I have not relied on russian businesses, and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. Charlie donald trump jr. And former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort will also appear before the Judiciary Committee this week. Joining me from washington, robert costa from the Washington Post and moderator of washington week, on pbs, susan page of usa today, and hugh hewitt, of the hugh and frank bruni of the New York Times. Tell me about the appearance today and what might have been this week with respect to the testimony. I think Jared Kushner did about as well as anyone could in a difficult situation, charlie. I read his entire 11 page letter over the air so that commuters could hear it. It was not denial. It was specific and details. It was explanatory. For those trying to give trump the benefit of the doubt, they would find it comforting. I found it interesting that he said he has never met sergei gore called for before. I also found it interesting that he specifical
Corvex management having a 400 million stake in the french food company. Good morning it is tuesday. Once again, European Equity markets are heading higher that said we dont have all the equity markets open today. Volumes will be lower than usual given that there is a Public Holiday in the places like india, poland, greece. The xetra dax is what were showing. Its up by 0. 25 so were still benefiting from this return to equities, this return to risk after we are trying to forget about the risk aversion that happened last week given the events between north korea and the u. S. Lets look at the european markets one by one the ftse 100 is up by 0. 1 the cac 40 is up by 0. 2 danone is a factor well get to that story in a bit. First, lets focus in on the big news out of washington and the u. S. Yesterday intels Brian Krzanich and kevin plank are the latest ceos to step down from President Trumps ceo council. This after the president failed to single out white nationalists for violence over t
Good morning welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im sara eisen im wilfred frost good morning to you from me as well u. S. Futures pointing higher on wall street as tensions ease on the north Korean Peninsula. Up 40 points on the dow. First breaking news overnight. Two more Corporate Leaders are stepping down from President Trumps American Manufacturing council. The ceos of intel and under armour announcing their departures the rez zig anything that signae wake of President Trumps handling of a White National rally over the weekend Brian Krzanich released a blog post saying i resigned from the council to call attention to the serious harm our divided Political Climate is causing to critical issues. Crzanich and plank join the ceo of merck who resigned yesterday. These are big statements, coming 12 hours after frazier decided to step down after the response to charlottesville. Clearly ceos are struggling to figure out the best course of action here. They dont like to be involved in po
Barrel, 47. 53 home depot is just out with Earnings Results are good 2. 25 a share see how the stock reacts 3 cents above revenue. Comparablestore sales, an important metric to watch, up 6. 3 the consensus was for under 5, 4. 9 so thats a significant outperformance home depot raised sales and Earnings Guidance for the fullyear. As you can see, its been a grade p great performer. If we went back any period, two, five, ten years. Very close today well see if it will trade at a new high its last earnings report, it jumped about 11 on the stronger than expected earnings, and has been flat after amazon and sears announced that deal to sell ken mother applian kenmore appliances on amazon. North koreas leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards guam. The country state media said kim jongun will wait to see what the United States does next. The leader made his first public appearance in about two weeks inspecting military assets and reviewing plans to fire missil s s near guam. B
Coach, advanced autoparts and even home depot is on the red and thats dragging the dow down well tell you whats behind these big moves. Four people have left President Trumps Manufacturing Council in the wake of trumps reaction to the deadly violence in charlottesville this weekend. Is it a sign President Trump is losing support from the Business Community in general. And after the bell our friend Mohamed Elerian talks about whether geopolitical tensions and north korea could still be a risk factor. Always look forward to talking to mohammed. Lets take a look at the ugly day for retail Courtney Reagan has all the numbers the numbers, the big numbers, the High Altitude numbers were good, but the stocks are just getting slammed today, courtney. Reporter and i think thats the point, bill. If you look at the stock movement, you may not realized there was actually good in todays retail report, though it wasnt really the case for dicks Sporting Goods. Shares here hitting sevenyear lows after