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it means remains ever elusive. the options to have offshore drilling. this is as tensions remain high. the secretary secretary of state visits the united nations. flexing muscles while having a major conflict. they can tell us what they can expect. they don t dampen the market. i am ashley webster. let s begin the countdown. breaking news for you. a very weak gdp. we are heading into the final hour. the month of gains we should say. they are up a little bit over one and half percent in april. as the fifth positive month in the past six. rising 2.3. really has been about the big tech names. check out alphabet up eight and a third%. here is where we are at the moment. they are down about 50 points. also off just slightly. on the bright side more strong earnings reports this time from the energy sector. both beating wall street expectations. they are also up about three quarters of a%. let s get back to the president. another busy day for him. wrapping up a speech before ....
injured during the last riot. she shouldn t have been a coward and came anyways. reporter: you think she is a coward for not coming? no. reporter: you don t want ann coulter to get her? i don t care about her. you know what? we re all patriots. if you are going to put it out there that i m going to go there, then be strong and fight against these terrorists. reporter: we are back live. what you re looking at is the front of berkeley high school. a group of demonstrators now carrying a sign that some of these folks identify as antifa against the pro left wing protestors. we have seen parents in the crowd and bringing their kids out with like pulling their ear like, what are you doing here! there s some concern of course for violence. most people are supporting ann coulter with you now counter- demonstrate but now there are counter-demonstrators and the police are trying to keep the peace. in a couple of hours, the temperature changes a bit. sometimes it tak ....
you are looking at a live shot of the room where u.s. attorney general jeff sessions will testify before the senate intelligence committee, expected to kick off in less than 30 minutes. pressers are expected to him on president donald trump s role in the investigation into russia s interference with the u.s. election and get his side of the story on the firing of ai director james fbi director james comey. we will bring his full testimony as soon as it begins. in the meantime, let s go to the west coast for another bloomberg scoop on uber. ceo travis kalanick will be taking leave from the ridesharing company after a slew of workplace scandals. eric, great to have you on. welcome again to it feels like we say this to you a lot. he is going to be leaving, the ceo, and indifferent defendant about the time away, it seems. right. initially there have been this question of the three-month leave of absence. now it is indeterminate how long. it comes right after his mother ....
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