Voices in the business. We kick it off with spot on, our analysts take on. We start our analyst take on the big story. Joining me is ceo and a middle east advisor. Our spotlight is on the middle east. A lot has happened in the last week. It started thursday when two tankers were damaged in the gulf of oman. Friday, President Trump formally accused iran as the perpetrator and on monday, the u. S. Ordered troops in the middle east. Thursday morning, iran shut down shot down a u. S. Drone and President Trump addressed the situation while meeting with canadian Prime Minister justin trudeau. Pres. Trump iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters. We have it all documented. It is documented scientifically, not just words. They made a very bad mistake. Alix what is the end goal here for the u. S. . Ultimately, to reach some kind of diplomatic negotiation and agreement. We are far away from that. At the moment, they are probably thinking about additional sanctions, possibl
White house. Gerri willis on floor of New York Stock Exchange and phil flynn watching action in oil at the cme. Lets start with blake. What do you know . Reporter the big story of course iran. We heard from President Trump earlier today. He said it was at the point which u. S. Planes were almost sent to the skies which he made the final decision that he would end the mission to potentially target three different areas inside of iran. President when he spoke with chuck todds of nbcs meet the press, one of the reasons he made the decision, he wanted to know the casualty down. This is how the president described it once he got those figures. Watch. They said, came back, said, sir, approximately 150. And i thought about it for a second, i said, you know what . They shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead. Yeah. And i didnt like it. I didnt thin
Charles major breaking news, iran shoots down drone overnight, Iran Foreign Ministry pushing back what its calling a violation of its air space and warning of a strong reaction, iran also saying it has no intention on going to war with u. S. But it is ready. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Great to be with you. Charles continue to mount, and feels like america is pushing america despite deterrence that we are putting out there, what do you see this heading . Well, once again shows that iran is belligerent nation and Iran Nuclear Deal was so wrong headed because iran continues to take malign activities in the region. We saw this during the Iran Nuclear Deal and despite the promises that the regime made in tehran, they continue to develop ballistic missiles, continue to export terrorist support, now belligerent activity continues with attacks on oil tankers, so, again, this is continue to ramp up the pressure with economic sanctions to put pressure on the regime. Charles ironically,
Bloomberg daybreak europe. Im lizzy burden in london. China leads asian stocks higher while at global bond selloff rolls on, focus shifts to todays u. S. Jobs report. Chinese assets get a boost on expectations of more funding for the private property sector. Pboc vows to step up monetary support. A tale of two tech giants. Amazon shares sore after hours after estimates on ecommerce sales, but apple is down on lower than anticipated iphone sales. Good morning, happy friday. We made it but the global bond market right not. It is set to be the worst week for those treasury since october when the fed hiked twice by 75 basis points. This is as investors digest the news of the upcoming u. S. Debt issuance. Who will swallow this extra supply . If you cannot rely on foreign demand, where do you turn . It has to go somewhere. We get the allimportant u. S. Payrolls data. Will the market extend losses off the back of those numbers . U. S. Equity futures pointing higher. Amazon posting results, an
Wont be voting for joe biden in november. Well roll this into a vicory in november. That is the chair of the party before the states primary. Theyre expressing confidence democrats will turn out in november despite a sizable protest vote. President biden did win the state of michigan easily last night, but with more than 100,000 people casting ballots for uncommitted, mostly in protest over his handling of the israelhamas war. On the republican side, donald trump racked up another big victory over nikki haley, but with some big Warning Signs for him there as well. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 28th. With us the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, correspondent for bbc news katy kay, editor for the Washington Post david ig nase shus. Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, and from politico, sam stein. Were going to have Steve Kornacki waiting over at the board to break down the numbers for us. A couple headlines, a Big Uncommitted vote again