Overnight in asia, the nikkei was closed for a bank holiday. If you look at the hang seng and shanghai, both with green arrows shanghai was up by 0. 2 . The hang seng up by 0. 10 looking at europe this morning, a bit of a mixed picture ftse slightly negative you can see both the cac and the dax are trading higher up by onethird of a percentage point each finally look at treasury yields. And yield weve been watching so closely on the tenyear, this morning sitting at 2. 451 . A couple things we are watching watching a lot of things airlines are celebrating the gop tax plan southwest and American Airlines both announcing they will give 1,000 bonuses to employees following that tax overhaul. Southwest specifically announced it will use the tax savings to buy new planes the company saying it intends to reinvest in the business, reward Share Holders and increase its investment with boeing to support future Growth Opportunities. The two Major Airlines are the latest businesses to pay bonuses
Rest of 2017 . With Central Banks, shifting into neutral. The sweetest central Swedish Central Bank signaling the end sparkhreeyear effort to inflation. We will get a decision at 8 30 a. M. London time. Cash is about to open. We are half an hour away from the stock start of stock trading. We are getting an idea of where we will start the day and the fair value points to a negative start. 51 . Y. 5 of 1 . I want to move on, we will see what the yens reaction to the news, hes of piece of north koreas missile they launched was an icbm. We will see what the experts have to say. But we have got is the yen down up by. 5 of 1 . Interesting to see how this works its way through the session, looks to be firming against the dollar. The aussie dollar is down, some people had anticipated the rba would follow a more hawkish stance. That has not been the case and the aussies down. Begins strengthening now, continuing to strengthen on the back of this news that north korea said it fired an icbm. The
Good evening from california tonight where there is new concern this evening over americas tallest dam with a major storm set to hit, but we begin with the swirling storm in washington. Tonight, the new reports that members of president Trumps Campaign team before the election were repeatedly in contact with people believed to be russian intelligence and why wasnt there contact with the president leading up to the election . Meeting today with Benjamin Netanyahu. Donald trump did defend the National Security adviser he just fired, general michael flynn. Blaming the firing not on flynn, but u. S. Intelligence and their leaks. Jonathan karl leading us off. Reporter today President Trump welcomed the third foreign leader at the white house in less than a week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But overshadowing the visit the sudden firing of the man at the center of his National Security team, michael flynn. Just 24 hours ago, the white house said flynn was ousted for deceiving t
Revolution just days before it opens. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. A major holiday in north korea and there is concern the company may want to launch new missiles and conduct a nuclear test. North korea shows off its military mite. This is north korea doing what north korea does best. Supersized patriotic revolutionary gusto designed to send a message to the world. The eyes are watching. The request question is what happens next. They say theyll answer with an allout war and theyll atake with nuclear weapons. Signs of provocation. Vice president pence is preparing to traveling. Man, this is crazy. Activity in northern texas. A large tornado touched down. The National Weather service urged them to take shelter. There are about a thousand cows in the air. I dont see any cows in the air. All right, star wars fans, get that. A new opener. The opening of suntrust park. Hank aaron threw out the ceremonial pitch. And all that matters. Heres the t
Very first time. If it is true, and that is a big if this is a major breakthrough in the rogue state thes request to build a Nuclear Arsenal. The u. N. Security council is calling an emergency meeting to discuss how to handle kim jongun. To compare the adrom dropped on hiroshima packed the amount of 15 tons of dynamite, and the sars bomb developed by russia had the ability of 15 ton s 1 kilo tons of that bomb. And now, this is drawing a h healthy dose of skepticism, and expla inwhy. Well, worldwide condemnation of what state media has heralded as the hbomb of justice. Among the voices coming out the condemn north korea was the u. N. Is secretarygeneral ban kimoon. Take a listen. I can condemn it unequivocally. I demand the dplk cease any further activities and meet the obligations for verifiable denuclearization. And the big question is if this is in fact a Hydrogen Bomb, hbomb, and you have japan who has sent up two military planes to collect dust particles to then test it. And you ha