Bolton and mike pompeo as folks who were complicit in these arrangements the testimony of Gordon Sondland had been widely anticipated because hes one of the only witnesses being called who has spoken directly with the president. There is uncertainty over how many times he spoke with the president , but hes someone who appears to have the president s thinking and now in his Opening Statement he will say that he believes there was a quid pro quo. Guys, back to you. Really quick, the times this morning also adding another layer that he kept the secretary of state mike pompeo perhaps more informed than we were previously led to believe. Any sign of that in the testimony that you have seen reporter the testimony itself is 19 pages long for his Opening Statement. So were still digging through it and, of course, well hear him deliver it in just a few minutes. But one thing we also do know is that he largely confirms the account of a state Department Aide who says he overheard Gordon Sondland
Charles schwab is expected to buy ameritrade jim as you noted on twitter, the unprecedented influence of robinhood. Yeah, look, when youre out here, you realize there are players. David talks about them a lot, including softbank, theyre fun organizations with no real growth path for earnings a fabulous growth path for revenues this robinhood has been an incredibly well funded sensation particularly among the younger demographic. Its very hard to fight a company that will you play for free and thats exactly what disrupted this industry was Venture Capital money. Think about it, its been a stable oligothic for a while. Why not surrender to schwab . This makes so much sense now schwab will be the largest asset gatherer, incredible machine. I this i schwabs store, we dont know the ratio, this deal done makes schwab go up a lot more than its up right now. David, lets talk about this deem we got some paypal news as well. Mna is getting a bit spicier as we get to year end yes this would be a
thank you. great pleasure to be here. an honor to be speaking about tina this morning. i know john feels the same way. thanks, gentlemen. cnn this morning continues right now. sorry about that. we have got so many people here that i think we are we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign. is it? i don t want to jinx this. we played it on air all three hours this morning we still have an hour to go. look, that is about how ron desantis launched his campaign. good morning. presidential candidate ron desantis pushing the reset button on his presidential campaign. he just announced a new campaign kickoff in iowa after his much hyped launch on twitter with elon musk was derailed by technical difficulties. lawmakers going on recess as time is running out to reach a deal on the debt limit and prevent an economic disaster. a new warning about what can happen in the days to come. leader and members of oath keepers are about to learn their fates.
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Always a pleasure to be with you on a sunday morning. We are started with the historic United Auto Workers strike. Union members say they had reasonably productive talks with ford saturday, but the union and the three Major Companies are still far apart on wages and benefits. Ford and General Motors responded by threatening layoffs for nonstriking workers due to the lack of parts from striking plants. General motors says they will lay off up to 2,000 workers this week if the strike continues. The workers walking the picket lines say they will stick it out until they get a deal that suits them. Gabe cohen is in ohio with more. Reporter saturday we saw the first small signs of any progress in these negotiations between the union and any of the big three automakers. This after the union met with ford. A source for the union Telling C Fcnn we had reasonable negotiations. Ford saying that they are committed to reaching an agreement with auw that re
Enough. We dont want to start a fight. So dont give us a reason to have one. Her candid take on the north korean threat and the scandals that have rocked the Trump Administration. Wild encounter. A sea lion rises from the water once before suddenly darting up again and dragging a little girl off a pier. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. How one mans quick actions may have saved her life. And the show wont go on. The ringling brothers Barnum Bailey circus packs up its tent forever after 146 year run. The emotional goodbye today, monday, may 22nd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We have willie in for matt this morning. When i look at that video, im shocked how quickly that little girl falls spot water and how quickly a man runs in and saves her. They go from having fun to leaning over the balcony to in the water. And how about the reflexes of t