, warning a significant backer for years to come. Secretaryse cabinet pledging to maintain policy if he wins, but says more can be done. Lets get a quick reminder how u. S. Stocks ended. The s p closing at a fresh record. This in the face of warnings of a k. G. Recovery and pessimism relief bill. Tesla dropped as much as 15 after Bailey Gifford cut its stake. We are seeing s p under pressure. Lets check in on oil. Below 42 after slipping to a three week low with upcoming refinery maintenance weighing along with a stronger dollar. The greenback rose the most as the euro slips positioning. Technicals are favoring abounds in the dollar, according to scotia bank. We are shaping up in asia, futures pointing higher, holding above 106. Yoshi keeping big stimulus going in japan. We will be watching chinese tech giants after india banned appser sets set of including baidu. Drivers fueling performance of chinas big tech stocks from march lows. The rally has been broader on the mainland than in t
Number bang in line with estimates. The transport number is a little stronger than i am its. Youre getting a then estimates. The factory number is a little weaker than estimates, a little better. Than last time around what we are getting here is maybe a bit of evidence of continued weakness in the industrial sector, and may be some transference of that into the Services Sector judging by the ism, which is still robust, but beginning to fade a bit. Equity markets and bond markets are having a reasonably turbulent time. Of bearingssmart institute is joining us. The data are still pretty good, but maybe there are crocs appearing. Arestopher i think there certainly crocs appearing, but as you say, the data is still pretty good. The data youve just gone through is a little weak on the margins, but still in expansionary territory. What is so difficult for those of us who look at the data is to reconcile that with the signals the bond market is sending, which is much more worried about longte
In a statement tonight, ron said that this will be the only response to israels strike on irans consulate in damascus at the beginning of the month. That, of course, killed several iranian generals, including two top commanders. Iranian officials had vowed revenge for those attacks, and in their statement, they also warned that the United States must stay away from any direct military involvement. Meanwhile, officials telling nbc news that the u. S. And israel have been closely coordinating how to defend against this imminent attack. For fears of growing regional war have been escalating for months ever since hamas is october 7th attack on israel, and the subsequent israeli war on gaza. Joining me now, richard engel, nbc news chief foreign correspondent. He is in jerusalem for us in the early hours of the morning there we are in that window, richard, of anticipating some of those drones making their way into israel, as well as potentially those missiles. What can you tell us about what
Lets hear what president heard one had to say. In our province, a process started. Many suspects have been detained. Our government and Security Forces and state will take whatever steps are necessary. Tom the turkish president staying there. The country carried out airstrikes in the syrian province of aleppo. Nine militants from the Islamic State are reported to have been killed. The Turkish Foreign ministry confirmed it is also writing often rising u. S. To use its airbases. A major shift in turkeys strategy toward the Islamic State. They have been reluctant to fight isis. Until now. Fighter jets bombed positions in syria in earlymorning raids on friday. This development after a soldier was killed in a border class clash with militants. As of this morning, our armed forces destroyed the i. S. Targets, which have the potential to threaten turkey on the syrian border. The success ratio of 100 . President erdogan said they were the first step. In other shift in policy, turkey said it wo
President of the United States use them as a political bargaining chip to force congress to comply with his domestic agenda. The bottom line for me is that our troops deserve than that and thats the reason i support this bipartisan budget act of 2014. It increases it stops the cuts in defense. It increases the money going to our troops, and it prevents them from being used as a bargaining chip in the future because it sets the military budget for fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 so that that is decided they cant be used as leverage for some other agenda. I think that is the sort of stability and predictability they need and they deserve. And i think the great question, madam speaker, is if not this, then what . We know that this budget agreement at least comes close to meeting what the president has asked for on defense and comes close to the congressional budget within 5 billion. Thats not enough money to repair the damage that has been done over the past five years, but its in t