Greeces leftist prime minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party, new democracy has won with current projections showing its closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party, seems to to have paid the price, for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu, in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. Its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. And, as the populist, left wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. Well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. Im very, very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority, which wa
Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party new democracy has won, with current projections showing it is closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party seems to have paid the price forfailing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. Its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. And, as the populist, left wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. Well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. Im very, very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority, which was our
Live from new york where business never sleeps, this is squawk box. Good morning welcome to snark box. And whats new about that andrew is off today sitting in with us for the hour is Peter Boockvar, editor of the boock report very clever. Well done. Boock report yes i like it also a cnbc cribber we have a lot to talk about. Lets start with the u. S. Equity futures. Rattled rattled. Dow was down by 16. The s p was off by 3 nasdaq down by 10. Its the first time the nasdaq and the s p have fallen in 2018 it had a sixday winning streak up to that point well watch things this morning. Right now modest advances with the dow futures indicated up by 20 points. S p up by 4. Nasdaq up by 7 well see. Still early in the session well see as we head towards that opening bell what will happen overnight in asia, stocks in hong kong closing higher for the 13th day in a row, extending the record rining stre inwinning st index. Shanghai up by 3. 2 the dax is the biggest decliners of europe, down by 0. 2
Nsa surveillance continue. The Senate Intelligence hearing, top spies were grilled over overreach of americansdata. The sights and sounds of that hearing later in the show. It is friday, september 20 seven, 5 00 p. M. In washington, d. C. And youre watching rt. We start with a historic conversation between president obama and the iranian president. The white house confirmed the two men spoke with each other over the phone about the nuclear deal. This marks the first time a u. S. President and an iranian leader have spoken in more than 30 years. The president addressed the significance of this call. The very fact that this was the first to medication between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mistrust between our countries but it indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. At the u. N. In new york city, it has been a busy week for the General Assembly. The diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit. Thursday evening we learned the five
Naval classmate admiral chuck larson. Mccain talked about this decision before his death in his book the restless wave. And then take my leave bound for a place near my chuck larson in the cemetery back where it began. It was a pact the two made decades ago. A true testament to the senators loyalty and pride in his roots. Chuck larsons wife telling cnn chuck has his wing man back now. Outside the u. S. Naval academy we saw the streets were lined to the entrance of the academy there for people who are also paying their final respects in what is now however a private ceremony, right . Thats right. It is a private closed ceremony. The media is not allowed in, the public is not allowed in, but that didnt stop hundreds of people coming here. Its an emotional day. The final leg of john mccains incredible journey and the final of the five days of his sendoff to the American People and so hundreds of people felt compelled to come out and line the streets as you mentioned to the gate leading up