Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
Headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as the president has promised not to engage us in endless wars in the middle east. The argument in the white house was lets not give them the wrong message. This is a way of giving them reestablishing deterrence. Had, theer he president authorized airstrikes against iran in response to one of the provoc
Delivering we have all the details. Power lunch starts right now lets take a look at the markets now. Stocks just slightly higher putting them in record territory. All three indices hitting all time highs check out shares of disney the big dow winner again today that stock is up another 3 . Now more than 14 in the month of november alone. The dow and s p 500 hitting new record highs today bob is at the New York Stock Exchange every time we tick up its a new high hey, another record high people are remaining very bullish, are they not in. Shockingly bullish. Its the diversity of the rally that made peel bullish its not just the fantasy. Its quite amazing theres two things you want to market about the market in november the lows for the day are right at the open and the mark is driven upward. This is a notable print in november thats not always followed in many other months. Second thing you want to know is the stunning diversity of the rally. You rarely get this kind of thing. Boeing an
20022010. That doesnt include hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by powell ability groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. Even in the usa the Police Killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. Politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. But we have troops over the world that places a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and theyre dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. Im always careful when we talk about south and Central America and the cia theres a lot of stories. We are very hopeful that there could be a transition of venezuelans i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome for c. N. N. Can now confirm the President Trump asked a number of
Protect so they say its citizens. We have troops over the world that places a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and theyre dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. Im always careful when we talk about south and Central America and the cia theres a lot of stories. We are very hopeful that there could be a transition of venezuelans i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome for c. N. N. Can now confirm the President Trump asked a number of his top Foreign Policy advisers last summer about the possibility of invading venezuela cuba. And now opposition needs you on one has declared himself the countrys new president have you also the president of the United States for any military support in your struggle by as a way down on the amount of us hes going to