howie: joining me, mollie hemingway, sara fischer and richard fowler. mollie, what did you think of the "times" story.

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war would be bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington or for more reaction in china let's go live to adrian brown in beijing so why is china under pressure to make a deal here. well as alan mentioned in his report xi jinping needs a deal right now because of course china's economy is continuing to slow that slowing economy hasn't been caused by the trade war but it's helping to make things worse so president xi jinping needs some good news at the moment he doesn't need a prolonged trade war because that will cause more friction for his economy at the same time there's been some worrying data coming out this week as i'm pointing to the fact that consumer spending is continuing to flatline also manufacturing output is also continuing to contract those are worrying signs and president xi jinping just a few weeks ago knowledge that the next twelve months are going to be very difficult ones for china because he says we have to work on ways to try to mitigate risk in fact he chaired a seminar for four days and that's a me

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington. germany france and britain have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the move is aimed at saving the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that u.s. president donald trump pulled out of last year that a butler has war powers it was on the sidelines of the european union foreign ministers meeting in bucharest that france britain and germany launched a new e.u. payment mechanism to allow european companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions ministers hope the initiative will safeguard the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and help ensure regional stability is an example of that or at least we are making clear that we are not only talking about keeping the nuclear agreement alive but we are now creating a possibility to do business transactions that is a prerequisite for us so we can deliver on our obligations and in return be able to ask iran not to develop.

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howie: joining me, mollie hemingway, sara fischer and richard fowler. mollie, what did you think of the "times" story. mollie: i covered the russia investigation for 2 1/2 years but even in the sea of stories this one was riddled with errors. they said the uranium one story was written by them and theyer in debunked it. they said human informants were outed. it was the "new york times" and "washington post" who revealed all the information about the human informants. they lied about something devin nunes said. they said he said he was trying to buttress claims of wiretapping. they said trump's claims of wiretapping had no basis in fact. it was almost written in a panic, very sloppy. the language -- it's bad to say this about the media that they are the enemy of the people. but we need the media to stand up and do a good job. they attack not just the president, but average american citizens. howie: in a follow-up tweet the president said the writers don't even call for verification on stories that have no basis in fact. the paper said they repeatedly cal

imposed billions of dollars worth of tabs on each other's good since a trade war began last year alan fischer reports from washington. we have made tremendous progress we both want to deal but there's still a lot of ground to cover u.s. president donald trump has been meeting china's vice premier in the oval office he delivered a letter from his boss chinese president xi jinping the topic the ongoing trade war between the two hanging over both the corner meets the hold they put in a going to be have been sitting round the table in washington this week trying to thrash out an agreement that after days of talks donald trump is in second there's a deal to be done this is a small deal which this is going to be a very big deal or it's going to be a deal that will just postpone for a little while but we've been dealing with china and we've had a great relationship i have a great relationship with president cheney. the u.s. wants china to buy more american goods and to change the rules of doing business in china where american companies have to peer with local companies and hand over to treat secret

to investment analyst kenneth fischer he says the american president is quote a master of distraction we also asked him how well the chinese understand trump i think more than most yes the chinese certainly get him more than europeans get him he seems so crazy to a european that it makes no sense but what he's always done and he wrote about this . in his book the art of the deal people just don't believe that he tries to do it is he makes extreme statements those extreme things seemed like he's a crazy man with extreme demands and then he ends up settling for something in the order of twenty percent of what he demanded and then he walks away declaring victory he did that with the north american free trade agreement he's doing that with terrorists in europe. generally he'd start big blows up creates the concern of chaos but the chinese or more used to that because they've got a despotic world to begin with they've got a top down control economy and they're used to the notion of extremity investor ken fisher they're talking about how well equipped the chinese are to understand trump now

