Tree into those markets opening slightly lower currently in the ftse down seven. Cac down as well. Lauren holiday yesterday come the japanese stocks opened open slightly higher finishing the session not two quarters of 1 . However, the great on the screen for the other major averages. China up 1 . Cheryl listen up chocolate fans. What if we told you you could get paid to do nothing but eat chocolate. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren 5 01 a. M. In the morning in new york. Tuesday, february 13th. Tuesday. Ash wednesday is tomorrow. I am lauren simonetti. Cheryl im cheryl casone. Lauren a lot of people give up chocolate for lent. Cheryl i will not be one of those people. Lauren the white house budget director Mick Mulvaney headed to capitol hill today. He has to sell the president for . 4 trillion budget plan to congress. The plan would add a trillion dollars to the federal deficit next year. It would also increase spending for Border Security and infrastructure. Cheryl Connell Mcshane in
Ainsley it would have been fun to live in that time period. We have a huge show. Steve thats the way i like it umhuh. Ainsley not every day we get to talk to the president. Today we do. He will be calling into our show barring any other emergency. He has committed to our show at 8 00 today. Brian he used to call in once a week. He had to wind down because he got a different job. Steve exactly right. Anyway, we have plenty to talk to him about. Ainsley yes, we do. Steve kind of a busy news week. Listen to, this we got a fox news alert. Didnt see this coming. A former fbi employee is reportedly under criminal investigation accused of falsifying documents tied to the surveillance of 2016 Trump Campaign staffer, that man in those images, carter page. Ainsley the Alarming Development, perhaps a preview of the upcoming report by the doj Inspector General. Brian griff is in washington on the latest with this breaking story. Griff this revelation according to the the Washington Post is part of