Objective. President trump continues his state visit to the u. K. Playing down dirchfferences over huawein promising a great postbrexit trade deal. The United States is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u. S. And the u. K. There is tremendous potential this that trade deal i say probably two and even three times of what were doing right now. The imf trims its 2019 frost for the chinese economy saying more policy easing could be called for trade tensions escalate. And hedro trades near the top of the stock after the aluminum producer delivers better than expected First Quarter profit and signals production is closer to capacity good morning, and a very warm welcome to street signs. Weve got fresh data coming through for the euro zone. That is the final composite pmi numbers as well as services. Let me bring you what those numbers are. On the composite number, the final pmi has come in at 51. 8 for may. That is slightly better than the flash estimate of 51. 6 it also is hi
And what was she thinking . Well hear from the driver who took her giant teddy bear for a ride. Good thursday morning, everyone. We want to get right to breaking news. A u. S. Official has now confirmed iran has shot down a u. S. Navy drone escalating the already heightened tension between the two countries. After the u. S. Announced plans to send 1,000 more troops to the region and the drone was shot down in International Airspace over the strait of hormuz. A vital shipping lane for oil tankers, but irans revolutionary guard is claiming the drone was flying over iranian territory and says this sends a, quote, clear message to america. The drone similar to this one you see is an unarmed surveillance drone like the one iran allegedly tried to shoot down last week. That incident came after the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman which the Trump Administration blames on oman. Iran. Some experts say the recent provocations are irans response to the crippling economic sanctions i
Crisis, a National Security crisis. No way around it. Im particularly distressed that he is resigning. This administration abandoned those core american beliefs. And the list continues. These are comments from democrats and republicans. This is a monumental night in our country. General mattis, one of the highest ranking members of the Trump Administration and one of the most important military leaders in the world had the courage to take a stand and tell the world how he felt about the president and his administration. He didnt do it as an anonymous oped in the new york times. He didnt pretend it was for personal reasons. He was direct. And in his Resignation Letter, mattis wrote, while the u. S. Remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interest or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances. He goes on to write, i believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those countries whose Strategic Interests are increasin
5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, thanks for being with us. We start with the latest ripple in the partial Government Shutdown showdown. The raise that many federal employees had expected to take effect in january, that raise is no more. The u. S. President has cancelled it. And this adds insult to injury for more than 800,000 federal employees who are beginning their second week without paychecks. For his part, President Trump says hes sitting at the white house waiting for democrats, he says to come over to work on a deal, though hes been out of sight, hes still on twitter. Our Sarah Westwood has more from the white house. Reporter President Trump is alone in the white house and fuming about democrats refusal to provide any funding for his promised border wall. Hes been trying to blame them for everything, from the deaths of two Migrant Children at the southern border earlier this month to the partial Government Shutdown that he once said he would be proud to own. Now the president
In North Carolina at the States Election fraud scandal gets worse. What were you doing . I was helping mccray pick up ballots. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. President trump sat in the National Cathedral today surrounded by former president s for george h. W. Bushs funeral. You have to wonder, what exactly was running through his head . The last time he was sitting that close, as close as he was today to president barack obama the two men were meeting in the white house just a few days after trumps 2016 surprise election victory. And it was on that day that the former president barack obama offered the incoming president , donald trump, two pieces of advice. One, stay vigilant in north korea. And two, do not hire Michael Flynn as your National Security adviser. That latter piece of advice sure looks prussian in anticipated and unanticipated ways. President trump might be wishing he had taken it as he looks over this document here. This was rel