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mr. sessions was nominated to be a federal judge by ronald reagan but was rejected by the senate judiciary committee. jeff sessions later served as alabama attorney general and spent 20 years in the u.s. senate. here s a portion of his confirmation hearing from january. the attorney general of the united states is, of course, the nation s chief law enforcement officer. he or she is not the president s lawyer, nor is he the president s wingmen, as attorney general holder described himself. rather, he or she has an independent obligation to the constitution, and to the american people. i know you care deeply about this foundational principle, so i am going to ask you a question i have heard you ask other nominees for attorney general. occasionally, you will be called upon to offer an opinion to the president who appointed you. you will have to tell him yes or no. sometimes presidents don t like to be told no. so i would like to know, will you be able to stand up and say ....
yields and concern that the turmoil of the republican party could lead to a democratic landslide which would mean no more grid lock in washington. we ll dig deeper into all of these issues coming up. and then earnings. the seasons kicked off and alcoa shares are sinking. is it a bad sign of what is to come? the shares are down 11%. bio tech is getting hit hard. illumeina, we will look at other bio tech busts that investors should be wary of. samsung ending production of the galaxy note 7 smart phone after replacement phones caught fire. john ford is following the latest. josh lipton with the look at the opportunity this creates for apple. and courtney reagan has reaction. very busy today. we are joined by mark, kenny palcari is standing by and rick santelli will be checking in from chicago shortly. i guess he is still mourning last night s cubby loss. be itemized the litany. are we doing news now? this litany of why the market is down today. are you buying all o ....
february as it tries to recover from the note 7 debacle. across theclock a.m. emirates, 7:00 a.m. in istanbul. welcome to bloomberg markets: middle east. start, it really was all about the fed, but we have moved on to china after exports and imports figures came the market,plined then we saw brett across the screen. this conversation we are having globally is about the fed. how did it impact what you are seeing? angie, it is about the fed minutes. when he what happened, because it pushed the bloomberg dollar index to a seven-month high. i have prepared a chart to show you how the change in sentiment has been reflected in u.s. 10 year treasuries. you are looking at that fall in september now back to the highest level in four months, from below we saw earlier of 1.54%. those minutes showing that there are few signs of emerging inflationary pressure. also showing there is concern on continuing delay and it might cause a further divergence from the policy benchmarks that ....
we are checking your drive from pasco to hillsborough county, no issues. the drive on the sun coast and veterans looking great and i-75 right here at fowler, look how wide open the lanes are. 275 starting at the apex in the green here. no crashes or break downs to slow you down. 13 minutes from the apex to i- 4. 5 minutes from busch to i-4 and five minutes i-4 to the howard frankland bridge. thanks, janelle. developing this massive fire guts a tampa supermarket. it s sparked with employees still inside. rodney dunigan is live at the big and deals super center on hillsborough avenue. is everyone okay? thankfully they are, dan. this happened around closing time. so, thankfully no customers were inside. there were four employees inside at the time. one of the employees smelled smoke before they saw the fire. an extinguisher. it was too late. active scene. firefighters are still on the scene. one of the aerial units is trying to knock out a hot spot. all of this happe ....
this is bloomberg surveillance . i m mark barton in london. thatme to have a sip of because we have an acceleration to the fastest pace this year, adding to evidence that growth is becoming more resilient. the pmi index, the composition index, rising to 53.7 in october, from the 52.6 in september. this is the fastest pace since the beginning of 2016. the recovery continuing at a steady if not spectacular pace in the face of headwinds from brexit, slowing trade, political uncertainty. ecb supporting the economy with unprecedented stimulus that will come under review in december. just want to show you what s happening to the markets today. the stoxx 600 trading higher. last weekend it rose for the second consecutive week. best run since september. last week s rise was the strongest in a month. byre s the euro stoxx 600 up 0.75%. the euro is a little bit up now. track force march, on the worst fourth weekly drop. it is all about divergence because the u.s. as many think ....