Thirteen of its nationals by the u. S. For election tampering as the kremlin. The u. S. Uses the Munich Security Conference to call for International Action over the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government. The man convicted of the rape and murder of six year olds they never im sorry whose killing triggered nationwide protests is sentenced today. To meet the kenyan indigenous Forest Community thats being forced out. By the government. Over the latest from pyung chang as japanese. Makes history becoming the first male figure skater in sixty six years to defend the gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Breaking news at four Israeli Soldiers have been wounded two seriously and its only border with gaza in response israels military struck an observation post in the Southern Gaza strip. Security sources said there were no injuries on their side border area has seen an increase in violence since President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital in december lets go to on
He did on the basis of data that he was looking at particularly the large number of democrats in key counties and places like northeastern ohio who are switching the Party Registration from democratic to republican. And one of the things they were doing this was that they watched the first president ial debates and they realize that donald trump was speaking about issues that many felt democratic voters cared about. Trade and immigration. Bernie sanders was talking about the issues also which is one of the reasons he did so well in the Democratic Partys primary. But for many of the voters and many swing counties across America Donald trump is where the action was. Michael arthur said this is where its going to be on election day more than one year from now. I was much more skeptical. Although i did see that something was happening. I think you can trace the dates that trump seized control of the election to july 10, 2015. That was about 3 and a half weeks after he launched his campaign
Jon fortt and Brian Sullivan is also here for the hour. Good morning to all of you. Carl has the morning off. Joining us, Business Insider ceo Henry Blodgett and Stifel Nicolaus Market Strategist kevin karen. Were going to talk about the markets, talk about the fact that we are not only hitting and opening at dow 20,000 but also rising through that level. President donald trump commenting on the markets record move in an interview yesterday with abcs david muir. Take a listen. Im very proud of that, very proud of that. The Business Community, and the Labor Community you saw that with the labor numbers that came out. One said it was the single greatest meeting ive had with anybody. Its the highlight of my life. And the dow on top of it just hit 20,000, first time in history. Im very proud of that. Now we have to go up, up, up. We dont want it to stay there. You know, its not uncommon, guys, for a president or an elected official to talk about economic indicators, but whats so interestin
Happened, why he was shot. Reporter the shooting happened around 10 40 at night. Police responding to an earlier report of shots fired. Thats when they tried to stop the suspect identified as 47yearold Timothy Williams of no fixed address. Theres a struggle, then an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. The suspect is shot and killed. Two officers are also shot, both are expected to be okay. Police released this photo of the suspects gun. Police who responded did activate their body worn cameras. That footage is being reviewed as part of the investigation. All we heard is bam, bam, bam. Its not even safe to really bring your children and just let them play. Reporter now a bit of good news released today. One of those two officers who was shot and wounded has been released from the hospital. That second officer also expected to make a full recovery. All this unfolded in trinidad, a neighborhood thats seen a turn around in recent years. It was a dangerous place in the 70s and 80s, known
Overnight in asia, the nikkei flat. Hang seng and shanghai were weaker. The shanghai down by 0. 8 . In europe this morning, some of the early trade, just 24 hours after that announcement from british Prime Minister theresa may about a new snatp election, things have turned around. Yau european markets in the green. The cac and dax up by 0. 3 . The tenyear yield in the United States fell to a low of 2. 165 on tuesday. That was the lowest level since november 10th. Well keep a close eye on that today. The tenyear yield now is sitting at 2. 209 . Well have much more of this coming up later this morning. Lets get you to some other big stories. In earnings news, ibm reported Quarterly Earnings that beat expectati expectations, but sales fell short of estimations. Revenue declined 3 from a year ago. That marks 20 consecutive quarters of revenue decline. They have long talked about those revenue being empty calories, but a big debate about that remains. Youre looking that the stock down 4. 5