Were closed for holidays. In the early trading in europe this morning, ahead of that final debate between the last two candidates in the french election, you can see the cac is off by a third of a percentage point. Ftse is also down. Crude Oil Yesterday down, and down once again as pumping in libya and the United States more than made up some of the cutbacks. We closed below 48 yesterday. Right now 48. 04. On todays agenda the fed concluding its twoday meeting with a statement at 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. The central bank expected to hold rates steady. Investors looking for hints that the economy is on track for a rate increase in june. Another big earnings day ahead. We will hear from time warner and yum brandtbrands, after the close, facebook, tesla, aig and fitbit will report. Adp private payrolls at 8 15 this morning. Later services pmi and ism nonmanufacturing. We are just four days away from the final round of the french election. Candidates emanuel macron and Marine Le Pen face o
Check out crude oil prices, which went fuderwacken again yesterday, according to mark grant. Wti is up by just 1 , to 46. 36. Brent crude sitting at 44 th49. President trump abruptly fired james comey. Comey learning of the firing while speaking with fbi agents in los angeles. This morning there is bipartisan outrage as congressional members on both sides express concern about the sanctity of the Ongoing Investigation into President Trump and his ties into russia. Eamon javers has more on this continuing to develop story. Good morning. It was a dramatic and Stunning Development last evening as the white house announced that the president fired the fbi director. This is something that caught all of capitol hill by surprise. It caught all of the Law Enforcement community by surprise. It caught the Intelligence Community in washington, d. C. By surprise. Heres what the president of the United States wrote to the fbi director who is conducting an investigation into whether or not officials
In the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,hen we remember Javier Valdez who died monday in mexico after he was dragged out of his car and shot 12 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from los angeles. The depar
Taps comeys predecessor, Robert Mueller, deserve a special counsel to investigate alleged in the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,en we remember Javier Valdez who died d monday in mexico aftr he was dragged out of his car and shot 122 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org
Taps comeys predecessor, Robert Mueller, deserve a special counsel to investigate alleged in the choiceng 16 election. We will get the latest with marcy wheeler. ,en we remember Javier Valdez who died d monday in mexico aftr he was dragged out of his car and shot 122 times less than a block from the office of the newspaper he founded. Live is dangerous to be a and to do journalism and tread and invisible line trauma the bad guys drawn by the bad guys. This is what most of the country is living through. Amy we will hear Javier Valdez in his own words and speak to anabel hernandez, another mexican journalist who has also faced Death Threats for her reporting on mexicos drug trade. And we will look at how more than 50 farm workers here in california were recently exposed to highly toxic pesticide, whose use was recently greenlighted by the epa in one of the agencys first decisions since donald trump took office. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org