a major issue in the two thousand and twenty presidential election campaign from washington alan fischer reports. the unusual public hearing after the drug companies asked for it to be in private is a saying america's congress is running out of patience over the price of drugs we here in congress search woring legislative options to determine companies to deter companies from engaging in these practices a key drug braces high for patients. today we expect open honest answers each of the company bosses submitted statements to the committee one said the companies use their profits to invest in important research and development of new drugs we go where the science leads us which means we don't focus all the on diseases in wealthier countries the goal is to save lives even where no viable commercial opportunity exists i just want to know this is the first time lawmakers have demanded answers from pharma companies about rising prices the government is among their biggest customers buying billions of dollars for various government programs senators acknowledge the importance of research it wa

investment analyst fischer calls trump a master of destruction we asked him whether the chinese understand trump's strategy. i think more than most yes the chinese certainly get it more than europeans get him he seems so crazy to a european that it makes no sense but what he's always done and he wrote about this . in his book the art of the deal people just don't believe that he tries to do it is he makes extreme statements does extreme things seems like he's a crazy man with extreme demands and then he ends up settling for something in the order of twenty percent of what he demanded and then he walks away declaring victory he did that with the north american free trade agreement he's doing that with tariffs in europe and generally he starts big blows up creates the concern of chaos but the chinese are more used to that because they've got a despotic world to begin with they've got a top down control economy and they're used to the notion of extremity. returning to the top story the upcoming elections in nigeria on the economic problems that we have now established a connection with our co

investor can fischer there talking about how well equipped the chinese are to understand trump now trade optimism because of those talks pushed equities higher i time then to bring in our man on the markets. so why are investors so cheered considering the talks have closed for the week with very little progress. not much progress do you know but it's still better than the prospect of increasing conversations will continue next week in washington at least that's the spirit among investors who also think that even some kind of deal comes to fruition or will not really talk about some of the warning issues here such as force the transfer or subsidies or what they see is a commitment from china to increase its imports from the u.s. from our cultural products to semiconductors in these last cases up to two hundred billion dollars over the next years or different services all these could reduce it to a gaap a main point of friction for trump but the still several issues could arise such as implementation and commitment to any compromise. seems that open to the idea to extend negotiations witho

headed and what does it mean for the global economy let's bring in renowned investment analyst kenneth fischer who joins us from cameras in washington state where it's very very late good to have you with us on the show ken. this this trait dispute between the world's top economies has many investors extremely worried we know that asian markets are down this morning how big a concern is this for you i don't actually think of a very big concern if you actually think about the maximum number of items proposed to be tariffs and think of the rate as simply a tax which is what it is the tax is at maximum. about four tenths of one years g.d.p. growth if you just think about that for a moment that's us amazingly small number if we were just talking about having a tax increase instead of having a tariff at that level people wouldn't even blink at it it's the notion of a terror of being disruptive that people fear but effectively get all a tariff as a tax when you think of president term. as i've written about in my annals but columns in germany and also in my focus money comes in germany he is almost

we would like to invite you into a conversation this morning with rabbi alley fischer and aaron mandell whose the associate director. >> thank you. >> let's jump in and ask you what is jewish camping, what is camp tawanga? why don't you jump in. >> camp tawanga has been around since 1925 we're in the sleep away summer camp in the mountains and it's the best few weeks of the year. >> and they have the rest of the year. >> rabbi. >> we are about to enter the 72 72nd summer here in the bay area. right now, the east bay past the bridge. we have a camp site in santa rosa which unfortunately was devastated by the fire last year. we're in an in between space right now on the beautiful campus. we have many kids and staff members that join us all summer. >> we've got kids starting as young as six or seven years old to come up through age 17 and the programs change a little bit. we have more development programs. we get kids all throughout second and third grade and 12 12th grade up to high school. we also run family programs and get campers of ayou will ages up to newborning and they come with t

