Lebanon had sought his release a week before he fled tokyo. Welcome to surveillance, i matt miller in berlin for francine lacqua. Lets check in with what is going on in the markets for the first trading day of the year. The stoxx 600, the broader european stocks index, is gaining 0. 8 . Futures that are rising as well. We could see a positive start in the u. S. We have a ton of pmis out this morning. I just had germany at the end of the hour. 46. 7. 46. 3. E looking pmi is still weak wherever you look. I thing we had italy or france and they were also pretty disappointing numbers. Coming up, a couple big interviews on the docket for friday. Chicago fed president charles fed president the chicago fed president joins our colleagues at 4 00 p. M. London time tomorrow. Set your dvr, because at 6 00 p. M. , we have the cleveland fed president joining Bloomberg Television. Another interview you dont want to miss. Lets get the bloomberg first word news in new york. Happy new year. Iranaqi mil
War. Abc seven News Reporter leanna howland dives into that demand, and what companies protesters are targeting. A cardboard cutout of Stanford University president Richard Saller with blood on his hands and signs calling for divestment, are greeting newly admitted students at stanfords spring admit weekend. We want Stanford University to pull all of its funding from companies that are helping facilitate israeli war crimes. Its unclear how many students slept here friday night, but more than two dozen tents are still set up on the campuss white plaza. Theyve been here since thursday for what demonstrators are calling a Peoples University for palestine. This demonstration, drawing support from this parent of an incoming Political Science student here visiting from georgia. So it appealed me. Lets go. I have a couple of hours and offer them whatever help they i can do for them being a parent. Adrianna, a stanford junior and spokesperson for the group, says there, lined in solidarity with
Militias in syria with tanks and troops ready to roll or his defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion. From sarah harman welcome to the show its good to have you with us saturday marks the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as forty fifth president of the United States well some said he wouldnt last till christmas but with the economy booming and his Health Reportedly good president is Holding Steady is unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing heres a look back and eventful year. It was an audacious first week in office. Immigration had been a central tenet of candidate Trumps Campaign within days of his inauguration president issued the first of what became known as muslim bands his supporters welcomed the move but thousands of people turned out at airports across the country to protest the executive order legal challenges against the travel ban came almost immediately even after trump signed a second
Blake burman is at the white house and our Political Panel is ready to react. And finally, the sun breaks out in texas today, the Harvey Recovery efforts picking up the pace. The storm reduced to tropical depression but moving to the middle of the nation as the death toll stands at 31 and growing. Were going to talk to retired Navy Captain Chuck Nash to compare and contrast that but right now lets go to the white house and the press secretary. Questions related to hurricane harvey, and as you all know the president was in Corpus Christi and austin earlier this week and today at the president s direction, the Vice President , mrs. Pence and five cabinet secretaries are back in texas meeting with local officials and storm survivors and thanking many of the First Responders and other volunteers. The president s team here working around the clock to support state and local authorities following the storm, and now want to bring up tom bossert, the president s Homeland Security adviser to pr
This holiday holding a Neighborhood Watch party. All the neighbors came out and weve been checking in on each other the whole weekend now. Reporter theyre collective gaze isnt for criminals but rather the menacing smoky cloud rising above the ridge. The fire started burning between 6 30 and 7 00 saturday night. Many here packed up and prepared to leave. Just in case increasing winds started blowing trouble toward their home. You hate to see the house go up. But its just a house. And were okay. So you know, you keep thinking of houston and the other fires that are going on and you say, okay we can do this lord. Reporter 200 firefighters are waging an unrelenting assault on the flames from the air and from the ground. Steep rocky terrain is making it difficult for bulldozers to dig containment lines around the fire. So firefighters from calfire and local departments from surrounding counties have gone back to basics. Were basically building containment lines. Right now were hitting it ve