The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, you are high and lifted up, deliver us from estrangement or dissension. Teach our lawmakers to disagree with respect, civility, and humility. Lord, lead them into a deeper reverence for you and one another, as they remember that patriots reside on both sides of the aisle. May our senators celebrate the pleasure you receive when colleagues of faith dwell together in unity. Let the words of their mouths and the meditations of their hearts receive your divine approval. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from a.
I have friday on my mind. Be with me girl, shes so pretty. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Happy friday. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl were not going to let it go at all through the whole show. That joke is going to stop, i promise. Good morning. Im cheryl casone. It is friday. Lauren and frozen 2 is out, its in h theaters, going tonig. Its been a down week, first down week for the Broader Market in six weeks but the dow is up 52, the s p gaining 6 this morning. Cheryl the comments from xijinping overnight, lets take a look at asian markets right now and youve got green a across the screen except for the shanghai market, look at the hang seng, look at the kospi, all green. The nikkei as well. Again, china looks like theyre ready to make a deal. Lauren the new European Central bank head Christine Lagarde is speaking and in europe stocks up across the board. Cheryl we start this morning with china, they are vowing to retaliate if necessary as they work to reach a trade deal with the United Sta
Friday is forever. We belong together. So come on, come on, and dont you say never. There is no tomorrow. So come on, come on, you should know better. Lauren it is friday. And welcome, finally, to fbn a. M. Its a busy friday. Well get to it in a second. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley im ashley webster. Lauren how is your money moving this morning . Were of coming off of record highs, the dow down 23 points this morning, the s p losing down 3 andahalf after Peter Navarro said the final chinau. S. Trade deal rests with President Trump. Ashley in asia overnight, generally down. The nikkei in japan was up about a quarter of a percent. The shanghai, kospi slightly lower. Lauren in europe, this is how stocks have opened, a quarter percent across the board to the downside. Ashley now to the big story in politics, the 2020 field could be getting more crowded with former new york city mayor Michael Bloomburg opening the door to joining the 2020 race for the white house. Lauren with more, heres ais
Happy friday. Maria big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shakeup, new york city mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, hes expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. You heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn told me last month. I think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in New Hampshire, dropping to third. Hes losing steam everywhere. Maria do you think Michael Bloomberg or Hillary Clinton will enter the race . The two representatives of the centrist party. Maria who are you expecting to enter the race . Im not sure exactly who is going to enter, if youre a Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, john kerry or Michelle Obama, youre probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. Maria thats why we love our guest so much because you heard it h
This morning, National Securities corporation chief market strategist, art hogan is hill, liz peek is here and James Freeman. Great to he see everybody. Thank you to all of our veterans this morning and their families. Liz peek, you have people in your family. Our son is a veteran. Maria thank you so much. And thank you everybody. We want to give a big shoutout all day today to our great heroes of this country. Our top story this hour is violence erupting in hong kong over the weekend, the protests now in the sixth month. Police fired gunshots at protesters early this morning sending one man to the hospital and the emergency room for emergency surgery, another man in Critical Condition this morning after being set oven fire for confronting protesters who had been vandalizing a subway station. This story is not going away. I think this is also creating pressure for xijinping in china but when you see things turn this kind of violent you wonder what kind of impact it really will have. It