Major slowing, coming over towards the bay bridge, its very well. We have this slowing at the toll plaza, the issue on the span, itself. The crash did clear and Treasure Island on the map, you see this piece starting to move over to the San Francisco approach. The incline improves right there. I will circle this. I will show you the like picture. We are looking at the backup. The metering lights are on. The backup is there. There you go, send it back to you, guys. Mike, you know, laura was telling us about this at the very top of our show, breaking news this morning, new video coming into the newsroom within the last couple of hours. This is the footage that shows the massive bomb that the u. S. Military dropped in afghanistan in mountainous terrain there in the eastern part of the country. 36 isis militants were killed when the u. S. Dropped its largest nonnuclear device ever unleashed in combat. So far, no reports of civilians being injured. U. S. Official sassty massive blast target
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I am certainly hoping these receiveelated budgets some of that attention. Francine that was bill gates, talking to manus cranny. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have some great guests who will talk about the markets, Foreign Policy, and the snap elections. First, to your markets. This is where we stand. European shares rising attach. A touch as commodity producers rebound. Metal prices, chinese equities leading asian stocks higher. That index gaming 1. 1 . I want to show you the pound. The vote in parliament a little bit later about snap elections on june 8. The vix index down quite significantly today, at 15. 85. Those are your markets. First, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. U. S. Vice president mike pence has called north korea the most dangerous and urgent threat to the peace and security of the asiapacific region. Addressing military personnel on the uss ronald reagan, hence also spoke of the overwhelming response available to protect japan against north kore
Speed on the market action. Futures are a bit firmer. 0. 3 . Market,tion in the fx the bullish dollar call. The euro is a touch solid softer. Yesterday, massive repricing. 220 on the 10 year. Alix time for your morning brief. We get weekly crude inventory for the u. S. Trading at a oneweek low. Watching that later. Speaking gothe fed a conference. 2 00, the beige book, survey of regional economies, what does it say about the reflationary theme . Jonathan do you read the beige book . David i do not. Alix i will skim it. Jonathan it is a reason it is beige. Prime jonathan Prime Minister may will take questions and later, over in the u. K. , as they will debate the call for a snap election. It was not meant to happen until 2020. Two thirds need to vote for the snap election that Prime Minister may would like. David . David Morgan Stanley was not the only Bank Reporting results. Blackrock posted better than estimator earnings. It is the cover story of markets magazine. The ceo, larry fink,
Meanwhile north korea is issuing another threat ahead of their military celebration tomorrow. The fight is heating up whether to include the border wall in the budget, a battle that could lead to a Government Shutdown on friday but is it all bluff . The latest details on all of this and more. Melissa the relief rally is on. Stocks surging in the close. The dow ending up more than 200 points in results to response from resultsf first round of frenchlections. Brand new detas on the presidttaplan. Wells wills on floor of New York Stock Exchange for gerri willis on floor of New York Stock Exchange where we have some of todays winners. Gerri. Reporter were up 216 point as youve been saying, all about the French Election, a consensus centrist candidate, emanuel macron, one trader told us that is what traders wanted. Jpmorgan jpmorgan up, up, up. This is a vote for the middle ground, not blowing up the eu but making serious questions about it. The nasdaq as you said, hitting alltime high. Loo