he was in favor of tougher gun laws says he will veto anything that makes owning a gun harder alan fischer al-jazeera washington. the former judge who headed an investigation into the one nine hundred ninety four bombing of a jewish center and what his area is has been jailed for his role and what's been described as a cover up that the former president carlos menem has been acquitted argentina and israel have accused hezbollah of carrying out the suicide bombing on iran's orders stories about has more from buenos aires. an argentine court sentenced to prison a prosecutor a judge and a former chief of intelligence during the government of men and back in the nine hundred ninety secu zing them of corruption and obstruction of justice the courtroom says that they were involved in coursing witnesses and paying bribes and this shows that the arjan kind fate at that time was involved in directing the investigation into an attack in a jewish community center that happened back in ninety three ninety three when this whole investigation came in as a request by the victims' relatives who were deman

imposed billions of dollars worth of tariffs on each i was good since a trade war began last year alan fischer reports from washington. we have made tremendous progress we both want to deal but there's still a lot of ground to cover u.s. president donald trump has been meeting china's vice premier in the oval office he delivered a letter from his boss chinese president xi jinping the topic the ongoing trade war between the two hanging over both the.

and i catherine join fischer who was raped by soldiers on a can i was sixteen years ago is now a rights activist she she says she was looking for those who committed this crime for ten years most of the american bases are situated on ok no island seventy percent of the bases are on okinawa and the island is so small so you can imagine we have a lot of united states military servicemen there when they drink too much a local whole or if they commit crimes they can easily escape justice as in my case you know the man who raped me i had to look for him myself in ten years because the japanese government and the american military would not help so the more bases that are going to be in okinawa we need to work out ways that they can vary kate these crimes so it's now time for the voices to be heard about how they do not want any more rates in crimes you know murder it's against if people we have had seven over seventy years seven decades of these crimes happening and what is being done to stop that you know we just had another woman who was murdered you know over a year or so ago doesn't matt

of tougher gun laws says he will veto anything that makes winning a gun harder alan fischer i'll just you know washington. well news from senegal now president macky sall has won a second term in office with fifty eight percent of the vote of a six million people voted on sunday to elect a new leader senegal's prime minister already kind victory for sol something opposition with jacques did that all four candidates have issued a joint statement saying they would challenge the result because he has more from dot com or outside monkey cells headquarters and people have come here to celebrate the news that he has won with more than fifty eight percent of the vote only that people came out in number of them in record numbers sixty eight percent of the lecturer came out to vote during this election st louis has a mandate from a large part of the people but there are those who haven't voted for him a lot of young first time voters who decided to vote for the opposition candidate at least one song go he's the outsider the anti establishment. candidate and he has campaigned on the issue of un

action drug prices is shaping up to be a key issue in the next presidential election that's alan fischer question. pru center for national emergency operations says at least fifty people have been killed in flooding since the monsoon season began in september prolonged heavy rains in the north of the country has also led to landslides in mountainous regions increasing the death toll meteorologists blamed the increased rainfall on the el nino effect a warming of surface waters in the pacific ocean which has a dramatic effect on weather patterns around the wilds. thousands of students in algeria have joined protests against the president's bid to end to extend his twenty year rule but a freak seeking a fifth term in office despite years of ill health alexy o'brian reports i believe i demanding change and defying a ban on protests in the capital algeria's most of these young people have only known one president i see one year old abdelaziz bouteflika. he's rarely seen in public after stroke and twenty thirteen and his opponents question whether he's fit to lead the country the man who says

each other of violating the treaty the us has issued several threads to pull out as speak to alan fischer in washington d.c. for us on and so what are the key messages here from the trumpet ministration. what the thing you've got to remember is that it's not just the trumpet ministration the americans have been concerned the russians position on this treaty for quite some time and it goes back all the way to the obama administration when they issued warnings to the russians as well now we've seen donald trump come into office and rip up a lot of things that barack obama has done and pushed for with others that he felt he shouldn't have pursued more keenly and certainly that's what we're seeing here that donald trump is pushing this forward we know at the end of the year last year might prompt war and the russians that this was under consideration they say there's been more than thirty diplomatic meetings between the united states and the russians the americans have asked the russians to be in compliance with this agreement they feel that the russians have ignored them the russians for the

