to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering. so this is up helly aa. it is one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town, led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals, kitted
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Some kind of issue about his time on the course . I think its the press that has an issue with his time on the course. The president s extremely proud of the accomplishments we had during 2017. I dont think anyone can argue its one of the most successful first years in office, passed major legislation, reworked this court system, and it got a Supreme Court justice nominated and approved and on the bench in the first year, a booming economy, Massive Gains against the war on isis, i think weve had an extremely successful 2017 and some of thats due to the Relationship Building he was able to do there. Well take one last question. Reporter is there a reason for no read out or confirmation . We provide information when its pertinent to the day and well continue to do that. Go ahead. Reporter earlier the president tweeted about tax reform saying companies are giving big bonuses to their workers because of the tax cut bill, really great. Will the employees of the president s own companies be
Cool our road map begins with walmarts minimum wage hike. Raising starting wages to 11, handing out some onetime cash bonuses. Plus, bitcoin tumbles one of the worlds biggest cryptocurrency markets is considering a trading ban. And deltas tax boost the airline raising Earnings Guidance by 20 . First up, though, walmarts making moves in the wake of tax reform the Company Announcing it will increase its starting wage for hourly workers in the u. S. To 11 an hour beginning next month and pay a onetime cash bonus to eligible employees those with at least 20 years of service will qualify for a 1,000 bonus walmart also says it will expand maternity and paternal leave benefits not breaking down the numbers, but theres a good chance more than half of their million employees are going to benefit somehow in these bonuses this is unprecedented and i think its a lot to do with why the market keeps rallying i mean, largest private employer in the world thats doing this i mean, david, i know that yo
Live from new york where business never sleeps, this is squawk box. Good morning welcome to snark box. And whats new about that andrew is off today sitting in with us for the hour is Peter Boockvar, editor of the boock report very clever. Well done. Boock report yes i like it also a cnbc cribber we have a lot to talk about. Lets start with the u. S. Equity futures. Rattled rattled. Dow was down by 16. The s p was off by 3 nasdaq down by 10. Its the first time the nasdaq and the s p have fallen in 2018 it had a sixday winning streak up to that point well watch things this morning. Right now modest advances with the dow futures indicated up by 20 points. S p up by 4. Nasdaq up by 7 well see. Still early in the session well see as we head towards that opening bell what will happen overnight in asia, stocks in hong kong closing higher for the 13th day in a row, extending the record rining stre inwinning st index. Shanghai up by 3. 2 the dax is the biggest decliners of europe, down by 0. 2