Looking at the hang seng and nikkei up. Shanghai composite took a dip overnight. European equities, pretty much a green picture across the board. Mostly marginal with the italian ftse down a bit. Wti crude, where were now hovering at 51. 17. Todays the day donald trump will give his first News Conference as president elect. It is scheduled for 11 00 a. M. At trump tower. You can watch the conference on cnbc at 11 00. The mexican peso tumbled to historic lows since the election because of concerns that the president elect could take measures that would weigh on mexicos currency. Former exxonmobil ceo riler son facing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his confirmation hearing. First trump responding to new unsubstance yated claims that russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him. Eamon javers has the latest. As this election season goes on, the bar continually gets raised for what can be shocking. As we hear more and more. Yesterday completely filled t
Its a confirmation hearing for one of the president elects most scrutinized cabinet picks. Secretary of state designate Rex Tillerson appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Some lawmakers have expressed concerns about tillersons dealings with russia, jim. We got a lot to get through in the next few hours. Yeah, look cross talk with joe in the market yesterday though everything is up for grabs. I think the tillersons hearing is very much encapsulate the whole rally. But tillerson is at the heart of what i regard business agenda who is secretary of state. And part of the business agenda by the way is to do business with everyone including russia, which by the way before you went to sochi was one of our brightest possibility of partners of energy. So lets say too much is on the line to not cut away. Not the only one going on as well. Elaine chao in front of commerce this morning. Tillerson now apparently in the room shaking hands with members of the committee. Expect to
To fire all of our Great American workers that got you there in the first place, you can move from michigan to tennessee and to North Carolina and South Carolina, you can move from South Carolina back to michigan, you can do anywhere, youve got a lot of states at play, a lot of competition, so its not like, oh, gee, im taking the competition. Youve got a lot of places you can move. And i dont care as long as its within the United States. The borders of United States. There will be a major border tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder. And if our politicians had what it takes they would have done this years ago and you would have millions more workers right now in the United States that are 96 million really wanting a job and they want get. You know that story. The real number. Thats the real number. So thats the way it is. Okay, go ahead. A question about the Supreme Court and the border security, but i also want to ask you about something you said on twit
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump today renewed his efforts to discredit reports that russia has compromising information on him. On twitter, he said its all totally madeup facts by sleazebag political operatives. And, he said, they were probably released by intelligence agencies. And there were new questions about contacts between Michael Flynn, mr. Trumps Incoming National security adviser, and russias ambassador to the u. S. We will delve into tha
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump today renewed his efforts to discredit reports that russia has compromising information on him. On twitter, he said its all totally madeup facts by sleazebag political operatives. And, he said, they were probably released by intelligence agencies. And there were new questions about contacts between Michael Flynn, mr. Trumps Incoming National security adviser, and russias ambassador to the u. S. We will delve into tha