For the first time in stanley cup history, congratulate one another. And the chant here is lets go preds. The motohere was stand with us. These people did. Stand with their team. All games this season, for the first time in the 19year history were sold out. Now, they wait for the handshake line to form. Usually, it is the captains at the forefront of this. And eventually, it will begin. The first handshakes began in hockey. In 1904, before the National Hockey league came into existence, long before they took possession of the stanley cup. Part of an old canadian tradition. Now they peel away from the celebration for congratulations to each other. Leading the way, dumoulin for the penguins, and pk subban for the predators. With all that happened during the course of this, p. K. Subban is coming close to sidney crosby. We will watch with interest. Pat on the shoulders, and they move on. Chris letang got into his young form, not able to play in the playoffs, not until next fall. But there
Get an interview with siri, by the way. Tomorrow is day one of the fed meeting with most economists saying a rate hike is off the table. When will we see any movement on Monetary Policy . Well be joined live here at the new york stock exchange. And oil, the highest its been. Hes holding to that forecast. We begin with microsofts blockbuster acquisition of linkedin, announced just before the opening this morning. Jon fortt spoke with both ceos. Jon . Microsoft wants to get bigger, but to do that it needs online professional Services Running on the platform. Linkedin has got more than 430 million members, but only about a quarter of them sign in during any given month and to change that, its been promoting itself more than just the biggest place to find a job online. Its promoted it through news stories, training courses and more. Linkedin was approached when stock was lower. Take a listen. We were talk in february about whats the next phase . Can we complete it more tastefully and wbett
Soldiers in afghanistan described as an insider attack, an afghan soldier turning his gun on u. S. Forces. We go straight to washington and cnn correspondent diane gallagher. Who is claiming responsibility for this . Reporter the Afghan Taliban is claiming responsibility. He opened fire on u. S. Troops in nangahar province. Killed four americans and injured others. Those numbers do not match with what the pentagon is reporting tonight. Three u. S. Soldiers killed, one injured. That injured soldier evacuated for medical care. This is what we call a green on blue attack when a member of the Afghan Security forces may turn on u. S. Or nato soldiers. Vice president mike pence speaking in wisconsin today asked people to pray for the families of those soldiers killed. I was informed u. S. Service members were attacked and killed in afghanistan. The president and i have been briefed. The details will be forthcoming. When heroes fall, americans grieve. Our thoughts and prayers are with the fam
In, that one week before comey was fired, he had asked, appealed for more resources for his russia investigation. The Justice Department denies that. But according to two sources fam with the discussion, comey actually made that request specifically to the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. That, of course, is the man who made the case to let comey go. I think that director comey has shown over the last several months and frankly, over the last year a lot of missteps and mistakes. The president had lost again like i said, hed lost confidence in director comey and frankly, hed been considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. Since the day he was elected. There is, of course, a problem with that time line. Sean spicer, the press secretary had r has repeatedly said that the president has confidence in comey. Heres the president himself, again since election day. I respect him a lot. I respect the fbi a lot. Oh, and theres hes become more famous than me. I hav