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anthony mackie: i keep having this dream. a comanche war party searches the house. it is only a matter of time before they call me up to where their knives gleam. he s gone. the president? an accidental president, that s what they will say. i urge you to enact president kennedy s civil rights bill into law. that ain t going to be easy, dr. king. we will have to hold his feet to the fire. we in the senate intent to filibuster this bill. if you get in my way, i will crush you. this civil rights bill just killed your election chances. government does not do what is right, this will no longer be an option. is that a threat? everybody wants power. they think it ought to be given out, free of charge like mardi gras beads. nothing comes free, nothing. do you think everyone will suddenly start dancing to your tune? all we are asking is to live as decent human beings. i m trying to turn this country around. my people want results. it is time to act. ....
markets in the asia-pacific, new zealand is falling fractionally, led down by materials and telecommunications. $.67.wi is at futures in australia looking like this. it is pointing to a slightly higher open, $.72, the aussie dollar level. let s get over to japan, wrapping up the finance ministers and policymakers for g7. futures in chicago pointing to a higher open. this could be helping a weaker yen. kicking off aa is weeklong trip to asia in hanoi. he is seeking closer economic and security ties with vietnam. we are traveling with the president right now. president obama want to accomplish on this trip? good morning. it is a significant trip for president obama, wrapping up his time as u.s. president. his event toement asia, which has been a top priority for his administration for trade in defense relationships. onwants to press vietnam human rights, a country he thinks that has made progress, but will be meeting with civil society leaders while here. he wants to sh ....
quite mixed. a lot of weight and see, waiting a lot of wait and see, waiting to see what janet yellen says later this week. g7e disappointment after the failed to yield any sort of accord. picture, nikkei 225 down by over 1%. strength creeping up and that is weighing on sentiment. hong kong up by about 4/10 of 1%. the banking sector all doing quite well. elsewhere around the region, we have inflation numbers coming through from singapore a little bit later on. australia and new zealand off their session lows. weakness coming through from oil and gas. oil continues its retreat on the back of those comments from iran saying they would not participate. we are seeing weakness across basic materials, led lower by the iron ore miners. outperforming.ks this is a tie one story. taiwan story. angie: we have some breaking news coming out of vietnam. that is where president obama is making his three-day visit. we have a trade deal to tell you about. boeing said to be nearing a ....
the bedding is on for an supplyl rally due to disruptions in canada and nigeria. president obama in asia, looking for stronger economic security s influenceith china in vietnam. let us know what you think. follow me on twitter @rishaadtv and use #trendingbusiness. we ve seen some swings between gains and losses, not a lot of conviction in this market. we had a little disappointment over the weekend with that failure of consensus from that g7 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers. we are waiting to hear from janet yellen. looking for signals as to whether the fed will be going in june. also, what the bank of japan will do. there is speculation that they could buy more bts next month. gains, deeperier in the red. japanese stocks extending losses. the yen is not doing much. that trade data certainly weighing on japanese equities. taiwan driven higher by apple suppliers. throughkness coming from southeast asia as the likelihood the fed will be , earlierates come ....
tom keene is in new york. we have this possible merger, then we have the brexit news, and the market. tom: we will focus on commodities in the pacific. francine, i totally agree this one month mark off to brexit is front and center. francine: it is. a lot of people have decided, saying, why we are even voting for this? it means a whole conservative the government. now let s get straight to the first word with shery ahn. a summary and has joined the hunt for the missing plane in the mediterranean, trying to find the egyptair jet s voice and data recorder. a french tv channel reports that the pilot spoke to air traffic control about smoke in the cabin just before the plane disappeared off the radar screen. one ofnt obama has ended the last symbols of wartime animosity between vietnam and the u.s. in hanoi today, he lifted the embargo on the sale of weapons to vietnam, hoping to strengthen commercial insecurity ties. the u.s. has confirmed that a u.s. drone strike killed ....