In the trade war the Halftime Report with scott wapner begins right now. Our Investment Committee at the desk today and back with us today is marc lasry, Avenue Capital groups chairman and ceo nice to have him back. Lets begin with the latest on the markets. Clearly waiting on the fed that News Conference just a couple of hours away the s p 500 just about 1 away from a new record high jim, is the market going to get what it wants today . It better get what it wants today, which is something dubbish from the fed i think were all chuckling. Jon is over there. If they turned to a hawkish tilt, you will see a drop in this market that will being dovish enough i think after december when chairman powell made two mistakes, i think hes not going to make a third mistake. The idea that hes caught in the political crosshairs and i think that is empty. Because i think at the end of the day, he wants to keep the expansion on track and he knows the stock market and the financial of the markets overa
We are finally returning the Oil Production capacity to the conditions before the embargo, that is, about 3 years ago , we were producing 2,200,000 barrels. Now , as i am talking to you, we are on the verge of producing 3,600,000 barrels of oil per day. And we planned to increase this from 3,800,000 barrels during this year to the end of the year. To we also planned oil fields, which means that we have actually signed several contracts, and the ceo of the National Oil Company recently gave an extensive interview on this issue. In these days , the exhibition was actually held in the oil, gas, petrochemical and refining industry. It happened that we signed several contracts to increase Oil Production to over 4 Million Barrels per day, and naturally, from the year after the signing, we have to support it, that is, just because we are investors, we have to support and follow up. Lets solve the problem. In fact, coming to the stage and they are doing this and by gods grace it will happen in
Your next hour. Once the show. Always a pleasure to have your company. Another terrible day ahead for rishi sunak. Has there been a decent day you can even remember and you remember yesterday i was delighted to show the biggest Saint Georges flag in the land in my home city of nottingham, 62 foot, an absolute monster of a flag across the Market Square on the council house. Well, today a tory mp has floated the idea its tory mp has floated the idea wsfime tory mp has floated the idea its time for a minister for flags to protect our cherished flags. Do you agree with that . Would that get your vote . Lets me know theres new way to get in touch. You can send your views and post your comments by visiting com forward visiting gb news. Com forward slash your say get in touch. Ill read out the best before the end of the show. Keep them clean to you. But before clean over to you. But before that latest that its time for your latest news and tatiana News Headlines. And its tatiana sanchez. Mar
Senate. If all of the time is used. Again, for republicans, 2027488921. For democrats, 20274 892, and for independents, 2027488922. Let me read you the reporting of brian fowler, the house to vote again on a tax overhaul after a senate glitch and here are the details. The house is expected to have to vote again tomorrow on the republicans sweeping tax legislation after a number of provisions were ruled out of order in the senate. However, writes politico, it is not likely to stop the momentum for long with the legislation still on track to be delivered to President Trump this week. The senate is expected to vote on the bill tuesday night, this evening, after striking these provisions known as the byrd rule, by the way, which relates to expanding the tax Advantage College savings account and taxing college endowments. Politico writes the stumble is an embarrassment for the republicans who hours before were celebrating on the house floor and getting cue dotes from President Trump for pas
April twenty fourth teen about sixty escaped soon afterwards and around one hundred are still believed to be in captivity stay with us and ill just coming up next its inside story dont go away. Is donald trump playing with fire by backing the kurds in syria yes he is says turkey which feels threatened by a new army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish soldiers on the Turkish Border how much volatility will they arent to the war zone this is inside story. It. Would. Get. I welcome to the program im jane dothan u. S. Support for kurds in syria is leading to threats of retaliation from turkey the u. S. Led coalition plans to set up a thirty thousand strong force in syria just across the border with turkey turkey is president thinks the kurdish led force is a threat and is valid to attack the city of afrin in Northern Syria afrin is a major stronghold of y. P. Kurdish fighters turkey considers the y p g a terrorist group linked to Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. K. Fighters who have wage