we have unrest at home, and abroad. new protests in hong kong today, despite the protests number one demand there being met. this weekend is not expected to be any quieter and then over the uk, lawmakers voting to block a no deal brexit that s the show down with the prime minister boris johnson, we ll talk about all of that plus hurricane dorian making landfall along the north carolina coast as the storm continues to make its way north, we re live on the ground with the latest on the recovery efforts. melissa: fox business team coverage edward lawrence is in washington, christina partsinevelos is on the floor of the new york stock exchange and blake burman and hillary vaughn are both at the white house. let s start with edward. reporter: melissa today federal reserve chairman jerome powell hints he supports a rate cut, now he bases that around trade, not the trade policy itself. we would never comment on trade policy. we don t do trade. it s not a responsibility of the fed,
dramatic new video shows forces boarding a british oil tanker. latest on heightened tensions between iran and the west. one million in the streets demanding resignation of puerto rico s governor. that is about 1/3 of the island s population. we ll take you there live. first it was the dominican republic. there are new concerns over another popular vacation spot. at least 19 people are dead. we ll tell you where and what you need to know. connell: fox business team coverage today. all the top stories with blake burman at the white house. kristina partsinevelos on the floor of the new york stock exchange and phil flynn watching oil and iran out at the cme. blake as usual, a lot going on at the white house. we ll start with you. reporter: we ll start with a pretty remarkable headline came to us from the washington post which is that huawei helped north korea buildout its wireless network at one point in time. the post even cited internal documents in that report today whic
white house. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange and phil flynn watching action in oil at the cme. let s start with blake. what do you know? reporter: the big story of course iran. we heard from president trump earlier today. he said it was at the point which u.s. planes were almost sent to the skies which he made the final decision that he would end the mission to potentially target three different areas inside of iran. president when he spoke with chuck todd s of nbc s meet the press, one of the reasons he made the decision, he wanted to know the casualty down. this is how the president described it once he got those figures. watch. they said, came back, said, sir, approximately 150. and i thought about it for a second, i said, you know what? they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead. yeah. and i didn t l
president trump on the ground in the beautiful country of ireland, first trip to ireland as president of the united states. trade, jobs, economic ties, dominating the again today there. we will be live in europe with what to expect. escalating tensions here at home. vice president mike pence meeting with the mexican foreign minister at the white house over the president s proposed tariffs on mexican imports. both sides working to strike a deal, avert any potential economic consequences. we ll have the latest as it develops throughout the hour from washington. not backing down. apple ceo tim cook insisting his company is not a monopoly as the tech giant face as potential antitrust probe. the legal fallout. melissa: fox business team coverage following today s top stories. gerri willis on floor of the new york stock exchange, jeff flock is live in arkansas as walmart s annual meeting is going on, and phil flynn standing by at the cme. we have jackie deangelis following
first let s go to edward lawrence, who is live in d.c. edward? reporter: melissa, we ll know a lot more where things stand next week. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer goes with treasury secretary steve mnuchin to continue face-to-face talks. looks like there is no meeting between march 1st deadline between donald trump and president xi xinping. this is a little hard to hear. it is important that you get this information. listen. press, let s go. not yet. maybe. [inaudible]. let s go. keep moving. reporter: earlier white house economic advisor larry kudlow spooked the markets with these comments on fox business network, about that meeting. no date has been set. no time, no place, no nothing at the moment. he has said it is likely that that meeting will take place. and i might add the president has indicated that he is optimistic with respect to potential china trade deal. but, but, but. you have got pretty sizable difference to go here. we have miles to go b