Not a matter of if but when and they want answers why these documents may have already been drawn up and posted before a grand jury vote. We begin tonight with correspondent Jonathan Serrie in atlanta outside the courthouse. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening, bret. The case appears to be moving rapidly with at least two witnesses originally scheduled to testify on tuesday being called to the court house this afternoon. One of them, former lt. Governor jeff duncan, a republican who has been highly critical of the former President Trump and george cheaty, a chils who says he walked in on a meeting of alternate electors who attempted to certify georgias 2020 election for then President Trump after his narrow loss to joe biden. Earlier today, The Grand Jury heard from two former Democratic State lawmakers including former senator jen jerry continue attended a post Election Hearing with trumps personal lawyer. In that meeting critics say Rudy Giuliani tried to convince Georgia Legislator
The funeral. You always do the black. I have the same 25 suits i wear all the time. That way i dont have to think of what to wear. Its the jobs anyway. 25 shirts, 25 suits, 25 tie, every morning i say, i wonder which one im going to wear . Are they all adent cal . They are. I like to travel with plaque, it doesnt wrink him or you are cant see the wrinkments its a crisp look when you talk about money, you should wear a jacket andrew, hint hint loose, ill put the jacket back on. Respect the capitalist way. No question laying it on very early this morning. Lets give you a look at where stockmarkets futures are at this hour we had a positive close t. Major averages avoided a threeday losing streak. Can you see we are green arose for futures. The s p would open up shy one. T. Dow would open 31 points to the upside t. Nasdaq would open up about nine points. Of course, this follows some fairly positive trading overnight in acia. We saw better than expected retail sales in japan. We seen yen s
Space, berkshire results and the letter tonight and tomorrow. Europe is pretty mixed in the tenyear below 289 begins with stock futurer pointing to a better open. Investors continue to digest the potential impact of higher inflations and rates on equities, three weeks since the selloff began. General mills bets on pets. The cereal maker agreeing to buy natural pelt food company blue for a billion dollars. And on the heels of historic tax reform, turbotax maker intuit delivering but weaker than expected guidance ceo joins us exclusively later this hour. Stocks are poised to open higher, three major indices on pace for third negative week in four First Time Since november of 2006 the nas ended in the red. S p and the dow about 6 below alltime high. After another session which couldnt hold the interday highs. It has happened four days in a row. I think theres scepticism of investors being willing to wade back the flow of shows as of the weekending february 21st still major outflows of dom
On cnbc. Im sara eisen im wilfred frost well get to the Global Market picture in just a moment and Hurricane Irma and todays agenda first overnight a powerful magnitude 8. 1 earthquake striking off mexicos surn coast ea Southern Coast this morning this triggered a tsunami warning. The epicenter hit about 70 miles off the coast of chiapas, mexico multiple aftershocks have been recorded we continue to follow details of that story a bit of a market reaction. Peso getting hit on that lets get an update on hurm machlt the most p Hurricane Irma its still a category 5. Wind speeds decreasing to 160 Miles Per Hour t is headed for miami. The death toll has reached 12. Forecasters say irma has peaked in intensity and it is supposed to weaken slowly, but even a slightly weaker irma is expected to do serious damage a full report coming up as florida, georgia and the carolinas all brace for irmas arrival. This is the front page of all the newspapers with florida expecting a direct hit this weekend.
Retailer soar after the Company Raises its fullyear Profit Guidance on the back of a boost in demand to its directory business. And munich re shares hold steady after the german reinsurer warns of a hit to fullyear profits following Hurricane Season in the United States good morning great to have you with us once again. Its thursday, that means its one of those days where its boe day once again well talk about that later. Lets kick things off with a look at the European Equity markets. Just slightly lower to the tune of 0. 1 . Two things going on today. One is the weakness of basic resources. On the back of chinese data and the strength of retail the secoEuropean Markets, a lotf red here ftse 100 off 0. 1 . The xetra dax falling by 0. 25 now we comeback to the sectors basic resources lower after chineses fixed Asset Investment grew at its slowest pace in 18 years between january and august weaker than expected industrial output and retail sales were also reportedingi worries that econo