Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box here on cnbc. Im becky quick along with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Michelle Caruso cabrera. Joe is off today. Lots to cover on this friday morning. Everything from this civil gop debate in miami to apple and the fbi trading blows over its encryption battle. Check out the futures. Theyre in rally mode this morning. The ecb moves still in the market. Yesterday, the knee jerk reaction was a positive one. You saw markets up across the globe. By the enof the conversation, though, the ecb head mario draghi making comments that this might be the last that they needed to offer easing. You saw the markets go down before eventually finishing flat. This morning, doe up by 170 points, s p futures up by 20 and the nasdaq up by 52. In europe, you see big rallies there, too. The dax is up by 2. 8 . The ftse is up by 1. 5 . If you check out the currency markets, this is the story. The euro was down to 108 initially on this news all the way up to 112. You can
Right e hyndeo is and it might pass north of right monday or behind, and it might pass north of hawaii monday or tuesday. I authorize two operations in toq targeted air strikes protect american personnel, and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians were trapped on a mountain without food and water, and facing almost certain death. This is anmistake, escalation of the u. S. Role in iraq. Houseerg white correspondent Phil Mattingly joins me now from the white house. What was the single Tipping Point that led to the . Residents decision u. S. Officials i have spoken to are genuinely surprised at the sophistication and efficiency of the latest Islamic State attack. They felt like they had to react, and you also heard from the president , there is a humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands of people are spot. Ad it is something the president address last night. Take a listen. Let me be clear about why we must act and act now. When we face a situation like we do on that
And turner communities into different kinds of communities. Ill explain what i mean, but first i want to tell you why that into this project. I dont know who this tourist is, but shes pretty. I went into doesnt forward to the chernobyl zone and wrote an article about it. An added or contacted me and wanted me to read the whole book about this Pivotal Moment in history. Theres about five books about chernobyl. I looked into it and i realize theres these two places in the world, these two plutonium plants that have more. Chernobyl is a household word. But whos heard of my word in this, handford. [inaudible] was there last summer. So i thought maybe id rather tell a story about these two places. As i started looking into it, i was concerned, why dont we know much about it . Of course, chernobyl was an accident that occurred in the course of a couple of days. The cameras rolled the next couple of months. It was a camera ready event. Same as fukushima. These places, these plutonium sides, t
Dangerous for dutch investigators to reach the Malaysian Airlines crash site. Aaron joins us. The eu and u. S. Are putting pressure on russia. Were expecting more sanctions. An economic attack from both sides. European union and u. S. Both announce another round of sanctions. Instead of targeting individuals, theyll hit entire industries. Will will the new sanctions finally break this man, russian president Vladimir Putin . Its midday in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 2 00 p. M. Gaza. People have endured one of the most intensive nights of shelling since the beginning of the offensive. 60 palestinians killed in the bombardment and gaza strip only pow erp plant that has been shut down after it was hit. 10 Israeli Soldiers died monday including five killed when hamas militants entered through a tunnel. Amongst the bloodshed, theres a flicker of hope for talks. A palestinian delegation will head for cairo soon to discuss the egyptian cease fire initiative. Nick childs has the latest. Arti
Cop hopkins touch on cspan2. Next from politics and prose bookstore in washington, d. C. Thane gustafson looks how russias unstability systems could impact the oil supply. He explores what it mean for the global economy. Its a little under an hour. Its a pleasure to see you here tonight. As we know, happiness is relative thing. I began the day this morning in the dentists chair having a crown put in, and here by tonight im at politics and prose. Im a happy man. Having gone from one extreme to another. Its a special pleasure to welcome you here tonight. And standing room only. This is marvelous. I thought i would begin by telling you a few stories about what the book is about, and skipping the big structure and simply tell you some stories about some of the people in the book. In the end its very much about real people. So what kind of book is this . Its big, its heavy, its, you know, you may open it with a certain trip dedication. What it is is a memoir, first of all. Its a little bit