Are investors finally buying what Governor Carney is selling . And bracing for the fed. The dollar rally fades in the path of the likely qe unwind. The fomc meeting kicks off today. Matt take a look at how markets are prepping. We are half an hour away from the start of cash trading. Futures are down across the board. It should be said that u. S. Equity indices hit new records, just barely, yesterday, and we saw the asian gains as guy pointed out. They will be interesting to see how the trade goes. Take a look at the bund trade. It is more interesting to look at a slightly longerterm shot. This is the yield over the last three trading sessions. You can see we have steadily climbed our way up from a three handle to four and a half. Bund yields, although right now not moving much, are over the last three days climbing about half a basis point. An interesting look there. Guy another record for the s p, another record for the dow. But the real story inequities is whats happening in the nik
Waiver of the jones act to lapse. It restricts shipments of food, fuel, medicine from foreign flagged ships to nearly half of the island that selects clean water and almost 90 still lacks electricity. We will get an update from reverend Jesse Jackson, who has gathered aid and headed to the island this week all stop and we will speak with the reverend about how Vice President pence flew to indianapolis to stage walkout of an nfl game of the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts after players on both teams held a protest against Racial Injustice during the National Anthem. Pence tweeted, but is using an old photo. The information that until avidn prove that he is an colts fan and comes to the nfl on a regular basis. Amy them President Trump says he will not restore the daca program protecting hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation unless lawmakers agree to expand the wall on the u. S. Mexico border and move to keep out thousands of children fleeing G
Bruce klinger discussing north koreas missile test and nuclear threat. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Now i look at freedom of speech on College Campuses with a group of professors and offers. This from a two Day Conference called finding meaning in america. Good afternoon and welcome back to our conference on a worthy life finding meaning in america. We have a very distinguished group of panelists to adjust the question. I want to begin with a personal testimony of my own and an expression of gratitude. We will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies, that exist in american Higher Education these days. Compromising of Academic Freedom violations of Core Principles of freedom of speech, the lack of viewpoint diversity, the phenomenon of trying to win debates by labeling other people as bigots or haters or what have you. Those pathologies are undeniable. They exist. They are very widespread. Many people in the academ
The market than 1 . The dax down three quarters of 1 . In asia overnight, lower across the board. The hang seng index down better than 1 . Japan really fun on the session. A doubledecker bus crashes in london. The vehicle is limited through storefront during rush hour. Six people injured. Well have the latest coming out. Controversy at the va. Abc hospital fired for poor leadership put back on the payroll. Earnings to focus once again, we will hear from kohls, macys and nordstroms. Keeping an eye on snap as well. The watch service. Plus, from weight watchers, opera teams up with craft times to bring healthy dishes to your dinner table. All the stories coming out. Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell. Iraq and afghanistan here and the wall street journal Telecom Reporter jane does. Great to see you. Good morning. Maria were you surprised the provocations or north korea . This is what she did when you appease the regime prior to this one. They responded to the way weve react to them. Who
Including bill nye the science guy. Well bring you highlights from our special fivehour broadcast from the march on washington on earth day. And speak with some of those who attended, like dr. Mona hannaattisha, the doctor who discovered the connection between rising blood lead levels in the children of flint, michigan, with the switch to the flint river as a water source. State officials initially dismissed her findings, but she refused to accept their denials. The flint store in the story of science is a science to tragedy. His unreliable we need to believe in science and we need to invest in science. If not, we have the risk of seeing many more. Amy today, the march for science for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker Emmanuel Macron and farright politician Marine Le Pen are headed for a runoff after the first round of voting in the french president ial elec