Department and nato. Id like to call the hearing to order. Thatd committee convenes its second open hearing of 2017 into russian interference in the 2016 u. S. Election the 12th open hearing this year. To date our open hearings have largely focused on the domestic impact of russias dealings. Todays hearing will hilet russias intersfeerns in the european elections. Senator burr we hope to gain additional understanding of russian efforts to undermine Democratic Institutions worldwide as the committee continues its inquiry. The Intelligence Committee assessed in january that moscow will apply Lessons Learned from its campaign aimed at the United States president ial election to further influence efforts worldwide. It further assessed that russia sought to influence elections across europe. The director of National Intelligence copse echoed those words as recently as may when he testified before the senate that russias seeking to influence election in europe, including france, germany and
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Embarrassing this country and throwing the election of donald trump. Lets make a deal. Vw shares get a boost after report that german automaker could be nearing a deal with the u. S. Justice department and shares of lufthansa over challenges to Earnings Growth. Good morning everybody. And welcome to the show. Very glad to be back and glad youre all with us for this hour. Still a new year for many of us. The stock share of 600 opening to slightly mix hadded this morning as you would have seen edging just a little bit lower despite the positive data from germany. A 2. 2 rise in the year to november. A 5. 6 rise in exports as well. That was quite a bit better than anticipated. In europe were still just moving a little bit lower. When it examines to some of the sectors and our main markets that trend is reflected in the markets. Autos bucking the trend. With regards to some of the auto sales figures looking quite perky. Basic resources higher and telecoms off by right around 1. 3 . Well be
Been involved in Court Selection process. Thanks for being our guests this week. Let me introduce lisa, congressional reporter from the Los Angeles Times, and the u. S. A. Today Supreme Court correspondent, richard. Lisa, you were up first. I think well open with attorney general Jeff Sessions big news this week, after the reports that he did in fact have some meetings with the Russian Ambassador and then of course decided to recuse himself from any potential federal investigation. I know that your group and others have called for more action beyond that. They want him to resign. Whats the difference here . Is recusal from any federal investigation enough or are there still those calling for resignation . So hes only recusing himself for a very limited purpose. And that is looking into being part of that investigation, into the 2016 campaign, before the election. Hes not recused himself for after the election. But it certainly brings into sharper focus his role as attorney general for
Some of the best Economic Data on jobs, housing, and inflation in years. In some cases decades. Heres what we learned. The labor market is strengthening. Jobless claims tumbled to a level not seen since Richard Nixon was in office. Home construction is ramping up, rising at its fastest pace since 2007. Inflation, something the Federal Reserve has been searching for, is showing signs of firming. But across america, as we know, there is an economic divide with many feeling uncertain about their economic future. And the upbeat picture we got today may not tell the whole story. Reporter call it the data disconnect. Consumer price numbers, up. Housing starts, up. Jobless claims down. Now at 43year lows. Theyre among the most positive economic reports in decades. Those numbers do explain why Federal Reserve chair janet yellen says an Interest Rate hike may be imminent. What they dont explain is the unrest president elect trump successfully mind in last weeks election. Take Consumer Prices. U