aren't terribly keen on the united states is taking a very hard line thank you very much for now alan fischer in washington. former ivory coast president on bag has been released by the international criminal court bank and his former right hand man shells were acquitted of crimes against humanity last month but have been kept in detention judges ordered their release on the condition that they live in an as yet unspecified country pending an appeal by the prosecution seventy three year old was found not guilty of an issue in a way for violence that followed disputed elections in the west african country in two thousand and ten. was judges or did they release jubilant supporters datsun chanted outside the court as a back by was innocent and hope he will one day return to ivory coast custom is the deputy director of the wyoming foundation which promotes the international criminal justice system he says by both still faces jail time on all the challenges the acquittal itself may not have that significant of an effect what would have a very significant of effect is of course if your own bible re

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington well in june brown has the latest from beijing where president donald trump needs a deal because he wants to try to reassure jittery stock markets president xi jinping wants a deal because he has a number of serious economic problems right now these haven't necessarily been caused by the trade war but they are making things worse economic growth is now down to just six point six percent that's more than half what it was twelve years ago manufacturing output is continuing to contract and also consumer spending is starting to flatline this is worrying china's president he recently addressed a gathering of party officials saying that the government needed to mitigate for risks in china's economy in the years and months ahead and the fact this seminar lasted for four days is a measure of just how seriously president she views the current situation china has been trying to show it is sincere about wanting a deal just this week it amended a draft foreign investment law

stances that both countries are taking at the moment seems highly unlikely thank you for that alan fischer reporting there live from washington and here now is al-jazeera story chalons where the view from moscow. it's a version of this russian cruise missile old it's brought an end to one of the nuclear age is most important arms control agreements when russia displayed the nine m. seven to eight last week it insisted the range of its update the nine m. seven to nine is too short to fall into the ban zone for the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i and af but the us hasn't believed that since it first raised concerns in twenty fourteen. standards are. there consequent. standards so parties are. standard that we. don't buy by that standard the other parties are allowed to demand of. standard and that undermines all of our arms control. last ditch talks is an international nonproliferation conference in beijing failed when it was signed by the united states in the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred seven the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty banned a whole class of we

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington. the chinese delegation in washington says they have had fruitful trade discussions adrian brown has the latest from beijing where president donald trump needs a deal because he wants to try to reassure jittery stock markets president xi jinping wants a deal because he has a number of serious economic problems right now these haven't necessarily been caused by the trade war but they are making things worse economic growth is now down to just six point six percent that's more than half what it was twelve years ago manufacturing output is continuing to contract and also consumer spending is starting to flatline this is worrying china's president he recently addressed a gathering of party officials saying that the government needed to mitigate for risks in china's economy in the years and months ahead and the fact this seminar lasted for four days is a measure of just how seriously president she views the current situation china has been trying to show it is sincere

see the house live on cspan and the senate returns monday at 3 pm eastern were nebraska senator deb fischer will take part in the annual reading of george washington's farewell address. lawmakers then continue debate on abortion bill before beginning work on the nomination of andrew wheeler to be the next head of the environmental protection agency. follow the senate live on cspan 2.

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer i'll just you know washington chinese traders have been hoping of a breakthrough as they go into the lunar new year but as our china correspondent adrian brown reports the year of the pig is looking tough regardless of whether an agreement is reached. it's the world's biggest annual exodus when china becomes a nation in motion. some of these travelers leaving beijing railway station face journeys of more than thirty hours but as people prepare for their biggest celebration of the year there's apprehension over the slowing economy and rick criticism about who people blame don't tell by the common say it's good but they're not doing it well she reports he seems to manage the high ranks well but he doesn't seem to know how the people are actually doing. the rhythm of chinese new year is not for everyone he. manages a popular cuban dance studio in beijing she's decided not to travel to her family's home in northeast china this holiday partly it's because of the cost and partly because of

