Shy of expectations. They also snap up a u. S. Cloud company for 2 2. 4 billions. And shares in some of russias Largest Companies fall after the u. S. Treasury Department Issues an oligarchs list that names and shames but does not sanction hundreds of the countrys politicians and businessmen. Happy tuesday morning, willem it hasnt been so rosy when it comes to markets reaction. We saw the first down day in four months in u. S. Trading yesterday with all the major indices coming off a bit dow and s p seeing their worst day since september pulled down by some blue chip names including apple. The picture in europe is not positive this morning. Stoxx 600 is trading down. The ratio of red to green is 8 to 2, i would say. More red than green. Lets get into individual bourses. Again, you can see that european bourses across the board are actually struggling. Ftse 100 down almost a half percentage point similar theme for germany and cac currant as well. Ftse mib is one of the more riskon risko
Test. Test. Test. Test. Lets look at the americas. Were fragmented. Were splintered. Aside from nafta, theres, you name it. The pacific alliance. A lot of different things. But there isnt one americas. The crown jewel we do have is nafta. And i hope we also think about the role that our region plays as we are competing with other regions in the world. Hemisphere, go to asia. That is a reality. And it becomes an economic reality and a National Security reality. And a massive shift of wealth from the east to the west. If we could get our act together regionally and build Energy Supply chains. We have the oil. We have the gas. And this is the time when we can be doing that. And the seventh largest economy in the world. The seventh largest economy in the world. Our southern neighbor and canada will always be one of the most developed per capita income economies anywhere. The world has changed in 23 years. So the labor chapter, the environmental chapter. Look at rules of origin and think ab
Williams. Leland bipartisanship reigns in washington. Im leland vittert. President trump and republicans spending the weekend trying to rally support for Brett Kavanaugh while we await the findings from the fbi investigation that is ongoing this weekend as well. Kevin cork north lawn of the white house, president got back there last night after talking about this in West Virginia. Hi, kevin. Reporter great to be with you. Depending on how you frame this, this is actually a winner for both ends of the political spectrum. On the one hand, if you are on the right and you support the nomination of judge Brett Kavanaugh, you might feel righteous indig nation on the way hes been treated throughout the process. If youre on the left, you may feel like this nomination is an afront to all women and those who respect the rule of law. Thats how both sides are framing it following the fallout from last weeks explosive confirmation hearing in washington and the subsequent supplemental fbi background
The administration tries to rewrite nafta. As im speaking to you, the president is in the oval office right now with the head of the International Soccer federation and the head of u. S. Soccer. Really, its a convenient political set piece because as you well know, the u. S. , mexico and canada were given the right to host the world cup in 2026. As the administration tris to rewrite a trade deal with both countries, youll hear the president claim that hes the reason the world cup is coming back to north america. But we have seen him do some counter programming of his own using his favorite megaphone in twitter. And a couple tweets say this, google results for trump news shows only the viewing reporting of fake news media. In other words, they have it rigged for me and others so that almost all stories and news is bad. He then continues, google and others are suppressing voices of conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. He ends by saying, this situation will be addre
Its the biggest deal in history. Great deal for america. Elon musk reportedly telling employees tesla is on the verge of making a profit just hours after settling an sec Fraud Investigation that will cost him his position as chairman of the company and a multimilliondollar fine. We have a lot to cover. Beginning this morning with the fbi investigation that was supposed to help clear up the fate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Instead, things seem to be getting more and more confusing by the day. I have a great team to help break all of it down. First, i want to bring you up to speed on what specifically is happening today. The u. S. Supreme court kicks off its new term, just one justice short. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the president s pick to be the ninth justice, remains in a state of limbo as the fbi looks into allegations of Sexual Misconduct. The president told them to reopen their background check after it became clear kavanaugh did not have the votes to get him confirmed.