Fbis core responsibility and relate to the president elect personally and then the nature of the person. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. So i thought it important to document. For those interested in the story, today was mustsee tv, james comey testifying, lasted 2 38, followed by a closed door meeting. Weat welcome you to washington today for this thursday, june 8th. Im steve scully. Here are some of the headlines on the story from the New York Times, quote,e, comey tried to derail the inquiry and access white house accusing them of lies. Inay the Washington Post, comey saysre he shared notes in hopesa a special counsel. Atm foxnews. Com, the president lawyer tries t to turn the tabl oner comey. This from thehill. Com, comey rips theed media for being dead wrong. St joining us, bob cusack, editor in chief of the hill newspaper and ethehill. Com. Let meob begin with your takeaw from todays hearing. It was riveting. For the president , it wasn
Again, stocks marching higher despite any noise that is out there in the political world. Overnight, youll see what happened. The nikkei was up by half a percentage point. Hang seng was slightly weaker. Shanghai composite up by a quarter of a percentage point. In europe, the biggest surprise, even though the conservative party was not able to win back a majority, and even though there are all kinds of questions about theresa may and her government, you can see right now the ftse is trading higher. It is up by about three quarters of a percentage point. Stocks in france up as well. Germany, the dakotx is up. And the current sy market, youve seen more of a reaction. The pound is under pressure, the dollar pound is at 12736. Dollar up against the yen and up against the euro as well. Check out the ten year, the yield, at this point, looks like it is trading at 2. 199 . Just below 2. 2 . And if you look at crude oil prices this morning, crude oil is down yesterday. This morning, up by 15 ce
2. 145 overnightin asia, look at whats been happening. You can see the nikkei closed down by a quarter of a percentage point the hang seng off by 1. 2 . The shanghai was flat. Lets look at whats happening in the european markets in early trading. At this point there are red arrows across the board there as well biggest decliner is the cac, which is down by 1 . The ftse and dax are off by 0. 8 when it comes to currencies. You will see right now the dollar is up across the board. Euro at 1. 1163 crude oil prices which were down 3. 7 yesterday, the lowest settlement weve seen since november 14th, you can see this morning down once again. Another 11 cents to 44. 62. We want to bring you an update on the terrible shooting that took place yesterday. Republican congressman Steve Scalise is in Critical Condition this morning after he was shot by a gunman yesterday. Squawk was on while this happened the congressman was shot in the hip, underwent surgery at Medstar Washington Hospital Center a s
We ask everyone in house to check that your various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin, and of course those watching outside heritage are welcome to send questions or comments to us at speaker at heritage. Org throughout todays programming. Our initial panel will be led by john malcolm. Immediately following the first panel. [inaudible] please join me in welcoming john malcolm. Welcome everybody it was a good year to be a patent lawyer at the Supreme Court. This was not exactly the biggest blockbuster term but there was none the less a few cases of interest and a few cases that the lower courts decided to hear that are of interest. Im delighted that we have a panel here to discuss this and offer some thoughts on the case cases. Is a graduate of mammoth colleg college. Will clark for judge edith jones on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals and for Justice Clarence thomas on the Supreme Court. We represent clients in cases covering constitutional issues
We welcome those joining us. We would ask everyone in house to check your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off. Of course those watching outside are welcome to send questions or comments directed to us throughout todays programming. John at heritage. Org throughout todays programming. The initial panel will be led by john malcolm. He also serves as Vice President for our institute for a constitutional government. Following the first panel the second group will be led by elizabeth flanery, legal fellow and program manager. Join me in welcoming john malcolm. John welcome everyone to our annual scholars and scribes event. It was a good year to be a patent lawyer at the Supreme Court. It is not exactly the biggest blockbuster, but there were a few cases of interest and a few that are decided to hear the next term that are of interest. Im delighted we have a distinguished panel. A few preliminary thoughts for next year. It graduated the George Mason School of law. For Justice Tho