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer al jazeera washington well jim brown has the latest now from beijing. well president donald trump needs a deal because he wants to try to reassure jittery stock markets president xi jinping wants a deal because he has a number of serious economic problems right now these haven't necessarily been caused by the trade war but they are making things worse economic growth is now down to just six point six percent that's more than half what it was twelve years ago manufacturing output is continuing to contract and also consumer spending is starting to flatline this is worrying china's president he recently addressed a gathering of party officials saying that the government needed to mitigate for risks in china's economy in the years and months ahead and the fact this seminar lasted for four days is a measure of just how seriously president she views the current situation china has been trying to show it is sincere about wanting a deal just this week it amended a draft foreign investment law

fischer price down not broad-based gains. >> this company hasn't delivered in years, years.omes in you have low-hanging fruit, okay structurally this is not where kids are playing honestly. much more involved in digital and that sort of thing, social so you know, it is a nice pop. >> unless they're under 1-year-old, we spend a lot of money. question, to get a read on the u.s. consumer of the earnings out, it is confusing tapestry down almost 12% but chipotle soared double digits and really a team of winners and losers what kind of read are you getting on the consumer? >> i think overall pretty good shape. look at gm yesterday right? people are still shopping and buying cars. i think it's really a stock picker's market in the consumer. right? with tapestry, they didn't execute. they have old product. new designer coming in and the product's not hit the shelves yet. but very well run. very cheap stock and let the dust settle on that. chipotle, the new management is delivering in spades and expensive and delivering and put up a six comp with margins up that's exciting so i thin

see the house live on cspan and the senate returns monday at 3 pm eastern were nebraska senator deb fischer will take part in the annual reading of george washington's farewell address. lawmakers then continue debate on abortion bill before beginning work on the nomination of andrew wheeler to be the next head of the environmental protection agency. follow the senate live on cspan 2. >>> previously on american artifacts, united states holocaust memorial using historian daniel green gave us a tour of the exhibit he curated , americans and the holocaust. part one focused on the 1930s and the lead up to world war ii. in part two, we learn about the america first movement and how the united states responded to persecution and murder of jews as some of the atrocities became public knowledge. this is about 45 minutes. >>> in 1939 on september 1, your money invades poland and world war ii breaks out that week. what is on americans minds in 1939 is staying out of war, and you see in the section of the exhibition, deep concern in the united states about spies, about spies in the united states. at th

clearly, we see the impact in hasbro and we did see the impact in fischer price with the mattel results. >> good news for the toy industry right now is we've gone through the worst of the toys r us liquidation and comparison, should get a lot easier from here on out. that's good news for the industry which really went through a lot of anomalies that were quite unusual for the industry last year >> is that going to be good news for hasbro >> i think it's going to be excellent news for hasbro. you think, first of all, when you look at the industry right now, good news for both companies. right now, retail inventories are very low there's a lot of shelf space around right now so that's good there's not a lot left to liquidate. and then, you know, i like hasbro, i prefer hasbro to mattel right now, got a buy on the name and my view when i upgraded the stock back in august is when you look at the product lineup for hasbro in 2019, it's a really strong lineup of incremental product lines. you've got, this should be a big up year for "star wars." you've got "frozen 2." you've got the live acti

after the senate gavels in, deb fischer will do the annual rating of george washington's farewell address. lawmakers will work on an abortion bill. and later in the week, they will take up the nomination of andrew wheeler to become head of the environmental protection agency. representatives will work on gun safety legislation, including in measure dealing with universal background checks. watch the house live on c-span, and see the senate live on c-span2. announcer: this weekend, c-span has coverage of the national governors association when's winter meeting, beginning on saturday with montana governor and nga chair steve bullock on how to build a workforce of the future through good jobs for all americans. van jones on a.m., criminal justice reform and innovative strategies. n the jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon on the intersection of public policy and the modern economy. on sunday, live coverage continues at 9:00 a.m. as governors look at a new canada, mexico, u.s. trade agreement. and then governors discuss uc

