Will others back this push . Lets have a look at european equities. Is your function. Luxembourg is down. Spain, italy france, today, currencies are rising. This is the spread in the difference. Widened since february 24. Was very 21statch when we reached 79 basis points, that is the widest in four years. March, we came down to roughly 55 basis points. But uncertainty prevails. The latest report published on sunday had macron and Marine Le Pen tied in first place at 24 . And the by mela sean republican candidate one point behind. When you have margins of error stern into the mix, it does suggest that all four candidates are in a position to be among the top two in the first round of voting two weeks yesterday. And the contest remains wide the with a month ago until may 7 runoff. There is the spread. Keep an eye on that as we approach the french election. Wonderfulwonderful, function on the bloomberg. Japanese investors offloading a record amount of french sovereign debt in february whi
We spend too much time focusing on what divides us. He went between conciliatory and confrontational. Remember, you cannot get to 270, people. The dishonest press. Though he won, he still sounded like he was running. He stunned his own Transition Team by preannouncing his choice of general james mattis as defense secretary. Were not announcing it untile md marine. His nomination is probably striking fear into the hearts of many of americas potential adversaries. But the general retired in 2013, and a federal law requires a sevenyear wait between active duty and employment as defense secretary. Congress would have to pass a waiver. This is part of our fabric of america. Good news for the Obama Administration is good news for trump. Low. Its fallen more than half. It drops to 4. 6 , the lowest level since 2007. Well, unskilled workers are still struggling. The stock market has been booming since the election. Live on capitol hill, news 4. Thanks. Coming up at the bottom of the hour, well
Documentary series, take five will debut on sundance. The first five installments america on justice in will air on may 17. I am pleased to have you here. Lets talk specifics. What is take five. . Josh we have a new streaming service. Charlie hbo does it, hulu does it. [laughter] josh that took care of the explanation. It is a streaming service, thank you for explaining. It is called sundance now. It arguably perhaps the biggest reservoir in collection of documentaries that man has amassed. Charlie you have curated a collection. That was actually a cable channel called discovery, formed on that idea, way back when. Josh exactly right. It is perhaps the case that the cable channel with ads to support it is not the right formulation for the worlds greatest documentaries that may have not mass appeal, but may have great importance. To that end, in addition to this collection which we are adding feature films as well, we did our first original series. The notion was to do Something Interes
Suppliers are preparing for big orders of the iphone 7. Plus, tim cook is finishing up that big trip to india. Well have details. Catchy tune. Meanwhile, bowing inking an 11 billion deal. With the arms embargo lifted well tell you what other defense stocks could be affected by this as the president continues his affect through vietnam. A big win for bank of america and the Justice Department. Theyll no longer have to pay 1. 3 million for a countrywide mortgage stamp. Lets start with the gains for apple and its suppliers today. Bertha coombs monitoring it. Apple accounts for all of the gains that weve seen on the nasdaq 100 right now. Tim cook continues his Charm Offensive in india, the rest of asia. Analysts are getting a little less bullish. The iphone 7. That has chip stocks up. Among them is universal display. They make oled and goldman today is upgrading that stock from a buy to neutral sending those shares near a oneyear high today. Goldman thinks with some of its proprietary rese
President obama is in spain today, returning to washington dc one day earlier than scheduled. Mr. Obama will go to dallas, texas, a city that remains in urning. A busy week for lawmakers before their party conventions. Republicans meeting in cleveland , democrats later this month in philadelphia. We begin with the president s comments on a racial biased in americas criminal Justice System. Do you agree or disagree . Our phone lines are divided as follows. For democrats, 202 7488000. Republican, 202 7488001. Ts, 202 enden 7488002. We have added a phone line for minorities, africanamericans and latinos. 202 7488003. Ord us a tweet at cspan wj join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets take a look at the front page of the Washington Post. A weekend editorial from the Dallas Morning News titled, this city, our city. It has been tested before and now we face a new test, writes the Editorial Board of the Dallas Morning News. Cuttingn 50 years ago, down our nations president leaving sha