Our heavenly father, may your holy name be honored. May your name be held in high regard in this senate. We give thanks to you for you are good, and your steadfast love endures forever. You have watched over this nation through various times of peace, prosperity, turmoil, and war. May we continue to look to you and be a people who seek your face. Draw us near, and may we draw near to you. Blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. Reveal to us our sins and forgive us. Reveal to us also your love, and enable each of us to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Today, i pray that you grant to these senators of the United States the spirit of wisdom, the fear of the lord, and the courage to act by the counsel of the lord in all matters great and small. May they have your perspective on all things. May your kingdom come and your will be done here in our nation as it is in heaven, in and through these senators. Bless their families and their health. Give them your peace. O
Eisen. Futures taking a lead this morning, so many of these aftermarkets are closed for the may bank holiday. This morning, plunging by about four points on the s p, 24 on the dow. Of course, it comes on the back of slight declines on friday. The nasdaq up. The dow just just let than 2 . S p up 1. 5. The month of aprils performance, the nasdaq was the best up over 2 . The others more like 1 . The story of last week, as opposed to last month with the performance of tech up 4 for the week. That was a part of intel that pointed, last week was under performance of oil. And we saw friday exxon and chevron extend the slide in terms of the Energy Sector performance. Lets have a look at the tenyear treasury note. In and around 3 . Jumped monday on the back of the French Election results which slipped slowly but surely to the week. Then the runoff this weekend as well. And the it will be interesting. Lets get to the Global Markets and market picture. Most european markets are closed for may day
Name out of consideration for any position, including the one he wanted, secretary of state. The news break says the president elect takes his show on the road saying thank you. In this case, stumping for votes again to a big crowd in louisiana, which votes for Senate Runoff tomorrow. Right now he is headed to michigan for another thank you stop tonight. Peter doocy is already in grand rapids. Reporter good evening. Former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani is one of mr. Donald trumps most trusted confidants. He will not have a position in a trump white house. He has asked for his name to be withdrawn from consideration for any position in the administration. This evening, mr. Giuliani said this. Its not about me. Its about whats best for the country and the new administration. Becoming kind of very confusing and very difficult for the president elect and my desire to be in the cabinet was great, but it wasnt that great. And he had a lot of terrific candidates. And i thought i could pla
Im going to read a statement which i typically dont do at these but i want to make sure you full will you understand fully understand what i have to say on the issue that i think is mostly on our minds this morning. Obviously, any foreign breach of our cybercurt measures is serving, and i strongly condemn any such efforts. Prior to the election the director of National Intelligence released a statement saying that the russian government directed the recent compromises of emails from u. S. Persons and institutions. Including from u. S. Political organizations. That is what the Intelligence Community believes can be said in had unclassified remarks without risking sources and methods. Anything else, anything else is irresponsible likely illegal, and potentially for partisan political gain. I agree with senator schumer, chairman mccain, burr, and others simply cannot be a partisan issue. Let me remind all of you that the Senate Intelligence committee on which i and chairman of the Arm Ser
Meddled in the election to help trump win. This after president obama orders a full review of russianrelated hacking. Overnight, an infamous intelligence flop is being offered up as evidence. His team says these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. This threatening to fuel an early feud between the top u. S. Agencies and the white house. Were getting new reaction from moscow. We have a team of cnn reporters and experts standing by to have these conversations. We begin with christen holmes. Shes outside trump tower for us. What are you hearing from new york this morning . Reporter good morning, christi. Repeatedly during the election, President Trump praised vladimir putin. It became quite a topic on the last debate. His opponent calling him a puppet, saying russia wanted him to win because he could be a puppet. Its Important Note that this is not the first time donald trump has dismissed claims of russian hack. Earlier this weeblg in a Time Maga