Commander in chief obama announce thursday week he will send 300 300 advisors to iraq. Since launching an offensive in late may, isis has taken control of iraqs largest city. Its goal is to create an independent sunni dominated country spanning parts of syria and iraq governed by strict islamic law. Obama also called on Nouri Al Maliki as well as iraq shiite majority as a prelude to retaking control of western iraq. The alternative . Iraq could descend into civil war hitting its rival and religious groups against each other. Mr. Obama might have asked joe biden. In 2006, biden o one for the sunni dominated west, one for the Kurdish North and one for the shiite dominated south and east but all within the same nation state. Given the latest flair in violence, achieving that political resolution may be difficult. But if maliki can create a government that promises more autonomy to iraqs minorities, the iraqi army may be motivated to retake mosul. Alqaeda and iraq dominated. With American
Have a great weekend. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Were live from the new york stock exchange. Im melissa lee, along with jim cramer and scott wapner. Lets take a look at how were setting up on the u. S. Futures. Its all about the jobs reports for the month of december, a weaker than expected report. Take a look at this, the markets looking at the s p up by three points, the Dow Jones Industrial average looking at about 1. 5 here. In europe, it was really about the fomc minutes yesterday. It looks like a mixed bag, which is marginal changes across the board. The latest snapshot of the economy, 155,000 nonform jobs added in the month of december, with the Unemployment Rate at 7. 8 below consensus. With warmer than normal temps and impact of sandy being felt, how good of a read is this . Goldman sachs upgrades for citi, conviction buy list, stronger bakes have fewer levers to pull in this tough environment. Retail movers, ta
Right. [ applause ] two hours later brand new press Secretary Sean Spicer in his first statement astonished White House Correspondents by attacking the press for accurately reporting on the crowd size of the inauguration. Thats what you guys should be writing and covering that this, instead of Sowing Division about tweets and false narratives. The president is committed to unifying our country and that was the focus of his inaugural address. This kind of dishonesty in the media, the challenging of bringing about our nation together is making it more difficult. Theres been a lot of talk in the media to hold donald trump accountable. It goes two ways. Were going to hold the press accountable as well. Spicer went onto say trumps swearing in here at the capital was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period. Thats not true. Spicer said five things that were not true in the span of five minutes. You can see it at politifact. Here for the hour, frank sesno. Karen tumulty, jeff m
The white house Bowling Alley. But the pressure tactics are well underway just about everywhere else. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is here with the story from the north lawn. Good evening. The white house legislative team is conducting a little 10pin diplomacy, inviting House Republicans for a bowling party, hoping to strike a deal on health care. The president wasnt tipping his hand on his Health Care Sales pitched today, but the white house is putting a hard sell on the bill. No matter where you are, especially on the conservative side, you cannot possibly believe the Current Health care system is an effective program. Its a monstrosity, and government gone wrong. Republicans may be united in their opposition to obamacare but theres a tremendous amount of blowback on what the white house and House Speaker want to replace it with. Texas senator ted cruz, who had dinner with the president last night, proclaimed the bill will never pass the senate in its current form. Ar
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