Were halfway into a pretty difficult trading day. Incidents, critics say the voting is not secure. The pope francis heads to africa it is difficult. To visit some of the world we are off the lows of the session. Poorest countries. Is off by about 350 it is a region hardhit by some concerns,es biggest points. The s p 500 and nasdaq off as well. Chinamid ongoing u. S. Conflict, corruption, and climate change. Africa is one of the few places on the planet are catholic communities and priestly vocations are growing. Uncertainty. Are we going to get back to the global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, table as trade as well so weaker powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more manufacturing data we got out of 120 countries. U. S. This morning, sparking a russian a classic safe havens including u. S. Bonds, 10 year this is bloomberg. Yield down by about five basis points. I am vonnie quinn. That defensive tone is confirmed when we look at the sector composi
David . David for now whats making headlines, we have kayley here with the first word. Kayley President Trump has set aside longstanding differences with former republican president ial candidate mitch romney. The president endorsed his run for a u. S. Senate seat in utah. Romney has been critical of the president but lens are trying to hold on to their majority in the senate. Meanwhile, President Trump is open to tightening background checks for gun buyers. The white house said the president talked with republican senator john cornyn about his bill to improve compliance with the background checks. The republicans long proposed bills but is finding a way to curb gun violence after last weeks shooting. Teresa mays team has a plan to halt brexit payments in the European Union back slides on a trade deal. According to those familiar with the matter. They believe by holding billions of pounds from the e. U. Could be necessary. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2,700 journalis
Statement the fed held back from changing its line on the balance of risks. A number of Committee Meetings were edging in that direction. What did they do . It seems a compromise here. They do not change the balance of the risk statement but they add that word further a couple of times in the statement. That change was explicitly in the context of the brightening outlook that fomc officials have for growth in 2018. Said they agreed to update the characterization of the expectation for the evolution of the federal funds rate in the postmeeting statement to point to further gradual increases. It appears this was a half step by the committee in january. Ok. Towards signaling a quicker pace of increases but a half step. Lisa thank you so much for that. U. S. Markets close in two hours. We are getting so much reaction and bond markets to the fed meeting minutes. Lets get a check on where stocks are trading. Taylor we are seeing highs of the day. Gains accelerate going into the meeting. We w
President obama prepares to nominate a replacement for Antonin Scalia a, we will speak to former republican congressman Mickey Edwards of oklahoma. We will talk to him about donald trump, Climate Change, and why he feels Political Parties have become the cancer at the heart of our democracy. Could fascism come to the United States . You reach we did a famous mussolini quote. It is ok to know it is mussolini. It is a very good quote. Callss Robert Reich Donald trump the american fascist, we will speak with Columbia University Professor Robert paxton. All that and more coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In what is being billed super tuesday 3, democratic and Republican Voters head to the polls today for primaries and caucuses in florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, ohio, and the commonwealth of northern mariana islands. All eyespublican race, will be on florida and ohio. Marco rubio and john kasich are hoping to
Has been done for the last 7. 5 years. Amy as voters had for the polls andsuper tuesday 3 president obama prepares to nominate a replacement for Antonin Scalia a, we will speak to former republican congressman Mickey Edwards of oklahoma. We will talk to him about donald trump, Climate Change, and why he feels Political Parties have become the cancer at the heart of our democracy. Could fascism come to the United States . You reach we did a famous mussolini quote. It is ok to know it is mussolini. It is a very good quote. Callss Robert Reich Donald trump the american fascist, we will speak with Columbia University Professor Robert paxton. All that and more coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In what is being billed super tuesday 3, democratic and Republican Voters head to the polls today for primaries and caucuses in florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, ohio, and the commonwealth of northern mariana islands. All