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could be delayed due to a critical issue. technology problems they say. connectivity problems. today we re expecting another wild one. pretty flat. let s check in on the british pound. that is trading high. $1.68.18. why? once again, we re showing strength in the u.k. economy. 6.6% unemployment. the lowest in five years. wage increases, though, that is few and far between. that is lower, of course slower than inflation. and grocery prices are going up. nevertheless, this could push mash carney to have to act mark carney to have to act. there are concerns about the higher housing prices in the u.k.. a look at a two-day basis just to see the rise that we had on the british pound. current interest trading particularly higher. let s have a look at european stocks. i want to see if we have indeed opened. there are concerns that we might be delayed. this appears to be yesterday s trading at the moment. we ll have a look at particular stocks. we want to get to home retail. u ....
there are other cities that do. london and new york have great time zones and big chunks of the world. good morning. warm welcome to those just waking up. i am guy johnson. i am olivia sterns. this is the pulse. we began with the escalating violence in iraq. the military has stepped up its attacks on insurgents. they got a larger territory near baghdad. the insurgents said they have killed nearly 300. graphic images online that shows execution of iraqi soldiers. the countries on the brink of civil war if not already. clear is that the iraqi military is trying to push back or fight back killing up to 300 militants using air power and fighter jets north of baghdad. the insurgents control much of the biggest city in the country and tikrit which is the hometown of the former and now late president of iraq, saddam hussein. the other thing that the insurgents control is a small chunk of the pipeline that is oil from the north to turkey and the mediterranean sea. tor ....
be a democrat tonight. this is a political speech you will see tonight, even if he can t achieve these goals, she setting them and i think he is setting them for the democrat party for years to come. he wants it known why he want today be president and i think he wants to let everyone know tonight. some members of congress are planning to wave in the ware some pencils as a sign of solidarity for the victims in paris, je suis charlie. it ll be interesting to see if that s a bipartisan gesture when that happens. that is the first time they probably had number two pencils in their hands since the s.a.t.s. tonight it will be about how members of congress will react. for a few years they did bipartisan dating. that doesn t seem to be happening tonight. it made it interesting because when people would stand up or sit down, they didn t have the comfort of being in a big crowd of people and it really changed the dynamics in the room. since making that gesture, they ....
protests have erupted around the world to demand action on climate change ahead of the international summit which begins on monday. in indonesia protesters gathered urging the government to reduce a pen an si on fossil fuel. protests have been seen in australia, new zealand, switzerland and the philippines. 24 greenpeace activists have been placed under how arrest suspectsed of demonstrations. there will be security for the event. joining me now is cnn correspondent phil black live from paris. phil, we ve seen so main demonstrations people calling for action on climate change. in paris, security concerns. demonstrations there were canceled. reporter: that s right, lynda. organizers have been planning a huge march here, hundreds of thousands of people it was hoped would take part joining those people around the world in a popular demonstration, if you like, demanding a strong, ambitious result from the climate negotiations taking place here over the next two week ....
far. we want answers to questions. republicans plan to go vote on health care bill before the fourth of july holiday. four con receivertive senators say they simply cannot support the bill in current form. this is not a perfect form. it would be great if democrats and republicans can get together and wrap arms around it and come up with something that everybody agrees with. veterans fulfilled duty to the nation and now we must fulfill our truth to them. abby: this video was made in america. wait a minute. listen to this. that was funny. i got followed on twitter by ed henry. that s when i knew it was official. abby: i don t know if i have a follow yet. we will see how the show goes today. romney mcdaniel and, of course, more, we are talking about our first summer jobs this morning. i m not going to talk about my job just yet. abby: how long did it take you to find that picture? took my mom over an hour. abby: i want your mom to get her own sh ....