Towns the grim reality of 8 year old u. S. Asylum. Welcome to the program we begin in syria where a ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey in Northwestern Province appears to be holding for now at least the breakthrough was reached after 6 hours of talks between russias president Vladimir Putin and turkeys leader richard type in moscow the 2 back opposing sides of the syrian conflict well theyve agreed to establish a 12 kilometer wide Security Card or along it lives m. For highway which connects the government stronghold of the takia with syrias Financial Hub aleppo and also agreed on a joint patrol along that motorway later this month well the Syrian Government offensive in italy has pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkeys border its not clear how and when theyll be able to return to their homes to start with step bason almost talks in moscow. It was clear from the start that this was going to be a tough meeting the partnership between put an end to one which was carefully
The ancient connections to todays conflict. My way i hope people in syria said lub provence are describing a tense count in the more sleep rebel held area after a cease fire to affect turkey which backs Opposition Forces brokered the deal with russia thats our idea the Syrian Government or president richard Tayyip Erdogan and blood amir peretz agreed the deal during hours of talks in moscow on thursday they said theyll establish a 12 kilometer wide security corridor along it lives emma for highway that connects the government stronghold of latakia with syrias largest city of aleppo know the syrian armys offensive or to retake it lopez pushed nearly a 1000000 civilians towards turkeys border and threatens a direct confrontation between turkey. And russia now has seen of course you know who is in the turkish city of her time not far from the Syrian Border and she joins me know cinema. Has been struck and for no it appears to be holding. While there so far it appears to be holding there i
Plus an increase in News Coronavirus cases, declines are being led by tech. Microsoft, amazon and apple all sharply lower today. Thomas peterffy is the chairman of Interactive Brokers hes our closer today coming on the heeled of the tieup will he now sell his companies well ask hem later in the show. Clearly coronavirus, again still only down just over 1 the markets overreacting i think if you do the math, basically if you lieu that only represents about 1 of the earns of the company no indication that this is nothing but a shortterm problems lets get on the base stories. Seema mody Steve Liesman tells us what the fed is talking about. First, lets start with seema. That safe haven play is certainly evident in different parts of the market. One standout is shares of the post 5 a new record high, up 7. 6 certainly outperforming on a day. A pause in the u. S. china trade relations. According to our ceo deere did address the coronavirus, expecting freight costs in the Second Quarter relate
Reports of a technical glitch. Well have details on that story. Later former nissan head carlos ghosn breaking hiscy loens and boy did he ever in an animated press conference that went on and on and on and did it after a James Bondlike escape from japan. What did he say and what he didnt say power lunch starts right now and welcome to power lunch im contessa brewer. Right now stores surge dow up nearly 200 points as you can see up more than half a percent. S p and nasdaq also in the green and nochg ntching some new reco. We got google, mastercard, lowes up more than 2 tyler . Contessa, iran launching a missile attack overnight in retaliation for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani it targeted two air bases in iraq that house u. S. Troops among other individuals. No reported u. S. Casualties. Iranian foreign minister tweeting they do not seek escalation or war, President Trump echoing that sentiment earlier. Lets go to eamon javers for the details. The president says that iran
Highest on the street. Well debate in our call of the day. Plus ten Growth Stocks that look attractive right now. The Investment Committee is ready to go. Halftime report starts right no now. It is good to have you with us on this wednesday steve weiss, carrie firestone. Also with us on set is mike wilson, the chief u. S. Equity strategist at Morgan Stanley we begin where else . The market stocks are reversing significant overnight losses to be mostly positive now, s p and nasdaq hitting new alltime highs clearly this seems is the marke making a bet, that while tensions with iran may continue, the conflict will not. Lets see if we can simplify a complex situation. Obviously the geopolitical tensions cause volatility. What keeps the market on stable footing is liquidity and the fed and everything its done to increase liquidity and give stability. Where you go in the short term is a balance between those two were seeing struck right now. In the long term, we know what we need. Earnings g