. >> more fischer. >> thank you, mr. kmarm. general thomas, thank you for your service to this country and congratulations on your retirement. general nakasone, thank you for your service to the country as well. over the years many have talked about deterring adversaries in cyberspace and the broader question of cyberdeterrence is compared to nuclear deterrence. i've said this before. i don't think that's a good comparison at all. you made a similar point in a recent article where you argued that deterrence in cyberspace results from the employment of cybercapabilities, not the threat of employing them. something you described described as persistent engagement. you mentioned earlier that this committee and the white house have provided cybercom with additional north in the past year. can you tell us what impact the changes have had? >> senator, a year ago i appeared before the committee for my confirmation hearings. in that year let me just trace i think the major elements that have helped our command be able to be more effect

bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington germany france and britain have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the move is aimed at saving the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that u.s. president donald trump pulled out of last year the tasha butler has walked from paris . it was on the sidelines of the european union foreign ministers meeting in bucharest that france britain and germany launched a new e.u. payment mechanism to allow european companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions ministers hope the initiative will safeguard the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and help ensure regional stability and good example of that or at least we are making clear that we are not only talking about keeping the nuclear agreement live but we are now creating a possibility to do business transactions that is a prerequisite for us so we can deliver on our obligations and in return be able to ask you rather not to develop enrich uranium for military use the e.u.'s foreign policy chief who is one of the twenty fifteen deals m

to year two coach fischer has always been a great defensive coach and in the nfl had success and done great things as a coach and as a player. you know, and but with, you know with the nfl the quarterback driven league and given the how ever sets up with the rules and everything else, and if you are quarterback you want to have one of the best offensive coaches, you know, lead you. so i think it made all the difference in the world. jared has not changed a whole lot. but there's not a whole lot you can change about yourself in a year's time. especially once you got to the nfl level but the biggest thing that changed is sean mcvay coming on. >> he is one dynamo. how about a prediction coach. i think we know who you like but can you throw a score our way? >> you know, i don't bet but you know, i wouldn't bet against brady and belichick if i did gamble but gut feeling i think rams are going to, you know, pull out the win today you know. and i think they have the opportunity to do so, you know. hopefully they will leave no doubt on the mark there so, we will see. you know, tom brady and c

where a new breed of cruise missiles will ballistic missiles would actually be able to hit well alan fischer is live for us now in washington that has been a longstanding allegations of violations of this treaty alan what more have we heard from the u.s. today about why it's choosing to withdraw from the treaty. yeah it's not news not something that's just come in with the trumpet ministration the concerns of been expressed before by barack obama and his team and they were worried about what the russians were doing certainly the united states said they've made plenty of approaches to russia to ask them to be in compliance with the agreement this is been at least thirty or thirty diplomatic exchanges between the two countries we know that in december the united states put russia on notice saying look if you don't come into compliance then we are going to walk away from this is well because they feel that they shouldn't be boned by the treaty of no one else is playing by the rules they're asked for the russians will want to be a putin has criticized the treaty in the past they say that they ha

. >> senator fischer. senator highsmith. senator klobuchar. senator feinstein. senator schumer. senator durbin. senator durbin. senator udall. senator warner. senator leahy. senator king. masto. cortez chairman blunt. are 10, the nose or nine. >> the fifth plea is favorably reported. i asked and sent in preparing the on the this committee funding resolution and s resolution 54 reporting the staff to be authorized to make technical or conforming changes. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [no dialogue] announcer: there are nearly 100 new members of the u.s. house, including ayanna pressley. she debated michael cap jan oh -- michael cap leonel in the democratic primary. two previously served as a member of the boston city canceled. this is not her first experience with congress. she worked for joseph kennedy and warmer senator john kerry earlier in her career. hand istative reacher also a former congressional staffer. she served as chief of staff in the early 2000's. prior to her election, congresswoman trahan was ceo of a consulting firm. terms on serving three the ne

