Lets just say the death toll i mean and its something you can really officially comment on but the fact that only 50 people have been confirmed dead but i mean from the devastation youve seen that death toll would surely rise. It really is tragic i mean any death is a tragedy but what were seeing is a lot of families that are wondering where their loved ones are and its going to take time for the authorities to to identify. And learn more about. What may end up being a really tragic that. You are from an aid group working with distributing that id tell me about that because from what ive read and seen its not so much the issue of is there the aid its how do we actually get it out to people because of the infrastructure which has been damaged. The logistical challenges here just staggering im here in freeport and there is no Running Water and many places theres no electricity in most places were seeing long lines at gas stations at petrol stations people are filling up tanks to take bac
Democrat, were willing to accept extraordinary disadvantages to american jobs. Billionaire telling the fed, they are, quote, screwing savers and says donald trump is wrong for his attacks. The president is doing a lot of wrong i wrote down yesterday, i said Consumer Confidence is up, retail confidence is strong, consumer net worth is at record levels, economy is growing at trend. Rbs investors welcome allison rose to become the first female ceo of a major british bank. Sterling hits a twomonth high after they say a brexit deal is possible hes open to a deal that might replace the irish backstop good morning the u. S. Vice president mike pence told cnbc at the alpha conference that President Trump is defending economic interests as they resume trade talks in washington, d. C. Today when it comes to china, it is a whole different ballgame we run 500 billion trade deficits with china and we estimate we lose almost as many in intellectual property theft almost every year. What the presiden
Jobless claims, lowest since april. The president agreeing to a twoweek delay on the tariff pause. Plus, the ecb is launching a new bondbuying program. Could it impact fed Decision Making until the next week and as the democrats get set to debate tonight, Elizabeth Warren propose ago sweeping increase in Social Security benefits financed by taxes on wealth the president delaying the imposition of good will tariffs. All of this coming ahead of planned meetings between the u. S. And china in early october. Earlier on squawk, the treasury secretary described the state of trade between those two countries. Weve had a series of principal level conversations. We have a deputies meeting planned in the next two weeks where the chinese will be coming here and working on material the vice premier coming here at the beginning of october to meet with ambassador lighthouser and myself we look forward to making progress over the next few weeks. Set tariffs could go up, they could go down. Hes lookin
Morning. Great to see everybody this morning. Welcome. A lot to talk about and we have a big show in terms of our lineup. We have the former ceo of the New York Stock Exchange. Also joining us. A former secretary of state in the coauthor of to build a better world. We will talk about Foreign Policy with Condoleezza Rice this morning. Washington examiner chief political correspondent. The exit from the white house. Dr. Mike talking about the dangers of the pain. We kick off this morning with the remembrance a day we will never forget. That is september 11, 2001 at the date the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack in history nearly 3,000 americans died on that day in new york city in washington dc. , in pennsylvania, present trump takes place takes part with a moment of silence. Of course, we have our own stories we know we have our own memories. The spin was given to meet with my dick carrasco. It signifies at the number of First Responders that died on that day because of
The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said that if israel moves forward with its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank then he will end all agreements signed with israel and cations this is not the 1st time for him to wage such threats however the feeling here among palestinian officials is that this is not in the Elections Campaign and they believe that this has been a coordinated step with the u. S. Administration p. L. O. Executive Committee Member at hand and i should always said that this is a game changer this is a serious threat to peace and security and she said it shows their intention the long term intention by the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for ethnic cleansing other palestinian officials have called in the International Community to intervene saying its up to the world to defend its rules. With us now mostafa barghouti who is the secretary general of the Palestinian National initiative he is in ramallah nice to see you. Not to downplay at all the s