And it will cost them millions of dollars. Welcome to Market Makers. I am stephanie ruhle. My partner, Erik Schatzker, will be here shortly. Lets take you to the bulletin the top business stories of the morning. We havent seen the dollar this strong against the euro in almost a dozen years. It is now approaching parity. Earlier today, the euro crashed through the 106 bubble and the dollar is up 11 this year, 22 since last june. The stronger dollar will hold down inflation and consumers will see lower prices on important imported products. Bond guru on the west coast has a message for the fed raise rates at your own risk. Even janet yellen may make the same mistake as counterparts in europe, raising too soon and then having to cut again. In an investor presentation, he also predicted that gold could climb 20 this year, and he says you should not bet against the strong u. S. Dollar. Airlines in the u. S. Are expected to have a great spring break. The trade Group Airlines for america says
Weapons stockpile as the people say people are being starved to death in damascus. Flooding claims dozens of lives. We begin this news hour in italy where former leader beryl sconey has sparked a drama, appealing for his governments survival ahead of votes in parliament. Thats due to happen in the next few hours. Latta said the governments survival must be separated from berlusconis legal troubles. Berlusconi has been fighting a string of legal convictions, first convicted of fraud in october 2012 and sentenced to four years in jail. The high court upheld the conviction in august. Politicians were expecting to vote friday whether to strip berlusconi of a senate seat. In retaliation, berlusconi ordered five ministers in his party to resign from the coalition government, leading to the Prime Minister to seek backing from parliament and a he volunteer of defense. Lets go live now to sonia live in rome. What stage in the process are we at and when are we expecting the vote to happen . Well
For womens rights and for being a champion of gender equality. She leaves behind a vacant seat in the Supreme Court which has set off a political frenzy as President Trump pushes to fill it with less than seven weeks left before election day. We have live fox tam coverage. Chad pergram has details on Congress Plans to vote on a nominee, kevin corke is at the white house with more on the next steps for the president. Hillary vaughn is in wilmington, delaware, where the Biden Harris Campaign is reacting to it all. But first, to david spunt live outside the Supreme Court building now where mourners have been gathering all day. David . Reporter hi, arthel. Normally when people come to the Supreme Court outside, theres usually some kind of demonstration, some kind of protest, you hear megaphones. Not the case right now honoring the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Many people have a somber tone, id say well over a few thousand people have been here, we found out about her about 7 30, 8 00
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As the president looks to punish syrian president Bashar Al Assad for the brutal attack in which 100 citizens were brutally killed. As recently as last thursday, the u. S. Ambassador nikki haley said our priority is no longer getting assad out, but today an outraged trump struck a very different tone on air force one. I think what happened in syria is one of the truly egregious crimes and it shouldnt have happened. Hes there and i guess hes running things. So something should happen. This is the first major Foreign Policy test for trump. A nals step could be catastrophic. Its happening as trump is meeting right now with the chinese. The most important diplomatic event of the trumps young presidency. Jim accoster is in palm beach. Extremely high stakes for the president tonight. Reporter thats right, erin. President trump is in florida for what could be some tense talks with the chinese president , from trade to north korea. Syria is likely to dominate his thoughts as he and his Nationa