And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
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S p 500 by. 5 . Nasdaq down. 75 , well off the lows it is worth noting. They had been down more than 1 at session lows. All this following the headlines and Michael Flynn did plead guilty to lying to the fbi and is agreeing to cooperate in the russia probe. Abc reporting he may testify against President Trump. The idea President Trump had in fact been connected to the russia contact. If we take a look at the intraday chart of the dow, we see this roller coaster ride up until about 11 00. It had been slightly higher, on pace for a record close. As the headlines crossed we see an absolute nosedive. Session lows down 1. 44 . On pace since the worst day since may. Also true for the s p 500. The russell 2000 down significantly, its worst day since may. A little bit of a moderation as investors trying to figure out with this means and the implications. Right now perhaps the moderating of the selling action suggests there is not enough information to know whether or not it could affect the u.
Come back. Alix abigail the dow was down 1. 4 , but was scarlet asking was that is the trillion dollar question in terms of uncertainty. The kneejerk reaction we saw the headlines crossed around Michael Flynn with a mans was a massive selloff. This was on pace for the worst day since may. The russell 2000 has been down more than 2. 5 . The russelloday, 2000 had been up on the week. At those lows, it turned lower on the week. We are looking at weekly gains for the s p 500, the dow, and the russell 2000, but this tech heavy nasdaq is still on pace for weekly declines, down 7 10 of 1 . Lots of uncertainty about what this could mean. It is interesting that this comes as we are also hearing about tax reform. It seems as though it may not derail policy, but that will be something investors will have to figure out Going Forward. Lots of uncertainty, we are a risk off tone. But that being said, from a world stock perspective, this is incredibly interesting. This chart is the all world stock in
He tweeted let righteousness flow like an ever flowing stream. Congressman john conyers is the michigan democrat will decide within days whether he will resign a longer for congressman john conyers says the michigan democrat will decide within days whether he will resign. H isdded that conyers healt not the best right now. Party leaders, including nancy pelosi, have called on 80yearold conyers to step down. The eu says that british Prime Minister theresa may has until monday to present its final offer so we can be assessed ahead of a summit in two weeks. Tusk spoke alongside the irish Prime Minister. The irish Prime Minister says that they must guarantee there will be no northern border between ireland and the irish republic after britain exits the bloc. Day,l news 24 hours a powered by over 120 journalists and analysts. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg news. Julie live from new york, i am julie hyman in for julia chatterley. Scarlet i am scarlet fu. Joe and in joe weisenthal. Jul