Foreign relations meeting with Joshua Bolten, william daley, and mac mclarty. I wont go over there long biographies. To main thing you may want know is that they have all served as chiefs of staff in the white house. We are so lucky because i cannot imagine people that know more about president ial transactions. President ial transitions. Ouruld also like to welcome members from around the world participating in the meeting through the livestream. We will hear from them during the question and answer session. I am also asked to let everyone know that the next meeting is on domestic security in the age of ice on november 28. This is about navigating the transition. But there are a lot of transitions going on at once. Of sois the handing over many institutions from one set of hands to another. There is the transition that the president elect has to make from being a candidate to being someone who governs. In this case, that is a big transition for someone who has never been in government
Am saying. We look at a lot of the supporters to come with us. Maria breaking news out of france. Police nurture life into man who had taken group hostage in a church. One hostage killed at the latest development coming up. In somalia, at least 10 People Killed in a car bomb attack near the airport entrance. The Islamist Group alshabaab has claimed responsibility for that attack. And the u. S. , the wildfire in Southern California growing rapidly. 10,000 homes forced to evacuate. Investors today watching the earnings. That is a big rig business. Mcdonalds and apple today giving an inside look at the health of the consumer. Markets edged lower. The kit features indicating a fraction of lower out to this morning. The Federal Reserve kicking off a twoday evening. Home prices, home sales and Consumer Confidence today setting the tone for markets. Markets are mixed. Take a look as you can see the ft 100 but the cac and the dax in germany done fractionally. In a shack on the next performance
Within our own 14 states, the cigna brand, the cigna products, may come into our blue cross portfolio within those 14 states. However, in the National Account space it will still continue to compete as cigna, so its a combination of kind of placements in the country that are based on our blue states and our nonblue states where cigna will, in fact, compete. With respect to the best efforts rule that you brought up, we do need to comply with that rule, and we do not need to respond to the rule in terms of how we will comply until after the transaction closes. And then well have two years thereafter to adjust our portfolio, but we do not believe that will be an impediment to the deal nor do we believe that will present any competitive deterioration in the marketplace. Whereas today cigna has every incentive its incentivized naturally to compete as much as possible and fight for as much market share as possible, but boe wont the best efforts rule necessarily limit and cap cignas future co
Possible to bring similar prestigious events to Northern Ireland in the future . I will certainly look at that. I believe it really is the right decision, for the g8 to be based in ireland on the 17th and 18th of june, and what i thought was interesting yesterday standing there talking about the situation, something that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago, to have that sort of event with so many World Leaders coming to Northern Ireland, that i think it would be a great advertisement for everything that people in Northern Ireland can achieve and, i hope, the harbinger of events to come. Does the Prime Minister agree that the United States loss of its aaa rating shows that the u. K. Retains the confidence of the market because of the difficult but necessary decision that is we are take decisions that we are taking . Because weve set out a clear plan, were able to have low interest rates, were able to have International Confidence which is the proper growth plan for the u. K. Order.
All of them fraught with danger. Our team is here and ready to go this morning. But lets start with just five days until President Trump announces his pick for the Supreme Court. New reports of the debate intensifying within the Republican Party between the conservative legal establishment and social conservatives. And no indication that the president , who right now is golfing at Trump National in virginia, has made up his mind. What we know is that on tuesday trump met with three more potential nominees after meeting with four of them on monday. During his salute to Service Dinner in West Virginia lasting night, President Trump said he had spent the last three days interviewing candidates for the high court and promised he would, quote, hit a home run with his eventual pick. Were going to give you a great one. Were going to announce it on monday. And i think youll be very impressed. These are very talented people. Brilliant people. And i think youre going to really love it, like just