Wonderful. Today we are here to highlight the human cost of occupation and travel restrictions. The human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials. Leading up to the trip, i met with constituents holding a wide range of views on the conflicts. All the activities on my trip had been done by members of congress in the past. Including a nearly identical trip a few years ago led by the same Palestinian Organization leading this trip. In addition to me and ras
Tenyear, and we are looking at a situation where the euro is going down. Basically, olli rehn has said we are going to get the bazooka out in september. It needs to be impactful. We are going to deliver in september, and when we do deliver, it is probably better we go too far rather than not far enough. That is the effect on the euro. Vonnie in the u. S. , we are seeing the s p 500 trade higher by about 2 10 of 1 . Broadly higher for most of the major indices. The 10 year yield is at 1. 55 , so continuing to decline. The spread is staying positive, marginally. Guy a little bit of breaking news. The Swiss Stock Exchange is said to be considering buying an eu for somerd, looking diversification. Story. Y be yesterdays we will come back to that. Trade concerns causing some fluctuations in the market right now. Treasuries resuming a rally that pushed the 30 year below 2 overnight. Joining us now, patrick spencer, baird vicechairman of equities. What have you made of the last 48 hours . Pat
Better its very difficult to have an opinion on the market. Tremendous market confusion. I called people the last few days and they said, bob, give me an opinion are we going to have troops in hong kong or not going to have troops in hong kong . Is there going to be progress on the trade talks or not going to be progress on the trade talks just by the end of the year, is the fed going to aggressively cut rates or is the fed not going to aggressively cut rates . And most importantly, bob, can you tell us if the Global Economy will stabilize by the end of the year or not stabilize . This is a lot to model for aflt lot of these growth ml that people have, bond yields are one of the most important components its a difficult situation the one thing that makes me a little optimistic is the bull argument, bob, separate the manufacturing economy from the consumer economy and today we had reports from two of the Big Consumer Companies in the world walmart and alibaba. The big u. S. Consumer com
Thank you, everyone for being here. Sorry for being late, there were some traffic detours. I am so glad to be here with my sister rashida today. Today we are here to highlight before i actually start, we were supposed to have a couple other speakers. Are they in the room . Would you join us . How are you . Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you for speaking up. Rep. Omar today we are here to highlight the human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials
Press secretary America First sean spicer, payroll tax cut exploration and the mayor of el paso, texas demargo to talk immigration. Preview of trust open which begins tonight with the opening the opening party, you dont want to miss a moment of it so do join us. Breaking news, home depot is out, Ashley Webster with the numbers, ashley. Ashley good morning to you, match, earnings per share coming at 3. 17, that beats the estimate of 3. 08, revenue touch short, coming in at 30. 84 billion, estimate 30. 9 billion, samestore sales up 3 , u. S. Same store sales up 3. 1 , lumbar prices are affected declined significantly compared to last year for home depot, impacted the sales growth, approximately 3. 1 from fiscal 2018, Sales Guidance for the lumber price, so the cheaper lumbar is helping the numbers for you, those are the headlines for you, they have said before, maria that the tariffs, if they continue in the current form could cost them, home depot about a billion dollars each year, that