Extremists, the way it was when the 9 11 attacks were planned there. Woodruff and, its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the latest in the russia investigation, the state of partisanship in our country, plus the rest of the weeks news. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump is now apparently acknowledging he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. He tweeted today about reports that special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his probe of russian meddling in the election. The president
There. Woodruff and, its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze the latest in the russia investigation, the state of partisanship in our country, plus the rest of the weeks news. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff President Trump is now apparently acknowledging he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. He tweeted today about reports that special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his probe of russian meddling in the election. The president said, i am being investigated for firing the f. B. I. Directo
Street. Bob pisani. A lot of fun today the company priced at 17 per share, it closed at 24. 48. I call that a successful opening. Now snap has a market cap, 34 billion. This is the same neighborhood as travellers, deere, General Mills and marriott. Why the healthy pop . The markets are trading near historic highs. Second investors have been starved for a high demand ipo for a long time. Third ipo returns have been strong. The average ipo is up 26 in the last year. And finally, the number of shares the company floated pretty small, just about 14 of the total shares outstanding. This was a great first day pop but a lot of Tech Companies have had great first days then they run into trouble within six months or so. Item number one. Facebook priced at 28. 12 but had a terrible time after that. Then we had twitter. They priced at 26 in 2013. Huge first day. They closed almost 45 but it too was plunging six months later. And we have alibaba. They priced at 6 in 2014. Their first day they clos
Ban and a bill to replace obamacare. Interest rate increase next annd almost certainty almost a certainty. The big australian lenders back in the spotlight as lawmakers get tough on banking comebacks. Breaking news has come out of manila. It is the Consumer Price index, inflation 3. 3 . That is an annualized rate, economists expecting an increase of just slightly less. Still giving a little bit of wiggle room for the central bank there in the philippines straight thats where we go at the moment. Thats right for a potentially the fed does not have ahead of next weeks meeting. Market very richly pricing in, that the high could come at a margin. Of a direction, a muted session in asia. Tracking those losses we had in the u. S. Action, we are 30 minutes away from that market open in china and hong kong in the meantime thomas r, thailand, malaysia 23. Lets get the latest from Sophie Kamaruddin on the markets. Are seeing caution prevailing today, korean stocks leading gainers in age despite
You have heard about that ongoing investigation. Police in london urging the media not to talk about the perpetrator because of the ongoing nature of what is happening. Tom what will the nation listen for from Prime Minister may . Guy stability. She is the right person in the right job. Her previous job was in the home office, its responsibility this kind of incident. She knows her way around these events. One thing people will be taken away from this is how did such an attack happen so close in central london. How did this man gain entry to the palace of westminster . That is a question that will need answering. Taylor we are starting with developments in londons worst terror attack in a decade. Detectives have been working through the night. During that time, we have searched 6 addresses and made seven arrests in birmingham, london, and other parts of the country. It is our belief that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. People were killed in the at