The president s assessment of the 2016 race for the white house is getting the most attention at this hour. President obama calling the republican race for the white house a crack up and refusing to take responsibility for the rise of republican front runner donald trump who has turned voter anger into his best propellent on the campaign trail with the president s comments could come up tonight in the twelfth gop debate, the four remaining candidates will take a final walkthrough and make lastminute adjustments this hour. They spent the last 24 hours trying to define their positions on all sorts of issues ahead of the crucial primaries in florida and ohio. In florida donald trump leading marco rubio by 20 points in the latest fox news poll. Leslie marco rubio said he regretted his personal attacks on from. Ted cruz is getting his first Senate Endorsement ahead of supertuesday 2. 0. Here is a live picture of the spin room right before the debate tonight. Ted cruz is in there Walking Aro
We saw this selloff after the yellen remarks. It really began after she was done speaking. At the same time, she did not say anything particularly different than what she has been saying. She emphasized her confidence in the strength of the u. S. Economy. A rateugh to stand increase. There is a data dependent clause, but nonetheless staying steady. We are seeing stocks fall to the lowest in the session. Look at the s p 500 for more of a snapshot of what we have seen. It is pretty steady throughout the day. Much has changed. When she stopped speaking was really when the drop started to accelerate. Take a look at what is suffering the most. I want to point out energy and what we are seeing in particular today. Down 3. 3 the county for the biggest percentage decline here, though it is a broadbased decline. With energy down that much, oil is the other big story of the day. Oil prices were lower even before she spoke. After, the losses began she got weekly inventory numbers, which showed un
The immediate threat of deportation. The visa process will be streamlined for workers and their employers the president responded to those who say he is overreaching. The actions im taking are not only lawful. Theyre the kinds of actions taken by every republican and democratic president for the past half century. And to those members of congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better or question the wisdom of me acting or congress has failed. I have one answer. Pass a bill. Republicans say theyll use the tools they have to stop the president although theyre not saying which ones. Heres john boehner. He said hes not a king or emperor. Hes sure acting like one and hes doing at a time when the American People want nothing more than for us to Work Together. Meanwhile, a top fed official admits that an examiner could be too easy on the nations biggest bank. They will look to see if the ank is supposed to regulate. Weather of new york can catch a break. Now the
Washington correspondent, peter cook and john kerrys diplomatic trip to ukraine. Our peace efforts yielding any results so far . Right now, he might be more of a side player in all of this. Hes not the only foreign visitor trying to forge a medic solution. At this hour, german chancellor Angela Merkel and the french president are in kiev and they brought with them a new ceasefire initiative. They did not provide details on the proposal itself. They had next to moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin directly who has offered up his own peace plan. This is their response and this will be Angela Merkels first visit to russia since 2013 with a goal to end the violence between the Government Forces and russian backed separatists. Fighting has escalated as the rebels mounted a new offensive stop the conflict has claimed more than 5000 lives. In his own meetings today, kerry says russian russia needs to ds goalie crisis. Russia and me separatists are seizing more territory, terrorizing more citize
Course of grants Interest Rate observer, noted fed critic with his take on what the fed is hinting at these days and sounding the alarm on the petrabras scandal. Hes coming right up. Also a closer look at the red hot commercial Real Estate Market here in this country and whether its already becoming too hot. Leading towards a dangerous bubble. That could and might sound familiar wreck havoc on the economy if it pops. Investment of china, russia and now canada. A special report of where things stand in this space and what it means for every investor out there. This is so surreal to me. Making a bet on highend marijuana. High end, right . Got that . Bob marleys family is now lending his name to a new brand of premium cannabis. Aimed at the discernible pot smoker. Now, i mean discerning . I guess its discerning but not after a couple of doobies. Not much to discern. I came of age in the 70s in california. Do the math. That is whole new world and frontier. Well talk with the private Equity