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
I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so i thought it really important to document. Comeys testimony rocks washington. Reaction to comeys testimony . Thank you very much. Do you think he told the truth . The president never directed or suggested that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone. Somebody asked me, does it bother you that he called the president a liar . Everybody in town calls the president a liar. Jim comey probably perjored himself. He fired the fbi whos the head of his investigation. What the hell did he think was going to happen . He felt pain. He felt hurt. He was a wounded man. It was dumb. The guy he thought he swatted off the board is basically running d. C. Comey is saying comey dont play that. The uk election will officially result in is a hung parliament. That could mean big trouble for Prime Minister theresa may. Its been a remarkable story. Heartstopping video from illinois after several hot air balloons got all tangled up together.
Lord knows they can use some of that. There is reports today that republican lawmakers are considering canceling august recess to make progress on health care and tax reform. Is this talk or are lawmakers serious about getting work done. If they can do this, what does it mean for tax reform . Were on it. First back to our top story, President Trump tweeting on friday, quote, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witchhunt. His lawyer doubling down today saying that the president is not under investigation. Watch him here. Have you been he notified of an investigation . The answer as i said yesterday is no. The situation on friday that created the press coverage over the weekend was in response to a Washington Post story that had five Anonymous Sources. So in one sense, could you imagine if the president didnt have the opportunity to respond . He should have have the opportunity to respond of course. Trish joining me right n
San bernadino mass shooting. Hostsritage foundation discussion on the obama strategy counterterrorism strategy. General Loretta Lynch comey spoke from fbi had worked headquarters in washington, d. C. Attorney general lynch good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for coming over. I have joined by the director today. The news from San Bernardino continues to evolve, and now we have seen the names and faces of those who have fallen and the injured, and lets keep them in our prayers, not just those who lost their lives, but those who were injured, including Law Enforcement officials. It is an evolving investigation. We told you we would keep you informed about this investigation. Recently there was a press conference in the local area with the assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles Office providing details. The director will give you a briefing as well. The fbi has taken the lead in this investigation. They continue to work with our local partners who are outstanding, also along with
Last night it was mike pence who accepted the nomination as Vice President. But as we have been talking about today, reaction to ted cruz kind of settling political scores as an invited guest to speak to this convention, yet not allowing for an endorsement and telling people to vote their conscience. Kelly odonnell is in the arena. Does donald trump seem comfortable . We have seen him on the stage a couple nights before. My sense is that he saw this as an opportunity to provide sort of a show before the show. To be able to do the things that are necessary for a technical rehearsal, which not only matters to him, clearly to his daughter, who appears tonight. But also to a number of those people we saw on stage who have technical responsibilities tonight. Whether it be the teleprompter device that provides the text rolling in front of him. The lighting, the audio, perhaps there are visual elements that would be behind him as well. So acknowledging the importance of that for all of the pe