Far is the footsie. Also in the programme. Tired of cramped legs and aching backs after Long Distance air travel . Well meet the company aiming to put the luxury back into flying, using smart design. At the other end of the scale, dubai has just tested its first pilotless people carrying drone. Today we want to know, how comfortable would you feel being whizzed about in the air without a pilot on board . In the last few hours, former banker Steven Mnuchin has been confirmed as the new Treasury Secretary. Asjobs go, its a very important one. Besides serving as the nations banker, paying its bills, collecting taxes and managing its debt, the secretary is also one of the leading regulators of banks and wall street. So how well do we think hell perform in this new role . Heres what we know about him. Hes been criticised as a wall street insider, having spent 17 years working for goldman sachs, and also setting up and running several hedge funds. This has enabled him to finance dozens of hi
25 jump in earnings and vowing to restart its dividend. Happy holidays for intercontinental. Shares rise as the hotel group increases its dividend on higher fullyear profits. The ceo tells cnbc the impact of sterling weakness is muted. It had marginal impact on us on the year, it reduced our overhead cost on sterling, but we had an impact on revenues because were dollarbased, report in dollars. As far as the rate, very little amount. Good morning. Lets kick things off with a bit of data for the eurozone, that looks to be stronger than forecast. Market february flash composite pmi came in at 56 versus a reuters pole of 54. 3. This 56 print, that is the highest since april 2011 that follows upbeat data from germany and france this morning. In germany, private sector growth the fastest in three years, and in france, the composite pmi at the highest level since 2011. Interestingly enough, also prices rising. That obviously could crimp growth going forward. Now by in large it looks like a h
Going against protocol with permission from the department of justice providing information on an ongoing federal investigation revolving around russia. I can promise you well follow the facts wherever they lead. Fbi director james comey for the first time publicly admitting as sage psis investigate the russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 u. S. President ial election. The director adding that the federal probe also includes examining any potential links between the Trump Campaign and moscow. Because it is an open, ongoing investigation, and is classified, i can not say more about what we are doing and whose conduct were examining. A flood of leaks from hacked dnc e emails to details of a russian dossier on trump. Prompting this response from mike rogers. Were concerned about leaks of information. The testimony then turning to incendiary allegations made by President Trump himself in a series of tweets beginning back on march 4th claiming former president Obama Wiretapped trump tow
Is mild. You can drive in with the windows open. Temperatures are hovering around 70 in the metro area. 60s off to the west. Now melissa is checking in on what is going on with safetracking. A reminder about safetrack here. We have the situation there on the orange line, safetrack surge number 9 is under way. Single tracking, that means between vienna and West Falls Church through october 26th. We have just, another week and a little bit more there to go. Inner loop and outer out of the way. No big worries here this morning. Everything is moving quite nicely. 66 and 95 overall, looking good as well. I wish it would always look like that on 66 and 95 and lower part of the beltway with Prince Georges County is looking fine. 95 down to the beltway it is going to take you ten minutes like it should. Listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. Now to the president ial donald trump was full of personal attacks, but the candidates also focused on the issues ranging from immigration to
Percent of the American People did not vote and 80 percent of young people did not vote. So our job it seems to me in the next few months is to do some very obvious things. Number one, weve got to elect Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States. [applause] number two, we have got to stay focused on the most important issue. It is not just about electing candidates. It is about transforming the country. [applause] now, the media are talking about the real issues but thats what the American People want to hear discussion about. They want us to create millions of jobs rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. They want us to make sure that public colleges and universities in this country are tuition free. They focus on the issues yet ordinary people and young people involved in the political process, what we are in the process of doing right now is transitioning our campaign into an organization that isgoing to encourage young people to get involved in politics. [applause]