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Stephanie you have been watching a moment of silence in brussels as the city begins three days of mourning. The attacks yesterday have so far left a total of 31 people dead and 230 injured. For the latest on the investigation, we are now joined by bloombergs ryan from brussels. Yan, give us the latest. Ryan well, were learning an wful lot from the people who started the attack. Police apprehend adamant that is the mastermind of the attack. He is a 24yearold of an individual. Going into today, he was in syria in early 2013. And then a very minimum, he was an associate of one of the participants in the terrorist attacks. So as we look at the belgian and french Prime Ministers there at the mourning ceremony for the People Killed here in brussels, you can bet that they will be also talking about how they can better coordinate to make sure there are no more terrorist attacks. Stephanie while clearly today is a day of mourning in the city of brussels and across europe, as far as business goe
Keene. Tom youve got that right. After that fiction, lets get to our top headlines. Vonnie thanks, tom. Markets are closed in china. European stocks are trading either higher. Futures indicate that u. S. Stocks will be higher at open. China marks the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii by announcing the biggest military cuts in almost two decades. President xi jinping said he would cut 300,000 soldiers from the 2. 3 million on duty. The Republican National committee has issued a challenge aimed at donald trump. There are reports they have asked candidates to promise they would not run as a thirdparty candidate. The pressure is on twitter to find a new ceo. Dorsey,rim ceo is jack one of the cofounders of the company. At the u. S. Open, Serena Williams is one step closer to her goal of winning all four in one year. Ents topseeded Novak Djokovic won his second round match. He did a goofy dance with a fan after the match. Tom this is not wimbledon. [laughter] tom are you supposed t
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