since the outbreak started, there have been more than 360,000 suspected cases. yemen has become a breeding ground for the disease after two years of a devastating civil war that has split the country between a saudi led government coalition and iran backed houthi rebels. few communities have been left untouched by the disease, but the worst hit areas are controlled by houthi rebels and suffer the most from a blockade of food and aid. nawal al maghafi has had rare access to the area in and around hajjah province where the outbreak started. you may find some parts of her report distressing. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera has swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter. her family ha
a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump s inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn t use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn t even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late night comedy shows. i said that wrong when i said it and then you wrote it, which makes you wrong! because when i say something wrong you guys should know what it is i mean, wrong or right! you re wrong. when i say rocky s
one of the most recognisable faces at the white house, the president s press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned. spicer, who became known for his rocky relationship with journalists, reportedly quit in protest over an organisational shake up by mr trump. but in his first interview since resigning, mr spicer insisted he was proud of the chance to work for the president. gavin hewitt has this report. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump s inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. w
macro front. merkel got things moving a bit. let s take a look at the ten-year note yield. we re right around 2.4 but off the highs that we saw, almost 237b9 2.5. we hit it yesterday. crude oil at the bottom. let s get to the road map. a change at the top of twitter. ceo stepping down. jack dorsey will be the interim ceo and they ll join us for an interview. and the imf walking out on debt walks and angela merkel with new comments. what you need to know to trade. first the ceo of twitter is stepping down effective july 1st. he s going to be replaced by the co-founder of the company on an interim basis. it comes from amid pressure from some investors who have been unsatisfied with the growth rate. here s what was said last night during a conference call. one of the reasons i m stepping in is of the belief i have around our direction and our strategy and specifically around the products. i have a lot of context for it as chairman as talking with the team running it
budged. dow futures down by 6 half a points below fair value. the s&p 500 closed another record high on friday. nasdaq down by 9.5. one economic data point of note, the national association of home builders will release its housing market index for may. that s due at 10:00 eastern time this morning. a little bit of news out of chicago, charlie evans, he says the feds should aim to boost inflation by keeping interest rates near zero until early next year. evans is a voting member of the fomc and argues inflation has been running too low for too long. we just had him on. yeah. yeah. exactly. that s not new, is it? they have got the dual mandate. right. we knew this was kind of where he was headed with things but people are looking at fed speak very closely right now to try to figure out. did you see the fed futures in september pushing that of 0, thinking it s less lick like dr likely. it could be negative in the first quarter. could be .5% for the first half. wha