Tell us volatility is back, but were not seeing it. This morning the vix is trading at 10. It marked the second time this year that the vix traded below 10. Overnight in asia, take a look and youll see the nikkei was up by 0. 7 . Hang seng was up by a third of a percent. The shanghai was down by a third of a percentage point. In europe, some of the early trading, things are relatively calm. Ftse up by a half percentage point. Modest gains for the cac and dax. Among the top stories, big news out of hollywood. The Writers Guild of america reaching a tentative agreement with the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers avoiding a Writers Strike. They reached an agreement just after midnight. The Writers Guild had threatened to strike today if an agreement was not in place. Infosys making a big bet on america. The Company Announcing it will create 10,000 jobs here in the United States of the next two years. Those jobs will focus on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence and big data
And more. The nasdaq rally rolls on buoyed by apple which reports tonight and united ceo set to testify on capitol hill this morning. What is at stake for the carrier and the industry . First up the president s comments about considering breaking up the big banks, created a lot of buzz yesterday on wall street. Jim, the point was made he doesnt often talk about the big banks, talks a lot about community lending, but that did give the markets a bit of a scare. Was it deserved . I think that the president when hes in front of particular audiences likes to say the things that the audiences want to hear. This audience does not like the big banks, feel like what happened during the Great Recession was far too much concentration in the hands of wells fargo in the hands of jpmorgan and bank of america, but remember, those were really at the behest of the government. They were trying to make sure that everybody was able to have a bank that worked and we didnt have a collapse. So to undo it whi
President trumps tweet and whether the president is satisfied with the agreement reached by Congressional Democrats and republicans. Hes joined by john kelly. Whats in the bill to protect the country and keep our borders safe. Ironically when the secretary is done hes got to get right to the meeting with the president to talk about the wall and the efforts hes taking to drive down illegal immigration and border crossings. After hes done, the director of management and budget, Mick Mulvaney will come up and talk about the overall status of the president s priorities in the funding bill and take your questions. So without further well, ive talked to many in the media over the last 100plus days about the things our department does on a daily basis to keep our nations safe. In the past 100 days weve been incredibly successful in enforcing the law and defending the nation. I believe this budget will help us begin to improve the way we do business and how we accomplish our goals to make this
You can see it on cspan. Org and listen to it on the cspan radio app. As the hearing gets under way, we asked viewers, is more federal oversight needed of the Airline Industry . We want to hear your calls and stories. Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents 2027488002. A special line for frequent flyers, 2027488003. We will show you scenes from that transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing as it gets underway this morning. Cspan3, if you want to watch it. The Washington Examiner talked about the changes that could be coming. Members of congress pushing for in the wake of the united incident. The headlight, congress uses united incident to crack down on airlines treatment of passengers. The shocking images of a passenger on a United Airlines flight drive screaming often flight, all of a flight. Among the angry lawmakers is senator Chris Van Hollen, democrat from maryland who demanded answers. He is taking the lead in finding a legislative way to ensur
You can see it on cspan. Org and listen to it on the cspan radio app. As the hearing gets under way, we asked viewers, is more federal oversight needed of the Airline Industry . We want to hear your calls and stories. Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents 2027488002. A special line for frequent flyers, 2027488003. We will show you scenes from that transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing as it gets underway this morning. Cspan3, if you want to watch it. The Washington Examiner talked about the changes that could be coming. Members of congress pushing for in the wake of the united incident. The headlight, congress uses united incident to crack down on airlines treatment of passengers. The shocking images of a passenger on a United Airlines flight drive screaming often flight, all of a flight. Among the angry lawmakers is senator Chris Van Hollen, democrat from maryland who demanded answers. He is taking the lead in finding a legislative way to ensur