Without good effect. Also new warnings that as many feared the administrations desperate negotiations to reach a nuclear deal with iran is now driving a Nuclear Arms Race in the middle east. Our longstanding allies saudi Arabia Jordan the emirates kuwait and egypt now seeking the assistance of the russians and chinese to develop Nuclear Capabilities of their own. To counter what they believe to be the president s dangerous concessions to the iranians. General jack keane with his analysis and perspective on the issue. And president obama now waging a fullthroated campaign trying to drum up public support for obamacare. And intimidate the Supreme Court. The president not embarrassed in the least as he tries to influence the high court to rule in his favor on the legality of obamacare subsidies. This time of course mr. Obama trying to get people to forget his famous empty promise that you can keep your doctor or his promise that premiums will go down. While he argues health care is not a
Third. Hang seng down 0. 2. European equities, heres a look across the board. Seeing red, that is bleeding over into our markets. The ftse 100 the worst performer, down three quarters of a percent. The german dax, relative outperformer, down 0. 1 there. As we keep an eye on the trading in that session. Crude, obviously continuing to be important for the market. Kind of hovering around these levels here. 51. 52. Wti, brent both up a bit. Nat gas making a move as well. It has been whipsawed around the last couple of weeks. Ecb holding its first policy meeting of the year. President mario draghi will hold his normal News Conference at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Last month they decided to extend the Bond Buying Program until late 2017. Look at the euro. We are trading 1. 06 versus the dollar, the yen, 114, and against the pound, 1. 23. In the u. S. Today, fed chair janet yellen will deliver another speech. This time in stanford, she will take questions from the audience. In remarks yesterday, a h
That there could be debate over mike pompeo at cia. A lot of people looking at that, saying what does that mean, how does that compare to prior administrations. It is actually in line, with most cases, we have about a handful of cabinet members approved and ready to go as president of the United States takes office. Usually two weeks more than half the cabinet is in place. By three weeks the entire cabinet but that is not a foregone conclusion. The institutions of course remain in place. That is the crucial issue here. How all of this is weighing on stocks . Nah, not one way or the other. Most say this is going to plan. They dont see any cabinet nominations imperiled as a result. Nothing to imperil stocks. Stuart pointed this out, if it looked like, for example, mnuchin would not get the treasury post, then all bets are off here because the expectation is that all of these key positions will be approved and their nominees confirmed. But that is not a given. Again in the case of mr. Mnu
Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Jane this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am jane obrien. Making inroads in the fight for mosul, our correspondent is with Iraqi Security forces as they battle Islamic State fighters. Town is under attack. It is all that lies between these men and mosul city proper. Jane donald trump names another military man to replace the National Security advisor he fired last week. We look at the challenges ahead for general hr mcmaster. You put it on the site and you just karatechop it. You have to shake it up a ton beforehand. Jane and tackling one of lifes great frustrations how technology can get ketchup out of the bottle. Jane welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and those around the globe. There has been ferocious fighting between iraqi forces and socalled Islamic State as troops battle their way tow
And the need to call out fake news, we are going to have more of that in just a few minutes. You know, a central focus in today was america and the need to put us first. Watch. The core conviction of the movement is that we are a nation that put and will put its own citizens first. [cheers and applause] and our victory was a victory for everyone who believes its time to stand upor america, to stand up for the American Worker and to stand up for the american flag. Im not representing the globe. Im representing your country. There is one allegiance that units us all and that is to america. America. Trish all right. I want to go to blake berman who is at the white house. We are just a short time ago the president signed a new executive order, this is another busy day for him, right, blake . Blake yes, it is. At the cpac speech President Trump wants to put regulatory business out of business, regulations coming in focus on this day as just a couple of hours ago President Trump signed execu