the international monetary fund says an extended trade war will be bad for global economies alan fischer al-jazeera washington. has the latest now from beijing. well president donald trump needs a deal because he wants to try to reassure jittery stock markets president xi jinping wants a deal because he has a number of serious economic problems right now these haven't necessarily been caused by the trade war but they are making things worse economic growth is now down to just six point six percent that's more than half what it was twelve years ago manufacturing output is continuing to contract and also consumer spending is starting to flatline this is worrying china's president he recently addressed a gathering of party officials saying that the government needed to mitigate for risks in china's economy in the years and months ahead and the fact this seminar lasted for four days is a measure of just how seriously president she views the current situation china has been trying to show it is sincere about wanting a deal just this week it amended a draft foreign investment law which is basi

that was senator deb fischer yesterday on capitol hill. getting underway, the house and the senate will be gaveling in with a busy day on capitol hill. jerome powell will be before the senate banking committee at 10 a.m. you can watch the hearing after proceedings on the floor of the house there, expected to start at 10 a.m. after they gavel out. on c-span3 at 10:15 a.m., a high-profile hearing, seven ceos from various pharmaceutical companies will be before the senate finance committee. you can watch that as well on c-span.org or listen to it on the free c-span radio app. "washington post" talks about that hearing and the seven executives that will be on including the ceo of pfizer, merck, astrazeneca, bristol-myers squibb, and others. it's noted that they are expected to shape -- face sharp questions from members of the senate finance chairman, charles grassley, who will be heading the hearing along with top democrats on the panel, such as ron wyden. that gets underway at 10:15 this morning on c-span3. back to your phone calls on foreign

. >> senator fischer. >> aye. >> senator hidesmith. >> aye. >> senator klobuchar. >> no. >> senator feinstein. >> no by proxy. >> senator schumer. >> no by proxy. >> senator durbin. senator durbin. senator udall. >> no by proxy. >> senator warner. >> no by proxy. >> senator leahy. >> no by proxy. >> senator king. >> no by proxy. >> senator cortez masto. chairman blunt. >> chairman blunt votes yes. >> the ayes are ten, the nos are nine. >> the resolution is favorably reported. and s-resolution 50 for reporting, the staff be authorized to make any required technical or conforming changes. without objection, the committee is adjourned. >>> we are live with a conversation for u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. people are taking their seating, expecting the conversation to start shortly. you're watching live coverage on c-span3. >>> again, c-span 3, live at the library of congress for a conversation with u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. we're expecting this to start shortly. running a little behind schedule here. also just a note that the senate is currently voting on the gover

seeing fischer and pay paul -- they have settled litigation with another company.the -- this one on the back foot after an income that missed estimates. demand is expected to be modest but alumina saying deputy -- saying the appetite is expected. shery: let's get to first word headlines with selina wang. officials favor ending the asset holdings and are uncertain about rate hikes of the fed. they build on the dovish message when the fed said they would be interested on tricking the balance sheet. chairman jay powell said caution was needed with global uncertainty including china, brexit and the follow-up from the shutdown. jong-unt trump says kim must do something meaningful to get sanctions lifted. he will fly to hanoi for his second summit with kim. they will discuss next steps in dismantling the nuclear program. he doesn't think it will be his last meeting with kim. standard chartered will take a $900 million charge related to fourth-quarter results. it covers potential violations of u.s. sanctions, currency and crime control. they face a regulatory penalty of $

