We heard from the president and secretary of state and secretary of defense today. None of them including the president , i spent 25 minutes in the oval office with him we go into the actual details of the intelligence. Neil apologize for that. We hope to get that connection going soon. The defense secretary is defending the u. S. Air strikes on the rainy and general moments ago. Back to john at the white house how they are responding. John roberts, are you with me . I am. I was saying today that between the president , the secretary of state, and the secretary of defense, or heard from three of the top officials about the attack against soleimani and friday. None of those officials including the president i spent 25 minutes with him in the oval office we go into any details about the actual interior distance. The gang of eight will be briefed on what the u. S. Knew prior to the attack being ordered. President trump insisted he was planning what he called big and bad attacks. As with t
Whos a disaster, by the way. Hes a total political jerk. They hurt my negotiation. Because i go into the room with mexicans, im asking them for everything. And by the way, if they dont do it, im putting the tariffs on. Were closely watching wall street and Market Reaction to this major miss for the jobs report. Lets take a look at where things right now, as the as we just hear the cheering. Up 212 points to almost 26,000 right now. Cnbc Senior Analyst ron insana is here. Lets start with the numbers before we go to wall streets reaction. What happened here . So we missed, as you said, by over 100,000 jobs. And prior months, chris, have been downward revised downward, i should say, so the pace of job growth is now just over 160,000 per month year to date, which is significantly slower than we saw last year. The Unemployment Rate held steady, average Weekly Earnings went up 0. 2 , which is a little bit on the light side of what was expected on wall street, as well. The numbers were unifor
President trump dialing up the pressure on two fronts, deploying an Aircraft Carrier strike group and air force bombers to the persian gulf. Officials say this move is meant to deter any Iranian Military action. National security adviser john bolton says its designed to send a, quote, clear and unmistakable message to iran after the regime made what he calls troubling threats against u. S. Forces in the middle east. To be clear, there is no indicatioaction by iran imminent. And also overnight, the president rocked the world markets, threatening a new, more severe round of tariffs on china if there is no breakthrough in trade talks, which were said to be going well. Markets are falling this morning with the dow down about 500 points in premarket trading. Tthe wall street journal now reports that china is thinking of walking away from talks set for this week. We begin, though, with the escalating tensions between the United States and iran. Cnns Barbara Starr live at the pentagon with th
Derby results to court. What a mess. And im not talking about the track. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, im christine romans. Welcome to our new home. Im dave briggs, this is a different look for us. This is our new studio in new york citys hudson yards, a bit of a fancy set. What do you think of our new digs. So far so good. Well bring you all the news from the new studio. Not a quiet day to welcome you to our new studio. We start with breaking news. The u. S. Deploying a Carrier Strike group and a Bomber Task Force in response to what the white house is calling troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of the threats but telling cnn they were against u. S. , sea and land forces in the middle east, and the deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Iranian Military action. Fred pleitgen joining us. Reporter a clear source of force, as the tensions continue to ratchet up between teheran and the Trump Administration. National security adviser
Bernie sanders making progressive power play. Rob Fox Friends First continues right now. Rob thats a lot on monday morning. Now youre awake. Carley i like it. Rob im rob schmitt. Carley im Carley Shimkus in for jillian mele, we begin with fox news alert, breaking overnight u. S. Sending iran a clear and unmistakable message. Rob iran was planning attacks on American Forces. Carley Major Military development, good morning, garrett. It is rare to be announced ahead of time but official told Associated Press that there were clear indications that iran and Iranian Forces were preparing to possibly attack u. S. Forces in the region both on land and at sea. In response, the u. S. Is sending a Bomber Task Force to the middle east along with the uss Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group which includes Aircraft Carrier, guided missile cruiser and destroyers, National Security adviser john bolton to send clear unmistakable message that will be met with unrelenting force. On its way to europe for