2,255 points. Right now we are down 2,003 points. At 1 00 p. M. , money started fluttering down, the Federal Reserve making a move to support the bond market amid the coronavirus collapse. The s p 500, by the way, had been down 240 points and of course, we had 689 points getting slashed off the nasdaq. Right now the s p is down 219 and as we look at the nasdaq its down 619. Despite the feds move, the s p and nasdaq joined the Dow Jones Industrials in a bear market. This as the 11year bull market is officially about to come to an end. The selloff kicked in pretty much right at the open and five minutes in, triggered once again for the second time this week the Circuit Breakers that halted trading for 15 minutes. Lets show you some metrics here. The oil patch. Take a look at this. It is playing a huge role in this selloff once again. Oil is crashing, folks. We do have it down to 31. 32. Thats a loss of 5 today. Much of this comes after President Trump announced a travel ban on flights fr
Import tariffs. How are the markets reacting this morning . Good morning. On a monumental day perhaps, welcome to early start. Im dave biggs. Im christine romans. 4 00 a. M. In the east, 5 30 p. M. In pyongyang. Up first, trump accept agoffer to meet kim jongun setting up what could be the diplomatic summit of the century expected to happen by may. Kim extending the invitation through a delegation that visited the white house on thursday. President confirming in a tweet the meeting is in the, would saying a commitment by north korea to discuss denuclearization was the catalyst to move forward. The announcement took everyone by surprise including the pentagon. If it materializes, mr. Trump would become the first sitting u. S. President to ever meet with his north korean counterpart. There has never been a phone call between the two. Historic. Andrew stevens tracking the latest for us live from seoul. Good morning. What is the reaction in the region . Reporter well, the reaction in the r
We believe that ultimately were going to be able to trace this back in one form or another to a payment from the Trump Organization offer from the surrogate for mr. Trump. I think it is Crystal Clear they are doing everything in their power to keep this out of court and what does that mean . That means hidden from the american people. Lets get right to the white house and Nbcs Kelly Odonnell for reaction. We just had the completion of the White House Press briefing where this wasnt really covered. It was not the dominant topic in part because of the north korea news which well also talk about and in part because Sarah Huckabeesanders knows the land mines associated with this and took a much harder view of not engaging on the subject which is sometimes the back and forth between reporters and a spokesperson. If the door isnt opened at all, it is hard to keep going with questions. But as you point out, this is a case where Michael Cohen at least failed to properly protect the Trump Organ
Least answered all relevant questions. Gloria borger just sat down next to me, cnn chief political analyst to talk about all these threats today beginning with good to see you. Hi. Beginning with this New York Times report that the president talked to two people after they were interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller. Specifically, former white house chief of staff Reince Priebus and don mcgahn. Cnn has now learned that the chief of staff here, john kelly, had a conversation with the president , warning him to be careful talking to people wrapped up in this whole investigation. A white house official says its pretty clear that kelly admonishes him constantly and hes not the only one. Thats true. Hes not the only one. Theres a line, mr. President. Right. His lawyers, i know, from my own reporting, tell him constantly that you need to distance yourself. Theyve had some success, by the way. I will tell you, in getting him not to tweet about bob mueller. You didnt see him tweeting ab
Will refrain from any nuclear or missile tests. He is facetoface with the president of the united states. A meeting could be successful. This could be a positive development. Im still pretty skeptical about it. I just dont believe anybody wins a trade war. That betrayal is now over. You have a lot of unintended consequences. What good is it to be president if you cant do the things youve been complaining about for 30 years. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your new day. Big newsday. After months of rhetoric and threats, President Trump agreed to meet with north Korean Leader kim jongun, setting up what could be the summit of the century. This would be the first time a sitting u. S. President meets with the leader of that isolated regime. While the South Koreans are certainly applauding the diplomatic breakthroughs, seeing how they helped broker it, the president s tariff proposal has pushback. The president following through on on