Watching us from the united states. These are your markets. We are seeing a bit of a lift to european stocks, actually, not so much. They were lifting, but now they are flat. About 56. 65 after that opec plus meeting. Gold is down a touch. Remember, because it is fourth of july in the u. S. , treasury markets are closed. Coming up, dont miss our coverage of the boston pops fireworks spectacular, it is a bloomberg special and starts at 8 p. M. New york time. So if youre watching from asia or europe, its definitely worth it. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news. The tanks are ready to go and the fighter jets are set. All part of President Trumps changes to the traditional fourth of July Celebration on the National Mall. The present will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and critics say he is turning the event into a campaign rally. President trump warned iran against stepping up uranium enrichment. Iran says it will restart the model reactor if europe fails to offer
Rest of the year all the way into 2020. But first back out to that made in america event down there in washington. Things, even though they are running smoothly here at home, theyre looking much rockier overseas for china. For example, china seeing its slowest growth since 1992. Huawei is reportedly planning big layoffs here in the u. S. While more u. S. Companies are ditching operations in china. We begin here with edward lawrence. He is live at the white house with how both sides are responding on this monday. Hello, edward. Reporter good day, blake. Well keep an eye on when President Trump comes out. The president woke up this morning with the economy on his mind. The president it touting in tweets, chinas economy in the second quarter, is the slowest in 27 years. He adds tariffs are having major impact on china with companies wanting to leave china for nontariff countries. Now adding that the president believes china wished it had not broken the original deal in the first place. Th
How about that. [laughter] do you know the fourth of july is a celebration of this countrys independence . Are you aware about . I am. Ms. Conway you are . It doesnt sound like you are talking about the patriotism that undergirds it. Reporter so what is the Republican National committee tickets to the president . Ms. Conway it is a public event that is open to the public. The public is welcome to come and celebrate our country, the greatest democracy. The constitution, not just the amendment that appears to interest you on the, the second amendment, but all others. I will not allow you to politicize it. Reporter there are concerns that the president is mixing partisanship and patriotism. Yesterday he was asked if it could make a speech that will which all americans, and he said democrats and their Health Care Plan would destroy the country. Ms. Conway both are true at the same time. You are not given his full response, which is the responsible of you. Otherwise, it sounds like the pres
Your own mind. Brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. On tuesday, white house counselor Kellyanne Conway took questions from reporters outside the white house. This is about 20 minutes. [cameras shuttering] no, no, no. Ladies first. Were going to do the first joint gaggle. How about that . [laughter] [indiscernible] ms. Conway do you know the fourth of july is a celebration of this countrys independence . Are you aware of that . I am. Ms. Conway you are . It doesnt sound like you are talking about the patriotism that undergirds it. This is not a political event, so why is the Republican National committee tickets to the president . Ms. Conway this is a public event that is open to the public. The public is welcome to come and celebrate our country, the greatest democracy. The constitution, not just the amendment that appears to interest you only, the second amendment, but all others. I am not going to allow you to politicize it. There are concerns that
He also gave a timeline of yesterdays deadly accident. Of the information we know so far, that the helicopter departed with the pilot and one passenger from Westchester County yesterday about 11 30 a. M. It landed in manhattan about 11 45 a. M. The passenger disembarked, the pilot waited at the 34th street helipad until about 1 30 when he departed for his destination in new jersey. The helicopter crashed on the roof about 1 40 p. M. Mark the pilot was the sole occupant of the helicopter and was killed when it hit the roof of 787 7th avenue in fog and rain. Investigations top concerns will be to determine why the pilot was flying in low visibility conditions. Even though the Supreme Court has yet to decide whether a Citizenship Question should be included index years census questionnaire, the u. S. Census bureau is preparing for either outcome. Bureau officials said today they are beginning a test to see how people respond to the questionnaire, depending on whether the Citizenship Quest