Im picking up good vibrations. Shes giving me excitation. Im picking up good vibrations. Shes giving me excitation. Good, good, good vibrations. Cheryl we are kicking off our tuesday with some good vibrations. Welcome, everybody, to fbn a. M. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren we need good vibrations. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take a look at how your money is moving this morning after the dow experienced the biggest point drop yesterday. All three indexes closing in correction territory. The dow is up 877 points in the premarket, s p up 103 points, looking to a gain of almost 4 . Nasdaq pointing to a gain of 4 , up 325. The president suggested relief. Its on the way for american workers. Investors like it. Lauren lets check the price of oil. Oil is up 5 , 32. 68 a barrel. Cheryl the yield on the 10 year treasury taking a look at this is at 0. 687 . The 10 year his an alltime low red of 0. 318 , the yield did. Lauren in asia, chinas president xijinping visiting
Philosopher story here regard, but im going to do it here, because i think it is relevant and he said that life is best understood backwards, but you need to limit forwards and i think what we will try to do here today is to try to understand trumps north korea policy backwards and think about some of the things that happened in order to understand how are going to be living at forwards and what is coming in the coming year and i think thats really important because for several reasons, one, this is one of the Biggest International issues of our time, and at stake right, now and whether the approach is effective or not, it is not just whether we address the north Korean Nuclear threat, also a chance for reconciliation in north korea, and our efforts to stop the spread of Nuclear Weapons are also its state. In, addition i think its a critical window into understanding how President Trump conduct Foreign Policy. This is a signature Foreign Policy issue and i think its also important beca
Welcome to our afternoon panel. Hope lunch was well. Our topic for our panel today is, the trump approach to north korea, effective or not, and we have an amazing panel that i will introduce shortly. I dont start every think tank panel with a quote from the 19th century philosopher, danish philosopher story here regard, but im going to do it here, because i think it is relevant and he said that life is best understood backwards, but you need to limit forwards and i think what we will try to do here today is to try to understand trumps north korea policy backwards and think about some of the things that happened in order to understand how are going to be living at forwards and what is coming in the coming year and i think thats really important because for several reasons, one, this is one of the Biggest International issues of our time, and at stake right, now and whether the approach is effective or not, it is not just whether we address the north Korean Nuclear threat, also a chance
3. 5 . Were at 63. 35 on that contract. Lauren stocks in asia, more subdued trading, shanghai slightly lower, kospi slightly higher. Cheryl taking a look at europe, theres going to be reaction the to this overnight strike and the possible tension escalation between the u. S. And the iranians. The ftse is slightly higher but the cac in paris and dax in germany are lower. And welcome to fbn a. M. And good morning, everyone. Im cheryl casone. Lauren what a morning. Good morning to you at home. Im lauren simonetti. Lets get to it. Iranian officials vowing to fight back after President Trump authorizes a massive air strike killing irans most revered military leader. Cheryl we have the breaking developments from jordan. Trey, good morning. Reporter good morning. Overnight, the United States assassinated the most Senior Member of irans military. This man was responsible for overseeing irans proxies throughout the middle east in places like gaza, lebanon, iraq and syria. What we are getting ac
Can everyone hear me . Id like to go ahead and get started. Good morning and thank you all for coming. My name is george bebe, im the vicepresident and director of studies here at the center of the National Interest. I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region, its very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today, it seems like theres all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges. Were in the midst of a wrenching president ial impeachment process. The broader country seems to have some deep cleavages societally. We have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country. When we look abroad, internationally, the headlines were reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran. We last w