Closed relatively flat. Nikkei was down by about 0. 3 . In europe, it looks like things are modestly weaker. The dax is down by about 0. 3 . The ftse looks flat. Lets get you through some of the top stories this morning. We have citigroup expected to report at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. Analysts looking for the bank to post earnings of 1. 03 per share on revenues of 17. 5 billion. Citi has already said Investment Banking fell during the quarter. Worth watching. The bank could give us a better snapshot of the Global Economy than some of its peers. More than half of citis revenues coming from outside the u. S. Citi was the only bank to make it through the living will process. Probably questions on that Conference Call about that as well. Were also watching oil prices ahead of this weeks highly anticipated producer meeting in doha. Ministers from the biggest opec and nonopec countries debate the next steps in a production freeze. But russias finance minister telling cnbc it wouldnt have tha
And in your pocket. The real cost of your privacy. We begin with a new day on capitol hill. For the first time in eight years, republicans have control of both houses of congress. The biggest gop House Majority since the great depression. Republicans will set the agenda for the next two years but theyre up against a president looking to put his final stamp on his own lel see. Libby casey is live on capitol hill. The First Congress is a big event, lots of celebration and pageantry and colleagues coming together for a fresh start. Blue this year, they jumped into the thick of the fight revealing tensions that were likely to see in the year ahead. Familiar faces but with new power. Senate majority leader following on his promise to make the Keystone Pipeline the first order of business. Let me say that were anxious to get to work here. Reporter but the gop got a clear message from the white house. The president will veto the keystone bill, just like he threatened to do in the past. If thi
Our first report tells the story of how thousands of children were taken away from their mothers and raised in an environment devoid of love and support. If the children survived at all. The women in charge of these religious homes were catholic sisters from the 1920s until well into the 1980s. They struck terror into the hearts of the children and their charge. Only now is the full scale of the horrors that took place there coming to light. These women have returned to a suburb on irelands southern coast. To this catholic home for unwed mothers and their children. As Young Children, the women were humiliated and locked away here. Mary was given up for adoption by the sacred heart nuns over 40 years ago. She grew up in the u. S. , but many other children died and are allegedly buried somewhere in the grounds. I think about how that could have been my fate. Had it just been a few years sooner, i might not have been born in a hospital, and an stillborn at a vesper oh and died, did not su
Internationalgr issues. And on a very brief personal note, my very, very first job was at the annapolis evening capital, and ill even tell you the year, 1974. Now you know. [laughter] [applause] been all uphill ever since. We have very little time this morning, only 45 minutes so im going to speak quickly and i hope everyone else will be brief. I would like to introduce my two guests here, our two authors starting on my far left, Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and coordinator of latin american studies at Salem State University in massachusetts. Her new book, undocumented how immigration became illegal, is a comprehensive and provocative look at the history contradictions and shifts in u. S. Immigration policy ooh ive lost my page. And how it has both lured and punished the illegal immigrant population. Her previous book on the topic was they take our jobs and 20 other myths about immigration. She is also coauthor of a study of the history of cuba and the castro revolution. To
Chomsky is a professor of history and coordinator of latin american studies at Salem State University in massachusetts. Her new book, undocumented how immigration became illegal, is a comprehensive and provocative look at the history contradictions and shifts in u. S. Immigration policy ooh ive lost my page. And how it has both lured and punished the illegal immigrant population. Her previous book on the topic was they take our jobs and 20 other myths about immigration. She is also coauthor of a study of the history of cuba and the castro revolution. To my near left is alberto gonzalez, a former u. S. Attorney general and white House Counsel under president george w. Bush. In his job as attorney general, he became the highest ranking hispanic to hold federal office. That tenure was marked by some controversy over executive actions in the war on terror, but today we will confine our discussion to immigration. His new book is called a conservative and compassionate approach to Immigratio