After the budget we will have the support of all the republicans because we have no support from the democrats or almost no support, because they really become obstructionists. And have no good policies, franco, theyre are not good politicians, but they are very good obstructionists. Thats what they do well. The number of nominees i have approved by the democrats are about half of what president obama had, and when you look at that, you look at judicial appointments and how slow thats going. I will have 145 ultimately, which is a tremendous number. We will have 17 court of appeals appointments. But they are not getting approved. They are being slow walked by Chuck Schumer in the group of really, itst disgraceful. Even people they know they are going to approve, they take it right out to the end and use every single minute. I think its a very disgraceful situation. Deadcare is everything but , the people are going to take it. Alaska had over a 200 percent increase, there were 116 , and
The euro stocks. Gold not catching that much of a oilin the commodity rout in david at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time, european leaders begin a twoday summit in brussels. They will discuss security, defense, migration and jobs. At 8 30, we get data for jobless claims in the United States. Powell speaksme on fostering Economic Growth. Later today, the Federal Reserve releases the results of part one of its annual Bank Stress Test coul. Jon Prime Minister may is set to meet eu leaders in brussels for the First Time Since her disastrous election. Expected to outline how britain will treat eu citizens after it leaves the block. Walk us through the orchestrated theater of this particular summit. At this summit, they will be talking about a lot of issues that wont be the main focus. Security obviously is a huge issue for the eu. They are all waiting for theresa may to propose exactly how she plans to deal with eu citizens that live in the you can post march of 2019 the u. K. 2019. Rked of 20 march
Coming up, and threats from north korea. North korea fired a Ballistic Missile into the sea of japan overnight. A day ahead of president of ninth visit to the United States. The burger war make their way to get mcdonalds shakes up the ranks as the Company Improves the business. We will tell you about that you about the you about the dependencies that spark in our fridge this morning. Kendall jenner. Markets look like this. That you got the First Quarter earnings. The markets are mixed right now. Dow industrials fractionally higher. S p and the nasdaq fractionally lower this morning. Fixed performances take a look at where we stand. Best of the, dxm at a quarter of a percent. In asia overnight, stocks are mostly higher. How those markets changed. Optional again fair. Shanghai composite in china 1. 5 . Posting the biggest oneday gain since august. A recordbreaking diamond. Find out how much this was sold for at an auctn come in a period driven us to talk all about it, thought is this tha
Lets get some first word news, hopefully good news of vonnie quinn. Vonnie i will do my best. The leaders of the armed group occupied in oregon have been arrested in a violent standoff. It were headed to a Community Meeting whenever stop by fbi agents. Shooting broke out, one of the protesters was killed, another was wounded. Secretary of state john kerry faced a hard sell in beijing today trying to get china to support sanctions on north korea after the nuclear test last month. China has been reluctant to anything that would destabilize the regime. Donald trump said he is been treated unfairly by fox news and will not be in the debate. Instead, he will be at a fundraiser for veterans. New 24 hours a day covered by more than women hundred 50 news peers around the world. Lets check in on market stuff. Matt some breaking news, United Technologies is that with some numbers that beat on the bottom line. Dollarssed by a billion on sales. 14. 3 billion with the Quarterly Sales figure put out
The close of trading. Scarlet fu is looking at the action on the markets. Scarlet they want to pull higher. They have been meandering all day. You have two Straight Days where the dow average moved at least triple digits or close, more than 100 points. We are not continuing that streak. We have been positive all day long. We are up 66 points. Trading in dow, s p, nasdaq stocks at least 10 below the 10 day average. Utility stocks are leading the way, up almost 1 . Energy stocks leading the decline, down 0. 75 . The dollar posted its first monthly drop since last june in april. It has resumed its rally, up for a second day. Just barely, but it is higher up almost 1 in may. Factory orders stronger than expected ending a streak in which manufacturing related numbers kept missing analyst estimates. You can see crude oil down 0. 3 and copper lower by 0. 4 because of week china manufacturing data which indicates contractions. Alix very busy day. Here are top stories we are watching ahead of t