A picturesque background for markets in studio gee. Dagen how are you holding up . Connell doing great today. The net looking at the snow. Connell nice to look at as long as you sit in here like us. Dagen that is real, not a green screen behind us. Connell you are telling me. As if i am going toe window. Thank you for that. Get a genius. Connell is that real Trading Floor down there . Nicole a real Trading Floor. No traders, they are on the inside of the booths. That is one of the new things around here but lets talk about what we are seeing with the markets, starting off in the green and the Dow Jones Industrials down 40 points, johnson and johnson in part to blame for that, the nasdaq composite up 1 3 , the s p 5001831 with a gain of 0. 2 . The vix, the fear index is to the upside, a busy week of earnings, a lot of technology earnings. Lets at apple, and in we are watching so closely. And Society General worried about slowing iphone sales, 5 x, and 5 45, upside potential. We obscene
Russia said its keeping a close eye on the fleet and the kremlin hit out a trumps handling of the situation. We do not participate in twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we still believe that it is important not to take any steps that may harm the already fragile situation in syria we are also still convinced that the excuse regarding the use of chemical weapons in duma is made up and cannot be used as an argument for Military Action Russia has moved fast to establish itself in duma this Amateur Video purportedly shows Russian Police investigating near the site of the alleged Chemical Attack Moscow says it and the regime are ready to allow a probe but only one which shouldnt assign blame. Our correspondents Claire Richardson standing by In Washington and in moscow our bureau chief good morning to both of
you. If we could start with you russia is saying the alleged Chemical Attack is a fake and cannot be used as a reason for any kind of attack and if also all that. Well russ
Department veterans, the most significant revelation in the post report is this. The special counsel told trumps lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice. According to two people with knowledge of the conversations. A former federal prosecutor told me muellers report doesnt preclude mueller from indicting literally everybody else, but trump will be dealt with just like ken starr dealt with president clinton. The report puts the impeachment process in motion. Joining us to discuss his remarkable reporting, one of the reporters with a by line in that report, robert costa, msnbc contributor joyce vance, a former u. S. Attorney, Frank Figliuzzi, former fbi director for Counter Intelligence now an msnbc national analyst, and mimi, assistant u. S. Attorney. First congrats on the megascoop. Take us through what you and your colleague carol are reporting achlt alwa reporting. Always good to be with you, nicolle. We
Russia square off at the u. N. Security council over the poisoning. Of the long. Sierra leone swears in its new president you only yes ma the video but he had his defeated opponent says that he will challenge the election result. Plus the downfall of the brazilian icon former president luis. Loses his bid to avoid prison while appealing a corruption conviction the decision by the Supreme Court looks likely to end his political career and it deepens divisions in the country. I bring golf its good to have you with a german court has dealt a blow to spanish authorities and their hopes of trying former Catalan Leader karlas for rebellion judges said that they would not extradite on the charges which can carry sentences of decades in prison he could still be sent home to face a lesser charge of misusing public funds a move which would bar spanish authorities from trying him for another crime the court also agreed to free which tomorrow on bill pending a decision on that lesser charge. Want
A National Sweet tooth the u. K. Puts a new tax on speed trains this week. To the wall it aims to improve Peoples Health across britain. With. Kelly welcome to the program russian state media says that an expiry is recovering after a nerve agent more than a month ago this according to family members in close contact with his daughter london considers moscow the chief suspect in the attack on u. B. S. Cripple and her father surrogate the kremlin still denies any involvement it is called for a United Nations Security Council meeting in protest after failing in a bid to join britains investigation. Departing on bad terms sixty american diplomats pack their bags and board buses at dawn theyre leaving the u. S. Embassy in moscow the latest diplomatic expulsion in the wake of the spy poisoning crisis a large number of russians have also been ordered out by the u. S. And other western allies which accuse moscow of orchestrating an attack on segas script and his daughter yulia in the u. K. In