Israeli air strikes continued in gaza. This is video of secondary explosions when an hamas weapons depot was hit. Michelle carusocabrera, our chief Foreign Correspondent is watching reaction at the nyse. Michelle . That pushed the dow to the highs of the session. The announcement of the ceasefire got us another 25 points. We have come off the highs, 12,839 is where the dow stands right now, higher by more than 50 points,. 4 . President obama reportedly just spoke with israels Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. John harwood joins us now. John, what can you tell us . The white house had a lot at stake here by sending Hillary Clinton to try to get this resolved. Reporter absolutely. And this is the result that president obama had in mind when he sent Hillary Clinton from that asian trip that he was on to try to broker a ceasefire. But its only a ceasefire. It is only one step. There is a long way to go. The administration of course is caught between support for our traditional ally israel
Organization ando political organizations its clear over the past several electoral cycles the Koch Brothers and others associated have pumped likely hundreds of millions of dollars particularly into nonprofit political organizations. And this is where it really gets technical but also gets very important in the sense that these types of organizations which are not supposed to have a primary purpose of engaging in politics are still spending tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars collectively to engage in the political process, and this is really where the row begins. Where the argument that harry reid and plenty of other democrats have articulated saying fine, play politics, get in politics but we should know who truly is behind it. Can either of us put a dollar figure on how much money the Koch Brothers have put in the system in in part no, because we dont have the information by law to put such a dollar figure on their pending. Host based on that, lets take a step back. Who ar
Role in the world. What do you think america possible role in the world should be . The phone lines we will get the latest on the investigation and that malaysian aircraft and 2014 Midterm Election politics. Putin may pay dearly for crime area for crimea. European leaders are calling it illegitimate. There is also this piece from a brookings institution, an expert on american foreignpolicy. He writes there has never been a more important time to understand American Power and leadership. Critics decry a last of a lack of leadership. American withdrawal is becoming conventional wisdom. Is that right . He concludes with these words. We have the underlying capacity of a powerful ally in structure and favorable international landscape. But there is no time to wait. The longer the perception of American Hesitation endures, the more ingrained it will be. The more it will act in ways getting things for the u. S. We have global interest and global presence. Time for the u. S. To recall we are s
Latest developments. And in two hours time, warren joins cnbc for an exclusive interview to discuss a record year for berkshire hathaway. Get involved by askwarren. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Well, the crisis in the ukraine and russias involvement, the total dominating factor for markets this morning. You can see in the last few minutes, stronger pmi from germany and from france. But the market is still in negative territory this morning. Let me give you a look at how the individual markets are performing this morning. The german markets down now around 2 . They were down around 2. 5 earlier, but stronger than expected pmi numbers coming out. The French Market down 1. 5 . Let me give you a look at whats going on in the Foreign Exchange and the commodities markets. Euro dollar lower by around 0. 2 . The yen and the swiss this morning taking dollar yen down by 0. 4 . Gold higher. Key concerns of supply concerns of energy
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