set up a new centrist force. it is a risky move for further weakens the already shaky government created two weeks ago by the centerleft democrats and the populist five-star movement. he announced his departure with a facebook post today. abc news journalist cokie roberts has died with abe has died after a battle with breast cancer. she joined abc news in 1988. she was a congressional reporter and analyst who coanchor the sunday political show, this week with sam donaldson from 1996 to 2002. she was diagnosed with cancer in 2002. she kept working nearly until the end. she repute he appeared as recently as he appeared as recently as this past month. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on tic-toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i m mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. shery: live from bloomberg world headquarters, i m shery ahn. amanda: live in toronto, i m amanda ling. we are joined by our bloomberg and rbn them
said 30% up from the offering price which was already considered generous from the get go. all of this president is meeting with the business roundtable ceo s. already getting mush back from some of them. we like what we see, don t see it going on strongly this year or next year. there are many who can dispute that the ceo s did not get the bang from the buck from the tax cuts last year. it is still early. we ll see what happens. edward lawrence following that in washington. reporter: president donald trump is saying the economy is humming along. business leaders are expressing concerns about uncertainty. the president meeting with some leaders at the quarterly business roundtable gathering here in washington. the ceo members include doug parker from american airlines. tim cook from apple. jeff bezos and jamie dimon from jpmorgan and a.j. banga pro mastercard. federal reserve logerring growth expectations this year. kevin hassett still thinks the economy will grow by three
jpmorgan chase, berkshire hathaway, with what they re calling health industry salvo to remind them, maybe all of us together can underpin you twice and maybe underprice you twice, all of those guys, including unitedhealth are taking it on the chin. united health is accounting for a third of the roughly 324 point selloff today. their presence and teaming up has a lot of folks worried. a lot has to do pretty much with interest rates as well. a backup picked up considerable steam amid expectations come tomorrow, that the federal reserve will make it official yet again to hike interest rates. it will be janet yellen s last meeting. again these are sort of a representative of market-based rates that are 2.72%. the markets get very leery of this sort of development. the backdrop is still very strong markets going into today, the markets are noise. volatility index, so-called vix as it is known. it is better than 18-month high. highest it has gone in the bull market cycle. high as 2
president trying to state whatever either state or governor needs, i am here. i ll get them whatever they are to have. but this happens at a time when president used a earlier appearance at fort myers to say, he is moving on other fronts as well, least of which is the talks against with prominent democrats this for example on daca. we re working with everyone, republicans, we working with democrat, i spoke with paul ryan, he is onboard. they want to do something, we re not talking amnesty, we re talking about taking cake of caf people, who were brought here. very personally we want we have to have a wall, if the wall is going to be obstructed. we ll be determine how much we need, then. all right makings of deal there, also some flexibility on daca. on the same day that president was you know explaining again, his position on tax cuts for upper income. they might not materialize, some like charlie gasparino could may more. and if you think that does not have charlie upset,
demeaning process, very demeaning on the other side and look as bad as possible. it could be very demeaning but i m sure the press would be dignified in this case but that is the word. i really think he s a dignified man and i would like to see him go through a dignified process. i think he deserves that and hopefully it will go quickly. and we folks in the room give yourself, a quick name and a little introduction and wayne, i would say they know you, perhaps they know you better than they know me. i doubt that. wayne laperriere, national rifle association. ceo and president of concerned women for america. i m sharmane yost, with american values. thank you, mr. president for this nomination. thank you very much. i m juanita dougan, national independent women business association. thank you. with the u.s. chamber about commerce, mr. president. congratulations on a fantastic nomination. thank you very much. er norquist, americans for tax reform. thank you for