The summer seems to last forever. And if i have the choice. Yeah, i was going to be there. Those were the best days of my life. Cheryl first day of summer, everybody. Welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren it might start to feel like summer today. No rain in the forecast here in new york. Good morning, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl lets take take a look at how your money is moving on this first day of summer. Right now, futures are slightly lower, dow is down 31, s p is lower as well. June shaping up to be a great month. The dow on pace for the best month since october 2015. All the major averages up more than 7. 3 this month. Lauren the yield on the 10 year treasury is trading up by 4 basis points. Cheryl we continue to follow the tensions between iran and the United States. Lets take a look at oil. Weve seen move nonet the upside movement to the upside in oil. Oil is slightly higher, by a few kepts right now. Lauren gold is slightly lower, down 4 at 1392 an ounce.
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Pipeline near a reservation, but the fight is far from over. When that oil spills, whos going to come save us . Were indian people. Were expendable. Who is going to come . Who is going to come and give us water . Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze a full week of news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president ial campaign took a sudden detour today back to president obamas origins. For the first time, donald trump said pub
Elections. At stake today, control of the senate. Republicans have their best chance of winning back the majority since they lost it in 2006. Democrats hold a majority and could lose control of the chamber if they drop six seats. The other big story for today, a true test of the tea party. Mainstream gop fighting back and launching a strong counteroffensive. Our Political Team is covering all the angles. Lets start with dana bash covering todays headline mashup in kentucky, its an exciting one, dana. Reporter right, because Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican leader, is fighting a twofront war. Today is primary day, as you said. He is expected to beat out and best his republican challenger, the one from the right, and his focus has already been on the real challenge he thinks he has, which is november. His democratic opponent. And the way he is describing it and laying it out for voters here is very interesting, because its along the lines of what you just laid out. The whole battle for
Lot about what the fall is going to look like. Lets get over to peter hanby who is live in washington. Peter, layout just how important today is. The environment this year is very favorable to republicans. They just need six seats to pick up the senate. And democratic incumbents are playing defense in seven states that mitt romney wants. They woub should be able to take back the senate this fall but its a big if because as we saw in the last two election cycles, 2010 and 2012, tea party and grassroots conservatives did win out over establishment backed candidates and became the republican nominees in a lot of states that republicans should have won but lost because they were seen as too outside the mainstream or alienating to women. Thats why today these primaries are very important, particularly kentucky and georgia. These are states that are republican held but republicans dont want to fumble the ball here. You mentioned kentucky, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell is expected to