By 15 points lets look at overnight in asia. The nikkei going strong closing at the highest level since 1996. A gain of 132 points that puts the nikkei at 20,823 hang seng was up by 0. 6 pfr . The shanghai was up by a quarter percentage point in europe, you will see that at least in the early going things have been mixed. These are modest moves in spain, stocks are under pressure down by 0. 9 this is coming as some concerns arise in catalonia. Well talk more about that in a moment we have news just out from the National Federation of independent business, showing Small Business sentiment dropping in september. The nfibs monthly index dropped to 103 for the month, that compares to 105. 3 in august. The group saying the immediate temptation is to blame the hurricanes in tex and florida but adds this is not case with Small Business owners across the country becoming measurably less enthusiastic but also points out the index is high by historical standards. Also in energy news, opec secret
Robert muellers investigation into potential coordination between russia and the trump campaign. President trump responded to the news on Paul Manafort by tweeting sorry but this is years ago before manafort was part of my campaign. Why are not hillary and the democrats the focus . We are joined by the uc hastings professor of law. In the indictment manafort says they generated tens of Million Dollars laundered in but no mention of the president in this. There is no mention of election meddling. How big of a deal is this when it comes to the Trump Administration . This is a huge deal. The charges are incredibly serious and the penalties that they are facing could amount to many years in prison. In addition to tens of millions of dollars of forfeiture. Basically the lavish lifestyle might go away. These are huge incentives to get these folks to plead guilty. This might be going after a big fish to get many more under him . Or many above him. Manafort was an intimate partner of trump and
Medicare and medicaid. Some of you have said, well, theyll fix it in the senate but you have every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. You will glow in the dark on this one. Robert but the president is confident he has momentum. President trump were going to get this finished and then were going as you know, we put our tax plan in. Pure tax reform. So were going to get that done next and this really helps. Robert we take the pulse of healthcare across america with peter baker of the new york times, molly ball of the atlantic, ed okeefe of the washington post, and erica warner of the associated press. Celebrating 50 years, this is Washington Week. Funding is provided by their leadership is instinct ive. They understand the challenges of today. And research the technologies of tomorrow. Some call them veterans. We call them part of our team. Additional funding is provided by newmans own foundation, donating all profits from newmans own Food Products to charity and nourishin
Medicare and medicaid. Some of you have said, well, theyll fix it in the senate but you have every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. You will glow in the dark on this one. Robert but the president is confident he has momentum. President trump were going to get this finished and then were going as you know, we put our tax plan in. Pure tax reform. So were going to get that done next and this really helps. Robert we take the pulse of healthcare across america with peter baker of the new york times, molly ball of the atlantic, ed okeefe of the washington post, and erica warner of the associated press. Celebrating 50 years, this is Washington Week. Funding is provided by their leadership is instinct ive. They understand the challenges of today. And research the technologies of tomorrow. Some call them veterans. We call them part of our team. Additional funding is provided by newmans own foundation, donating all profits from newmans own Food Products to charity and nourishin
Declining income, there is the queeze and thats what all these callers have been telling us all morning and to everywhere this is the kind of thing that the political process grapple own needs to with and come up with creative answers. Right see a lot of it now. Host washington monthly, iewers can read more, your pieces at washington monthly. Com. Hall. Com, and with the ethics and Public Policy center, thank you for being here this morning. You have a happy 4th of july. Guest thank you. Host washington journal ahead, we will speak to gallup most er looking at the pressing problem facing the United States, well take calls obviously, first up well show a recent visit to the National Archives. The home of americas and met with ents farrio. Hivist david guest for those who have never been in this room before, what cases isplay in the behind you and how is the room set up . This is the rotunda of the home of archives, the charters of freedom, the constitution, the bill of rights of the dec