deputy first minister, which would be needed for stormont to come back. it is going to be a difficult task. the rift between the parties is extremely deep. they both said they are committed to making pasture, they said direct route from westminster would not be good for northern ireland, that they want devolution back, but both parties are saying that they want it to be the right deal. it could take longer than three weeks. there could be more wiggle room for the british and irish governments think more talking is worthwhile, that is likely. it could go on longer. more now on the news that president donald trump has issued another temporary travel ban to prevent citizens from six mainly muslim countries from entering the united states. joining us now is andrew schoenholtz, a professor of law from geo

bet. only traveling around 35 miles per hour in that area. so you are traveling less than posted speeds. this is actually where they are directing traffic, 202 at route one. you can see some vehicles going by here. not really busy there right now. but it will as the morning progresses clearly. also, we've got downed tree, north brooke road, broad run road, alternate, glenn hill road will be your best bet. jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. could slow morning commute depending where you are. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do on the hunt for snow. i think in quakertown earlier, you're life now in allentown, trang, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: i am. breaking news rahel, jim, i've found snowflakes in allentown. take a look. here, they're just absolutely massive. here in allentown. but, yes, see? only snowflakes we're seeing right now. but they are on the way we're told. earlier when was just off the northeast extension around quakertown, and outside of allentown, we did see some very very light fine snowflakes, not even seeing that at this point. this is a look at seventh street here in downtown allentown

directions, between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. through friday. so you will want to use an alternate, crescent road or white horse pike is probably going to be your best betnd around that area just a head up we will talk about that more this morning. then also we have an accident that has been cleared in egg harbor ac expressway westbound before route 50. that has been cleared. we are looking good there. we have more construction to talk about. we will talk about these places all morning long until they clear. cherry hill route 70 between springdale road and new jersey turnpike one lane blocked, this is blocked, until around 6:00 a.m. more coming up in the next 10 minutes. rahel and jim, back over to you. >>> now for a lot newspaper headlines across our region. >> from the reading eagle more and more berks county municipalities are using electronic signs to slow down drivers, radar speed display signs seem to be popping up every where, west reading, bought two of the signs for $4,000. the police chief says that the signs are excellent calming devices, and cause people to slow down and drive less aggressively. >>> burlington county times, county is moving

bet there is, we'll follow-up on that. congressman, we'll talk about a serious judge, judge gorsuch. everyone i hear says only the nicest thing and mraudit flow in his direction there is not going to be a confirmation until april. >> if they are too nice some of us may worry and it should not be particularly brutal. we are hearing nice things from everybody and it doesn't mean they will not make it into something brutal. jeff sessions shouldn't be and it was good to see our attorney general tone. and great visiting with him tonight. i have my hopes up. trust but verify. and looks like he is shod be confirmed and it just needs to happen quickly. >> lou: congressman tis good of you to brave the cold and good to see you on the broadcast. >> so good to be with you, lou, thank you. >> lou: please roll the video. death defying stuntses for the adventurers go pro bomb squad. four friends from utah went to britush colombia to speed fly. they achieved cent miles per hour off a 10000 mile hour. these are the pictures that result. speeding and flying, and skyinging and paragliding. that's what it is brave pictures. up next secretary of state rex tillerson traegsz north

bet on future ventures. >> i think that the global film market is going in one direction, that is china is going to be -- isrt of it and it's on course to overtake the u.s. there isn't anything stopping that transition. so china will have to have a more important role in movie making and its films will have to get better. i think it's less to do with at and more to do with unsettling here what these regulations mean. for u.s. companies, it's a real big problem. they have had some successful investments to say paramount movies, chinese companies have been taking stakes in films like "mission impossible" and "transformers" and those films do great box office. all around the world. there are films we're seeing changes like films that don't do well in the u.s. that should do really well in china. and the film you mentioned, "great wall" more an experiment to see if chinese films can be exported internationally. while that film didn't do well, you're right, the question is could that happen in the future? think it's possible. we'll have to wait and see. oliver: you have in your reporting chronicled the divergenc