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a nice moment there andpy h early birthday to fischer.a of 24 hours. >> from one janet to another, our "today" show famile has m very exciting news. we made the announcement yesterday. here is a quick peek in case you missed all the tion. >> it's time to make the announcement of who will bejo ing the program. >> that's exactly right. >> the person is -- come on out. [ cheers and applause ] >> jenna bush hager. >> my heart is pounding. it's >> our dear friend jenna bush hager joining hoda as the hosto of theh hour of today. you'll officially start your role in april -- it was at bitterswday. happy you're joining the family but klg, the memories you >>hav t was a beautiful day. kathie lee has for 11 years and that will be a difficult good-bye. there was really onl one perso i could think of when i thought about that role. jenna walked through the door -- by the way, when i saw her walk through, even though i knew she was coming, i was nodding my head, yet, that's ri that's the right thing. >> what did it feel like for >> i'm beaming. henry

they are focused on this part of healthcare, competing with the likes of thermo fischer, and it's goinglion business for them. >> two key dates in the coming weeks, i would also note next thursday, march 7th, ge insurance teach and conference call for investors where they are going to go into more detail and disclose more around that insurance business within ge capital that i think quite a number of analysts and investors have been nervous about given the massive reserve charges we saw in the last two years. also, march 14th, ge outlook which we haven't had since culp took over, so finally going to get some guidance there in terms of the plan for this company all right. well now it's time for our etf spotlight. taking a look halt energy stocks with oil falling from its highest level since next the xop, xle and oih all coming under their highs. crude under pressure after president trump quoted oil prices getting too high. opec, please relax and take it easy world cannot take a price hike fragile. despite today's decline wti crude is still up more than 20% so far this year >> it is the m

. >> and finally, you talked with senator fischer somewhat about deterrence. and you're talking about a persistent engagement, which is in effect telling the enemy, we're there. engagementheory of -- i think you used the term engagement pressure and innovation. is that intended and will it change an adversary's calculus when they come to decide whether to launch an cyber-attack on the electric grid or financial system or elections? >> senator, we think it will. through two different means, one is through building resilience in terms of what we are able to provide to our partners and their knowledge of our adversaries. but two, also imposing a cost on the adversary. that's -- that's -- the adversary. >> that's what i want to hear about. >> yes, the ability to the identify where they operate from, the tools they are using, to be able to provide that the cost that the adversary has to think twice in terms of can any conduct and exploit -- an exploitation or attack against our critical infrastructure. >> the calculus is if they can do it. but shouldn't the calculu

. >> and finally, you talked with senator fischer somewhat about deterrents and you're talking about persistent engagement telling the adversary we're there. how do they change their calculus. does your particular engagement, i think you used the term engagement or pressure of innovation. is that intended and will it change an adversary's calculus when they come to decide whether to launch a cyber attack on our electric grid or our financial system or our elections? >> senator we think it will in one terms of resilience. but two, also imposing a cost on our adversary. >> that's the -- that's what i want to hear about. >> yeah, so the ability either to be able to identify where they're operating from, the tools that they're using. to be able to provide that cost that the adversary has to think twice in terms of can they conduct and exploitation or attack against our critical infrastructure. >> the calculus is shouldn't they do it but if they do it they will be responded to in a forceful way. >> ceremony and i think that not only comes with cyber but also all the elements of our nation

stress testing more transparent which could undermine the purpose of the test and former fed chair fischerderegulatory efforts, quote, something i find extremely worrisome, quote, unquote. chairman powell please explain, will easing big bank capital and liquidity requirements as the treasury department has proposed and your agency appears to be following through with not undermine safeguards that are carefully built up the last decade to protect our economy and which made the u.s. framework the gold standard that others around the world follow? should we expect to see further industry consolidation if deregulating big banks is a top priority for the federal reserve? it was discussed in the senate banking committee yesterday how the fed has accelerated its merger reviews and appears to be rubberstamping them. suntrust, bb&t claim their proposed merger will be approved by september but can you assure us that the fed will not rush the process, consult with all affected parties, hold field hearings and focus on the public's interest, even if it means rejecting the application? the occ unilater