Thinking about over the weekend . Next week, which is going to be just gigantic we have everything from ibm, we will bookcase ibm on monday and American Express on friday, both will be challenging and i think they could determine things. Carl, i have to tell you, 8 30 santelli comes on and gives you that housing start number, then diana talks about how there are not a lot of houses. I sit here and i think the fed has done a magnificent job, what can they do . They can take rates down to the point where, yes, maybe jpmorgan doesnt make as much money, bank of america certainly doesnt, but people are buying houses and thats whats been working in the stock market this week is the housing trade the lows, the home depot the deere small tractors, that stuff has been flying off the shelves and thats exciting. It was not, of course, the cloud, saas stocks and cybersecurity. Theres always a bull market somewhere. Right weve been taking note of all the upside reannouncements today. Today its daim
You have to get peoples attention when youre selling a product that melts so i always burst through the gate with a robust war cry, whos next for ice cream . I bring this up because when President Trump unilaterally decided to hit mexico with a big tariff for ten days, make them close the border, all i could think was, whos next for ice cream . Thats why the market got pole axed today whos next for punishment with the dow plunging, s p plummeting, and the nasdaq nose divi diving whos next for tariffs as someone whos generally been supportive of the president s hard line position against china, i feel like i need to draw a line in the sand here if you want a Strong Economy and higher stock prices which is what i favor the last thing you need is a president who bursts through twitter saying, whos next for punishment. I think theres a time and a place for tariffs. Ive been critical of our nations trade policy for ages, for all the time ive been on cnbc, for all these years, our old policy
Hi, lets get this show on the road. Wow, thats loud. Okay. Here we go. All right. So welcome on behalf of our bipartisan and bicameral leadership to this briefing of the Helsinki Commission. Its mandated to monitor compliance with International Norms and standards in europe. This includes norms in the military affairs, economic and Environmental Affairs and human rights. I cover that second category. I do a lot of work on anticorruption economics and im so honored and pleased to have with us minister john pimrose, prime ministers anticorruption all the way from the european union. Even if we have other questions or concerns were ending sharp at 10 15. So just the briefest of opening remarks. Globalized corruption is one of the greatest threats facing the United States today. Authorize attorney klepto crats hide on our shores and allies providing protection for stolen assets and a vector of influence into our political system. Once established they set about hollowing out the rule of la
Live house coverage when that happens or cspan. House of commons. And todays session here at George Washington University Part of our inquiry into fake news and disinformation. And we are thrilled to be here and absolutely delighted to be welcomed by George Washington university and helping us putting this on. This is the first time the select committee has taken live evidence. Im grateful for everyones work and making the logistics possible. Ash i thank the witnesses. People who are unfamiliar with the work of congressional committees, it is understood who s taking part answer questions honestly and truthfully. Im not suggesting that eye witnesses would do that. But we dont ask them to swear an oath but i hope they will be telling a truth. We have a number of questions to get through today and we do that in good time and good order and i ask them to direct their questions by the panel. And the witnesses, too, because of the time constraints, i would ask the witnesses to answer the que
Lets take a quick look at the markets after a long weekend not after a long weekend. A week. Nasdaq up 25 points and the s p up. A longer weekend than usual. It was longer for me because i wasnt here friday. Here are the big stories. Greek banks reopening three weeks after they close. Capital controls remain in place including limits on withdrawals and no word yet on when the stock market might reopen. Although some are trying to play this with the etf and trades here. Increases in value and a tax agreed to on the new bailout terms have now taken effect on things like coffee and tea. Well hear more from Michelle Carusocabrera pulling double duty. Lets take a look at asia. It was another volatile session. The shanghai stocks closing higher. But closed up just shy of 1 . There have been a media report earlier in the session suggesting the government was studying how to end its bailout. Well continue to watch the ongoing volatility in china. Every day there seems to be a new story there.