Board here to europe, except the ftse. Look at the trade in crude. Wti and brent trading slightly lower. Here are the big stories were watching today. The tunisian man suspected of committing the berlin Christmas Market truck attack was killed in a shootout in a suburb of milan. Italys interior minister said there was no doubt the man killed was the suspect, anise amri. At home, shares of Lockheed Martin are falling after president elect trump tweeted about the f35 program. Trump said based on the cost and cost overruns of the f35, he asked boeing to price out a comparable f18 super hornet. Lockheed did not comment on the tweet. In a statement boeing said we have committed to working with the president elect and his administration to deliver the best capability, deliverability and affordability. A comparable f18 is tough. The super hornet doesnt have vertical capabilities, its traditional why are you looking at us like that. I get kind of turned on its kind of cool you know this stuff
Good morning and welcome to squawk alley. Carl and kayla l. A. Are off today but we have a secret weapon, an anchor you know and love who es unafraid to step in, kelly evans joining me at post 9. Thanks for having me. Donald trump lighting up twitter in the last 24 hours sparking debate from everything from china and a possible Nuclear Arms Race with russia to the militarys overruns. Eamon javers is in our Nations Capital with all the details. Good morning, john. An astonishing 24 hours, starting with that tweet donald trump put out about expanding u. S. Nuclear capability. That provoked a flurry of reactions including this morning on morning joe on msnbc in which mika brzezinski, the host there, said she had a chance to speak to donald trump off camera on the phone and he told her what he meant in his tweet. Heres the way she framed it this morning. Its getting a lot of attention. Mika asked the president elect while we had the opportunity, what his position was on trying to clarify t
Oil prices are now solidly below 70 a barrel and many analysts say they have more room to fall. That has americans celebrating as prices at the pump continue to fall, but not everyone is in a celebrating mood. Ill explain. But first, u. S. Oil futures settled at 69 a bashl. Prices seesawed between 63 and 74 a barrel. Prices have fallen 36 since peaking in june, and since crude oil is the main component for gasoline, prices at the pump have come down 29 in roughly the same time. The big reason that oil prices appear to be in free fall is because of a decision by opec producers last week not to put oil out put. Normally when demand lags, the leading Oil Producers get together and try to agree on supply cuts. But these arent normal times. Americas energy boom is creating more supply right when economies in europe and asia are starting to pull back on their demand for oil. Saudi arabia is viewed as the worlds sing producer. It has the ability to flood or cut supply into the global market.
Oil prices are now solidly below 70 a barrel and many analysts say they have more room to fall. That has americans celebrating as prices at the pump continue to fall, but not everyone is in a celebrating mood. Ill explain. But first, u. S. Oil futures settled at 69 a bashl. Prices seesawed between 63 and 74 a barrel. Prices have fallen 36 since peaking in june, and since crude oil is the main component for gasoline, prices at the pump have come down 29 in roughly the same time. The big reason that oil prices appear to be in free fall is because of a decision by opec producers last week not to put oil out put. Normally when demand lags, the leading Oil Producers get together and try to agree on supply cuts. But these arent normal times. Americas energy boom is creating more supply right when economies in europe and asia are starting to pull back on their demand for oil. Saudi arabia is viewed as the worlds sing producer. It has the ability to flood or cut supply into the global market.
Im ali velshi. And this is real money. Oil prices are now solidly below 70 a barrel and many analysts say they have more room to fall. That has americans celebrating as prices at the pump continue to fall, but not everyone is in a celebrating mood. Ill explain. But first, u. S. Oil futures settled at 69 a bashl. Prices seesawed between 63 and 74 a barrel. Prices have fallen 36 since peaking in june, and since crude oil is the main component for gasoline, prices at the pump have come down 29 in roughly the same time. The big reason that oil prices appear to be in free fall is because of a decision by opec producers last week not to put oil out put. Normally when demand lags, the leading Oil Producers get together and try to agree on supply cuts. But these arent normal times. Americas energy boom is creating more supply right when economies in europe and asia are starting to pull back on their demand for oil. Saudi arabia is viewed as the worlds sing producer. It has the ability to flood