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among republicans, this is the direction that the president wants to head back, we will unify and get things done. >> bret: mr. speaker, we appreciate your time today. >> you betke care, bret. >> bret: federal reserve chair janet yellen is hinting the fed may raise interest rates later this month. the board expects setting economic provement to justify cases. stocks were up slightly today. the dow gained three. s&p 500 finished ahead of one. the nasdaq was up 9.5. for the week, the dow climbed about nine tenths of a percentage point. s&p 500 was up two-thirds, the nasdaq gained about four-tenths. authorities in missouri have addressed a man in connection with threats made to jewish community centers nationwide. and the antidefamation league headquartered in new york. the suspects motivation may not be what you would think. correspondent laura ingle explains from new york. >> fbi officials raided a st. louis, missouri, home connected to one thompson. the man accused of bomb threats against the anti-defamation league and some jewish community centers around the country.invee 31-year-old was attempting to frame an ex-girlfriend who had broken up with him. thompso

we track trends in the betting market and how the implied probabilities are shifting in one directionhe three final candidates. we're pretty certain what the outcome to the first round is. until we see the vote, it will be difficult to say there is a significant shift. francine: let's say that marine le pen wins. euro the nexto day? richard: probably 5% lower. good 3% in 24 hours after the second round vote. le pen winning is not the same as france exiting the eurozone, the brexit vote which was a definitive black-and-white. it raises the uncertainty further for europe. help me with u.s. dollar. one of the surprises into the end of the first quarter is dollar stability. will we get more of that? richard: it will be difficult for the dollar to have the rally everyone was forecasting without further advancement from the administration, both in terms of the tax overhaul and border adjustment tax. there are steps in place that need to be met first. then we can come back to talk about dollar acceleration. even with the fed, who suggested that 4 hikes in 2017 is a possibility, the market se

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directions? the gold is an interesting story because we saw a lot of investors cut their bullish bets on gold andhe very next day, janet yellen, let us go to the charts, saying do not worry about multiple rate hikes. gold took off. today was the second of a two-day rally that is the biggest since november, so a lot of gold traders caught off guard there. we go into the oil chart and you will see it has been on a decline. but the story here is that there is all-time record supplies here in the u.s. and that is outweighing the drop in production in opec related countries. we'll quickly, let us go to -- real quickly, let's go to the bloomberg again. there is a rising correlation between the crude oil direction and the s&p 500. we have seen an uptick in the volatility of oil and the rising correlation between oil and the s&p could be assigned, another one, of more volatility ahead in stocks. , thank you. we are going to be talking markets, including the turning tide with our next guest, coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ betty: this is daybreak asia. i am betty liu in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man i

bet. >> so we have this first announcement about a first hearing. is there bipartisan cooperation in terms of the witness list, in terms of the initial scope and directionf your information or is this all chairman nunes. >> no, there's bipartisan scope and we hammered out a lengthy plan we both signed off on. that part is very bipartisan fully support the open heari and hopefully we can bring the public in this process. much will have to be done in closed session but i supports the witness list for this full hearing, first hearing, and what's more we ought to be able to get to the bottom of this charge made by president trump in the course of a single hearing, that should be the easiest issue to resolve. is this a scandal, as he has said, of mammoth proportion where the former president illegally wiretapped him or is this a scandal of a different kind what our current president has made a reckless and baseless allegation of criminality against his predecessor. we should get that answer on march 20 and i intend to ask director comey very clearly and if the public reports are accurate that he wanted the department of justice to speak out, the director wil

direction or not yet? >> well, first, let me say thank you for having me this afternoon. >> you bet. >> i would say that there's good news and there's still a lot of open questions. i think the good news is that the consumer protections that everyone was worried about in terms of consumers being able to have the right to get insurance, their adult children being maintained on their policies, the comprehensiveness of benefits, all of those things are in fact maintained and that's the good news. i think i would say at this stage i think we're not even at the end of the beginning, we're at the beginning. i think we're going to see lots of changes from what i've read so far, the change in the subsidies to the tax credits will reresult in some new winners and losers. it's hotly discussed and debated. >> ron, another thing to stlthr into the mix is whether they start letting insurers compete across state lines. would that be a benefit to e everybody? >> i think it's a plus. it's not a silver bullet. if they're in chicago and they don't have relations with hospitals and physicians in dallas, the ability to compete in