His Comms Director and he told me hes putting me in charge of this and i want to make sure im linked to him and syncopated and ill meet with him but i dont want to waste his time and sit in the oval office unnecessarily. Thank you thank you, anthony. Hanks, guys. Thank you obviously i would have been happy to stay up here all day and continue to exhaust all of your questions, but, one, i figure i probably should answer a couple today and also the president has an event here shortly so i want to try to work through as many as i can with that im actually going to start with jeff mason since i believe it is maybe your last day and my first, so with that, jeff, take it away thanks. Can you talk to us a little bit about how this was how this will a this change will affect the press office, and can you speak a little bit for sean how hes feeling and how he took this news and how he made the decision to resign. You know, im not geronioing speak for sean in detail i can say that he understood
Now. U. S. Authorities may be stepping up their criminal investigation of jpmorgan. Reports say they may arrest two former employees for allegedly hiding the size of losses. And prudential is expected to raise its dividends thanks to growth in its asian and u. S. Businesses when it reports for top numbers in 50 minutes time. We speak to the ceo first on cnbc. Thats at 10 35 c. T. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and good morning, everyone. Ross is out on holiday this week, so ill be filling in for him all this week. Are emerging markets already a missed opportunity . At 10 20 c. T. , very investigate the results that south africa may still hold a few diamonds in the rough. Drug crime has boomed globally despite continuing efforts of authorities. In the First Episode in a weeklong series on crime, well bring you a special reports on the drugs trade. And greek gdp figures for the Second Quarter are released. And the usda crop repo
Philly fed survey and the National Association of home builders. Friday, Housing Starts, productivity and cost and consumer sentiment. The equity picture this morning at least ahead of all that not looking too great. Dow futures 77 points below fair value. The s p is off 10. And this is coming after the dow last week was down for the first time in seven weeks, when you look at the major average for what was happening. A little bit of rockiness out there after a long, steady climb higher. In Global Economic news, japans economy grew at a slower than expected rate in the Second Quarter. Gdp coming in at 0. 6 . Also, Capital Expenditures unexpectedly fell for the sixth straight quarter. Economists say that this is a sign that companies are still not boosting spending despite Prime Minister shinzo abes policies. Been working on consumers at least for the very First Quarter that they were looking at some of those things hasnt translated through to business. In corporate news, u. S. Authorit
Watching apple. Again. The stock has not closed above 500 a share since january. It has a real shot today. Take a look. It is the why the stock that is surging that has our attention. Carl icahns tweet yesterday has so far netted him about 70 billion on his apple investment. So should we expect more of the highly publicized social media announcements . Is that good or fair for the free market . 70 billion, bill he bought a ton of apple, and is making a lot of money right now on that. Also, awaiting another briefing on the air tragedy involving the u. P. S. Cargo plane outside of birmingham, alabama, crashed first thing this morning. Sadly, both crew members died in that accident. And now were awaiting news on why it happened. Well have the very latest on that. Phil is monitoring that for us, coming up in a few minutes here. A tough story there. Lets look at the market as we approach the final hour. As the bell sounds in about an hour. The dow is down 105 point, just shy really of the l
Face criminal charges for reckless trading. We examine the growing legal woes for the banking giant. Brown the common core standards in education push students to think critically, speak persuasively and collaborate. John merrow reports on the challenge of testing these advanced skills. Youre not going to be asked questions like what did you think about the thing you read . Youre going to be asked to say what did the author think . Find evidence in the text to make that broader point. Woodruff 50 years later, the march on washington remains a seminal moment in american history. Tonight, we kick off a series of discussions to mark the anniversary. Weve forgotten most of the brown and remembering a stalwart of american political journalism. We look back at the career of the longtime reporter, columnist and t. V. Commentator, jack germond. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macart