Im guy johnson. Here is whats coming up to you. Turkey headed for its first ever direct president ial election. Well be headed do i stan bull. First, our top story, president obama has authorized air strikes against militants in iraq as well as a humanitarian operation. Today i authorize two operations in iraq. Targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water anding almost certain death. U. S. Aircraft dropping supplies to iraqis threatened by fighters from Islamic States. 60,000 people have been stranded there after advance fwiss Islamic States. President obama said the u. S. Would proceed with air strikes against islamicbased militants if they move toward the kurdish city of erbil. A significant shift from president obama. Yes, this is definitely something that people will be worried that it would mean reengagement for the u. S. Military in iraq after preside
Important. This will show less productivity and how do we get the growth that we need . It is friday. Not a whole lot in our earnings. John kerry is in kabul. He will have already met with afghanistans two president ial candidates. His plate is pretty full right now. Has that job ever been more difficult . Has anyone ever had a worse couple of months . That is a great question. Has it ever been more complex than what we are seeing . Check. A complex data it is historic and correlated. Are locked up. Equities down. Negative eight. The euro is one thing not moving. Crude oil is elevated over the last 24 hours. Near 98. The mix is at 16. 66 without question. The yen is one of the great things. 101. 78 on the japanese yen. There is the german bond yield. A 104 a 1. 04. Up six advancing dollars. The german two year went into negative territory. 0. 003 . Are paying people to take their money in germany. Brent crude was 104. Up nicely over the last few hours. Bond yield, stunning at 3. 19 . s
And allow the borders of europe to be redraw and. Redrawn. A slow rise for Chinese Consumer prices in january. It is the slowest pace in more than five years. Falling food and tumbling oil and metal prices are pushing inflation lower, raising real Interest Rates. I trust regulators and china have reached a decision on qualcomm. Regulators in china said the company used its dominant position to force unfair conditions on customers. The Measles Outbreak is spreading. The cdc says there is now 121 cases of the measles across 17 states. Until recently in the u. S. , it was on unusual to see more than 100 measles cases in the u. S. In an entire year. Boston smashing records for snowfall. 69 inches of snow in the last 30 days. Truckloads of snow have been removed and dumped on fenway park. That is not where they are putting the snow. I am kidding. Boston is just getting hammered. We are not. We keep forecasting this blizzard that is yet to materialize. Boston has seven feet of snow on the gr
Traditional Growth Engine. That is declining and has a huge impact on our economy in the short term. Olivia leading to speculation the government will have to take more steps to stimulate the economy. A deal that will create the worlds biggest maker of equipment, howards mobile phone network. Note yellow by Alcatel Lucent will buy Alcatel Lucent 416. 6 million in stock. No egos take on contracts with two of the biggest wireless carriers in the u. S. Verizon and at t. Congress and the white house are planning victory in the fight over iran. Congress will have a say in the Nuclear Agreement. It has become clear that democratic lawmakers will join with republicans. Bob corker says the bill has bipartisan support. Senator corker i believe congress should plate a role in ensuring that all the details are there. And on behalf of the American People, before they sanctions are lifted that we ensure this is something that holds iran accountable. Olivia the compromise gives congress 30 days to r
Vs. Barack obama the criminal case against administration. His most recent book is coming out in paperback. Thank you it is memorial day weekend on booktv. Three full days of nonfiction authors and books. Some of the topics that were featuring this weekend include the iraq war, americas infrastructure, terrorism, washington d. C. And the civil war and first ladies. The some of the authors you hear from including former senator george mitchell, cornel west, dana perino and walter isaacson. For a complete schedule of our entire weekend go to booktv. Org. Sieve the schedule on the righthand side of the page. Also follow us on facebook, facebook. Com booktv. Or booktv is our twitter handle where we send out a lot of updates and publishing news throughout the weekend. Booktv on this memorial day weekend, three days of nonfiction books and authors. Booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. I had some good read this is summer. The other