Globe. In a statement ceo Martin Vinterkorn said he was shocked by the events of the past few days. The scandal has pressured the stock which is down more than 30 over the past few days. It has prompted investigations and lawsuits. Phil lebeau has our report on the resignation of volkswagens ceo. Reporter the crisis involving rigged diesel emissions has claimed its first executive. Martin vinterkorn has resigned saying he didnt knowingly do anything wrong. But the vw board said it may be possible there are criminal proceedings involving executives at the automaker. Meanwhile vws board will choose the next ceo on friday. Herbert diest, mathias mueller, and rue better stiller are considered frontrunnerers. Their job will be to stabilize an automaker who has admitted it screwed up and sold clean diesel cars that really werent clean. In fact, the epa says almost 500,000 vw diesel cars hive been out on the road emitting up to 40 times more pollution than allowed. Consumers feel duped. I thi
Happen earlier today. All three major averages were nowly in the red and hanging onto gains. Investors trying to assess the jetle effect of the downed in turkey. What effect that will have on the global geopolitical narrative as well as the global economy. Not seeing as much pessimism or alarm as with baked in earlier. Over the course of the session you can see the early declines now have turned into gains. David what led us back . Julie a lot of it has to do with energy, interestingly enough. Have the groups that are on the move, and energy as a group stocks of 2. 5 . We still have industry financials on the side. Most cyclical groups seeing some pain, the worst performers we are seeing today. Oil prices moving higher. That is what has been driving Energy Stocks up. Still up 2. 6 . If there is any risk of a supply constraints that would be good for oil prices with the ample supply out there. And now another big stock that ,as made a recovery today apple. Rbc saying that the new ipad p
The fisher director who is the only person who is independently leading this moving forward when you dont have him doing that you need an outside group doing it. Republicans should call for that shouldnt be a partisan thing. Cnn live coverage of this breaking news is obviously going to be continuing all night. Jake tapper along at 11 00 p. M. Eastern with a special report. First don lemon and cnn tonight with the latest. Anderson thank you very much our breaking news tonight, President Trump bombshell firing of fbi director james comey. This is cnn tonight im don lemon lets put it as plainly as we can. The president of the United States has fired the man investigating his campaigns ties to russia. Fired him. Shocking confusion tonight on capitol hill. Around the country and around the world. Now questions being raised of whether there is a coverup going on. This is definitely not politics as usual. We have said it before but its
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The president of the United States has just fired his National Security adviser john bolton on twitter. This is by my count the third time a top National Security official has been fired on twitter on social media. The first time of course was Rex Tillerson. The second time was dan coats, the National Intelligence director. The tweet i am now seeing says i have asked john for his resignation. I thanked i dont know for his service. I will be selecting a new National Security adviser next week. I disagreed strongly with his decisions and ever there continued to say i asked john for his resignation today. Msnbc political analyst, were going to speak shortly with peter baker who is on the Phone Reporting at the New York Times as we speak. Jim joins me now, manager of President Obamas campaign. This is pretty extraordinary. Were in a middle of a controversy over the camp david proposed meeting. John bolton objected to it very strongly, and we understand according to our reporting that priva
Administration. The second in three days. This time its the president s pick to run the labor department. Chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuels on capitol hill tonight with the breaking details. Good evening very late today and a poster announced he was withdrawing from consideration to be the next secretary of labor, saying i am honored to have been considered by resident donald trump to lead the department of labor and put americas workers and businesses back on a path to sustainable prosperity. The democrats alone could not stop the puzder nomination. A Senior Source says a dozen republican senators expressed reservations or concerns about puzder. This senior capitol hill sources Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell conveyed the message of the white house but im told mcconnell did not push for withdrawal but noted in conversations with the white house that they had a serious numbers problem with the puzder nomination. Four Senate Republicans initially expressed reservations thi