Hello, welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to the program. 6 00 in london this friday morning. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories. Here line height has a check on how investors are digesting the ecb moves. Ryan chilcote is in normandy on the 70th anniversary of dday. Hans nichols is in berlin with details of the dinner with obama and putin. Anticipation and analysis were weeks in the making. Mario draghi cut rates to unprecedented lows and beefed up lending to banks. He is fighting deflation. Investors are still digesting it and dissecting his words. We think this is a significant package. Are we finished . The answer is no. Mandate,e, within our we are finished here. Hefty todonly is a list at the ecb, with commentators calling it a big bang. For more, Caroline Hyde, the Market Reaction . How has it been passed on . To be honest, a bit of a disappointment. There was euphoria at the start. Everybody thought, wow, what a set of promises w
Up. Nearly two dozen documents met in paris to strategise on how to stop i. S. I. L. In less than a year the Islamic State of iraq and levant smisted priorities in the meet. World pours are concerned with stopping powers are concerned with stopping the group. The u. S. Says it will follow i. S. I. L. Into syria. Based on the meeting they may have to go alone on that one, nadeem barber reports. Reporter for the french president a chance to forget the low poll ratings. His iraqi counterpart an appeal in helping to rescue his nation. We continue to ask for air borne operations regularly against terrorist sites. We must not allow i. S. To set up sanctuaries, we must pursue them, cut off financing and stop fighting from neighbouring countries from joining i. S. This conference was about one thing, fighting the Islamic State of iraq and levant, or i. S. I. L. Hours after the french planes became reconnaissance demright, the Foreign Ministry said a response was crucial. When you are facing a
Stocks collapsed thursday on signs of slower manufacturing growth out of china. The dow slid 176 points. The nasdaq 24 and the s p 17 money rushed to gold with futures trading up 23 dollars. And, oil is now above 97 per barrel. In earnings after the Close Microsoft beat profit and sales targets. The stock gained 3 in after hours trading. Starbucks profits perked up but the coffee chain had a sales missa report says apple is developing a smart phone with a larger screen. And playtex recalls 1 million pacifier holder clips due to potential choking. Lets say good morning to Ben Lichtenstein at traders audio who has his eyes all over this market for us. Good morning ben. Good morning to you. The market is giving us this sinking feeling. Do you think yesterdays plunge will continue today . I think yesterdays activityalbeit high energy, albeit High Conviction to the downsidevery limited in terms of real follow through and very limited in terms of its breach of any major support. Were looking
55 said no. 45 said yes. One of the morning papers here, the reUnited Kingdom. The no voters, jubilant last night as the results started to come in. 2 million scotts voted no versus 1. 6 who had voted yes. They were absolutely ecstatic, the no vote, to see what was happening. The yes voters, as you can imagine, extremely unhappy. Uk Prime Minister David Cameron, thats not him, thats alistair darling, but the uk Prime Minister David Cameron just a few hours ago addressed the nation. Good morning. The people of scotland have spoken. And it is a clear result. They have kept our country of four nations together. And like millions of other people, i am delighted. As i said during the campaign, it would have broken my heart to see our United Kingdom come to an end. The british pound rallied sharply overnight as the results started to roll in. Weve seen it pullback now, but still above 163, almost to 164. So maybe some of that priced in. But you can see the rise overnight. Let me show you wha
Got to keep your head up i dont want no exhaust got to keep your head up got to keep your hands out rob it is 11 outside right now. March coming in like a lion. Jillian and out like a lamb. Rob i recall a blizzard in new york two years ago. Lets not talk about that. You are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. Jillian thanks for starting the day with us. Customs and Border Patrol at a breaking point as Homeland Security secretary Kirsten Nielsen prepares for questioning on capitol hill today. Rob Griff Jenkins joins us from washington as we learn 76,000 people tried to cross the border just last month. That is the amount they caught. Could you do more . Secretary nielsen will be urging lawmakers before the house Homeland Security committee to heed what customs and Border Protection says are alarming numbers out. Based on the expensive men and women on the frontline this is Border Security and humanitarian crisis. It is added breaking point. A 300 increase compared to la