Nature. Just moments ago, house intelligence chairman adam , asking Jennifer Williams about how President Trump tweeted she was a never trumper. Would not describe herself that way but she was rather never part of it. The white house continuing to push back against williams. All of this one day before Gordon Sondland set to testify. He is the individual that was reportedly on the other end of the phone call between President Trump. President trump asked Gordon Sondland specifically for an update with whether or not president zelensky was looking into the bidens. David many thanks to Kevin Cirilli reporting from capitol hill. Lets turn to bill faries. Big development in the middle east, particularly towards the west bank. Bill yesterday secretary pompeo announced the u. S. Would no longer view most of the settlements in the west bank as illegal under international law. He said he was going back to a position held initially by ronald reagan, but it is something that takes place in the co
can t get over how many there are. they don t go away. they get worse. alix: we will keep you updated on headlines from that. in the markets, a risk-on tone. s&p futures off 10 points. higher.y, a gap any riskn about will rally be sustained? euro-down, a mixed dollars story , trying to find its footing. any risk rally bethe 10 year yield is doe basis point. terrible thirty-year auction yesterday despite a bowl flatten er. bull flatten part of that is the opec story. david: we will get weekly jobless claims today. 2:00, the fed rate decision. the interest is the balance sheet on that one. after the bell, earnings from disney and activision. first word news. good morning. emma: in southern california, a gunman burst into a bar last night, throwing smoke grenades and opening fire. , including apeople sheriff s deputy responding to the attack. 10 others were wounded. the gunman was found dead inside. authorities have not identified him yet. we have no idea if there is a terror
of its creditors, including the imf and the european central bank did greece got a alone last week after parliament agreed on new austerity measures. in the meantime, great thanks reopened for the first time in three weeks, .there are still limits on withdrawals overseas. merkel is suggesting that greece can t get limited debt relief. she ruled out a haircut on greek debt. a classic haircut of debt forgiveness of 30% cannot happen in the currency union. it may happen outside, but not within. erik: they may consider lower interest rates on greek debt but extending the time for repayment. the united nations security council is expected to endorse the iran nuclear deal today. it is to stop iran from building nuclear weapons and the united states and other world powers will gradually lift economic sanctions. ashton carter travel to israel to reassure officials there about the iran deal. carter acknowledged he will probably not be able to change anybody s mind. obviously, we
today. alix: a really exciting couple of hours lined up. the theme is capital markets. they will be talking about mifid, regulation, tax reform. to help highlight that, i will be joined by david solomon, co-ceo of goldman sachs. jonathan: i want to know who at goldman wants to move from london to frankfurt. alix: nobody. jonathan: nobody i have spoken to. alix: i am asking him that. that is my last question. jonathan: let s get up to speed on the markets. futures are firmer as we end the winning streak on the s&p 500 in yesterday s session. we pop higher. in the fx market, the euro showing a little strength, up 0.1% as we march toward mario draghi s decision. in the treasury market, 2.40 on the u.s. 10-year. david: thank you so much. that s get an update on what is making headlines outside the business world. emma chandra is here. emma: the chinese party has elevated president xi jinping to the same status as mao zedong. it would give xi more power to enact policies after cru
accelerating. the nasdaq now around the lows of the day. it has broken below its 50-day moving average. if you remember yesterday, it bounced off that level. today, below the s&p and the doubt, also accelerating to the downside. some of the semiconductor makers are getting worse of it percentagewise. the semi equipment makers session.n today s the momentum is affecting them on the downside. as for apple on the senior anniversary of the iphone, the shares are also down, down by nearly 2% in fact. we are looking at the numbers, 1.2 billion iphones have been of time.hat period billion with a b. it is not helping it, at least not today. logic, sky works, corvo. in terms of the convergence we re looking at, these stocks are down, technology, we have got some strength in the banks today in the wake of the stress tests. a lot of them are capital shareholders. region financial raising of dividends, earmarking $1.47 billion for a buyback. raising by nearly 2% as well. citigroup gettin