Despite intense political controversy, the trump rally holds. By the way, more good news for you. This is what i think is good news. Katherine dettwyler has been dismissed, the staffer at university of delaware who said Otto Warmbier got what he deserved. May i editorialize . I think she got what she deserved. Varney company is about to begin. Medicaid, alzheimers, strokes, heart conditions, we need medicaid. No middle class family can afford a nursing home by themselves. If President Trump keeps listening to paul ryan well you will be on the street, or something even worse. Do you believe that. Ashley no. Stuart they draw that back . Unbelievable. Liz thats wrong. Stuart i say thats stooping to another low, frankly and theyve chucked that violent video into the middle of the health care debate. We feel well give you more. And your money at work. No reaction to the turmoil in d. C. Ashley is with us this monday morning. Welcome back. Liz hes back. Ashley its interesting we got our dura
Daybreak asia. 7 00 p. M. Andpast i am Kathleen Hays. Is discussingne the trump speech. Yvonne absolutely. Breaking news coming in through south korea with those trade numbers and it was a beat on all fronts. Surging 20 point 2 . The estimate was for 13. 6 rise. Anotheras well, riding estimate. Early indications of this, kathleen, when we had the first numbers in the first 28 days of the month, which did stir some 20 some percent. Really showing how resilient it is in the face of this political scandal that we do see rockingham south korea. That coming in at 7. 2 billion won, and it is a big beat there. Kathleen of course we have seen bright as one of the lights for koreas economy. Consumer confidence took a big tumble in january, as you know, and there is a concern that people are not immune to what is going on in their country, and there is a scandal that rocked samsung, the biggest, most powerful company in korea, and the presidency. Almagro and on. Yvonne you have to add a lot goin
You. First thing is first, we always check the markets. On whates us guidance investors think. The Federal Reserve continuing to drive a rally in the dollar. Asian shares falling, u. S. Equities higher. The topix finishing at the highest since december 2015. Yen was lower. Tokyo shares jumped after the dow at 21,000. Little bitocks a unchanged after closing at the highest level in more than a year yesterday. The dollar extending some of these gains after brainard became the latest fed official to support the case for an Interest Rate hike. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra the u. S. Justice confirmed that attorney general Jeff Sessions had conversations with russias ambassador to the u. S. While he was a surrogate for Donald Trumps campaign. He said during his confirmation hearing that no contact occurred. Sessions said in a statement that he never met with russian officials to discuss the campaign. The news has prompted Top Democrats to call for him t
Similar big gains. Big. The dax in germany, the cac in france, up by 1. 5 . The ftse is up close to 1 . Look at the dollar. You will see in currency markets just focusing on whats happening with the dollar. The dollar is up across the board. Euro at 1. 0541. The dollar yen at 113. 62. Interest rates finally went up. 2. 42. Up from 2. 35 yesterday. 2. 42, were calling that up. Good to see someone making europe great again. You know, sara eisen told me we should focus the show on the peso. Thats not a bad idea. It is interesting, even europe. Those are big gains in europe. Lets get caught up on some of the big corporate stories. Snap inc. Expected to have the ipo after the close today. The Company Targeting a 17 to 18 range, valuing the company at 25 billion. Separately the Company Reportedly developing a drone. The New York Times saying the drone would be used to take puck chores and video. Youtube planning to launch a Live Tv Streaming Service featuring broadcast news and cable channel
We appreciate that their church is praying for us and lifting us up during this time. Im confident the community is going to respond. This is a good, Solid Community and i know that our local churches are going to respond and do whatever they can. Many have already offered however we can help you we will. So i am thankful for our community. Maria the very latest on the investigation this morning. Since im with this competition for the iphone looking to bound from exploding battery scandal. A closer look at the features of the new galaxy essay coming up. Futures indicate a lower opening for broader averages of fractional. The dow industrials expect to be down about 18 points. Reading on the gdp number for the last quarter. I found about 2. 5 hours. Take a look at the market with the dax index of refraction but the transfixed on a fraction. Nikkei average of as is shanghai composite and china. Inside the type just bezos blue origin. A sneak peek double take tourists into space. Raimondo