Europes pretty mix. Tenyear above 2. 5 and inflation finally returns to japan, 0. 1 on their cpi. Roadmap begins with a pause in the rally. A cnbc exclusive with wilbur ross on how trade changes in a trump white house. And snap day two, the stock soars in its debut and now news that Nbc Universal, our Parent Company, making a strategic investment in the company. And a dramatic scene at caterpillar headquarters, offices raided by federal agents. The latest on that. Stocks looking to bounce back from biggest oneday decline since january, but s p and nasdaq each on track for a sixth consecutive weekly gain. Dows on pace for its fourth positive week in a row. Earlier on squawk this morning the new commerce secretary wilbur ross commented on the postelection market rally. I think the markets have given a pretty clear endorsement of optimism coming from the new administration. I dont think theres any doubt about that whatsoever. And in fact Election Night we were with carl icahn and some oth
States such as texas, arizona and florida are on the brink of apocalyptic levels in his views. Still, the president who should be leading in this pandemic continues his pattern of deliberately down playing it. A recap. Looks like by april, you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, miraculously it goes away. Its going to disappear, one day like a miracle it will disappear. Its going to go away. This is going to go away. Eventually, its going to be gone. Its going away and i think well be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. Well, inside the white house, top aides are now debating whether the president should shift back to focusing on this pandemic or stay focused on his hopes for the economy. Just this morning, some good news for the country. We learned that the economy added 4. 8 million jobs in june. Lets go straight to Christine Romans. Christine, these are good numbers. They are somewhat backward looking. P
Inside america. At this hour were waiting for official word from the white house about the origin of the computer hack attack, prompting the company to halt the release of the film. The film depicts the assassination of north koreas leader kim jongun. Joins us our justice reporter evan perez. Evan, clearly, when the Administration Says its about to name north korea as the sponsor of this attack, thats a very, very big deal. Its a big deal because they dont do this very likely. This is not something that happens usually this quickly. Were talking about an attack that just happened a few months ago. There was a case recently in the last few months in which the u. S. Accused china, the Peoples Liberation army and a unit there of launching attacks against u. S. Companies to steal economic secrets. Here were talking about north korea essentially censuring the United States movie industry. And that has really big implications. This is not something that even our government is able to do. It
Libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. Lots to get to. White house efforts to respond to cnn and other reporting about contacts with russian and high level Donald Trump Associates last year. Here we have evan and jim joining me now. Good evening. Jim, what did you find out . Don, cnn is told that fbi rejected a recent white house request to publicly knock down media reports about communications during the 2016 president ial campaign between Donald Trumps associates and russians known to u. S. Intelligence. Multiple officials tell cnn that white house sought the help of not just the bureau but other agencies investigating the matter to say the reports were wrong and have been no contacts. Officials telling us recall that cnn and New York Times first reported this over a week ago. So far the white house has not commented to us on the record. Evan perez, not a typical request. How did it start . Thats right don. U. S. Official says began with Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe and white house
Person that i deal with does. Well, we have breaking news tonight. Just coming in to cnn to direct that directly contradicts what the president said there. More on that in a moment. Plus there is trump soninlaw Jared Kushner, a Senior Adviser to the president , under the magnifying glass right now. Cnn has learned investigators are asking in witness interviews about kushners role in the firing of fbi director james comey. Kushner has been turning over documents to Robert Muellers team. And then theres attorney general Jeff Sessions. Who is not exactly at the top of the president s Christmas Card list this year. His former colleagues on capitol hill want to know why he somehow neglected to mention his role in discussions about a proposed meeting between candidate trump and Vladimir Putin. Sessions reportedly rejected the meeting idea, but he never mentioned anything about it in multiple congressional hearings. Then there is former Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser carter page. Are y