Marks 30 years since citizens of the former east germany forced their way into the headquarters of the secret police and prevented the destruction of millions of files in the final months of the communist dictatorship. Im assuming so much down there its good to have you with us russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and his government have resigned to make way for a constitutional reforms that president Vladimir Putin proposed today now put in has reportedly asked mr get a cabinet to continue working until he appoints a new government the Prime Ministers resignation came as a surprise after putins annual state of the nation address wouldnt use the ok zhen to put forward a series of constitutional changes that would shift power from the presidency to Parliament Analysts say these proposals are part of putins efforts to shape a new role for himself when his president ial. Term ends in 2024 now this is what Dmitri Medvedev had to say. As he did we use the government of the Russian Federat
For reforms that could keep him in power well beyond the end of his terms look at the details from moscow. Im seeing you so much going to its good to have you with us the trade dispute between china and the u. S. Could now be a big step further towards resolution that says both sides are signing what theyre calling phase one of a trade agreement that was part of that deal beijing says it will buy more from the u. S. Including energy and Agricultural Products and both sides are holding off on imposing further tariffs on one another many other hot button issues remain unresolved but trump says he will visit china in the not too distant future lets listen to more of what the president said. Today we take a moment step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we signed phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and
Right this hour, where there is still here one hour left of it. Good to have you with us here for closing bell. Im Contessa Brewer in for sara eisen today. It has been a big year for stocks the dow, the s p, the nasdaq all on pace to close the year higher by more than 20 well tell you which names have seen the biggest gains and with tech up by nearly 50 this year, well have an exclusive interview with Tech Hedge Fund giant, dan niles. Hell give you a peek into his 2020 playbook. Also, we didnt answer bills question lets do it what is your drink . Whatever gets put in front of me great answer. Very good answer, indeed mine might be an Old Fashioned tonight. We shall see but we have to get back to the show lets take a look at whats driving the show 59 minutes left. Were down 40 points on the dow. A little bit of rebalancing as investors get ready for the new year President Trump tweeting today he will sign the phase i deal with china on january 15 and Consumer Confidence data out this mo
A surprise move comes as president Vladimir Putin calls for reforms that could keep them in power well beyond the end of his term look at all of the details from moscow. To its good to have you with us the trade dispute between china and the u. S. Could now be a big step closer to resolution that is both sides are signing what theyre calling ses one of the trade agreement now as part of that deal beijing says it will buy more from the u. S. Including energy and Agricultural Products and both sides are holding off on imposing further tariffs on one another and many other hot button issues remain on resolved but trump says he will visit china in the not too distant future. Chinas leo who is in washington to sign a cease fire in a trade war that has slowed Global Growth i. M. F. Managing director chris telling a georgia reminded the trades are this was only a truce not a Permanent Peace deal leaves in place tire of some 360000000000 dollars worth of chinese goods it doesnt address Technol
The month but after all october a treat. S p gaining more than 200 hitting alltime highs along the way. Here is the question this all halos eve have we reached the Witching Hour for the markets record run, tim well, look if you think the fed is on hold until mid2020 it could be a spooky time for markets because the markets expected accommodation they are your friends and therefore the witchs brew is probably in the form of the data if you look at the chicago numbers this morning, especially the new orders component took you back to march of 2009. It tells you the impact of what the trade war has we dont know really where we are. But look in the absence much a political shock ill leave it at that and in the abens of china walking away from the table, the fed is still your friend and injury youve had a Third Quarter where you had surprise to the upside. I would say its not all that spooky this halloween. I think todays pullback is appropriate relative to some of the macroa day after the