Maria good wednesday morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Im maria bartiromo, and i hope youre having a good wednesday morning, wednesday, may 8th. 8 a. M. On the button on the east coast. Stormy daniels back on the stand tomorrow in former President Trumps socalled hush money trial after the judge denied trumps lawyers request for a mistrial. Daniels contradicting herself yesterday admitting she, quote, hates trump. The judge warning she gave irrelevant details to the case. Heres what the former president said about it yesterday. Watch. Well, this was a very big day, a very revealing day as you see the case is totally falling apart. They have nothing on books and records and even something that should bear very little relationship to the case, just a disaster for the d. A. , for the sorosbacked d. A. Its a disaster. Maria hes saying what he can say around the gag order. A new Usa Today Suffolk University poll finds 44 of registered voters do not believe this
College chaos is not over. There was mores disruption in new york, police cleared the campus at the Fashion Institute of technology. Con frontation at George Washington university, police cleared the encampment there. How convenient. The d. C. Mayor and police chief testify before Congress Today on why the clearout was so long delayed. The president heads to wisconsin. Hes announcing a 3 billion Data Center Project with microsoft in raci new York Stock Exchanger. He will be talking up the racin if e. To the markets. The trend this morning is to the downside. Its not a champ eloff, dow off 50, but the nasdaq is down, what, 103 points premarket. Interest rates, not much change there. The 10year yields are at 4. 49 , just below 4. 5. The 2year around 4. 84 at last count, it is right now. Bitcoin, 62,000 a coin, and we have oil around 77 a barrel. No change for gas, youre looking at a 3. If 64 for a gallon of regular. Diesel, though, is down one cent, 3. 96. Gold still hovering around 2300
Of them who arent happy. Arsenal crushed chelsea 5 0 to move clear in the premier League Title Race as it heads towards the thrilling conclusion. Baroness Floella Benjamin is honoured by bafta for her work supporting young people and pioneering diversity in childrens television. It will develop into a sunny dry day for many but more cloud in the east and the south west producing some showers and still a key northerly wind down the east coast. All the details later. Its wednesday the 24th of april. Our main story. More than 50 survivors of the migrant Boat Disaster in which five people died off the coast of france are recovering in england this morning, having declined to be rescued by french authorities. The incident took place just hours after parliament approved a bill to allow the uk to send some Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The government has said the new law will reduce illegal Channel Crossings but some migrants have said it wont deter them from trying. Graham satchell reports. The
Ed we will talk about the health of the ipo market. Caroline plus, the latest in the media world. Rupert murdoch steps down. That and so much more. We have had the federal reserve, hawkish narrative. We look at the bank of england and they made a as well. The nasdaq is down a quarter of a percent. 10year gilts is pushing up. 06. Will the fed have to hike later this year . The pound is down. 37 . This is a story of dollar strength. After the jobless data, where 2 on bitcoin. What do you have . Ed microsoft is holding an event here in downtown new york we get copilot, later in the show we will bring you those details. Microsoft up by. 2 . Google cloud is going to ditch broadcom by 2027. It is custom solely can, so therefore broadcom is moving down 3. 6 . Cisco is going to 157 per share. Thats a 30 premium on the Closing Price of splunk thats up 21 . So network. Caroline is this a good deal despite the amount . Splunk had been a target for cisco since january 2022, it was rumored they had
And presenter Russell Brand of Sexual Assault says his response to the allegations has been insulting. The woman, known as alice, says she was 16 at the time, and is one of four women alleging he assaulted them in the uk and us between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies the claims saying his relationships have been always consensual. The bbc and channel 4 the broadcasters where he used to work have both launched investigations. Heres helena wilkinson. Actor, comedian, entertainer Russell Brand, now accused of serious allegations by four women, including rape and Sexual Assault, allegations he denies. One of his accusers, alice, not her real name, alleges that Russell Brand assaulted her when he was in his early 30s and she was 16 and still at school. She spoke to radio 4s womans hour and had this to say about his denials. First of all, i think it is insulting. It is laughable he would even imply that this is some kind of Mainstream Media conspiracy. He is not outside the mainstream.