out front next, putin s nukes are on the move. as putin warns he can still destroy ukraine s capital. we are live in moscow, and along ukraine s front lines where the attacks are intensifying tonight. plus, the justice department tonight taking steps to prevent trump from releasing classified materials in the mar-a-lago case, as one of his now former lawyers reveals why he is no longer advising the former president. and after the spy balloon, and dangerous close calls. tech can u.s. prevent another dangerous incident with china? a critical meeting about to happen. let s go out front. good evening, i m brianna killer in for erin burnett. out front tonight, putin surrounding ukraine with nuclear weapons. the russian president declaring today he now has nukes on standby in belarus, which is where putin launched his invasion of ukraine from more than one year ago. the first nuclear warheads have been delivered to the territory of belarus, but just the first ones. this is the
Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. Kayla has the morning off. Dow up 57 points. Obviously the markets are our top story. Well continue to watch the race to 20,000 in the wake of the feds first rate hike as you know, of 2016. A lot going on. Donald trumps victory since that time five weeks, looking at 8 on the dow, the best postelection rally on record. Jonathan gow want is managing director. Guy, happy friday to you both. Good to see you. Good to see you as well. Tobias, people taking stock of the rally but paying attention to Dollar Strength. The lack of real policy specifics as of now. Obviously memories of how bad last january was. When do we know when this rally is over . We think its a bit overdone near term at the moment. Interstock correlation, top 15 names in the s p 500, is around 10 . Thats one of the lowest levels weve seen in a number of years. Historically when weve gotten this, the market seems to get a bit tired and we start
Pelley today, president obama made it clear, he believes Vladimir Putin ordered a plot to break into Democratic Party computers with the intent of throwing the election to donald trump. Mr. Obama said he warned putin during this summit meeting in assessment that russia must not attempt to hack into any systems for counting votes. But mr. And mr. Obama said there is though evidence that they did that. But in a news conference, the president said the russians did hack into the Democratic National committee and the emails of hillar hillary clints campaign chairman. He suggested that mr. Trump and republicans aided the russian plot by embracing the embarrassing leaks that dom 98edly the media before election day. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin. Reporter president obama left little doubt he believed Vladimir Putin was involved with the russian hacking, and he confronted him about it two months before the election. In early september
Pelley today, president obama made it clear, he believes Vladimir Putin ordered a plot to break into Democratic Party computers with the intent of throwing the election to donald trump. Mr. Obama said he warned putin during this summit meeting in assessment that russia must not attempt to hack into any systems for counting votes. But mr. And mr. Obama said there is though evidence that they did that. But in a news conference, the president said the russians did hack into the Democratic National committee and the emails of hillar hillary clints campaign chairman. He suggested that mr. Trump and republicans aided the russian plot by embarrassing leaks that dom 98edly the media before election day. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin. Reporter president obama left little doubt he believed Vladimir Putin was involved with the russian hacking, and he confronted him about it two months before the election. In early september, when i saw p
Sailing into stormy waters. More territorial tension between hanoi and beijing as china launches naval drills. Sovereignty their is being violated. You can follow me on twitter. Dont forget to include the hashtag trending business. China and hong kong markets get underway in 30 minutes time. Singapore, taiwan, and my later have come online. Lets go to david. David we are looking at declines in the early hours of asian trade. It is hard to not figure out what the next catalyst will be that drives equity to the upside. Volume is dry. The u. S. Was closed overnight. The jobs data is coming out. Equity markets, which have enjoyed a fiveday run are having a bit of a blowback right now. The rba trade numbers and retail sales are due out in 30 minute time. Asia looks like this. Down. 33 . These are the mining stocks. Going the opposite way for obvious reading is obvious reasons. Have a look at silver. Have a look at gold. Platinum also. Silver touch 21 yesterday and this is where we are havin