Great Balance Sheet. Mario, thank you. A lot of fun. We have to go. Well talk about hot dogs next time we see you. You bet. Make sure you join us tomorrow. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good thursday morning. Im melissa wlee wilee with jim and david faber. Lets get a check on u. S. Futures and how were setting up. Positive data out of china. China exports came in much stronger than expected. Jobless claims coming in 9,000 above consensus estimates. A higher open at this point, dow about 52 1 2, s p looking to open up 8. As for the picture in europe, of course all eyes are on the esc presser, ecb and bank of england leaving rates unchanged. The question is will draghi open the door for the possibility of a cut. So thats on our radar. Italy biggest gainer there up more than 1 . Our road map this morning starts in washington. Jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. Lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. What could it mean this time. Tiffany dis
Responsibility for the attacks. Two Law Enforcement sources tell nbc news that belgian authorities have found two or three unexploded improvised explosive devices at two or more locations in brussels. And right now, authorities are conducting raids across the country, including take a look at this new video from the brussels district of schaerbeek. This is a picture of three possible suspects. I want to show you this as well. Now, belgian Authorities Say two of the men were likely suicide bombers. They do not know the location of that third individual with the lightcolored jacket on. Now, the man police are looking for at this hour, but Belgian Police are asking for anyones help in perhaps recognizing this individual. As you see, he has on glasses, his hat, concealing much of his face, but this is the image out right now, across europe, in the manhunt for this individual. Nbc chief political correspondent, bill neely, is standing by, but i also understand, we have Christopher Dickey wi
Right now, nearly 50,000 auto workers are hitting the picket lines or walking off the job at some 31 General Motors plants, 22 parts warehouses as well nationwide. The demonstrators accuse the American Auto giant of putting profits over jobs. In the last hour weve heard that talks have resumed between gm and the union but at this point still no deal in sight. Todays strike spread across nine states. Youre looking at them right there. If you look at the part of the country that we are talking about, President Trump won eight of those states in 2016, and he won, in part, on the promise of bringing back the glory days of manufacturing. Right now democrats know if they want a chance at the white house in 2020 theyve got to win back some of those voters at the center of these very strikes, places like michigan and ohio as well. Lets bring in nbcs molly hunter on the ground there in the motor city with protesters. And so was phil lebeau, phil is an Auto Industry reporter for cnbc. He also li