[inaudible conversations] [cheers and applause]. Good afternoon. The center of American Progress. Robert mueller will appear tomorrow before members of llngress to detail how the government worked to sabotage the 2016 election and donald trump andd his allies to aid and abet and coverup the operation at every turn. The president has lied over and over again and tomorrow the American People with the special counsel. This time around they will be contained within the margins of the legal documents. This time around we hear directly from himself that is utterly damning. Mueller described at least 37 meeting 272 contacts in total like the Trump Campaign that to the highest echelon of the Trump Campaign and through the inner circle including donald trump junior. Campaign manager Paul Manafort chaired internal polling and political strategies with the russian agent. And with that assault and integrity of our democracy. Yet not a Single Member of the trumpe campaign reported their interaction
That was the day was the first House Intelligence Committee hearing and a day known for james comey announcing there was indeed, an fbi investigation into the Trump Campaigns ties to russia. It gave a press into Opening Statement in which you outlined what we knew at the time on march 20th and when you asked is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated and that nothing more than an entirely on happy coincidence and you said yes, it is possible but it is also possible and maybe more than possible that they are not coincidental and not disconnected and that the russians used the same techniques to corrupt u. S. Persons that they employed in europe and elsewhere. We simply do not know not yet and we owe it to the country to find out. Two and half years later what did you find out . Was this all just a random coincidence . No, it clearly wasnt. If i knew then that we would find evidence in writing of the russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton is part of w
Deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond shill and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics Small Business im show business ill see you then. This is boom bust broadcasting around the globe and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon us all. And im in washington and the like i was on saturday market watch it around the world are focused on the state of our minutes again today as the u. S. President imposes sanctions over the downy of u. S. Military drone rick rule of sprott holding on hand to help us tap into the consequences of a conflict on oil prices and what we can expect in effect are going forward. The middle east while it isnt the only concern for
With a trade war truce near . President trump saying his upcoming meeting with president xi will work out for both countries. Stocks set to rally at the open new records within striking distance the s p closing out its best first half since 1998. And playing down the trade risks, nike delivering strong revenues in the Fourth Quarter, customers buying more sneakers and sports gear and china sales surging. First up, the markets. Stocks getting ready to wrap up a strong month the s p 500 on track for its best june since 1955 for the dow, best june since 1938 heading into the final session of the first half, all three major indices are up double digits year to date, led by the nasdaq with a 20 gain europe is higher this morning, hopes are building for g20. You hear superlatives like that, best june in decades, is that a bullish thing . I think it is net bullish the duration, the strength of the recovery, im looking at this on a ninemonth scale, okay the Fourth Quarter was one of the worst
96. Continuing the dollar index below 96. Continuing weakness for the u. S. Dollar yield. The 10 year major you deals major deal to tell you about today. Allergan putting up a nice performance because abbvie is offering a 45 premium to buy the company. We will be talking about it in just a few moments. Abbvie shareholders selling that stock, off just a little bit. We will look at the ramifications in just a moment. Guy as you say, stocks down, havens up. Yield into record territory. Keep an eye on what is happening with the swiss franc. Keep an eye on gold. Has that run its course . Vonnie lets get to that big pharma deal this morning. Abbvie agreeing to buy botox maker allergan for cash and 63 billion, a 45 premium to allergans Closing Price yesterday. Cover aren our correspondent for Health Care Coverage here at bloomberg. Is that a little bit of an overreaction . Reporter you are seeing abbvie shareholders lose some of the stock here. I think they are going to spend a lot of money a