Were crunching the numbers for you. The u. S. Is set to go over the fiscal cliff in five days. That means taxes will go up for nearly every american. Dramatic spending cuts will kick in. President obama and congress will be back from vacation tomorrow. But will anything get done . Plus, wild Winter Weather sweeping through the country. Well bring you the latest details on which part of the u. S. Could be hit next. Cnbcs Worldwide Exchange starts now. And welcome to a special edition of reside worldwide. Ross andcle reoff today for boxes day in kelly are off today for boxing day. For now, you is us. Well start with a brief check on the markets. Energy and metals are trading higher now, wtis up about 55 cents. Brent crude up 65 cents. Also want to check in on the gold price, as well. Gold right now down about slightly under the flat line there, 1,658. Well below the 1,700 mark. The cme globex has been closed for christmas. Its going to reopen at 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. That goes for tre
Courtney cukube and Michael Warren. The first week back at the pentagon in 2018, what do you think was the dominant story of the week . Tphoebg tphoebg, i would have to say, hugh. Kim jongun talked about how crippling the sanctions have been in this country. He made an overture to south korea saying he was willing to talk to them about the olympics specifically, about the potential for north korea to send a delegation to pyeongchang which begin in a couple of weeks. That led to south korea extending an invitation to north korea to actually speak. Its been set for january 9th. Of course theres still some staff work that has to happen before that actually occurs. But its looking promising that there will be discussion between north korea and south korea. They have already also opened up this line of communication that has been closed several years now. Its just a telephone. But i dont think most people realize when north korea and south korea communicate back and forth with one another t
Discusses resigning over his role in the handling of the Domestic Abuse allegations against rob porter. Will kelly hold onto his job . Well talk to a friend of john kelly, former Homeland Security secretary, jay johnson in moments. Plus, diplomatic move. Pence stands feet from kim jonguns sister at the olympics. Is kim jongun ready to negotiate or is he playing his own games . Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is troubled by that photo of a black eye. After the way the white house handled Domestic Violence allegations, President Trump appeared to take on the broader me too movement tweeting saturday, quote, peoples lives are being shattered by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused. Is there no such thing as due process . The mere allegations that forced aborter out of his job consisted of harrowing accounts under the threat of perjury, plus a threat of girlfrien
That in the wake of the latest examples of a white house that seems to be not just in turmoil, but just plain mean. Heres what our source is telling cnn. That President Trump blew up at his own Homeland Security secretary during a Cabinet Meeting yesterday. The president reportedly absolutely furious with Kiersten Nielsen, telling her he didnt think she was doing enough to secure the border. The New York Times is reporting nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning after the blowup. A spokesman for the secretary denied that in a tweet. And speaking of mean, this just might be a new low. A white house official is telling cnn that an aide responded to senator john mccains opposition to President Trumps pick for cia director by saying this morning, quote, hes dying anyway. A socalled joke that the official had to admit fell flat. A source tells cnn the aide called the senators daughter Meghan Mccain to apologize. Cindy taking the high road tweeting tonight, may i remind you my hus
For our country, our freedom, and our flag. That in the wake of the latest examples of a white house that seems to be not just in turmoil, but just plain mean. Heres what our source is telling cnn. That President Trump blew up at his own Homeland Security secretary during a Cabinet Meeting yesterday. The president reportedly absolutely furious with Kiersten Nielsen, telling her he didnt think she was doing enough to secure the border. The New York Times is reporting nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning after the blowup. A spokesman for the secretary denied that in a tweet. And speaking of mean, this just might be a new low. A white house official is telling cnn that an aide responded to senator john mccains opposition to President Trumps pick for cia director by saying this morning, quote, hes dying anyway. A socalled joke that the official had to admit fell flat. A source tells cnn the aide called the senators daughter Meghan Mccain to apologize. Cindy mccain taking the