We want to hear from you. You can also make a comment via twitter cspanwj is our twitter handle. Alex rogers is with the National Journal. Mr. Rogers, can you explain what is going on in the senate and what is going to happen today and perhaps over the weekend as well . Alex the send it is in a race against time. They are trying to figure out a few matters. The first on the schedule is a trade legislation that is not time sensitive but that the Republican Leadership wants to pass before leaving for memorial day recess. After that, there is going to be a time sensitive deadline. The end of the month, the nsa bulk collection of telephone meta data will and by midnight, may 31. The administration has there could be some lapses if the senate does not pass a house passed bill by the end of today. Then, of course, there is a third item. A Highway Trust Fund authorization the house has passed a temporary two month bill there as well. So, they have a lot on their plate. The jet fumes, the sena
Economic outlook grow. The two biggest drivers, strength in germany and france. Things are up slightly this morning in european trading. But there has been some interesting calls on this. And well talk more about what jim cramer had to say about europe a little bit later in the show too. An update from our colleagues in london in a few minutes. Jimmy saying europe is back. And thats a big story for u. S. Stocks. Corporate news, the former jpmorgan trader known as the london whale and regulators reached an agreement to avoid criminal prosecution. But two are expected to be charged as soon as today. The s. E. C. Is said to be in settlement talks with jpmorgan over disclosures of the trading losses. Number of activist investors in the news today. Lets start with carl icahn. Hes taking a large position in apple and says the stock could be worth as much as 700 a share. If ceo tim cook pushed for a larger stock buyback. In the tweet yesterday, icahn announced he has spoken to the apple boss,
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