Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump rejected an Immigration Reform deal reached by a Bipartisan Group of senators using vulgar and racially charged language. The president s outburst targeted immigrants from haiti, el salvador, and africa. The white house is not denying the president s remarkses, which has triggered criticism from both sides of the aisle. Hena doba is here in new york with the details. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. President trumps dismissal of haiti with that vulgar expression has created anger from both sides of the aisle and around the world. The president suggested instead the u. S. Should allow more entrants from countries like norway. After coming under fire for some racially charged comments he reportedly made about immigrants, President Trump in a late night tweet defended his immigration priorities, writing in part, its my duty to protect the
Likes it is 2 00 in new york. 7 00 in london. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Julie live in new york over the next hour for the top stories were covering around the world. The world according to george soros. He shares his latest use on markets and the Trump Administration in a bloomberg exclusive. The anticash club. Urging investors around the world to stop keeping money in cash as stock markets climbed to new highs. Broadeninge of a expansion in the global economy. Look no further than caterpillar. We have u. S. Markets closing in two hours. We are back to record highs. The nasdaq has a little bit further to go. At this point we do have record highs, gains for the major averages. Putting in all time highs, the nasdaq had been between gains and losses in the volatility we saw yesterday, the worst day of the year. Overall a bullish tone. The nasdaq has the biggest wade into apple. Apple will launch an ebook reader. Weighing on apple, some analysts are talking about the possibility of wee
Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump reportedly wanted to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller and only backed down after a white house lawyer threatened to resign instead of carry out the order. This happened last june, according to the New York Times. Hena doba is here in new york with more on this story. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. According to the paper President Trump demanded muellers firing. The New York Times citing four people familiar with the request by the president. According to the New York Times President Trump ordered the Justice Department to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller last june. The president reportedly cited conflicts of interest, including that mueller had been interviewed to return as fbi director the day before he was appointed special counsel. The New York Times says President Trump only backed off when white House Counsel Donald Mcgahn threatened to quit. The president cannot directly re
Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump reportedly wanted to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller and only backed down after a white house lawyer threatened to resign instead of carry out the order. This happened last june, according to the New York Times. Hena doba has more on this story. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. According to the paper President Trump wanted him fired. The New York Times citing four people familiar with the request of the president. According to the New York Times President Trump ordered the firing of special Counsel Robert Mueller. He reportedly cited conflicts of interest. The New York Times says President Trump only backed off when white House Counsel Donald Mcgahn threatened to quit. The president cannot directly remove the special counsel. What he can do, however, is order Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein to fire robert mueller. Congress has asked about this prospect several times. If you we
The lingering labor dispute at the port of oakland could start to hit bay area coffee drinkers where it hurts. Not only because varieties are more limited but the costco go up. We have organics from honduras colombian, sumatran. Reporter a roaster who relies on imported beans that almost all arrive by ship. Were not necessarily running out of coffee, but as each day goes on, every single pound every single bean of coffee that Coffee Roasters roast here in the u. S. Comes off the boat basically. Weve had to reach out to customers to be patient with us. Mike is also feeling the pinch. Almost all brands they carry come from some country in asia. We have had cases where items are at the port sitting there, and, you know, everything is all good, but we just need to be a little more patient. So far the livery port issue just means longer wait. That could change if the labor dispute isnt resolved soon. Laura anthony abc 7 news. The big explosion at a Southern California exxon mobil refinery a