North korea underscored the warning of the state of military exercises by south korea and the u. S. This morning kim young uns regime fired two missiles in the sea of japan. They say its for exercises of a south korean invasion but say theyre prurely defensive. On saturday Chinas Central Bank fought back against an economic slowdown that cut benchmark Interest Rates for the second time in three months. And israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in washington in advance of his controversial speech on capitol hill. Tomorrow hell press conference to delay any agreement on nuclear power. Netanyahu may argue it will threaten israels security and is speaking at the invitation of john boehner who did not consult the white house or president. Secretary of state john kerry insists theres no problem between the administration and israel. I talked to the Prime Minister regularly including yesterday. We are not you know, we dont want to see this turned into some great political football. Obv
Preliminary pmi. Also pmi data out of europe showing growth in manufacturing closed fastest pace since 2011. France improved and german manufacturing the highest in three years. A mixed picture but over the weekend very clearly we saw the idea of a tempered Global Economy and decidedly tempered russian economy. Something we will be able to discuss with Richard Clarida, guest host for the hour as well. Economic data in the u. S. , not a lot to go on. Chicago fed National Activity index. That does not typically move the market a lot but market pmi numbers for the United States at 9 45 p. M. Nine footie 5 00 a. M. Toi know you want to get company news. Herbalife to nominate three additional carl icahn designees to the board. Of course, herbalife has been down i think 42ish recently but there is a continuation of the soap opera. Bill miller on friday i thought was brilliant in his support of activists like carl icahn. He definitely was in the corner of carl icahn and also made comments abo
But that friction seems to be seeping into trumps very own inner family. His inner circle with comments from daughter ivanka putting the president in a tough spot. The New York Times reporting that was just out this afternoon, President Trump venting his annoyance with his daughter saying, quote, there was a special place in hell for people who prey on children. That is what ivanka trump said and suggesting that trump sympathized with moore comparing calls for the embattled candidate to step down to his own experience. Including the notorious access Hollywood Tape. And even going as far here as to suggest that the tape was fake. According to the New York Times, he suggested to a senator earlier this year that that tape was not authentic and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently. Lets brief in our washington correspondent Katherine Ram pell and what do you make of the reporting that just came out in the last bunch of hours from the New York Times. First off with the issue of h
the repeal of the individual mandates in his wheel house. spoken about recently. i m not sure where he goes with this. i think the bigger question is how the house and senate reconcile their two versions of the bill, what gets thrown out and kept there. okay. and there are two different versions clearly. brandon greeley and ron ando sanaa, thank you so much. next alabama showdown. we re live at college football s iron bowl with fan reaction there on the roy moore controversy. plus enthusiasm gap that could cost the democrats. doug jones the election in the end. ray moore or doug jones? no comment. doug jones or roy moore. roy moore. you are sticking with him. yeah. why doug jones over roy moore. i think you don t have enough time for that. two friends here. yes. this is the j.d. power award for dependability. now i want you to give it to the friend that you think is most dependable. ohhhh.