President trump said he made his decision on iran but refuses to say what the decision is. Speak thison due to hour, hopefully to clarify. Betty welcome back, yvonne. We missed you, a lot has happened in the last several weeks. Today with the fed, that has been the big news. Now we know this qt we have been talking about will Begin Next Week next month. Lets look at how the markets traded in reaction to this. In thiss quite a dip announcement and after with a news conference. We saw markets climb back. The s p closing above the red that, butnasdaq below the dow adding 42 points. I want to bring up a quick , which shows you how uncharted the territory is from markets. Since 2009 we have seen the s p track qe so tightly. Yes, they spread apart in the last year. But it really has been qe that has driven prices. Now where do we go . Yvonne we have seen the success of qe when it comes to equity markets, especially the s p. The big question is, will qt have the opposite effect of qe . Asia,
They may listen to demands of its activist investors. Inhine orders are released tokyo later this hour. We are keeping our eyes across on the latest from the white house as it denies reports alleging meddling by the president in the russia investigation. This is daybreak asia coming to you live. It is just after 7 00 p. M. Betty, where do i start . The perfect storm in d. C. New reports surfacing. On the heels of what we could have seen, the disclosure of sensitive information. How can you deny that . We are seeing that reaction with the dollar plunging. Youre absolutely right. A lot of questions here. The market seems to be shrugging off the chaos in the white house. It had a bigger effect on the markets in the lower dollar. Housing numbers this morning, in below estimates. That has people worried. Maybe this economic recovery and this momentum might the losing steam. Lots of people focused on the economic numbers to come in the u. S. Is pretty confusing. We did get production out gai
Some had formed opinions. The last thing i heard about Seth Williams, he was coming in and everyone said how wonderful and so much promise he had. So i think as he got larger and larger, he was trying to live a life that he couldnt afford. Reporter today williams admitted to receiving gifts in exchange for giving favors in his capacity as d. A. In one scheme he wrote a letter vouching for a businessman and bar owner who needed help with an outofstate liquor license. Somebody of his character and education and job, you know, i thought he would have known a little bit better. Hes concerned about the stress its put on his family and the District Attorneys Office and hes been sadly humbled by his experience. Reporter his attorney expressed how sorry he was for the crime. The acting attorney overseeing the case described the outcome as a victory. I dont think theres any question he sold his office for anchor erupt stream of benefits. Its sad, the trust people placed in him. Today mr. Willia
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Competitive senate races, you personally sent up a flare to republican donors. To try to raise more money for the effort to keep the majority. Can you tell me a little bit what senator mcconnell what i did was to call attention around the country, to the fact that this group existed. It was obviously operated by people that i have known well for years. And i knew what their purpose was because they announced it. Their purpose was to try to help us keep the republican senate. So sure, i praise them and made sure everybody was aware of their existence. What was the key moment . Senator mcconnell i dont know if there was a key moment. I recommended that this group be set up, which is about all i could do legally. Representatives were set up a couple of years ago because i felt like there was no outside group that was looking out for us like the Senate Majority pac was looking out for the democrats. There are a lot of entrepreneurs on the right. Group you have already about and written abo