Today. Alix a really exciting couple of hours lined up. The theme is Capital Markets. They will be talking about mifid, regulation, tax reform. To help highlight that, i will be joined by david solomon, coceo of Goldman Sachs. Jonathan i want to know who at goldman wants to move from london to frankfurt. Alix nobody. Jonathan nobody i have spoken to. Alix i am asking him that. That is my last question. Jonathan lets get up to speed on the markets. Futures are firmer as we end the winning streak on the s p 500 in yesterdays session. We pop higher. In the fx market, the euro showing a little strength, up 0. 1 as we march toward Mario Draghis decision. In the treasury market, 2. 40 on the u. S. 10year. David thank you so much. Thats get an update on what is making headlines outside the Business World. Emma chandra is here. Emma the Chinese Party has elevated president xi jinping to the same status as mao zedong. It would give xi more power to enact policies after crucial reshuffle tomorro
Also, bold accusation. President trumps lawyer now claiming special counsel bob mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of emails in the russia investigation. And hitting the campaign trail. The president plans to aggressively campaign in next years midterms, but do all republicans really want him by their side . Those are the big questions. We begin with Vladimir Putins phone call to President Trump, the second call in just four days. There are reports that putin called President Trump to thank him for a cia tip that helped thwart a terror attack in st. Petersburg. We have an Incredible Team of reporters for us to break all of this down with, of course, the latest developments. Nbcs Geoff Bennett is at the white house. Ill start with you. What more can you tell us about this phone call between putin and trump . Reporter good afternoon. We know that Vladimir Putin initiated this phone call and hes making it public. We know he called President Trump, whos spending the weekend at camp davi