Director leaking communication with the president. Entitled totrump is loyalty from those serving the administration. Kasowitz said the president told comey i need loyalty, expect loyalty. In the u. K. Voting is under way in the second eligible election years. A total 650 members of parliament will be elected. Almost 47 Million People are registered to vote. Tune in for bloomberg tv one at 5 00 p. M. Today new york time. Well have instant analysis of polls in the exit u. K. Are published. Said more thans infectedople have been an outbreak. Health officials claim the on the 2yearold Saudi Campaign against rebels. Bloombergive from headquarters in new york. Joe were 30 minutes from the u. S. Ng trading here in scarlet u. S. Stocks trading mix of super thursday. You question is what did miss. Scarlet james comey said President Trump lied about his firing. The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi. By saying that the organization in disarray. That it was poorl
Today, a potentially alltime high. And illinois, one round yet and the debate. Well take you to chicago, vrn varn starts right now. Varney company starts right now. Right to the big story of the day, north koreas missile launch, Ashley Webster with the latest. Ashley here we go. The launch itself went for 578 miles. This is the icbm, whole new era of missile testing in north korea and concerning, of course. It went for 37 minutes, north korea claimed 39 minutes. The point is what conceivably could the endgame be here . If they continue to develop this missile at their current rate, its a few years off yet, but it could indeed reach, as you just said at the top of the show, charles, most of alaska, 461 miles to be exact. As we look at north korea as an improverished third world country, this is a game change etheyve got to find a way to put a Small Nuclear head on this thing before it can be a threat. North Korea Holding what they called deep striker missile testing into the south korea
Reporter and again, that was sheriff elect paul penzone speaking a few moments ago. We were the first station to interview him oneonone. He told us he had not received a concession from Sheriff Joe Arpaio and it was clear he wasnt expecting to, nor was he waiting for that. Paul penzone has been waiting for this day and ready to plow ahead with running the Maricopa County sheriffs office. You will remember he lost in 2012 by an error of margin i he sued the sheriff for defamation at one point over a campaign ad. Paul penzone clearly knows what he wants to do and extended an olive branch to cherish Sheriff Joe Arpaio supporters. He says he wants to be sheriff to all the people. He now takes on a department that has had many problems that he is inheriting a pretty tough job right now. My colleague spoke to Paul Penzones wife veronica just a few moments ago. Veronica, telling her, underlining how tough this campaign was and how bitter it was and how that really did get to them. Its a very
To Monetary Policy. Rates will be staying where they are right now, which is close to zero, of course. Until at the very least the jobless rate falls to 6. 5 . We can only cross our fingers wherefore when that might be. Ben bernanke says these changes will make the central bank more transparent adding they can only help the markets. The central bank ramped up its Asset Purchase Program adding 40 billion to its 40 billion a month purchases of mortgagebacked bonds. He spoke about the objectives during wednesdays news conference. The asset purchases and the rate increases have different objectives. The asset purchases are about creating near term momentum in the economy, trying to strengthen growth and job creation in the near term. And the increases in the federal funds rate are about objectives. On that note, lets get dinos take on the latest move. Grpg month. For you, this was expected. The 85 billion was expected. The move to the thresholds, that is, i think, we expected it was happen
So we have an election this year. I heard the music and that so we have an election this year, mika . Yes, we do. Do we really . Yes. 60 years in 60 seconds for you. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off today and because of the coronavirus, it will be unlike any of the Party Conventions weve seen to date. Wont look like any of those. Good morning and welcome to morning joe it is monday, august 17th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire wait. Jonathan, this is important. Jonathan, so the great thomas ricks who has a wonderful book coming out in a couple months said that what the Boston Red Sox are doing are nothing less than a remarkable experiment. He said they decided to elevate an entire triple a pitching staff to the major leagues at the same time, of course, tom is a little off. This is single a, double a pitching staff the red sox have sent up. But its just its beyond words how bad the pitching staff is. I dont know if you know thi