All right. So welcome everyone. I am the Events Coordinator here and i have a House Keeping before we get started. We are actually kicking off a new series of events now. You can see fliers over by the refreshment, the cook book event series. We are going to have events throughout the summer. Its kicking off with dinner on june 11th. Tickets include a tasting menu prepared from that cook book, well have a pot luck and on august 26 Book Launch Party for discovering flavor, which i wrote and totally recommend that yall read it. [laughs] to find out about our events you can go to our website. You can sign up for pondering. I will be pass a signup sheet. If you want announcements, ill pas this pass this around. It is going to last around 8 00. We do have cspan recording tonight, and they do ask that for the q and a if you can wait till you have a microphone. Obviously it wont make you louder but people can hear you on the recording. Were happy to be able to present the events free and open
Yes. A busy earnings day. Also awaiting whole food reports in a major board shakeup. What to do with the grocery stock. Shares fractionally lower now. And you heard, boeing halted flights of its 737 max jets because of engine issues that surfaced over the weekend. Well have breaking details and the stocks suffering as a result of that anournnouncementannounc we begin with the story the whole country is talking about, fallout from president trumps surprise dismissal of fbi director james comey last night. Eamon javers and amy on capitol hill. Eamon, you first. Sanders here at the white house finishing up a briefing within the past hour or so. She made a number of points including that the president is going to meet with the new acting director of the fbi today. The search for a successor is beginning today. She also said that the president s thinking on this began mucherer than we learned when this news officially broke last night. What she said i think its been an erosion of confidence
At some point it comes back as an avalanche. Creditors are weighing whether the country is in compliance with the terms of the bailout. That is needed to unlock the next installment of aid. Six years after the disaster at the fukushima plant in japan, scientists still dont have all the answers they need. They have to find the melted radioactive fuel before they can begin removal. Until they do that, they cannot start the cleanup that will take for decades and cost 70 billion. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am emma chandra. This is bloomberg. World live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am julie hyman, in for scarlet fu today. Joe im joe weisenthal. We are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u. S. Julie u. S. Stocks near record highs as we enter holiday weekend. Joe the question is, whatd you miss . Julie President Trump has been in office for about a month and despite the political chaos, the stock
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by its hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country when were in a place like this. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff in a setback for President Trump and congressional republicans, the plan to hold a vote in the house of representatives this evening o