Whats interesting about his statement is it was really focused specifically on libra and not on Digital Currencies or even the broader spectrum of crypto currencies that are out there and i think the reason for that is because as he gets into his statement hes really focused on facebook as an entity saying that all the asli you know france needs to have solver and monetary policies and protect their sovereign monetary supply we can talk about that a minute but he also specifically talked about facebook as an entity saying that the European Union in france specifically has not been able to trust facebook in the past for the things that it says it would do versus what its actually doing and so why would we trust facebook when it comes to currency i think there is you know obviously im going to disagree with him in terms of trying to outright ban crypto currencies but i think theres a valid point to be made there about the way things because conducted itself as a tech company if they were
After a weekend of Mass Shootings that left 31 dead, in ohio and texas, President Trump has announced hell visit el paso on wednesday. The attack there is being investigated as domestic terrorism. In an address to the nation, mr trump condemned hatred and White Supremacy, and called for reform of Mental Health and gun laws. His language, from a prepared script, was in sharp contrast with his rhetoric on twitter and at public rallies and in a rare statement, former president barack obama has called on americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds a climate of fear or normalises racism. Our north america editor sopel reports. Weve been here before, well be here again. Another heart wrenching vigil in an American City where deadly gun violence has made an unwelcome intrusion. In the midst of this darkness, there were also stories of immense heroism. Specialist soldier glendon oakley rescued many children, but hes haunted by the ones he couldnt save. I understand it was
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think about the stories we are covering just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After a weekend of Mass Shootings that left 31 dead, in ohio and texas, President Trump has announced hell visit el paso on wednesday. The attack there is being investigated as domestic terrorism. In an address to the nation, mr trump condemned hatred and white supremacy, and called for reform of Mental Health and gun laws. His language, from a prepared script, was in sharp contrast with his rhetoric on twitter and at public rallies, and in a rare statement, former president barack obama has called on americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds a climate of fear or normalises racism. Peter bowes reports. Another vigil. Mourners in el paso remember the victims another vigil. Mourners in el paso remember the victims of another vi
And so well talk. No. Thank goodness, and lets talk about markets earnings. I want to know what hes fixing. Fixing facet. Lets talk about markets and the recordbreaking last week. Futures are pointing to higher ownership a 28 point gain on across the board after all three major market games finished in record territory on friday. Second quarter earning season kicks off in about two hours. City reports President Trump tweeting on the economy last night, were doing great economically as a country. Number one, despite the feds aint waited policy on raids and tightening room to grow. Mitch lets start with again the feds getting ready to cut Interest Rates based on all indications. So thats thats not tightening. But lets talk about earning season what do you expect because again, rip to, quote, ya a rip roaring market but you have earnings are expected to come in negative for this quarter. Last quarter same i mean for the Second Quarter, and negative even in the Third Quarter based on expec
State bob joining us this morning along with tennessee senator Senate Armed Services Committee Marsha blackburn. 5 cohost Juan Williams, big 3 hours coming up right now. Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell, wall street journal assistant editorial James Freeman and former republican president ial candidate steve forbes, good to see everybody this morning. Good to be with you. Steve and i jumped into mcdonalds on fifth avenue, breakfast of champions. Make maria great again, even greater. Maria oh, my god. Thats right. Maria markets are higher, we had the powell conversation yesterday and, of course, testimony hit markets on the upside, we got that optimism once again this morning, the chairman jay powells comments about the rate cuts and and the backdrop for the economy, the central bank sounded doveish citing global and economic conditions, watch this. We look at a broad range of data, since the june meeting and for a period before that, the data have continued to disappoint. Lets go to