Indiana. Also the cato institutes ian vasquez looks at the future of u. S. cuban relations in a trump administration. Postfidel castro. And Boston University assistant professor linda spraug martinez looks at a new report looking at the safety of young people of color and what impact the lack of access to overall support and opportunity has on them. Cspans washington journal. Live beginning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern saturday morning. Join the discussion. At a pentagon briefing today, Afghanistan Military Operations Commander general John Nicholson wrapped up 2016s military operations and counterterror efforts in the country. This is about an hour. Folks, weve got about 45 minutes and ten minutes of opening comments. Ill be calling questions for general nicholson. Sir, all yours. Thanks, jeff. Good morning, everyone. Great to be back with you all again. Want to thank you for covering our mission in afghanistan. What id like to do this time since my last update in september is review 2016 an
Even when the elevators are working im not sure that it is worth the long wait to go up and peer through little tiny portholes for a view thats probably better from down here. Even before the earthquake 5 years ago that sent people scurrying down the stairs from the top of the monument the elevator was notoriously mental. David rubenstein donated 7. 5 million to repair it after the earthquake. Now he will give another 3 million to fix the elevator. I do it because i think that im giving back to my country in a small modest way and hope ill inspire other people to do the same. Its closed. Its going to take a while to get it working right. Until Cherry Blossom season in 2019 probably. To have the elevators fixed. They will add new tv screens to the elevator and add new cables. When you go up the elevators and you over look all of dc you realize what a great country and city it is. Its worth it. The elevator has been opened and closed on and off for years. After people got stranded repeat
Quarter progressed really hit the company among all these retail concerns. Joe an ugly day all around, Consumer Staples losing, Consumer Discretionary energy being one area that was positive. In looking for companies or sectors that did not decline, take a look at that xle. Oil and Gas Companies make up the only sector that did not drop. This was along with oil prices. Also, Transportation Needs seemed to decline. Shipper reaffirmed its guidance, but Rising Oil Prices ending t demand, improve their oil barge business. Joe in the Government Bond arena, weve been watching a spread between the two year and year at its ten flattest level since late 2007. 210 spreadsheet continuing to flatten out today. Data, thehat cpi housing start pushing the dollar firmer against the yen. Perhaps a sign that investors are cutting back on negativity surrounding the dollar. Joe on the commodity front, we mentioned Energy Stocks. One of thing down today, milk prices. This is good news if you like serial, d
Well but they are not doing much for stocks. Not seeing a big decline. One would think, a b that is because it is bringing forward when the fed might raise rates but we are not seeing bond yields rise or the u. S. Dollar. Take a look at the bloomberg map. We have Energy Shares trading higher, Consumer Staples lower. A Diverse Group of groups doing poorly today although it seems like there is a little bit of a rotation out of the defensives. Within the Consumer Staples, have kraft heinz pulling back today. It does not look like a specific catalyst that is driving them lower. In terms of the dow loggers we have cocacola and then we have been talking a lot about the home depot. They said the First Quarter would likely be the high point for the year in terms of sales growth. It is off from january to february and february to march, slowing sales growth. That appears to be behind what we see in the selloffs. Scarlet and a bright spots . It looks like energy is the bright spot that it is not
Muslim mayor have taken verbal shots at each other. He invited donald trump to london to meet his family and the british public. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by her 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. Im mark crumpton. Next is bloomberg west. Emily im emily chang in this is bloomberg west. Mr. Cook comes to mumbai. India is on the Apple Studios itinerary for the very first time. Will britain stay or will it go . Microsoft pick sides in the great grexit debate. Company chairman John Thompson joins us to explain. Shares took another dive. But first, to the lead. Apple ceo tim cook set his sights on the massive market potential of india. He kicks off his first visit to the country wednesday. Besides and unconfirmed meeting with the prime minister, hes pushing for opening of his first retail store in the nation and announced an Accelerator Program for ios developers in bangalore. So why now . India is a market too good to ignore. Mobile sales declining o