First round of president ial elections in france. Been ringingua has as the news throughout the weekend. We see her in paris. I watched the special yesterday. The question i came back to was how could we get to a world where the two established parties in france did not even make it to the second round . Francine this is significant. There will be a lot of introspection and navelgazing today from the candidates who did not make it. There are two lines of thought. First is that france is ready to reform. They want growth and a more market friendly economy. That is why they voted for a 39yearold the wants to shake things up but is not too scary. How does that explain 40 of the votes going to extreme candidates, Marine Le Pen and jeanluc melenchon. There were four candidates. You can see the old school, the republicans almost had a clear win until january when we had Francois Fillon immersed in a scandal about paying his family without work being done. Macron won because he was the most p
Rebuild a life. Maria donald trump and Hillary Clinton sending their thoughts to those affected by matthew but clinton is facing criticism this morning after her campaign planned oh to buy ads on the Weather Channel in florida which theyve now canceled. The candidates are spending the day away from the trail preparing for the big debate on sunday night. Economy and jobs, of course, top issues for voters and we get updated look this morning of the health of the labor market. The september jobs report is out 8 30 a. M. Eastern. 175,000 jobs. A flash crash in the british pound. The sterling plunging 9 overnight. We are taking a closer look at the major selloff in the pound. Broader markets this morning across the world looking like this. We are expecting a lower opening for the broader markets. Right now we are looking at lower performances. In europe mixed performances, the ftse 100 up better than 1 . The other showing fractional decline n. Asia overnight. Here are the markets, china mar
Revealing details about his tax returns. We will bring you it. Kids in chicago will be going to school this morning, a lastminute deal was reached between mayor and teachers union. Samsung says goodbye. The stock plunging in overseas trading this morning. Apple and samsung taking the showdown to the Supreme Court. We will tell you about that as well. Wells fargo facing scrutiny this morning. Branch bankers are now saying managers pushed them to sell expensive overdraft protections. Futures pulling back. Take a look. A lower opening for the broader averages, markets are higher this morning. Its just about 7 points higher, we are looking at records, records this morning. The british pound being slammed again over a report that brit ains exit could cost 820 billion per year in tax revenue n. Asia mixed performances. You have the shanghai up. The nikkei also high about 1 . Hang seng and hong kong down a quarter percent as kospi index. Check the price of oil pulling back this morning. Oil a
This is just about him that hes losing which means he really doesnt have what it takes to hold his job. Theres a lot of time in this job where things dont go your way. Maria we are following it all as the candidates hit the swing states today. American Service Member killed in iraq, details of battle for mosul claims first u. S. Casualty. The massive data set at the nsa, breathtaking amount of secrets that may have been revealed in decades long betrayal. Wikileaks targets the oval office, president obama, president bill clinton. New details in Kim Kardashian robbery. Futures indicating a lower open forking the broader averages today. Investors are awaiting earnings from machine on the ealdz, General Electric among those coming up before the opening bell this morning. That will set the tone. In Europe Markets relatively flat. There you go. Mixed actually, ftse is up fractional. Cac in paris is flat down a fraction. So we have mixed performances in the euro zone. Met life sending the pea
10month high. Mashlgts are chasing histories this morning. Dows within 79 points of an alltime intraday high, jim, looks like we might get it closer to the open than some thought. Its interesting. Its the makeup. The makeup is extraordinary. It is completely trumprelated. This expansion in the banks is not just because of regulation, but its also because of Interest Rates going higher but also because people feel loan growth is going to be better, people feel lower taxes. So that group is a leader. That group has been when that group leads, carl, thats a freight train. Its always been a freight train. One remembers the 9192 come out of recession led by the banks, led by bank of america, what you saw there was a juggernaut. And those who said, hey, that cant last. Well, theyre not in the business anymore. Everyones weighing in. Icahn with wapner yesterday. Donald trump this morning saying he sold all his gold. Hes long the dollar. Long materials, short u. S. Bonds, short italian bonds.