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euro-dollar, 1.20 two. a lot of the conversations today will focus on the dollar. i m looking at gold for a second day, down a touch. coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we talked doing business in italy and natural gas. later on, we also speak with margaret from the world economic forum. she joins us to talk global risks. plus, janet henry talks trump s first year with us. she the global chief economist there. let s get to the bloomberg first word news. here s nejra cehic. nejra: the u.s. secretary of state offered a sobering assessment about the possibility of war with north korea. madeillerson said advances the situation very tenuous. he was speaking in vancouver, where top diplomats gathered to explore new ways to enforce sanctions. north koreans know our channels are open, and they know where to find us. but a sustained cessation of threatening behavior is necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the secu
these are your markets and we see a little pullback when it comes to european stocks, down by 0.2%. s&p futures gaining 0.8%. the further correction we saw overnight is putting a little bit of anxiousness out there on the market. we spoke to a lot of market artisans and they say, look, it is too soon to see if the situation will stabilize. we will look at the opening of the was market to see if there are any tensions there. it s just too soon to make a call on whether or not the markets will be quiet right now. that is what we will discuss throughout surveillance. we will keep you updated on all the action throughout the morning. plus, we speak to iain duncan smith about how long theresa may can hold onto power. we also have an exclusive interview from milan. and later on, we hear from the chief executive of l oreal. first, to the bloomberg first word news. u.s. senate has passed a budget bill. that is as lawmakers seek to end a partial government shutdown that began at mid
this is way back when when i was a graduate student at the university of california berkeley where secretary napolitano runs these days, we learned about wedge issues. wedge issues were those things that really divided the electorate, got everyone excited, everyone had an opinion about. well, immigration has become a wedge issue. wedge issues kind of come and go, and depending upon the year, and clearly since 2015 when president trump started to run for office, immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one of the wedge issues. it divides not just democrats and republicans, it divides republicans. in fact, there is an nbc/ wall street journal poll out today that has fascinating divides within the republican party between trump supporters and people who were call themselves more or less traditional republicans. so, this is a big issue. this is an issue that everyone has an opinion about as opposed to many of the other issues we talk about here at brookings, telecom
at the brookings institution. thank you for coming out on a friday morning to talk about this incredibly important issue. we have a great panel for you. we have a c-span audience, live webcast. anyone who would like to tweet, us immigration and hope to have a good discussion both here and online. this way back when, when i was a graduate student at the university of california berkeley where secretary janet napolitano runs these days, we learned about wedge issues, those things that really divided the electorate, got everybody excited. everyone had an opinion about. immigration has become a wedge issue. wedge issues come and go depending upon the year. clearly since 2015 when donald trump started to run for office immigration has been at the forefront in terms of one of the wedge issues. it divides not just democrats and republicans but it divides republicans. there is an nbc wall street journal poll out today that has some fascinating divides with the republican party betw