Happy with a new regional framework where the u. S. Doesnt have a seat at the table. James bain sell just here is a diplomatic answer thanks very much indeed for it is the latest from the United Nations so other news now and at least 40 people have been killed in afghanistan in whats police its been an airstrike it happens in the color region of Helmand Province where people have gathered outside a local hospital where the wounded are being treated as authorities are investigating reports that the airstrike carried out spawn the u. S. Forces its a wedding celebration by mistake a correspondent moment bryant has more from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it descri
Everybody has demonstrations. And dozens of wedding guests are killed during an anti taliban raid in afghanistan. Now the u. K. France and germany say its clear that iran bears responsibility for the attacks on Saudi Oil Installations earlier this month the european leaders met on the sidelines of the Un General Assembly in new york and french president. Direct talks with his iranian counterparts Hassan Rouhani who denies involvement in the attacks irans foreign minister has again ruled out the possibility of negotiating a new nuclear deal british Prime Minister johnson hinted that the u. K. May withdraw from the 2015 agreement diplomatic editor james bays has the latest from United Nations. Is the u. K. About to break seats from the Iran Nuclear Deal there is great confusion after comments made in interviews by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in which he said it was a bad deal that needs renegotiating and that President Trump was the man to do so as president from the right is it was a b
Right now. And good afternoon im scott wapner live. Over the next two days the Halftime Report is debating the state of tech and where your money will work best in the space. From the latest ipos to the f. A. A. N. G. S. We are joined by jeff richards, Jason Calicanis and dan niles. Lets welcome in our guest host for the hour today. He is raise ing a new fund. They are going to invest in private software companies. Well get into that a little later on. Jeff richards is with us on set. He is invested in slack, square and air bnb. Thanks for having me. Good for us to come back out here. Six months dpoe we were here and taking the temperature of tech. Ill ask you first, the state of the market out here is what . Frothy. Word association. Frothy. Just think late stage private valuations are quite high. And then youve seen a bunch of what you would consider previously Growth Investors, Growth Private account investors moving earlier and earlier to get away from the frothiness and that is ca
Network Dagen Mcdowell as always, pwc partner and cfr Mitch Roschelle and lindsey bell maria markets this morning, quiet situation going do what could be fireworks in next 2 days, dow industrials down 71 points, nasdaq down 27, Federal Reserve jay powell testifying before the House Financial Services Committee Later this morning, markets are watching specifically to see if powells comments indicate signs of a future rate cut, a lot of people yesterday, Jon Hilsenrath said, well, if its not july, itll be september, lindsey, you have a lot of thoughts on this. Yeah from the testimony today and tomorrow, im not speaking anything new out of fed chairman, he will stick to the language that we heard in june that hes here to support the Economic Growth that weve seen so far, i dont think we will hear anything about the change of Monetary Policy or any type of rate cut, how much it will be if there is one to come, and the thing i think that the investors in the market are really going to look
Seeing a little bit of a pause. But if you look at the stocks europe 600, a little bit of poor data out there and the prospect of more dovish appointees to the fed. Im also looking at the with the nomination of Christine Lagarde take over the ecb. All of this with euro area june the services pmis, a touch better than i expected. But pmi in general has been disappointing. The u. S. 10 year yield is below 2 at 1. 95. Overall, quite a big move from yields. This is what is coming up on surveillance. Dont miss our interview with loretta melzer talking inflation and treasuries. First, lets get straight to first word news. Waller and judy shelton are present trumps latest nominations to the Federal Reserve board. Of researchrector and was the professor of economics at the university of notre dame. Shelton is an informal adviser to the president and spent decades outside mainstream economics. Her unorthodox views could attract opposition. The Trump Administration abandoned its hardfought battl