Im Francine Lacqua here in london. These are your markets. You see a little bit of a lift to the markets. 0. 2 . 600 gaining a little bit of optimism that the trade war between the u. S. And. China is not getting worse. There. Worse. Ing there is also a little bit of optimism after we spoke to the boston fed president , Eric Rosengren. Conte, thecting mr. Prime minister of italy, to address the senate later on. Coming up, our exclusive conversation with bostons fed president , Eric Rosengren. We will hear a lot more from him about the inverted yield curve. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Leader,kongs embattled carrie lam, is trying to end over two months of protests during new dialogue. The protest began over opposition to a controversial extradition legislation. They grew to a wider antigovernment movement. We will start immediately a platform for dialogue with people from all walks of life. This is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner. I and my
Press secretary America First sean spicer, payroll tax cut exploration and the mayor of el paso, texas demargo to talk immigration. Preview of trust open which begins tonight with the opening the opening party, you dont want to miss a moment of it so do join us. Breaking news, home depot is out, Ashley Webster with the numbers, ashley. Ashley good morning to you, match, earnings per share coming at 3. 17, that beats the estimate of 3. 08, revenue touch short, coming in at 30. 84 billion, estimate 30. 9 billion, samestore sales up 3 , u. S. Same store sales up 3. 1 , lumbar prices are affected declined significantly compared to last year for home depot, impacted the sales growth, approximately 3. 1 from fiscal 2018, Sales Guidance for the lumber price, so the cheaper lumbar is helping the numbers for you, those are the headlines for you, they have said before, maria that the tariffs, if they continue in the current form could cost them, home depot about a billion dollars each year, that
Right now. Its great to have you with us on this thursday. Our Investment Committee stocks giving up big gains the dow is up more than 185 points earlier in the session. The feds front and center. Policy makers are gathering as we speak if jacksonville Steve Liesman is there, speaking with philly fed harker his comments really impacted the markets here. Reporter yeah. I think maybe the key is this. That harker is not a hawk but his talk or his answers to my questions were somewhat hawkish. Heres what he said when i asked him, you know, where should rates be where should they go ididnt think the cut was appropriate, necessarily, but i went along to it to get back to neutral. But im on hold right now. My forecast is hold where we are for exact one of the reasons is that that i think we run the risk of creating too much leverage in the economy. Reporter that comes against the backdrop of course harker did not want to raise rates in december now hes okay with where rates are right now. And
With the instagram star making waves with his passion for his friends in the animal kingdom. But first, the nightline 5. This is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Taylor swift is not holding back, calling out music manager Scooter Braun for buying the rights to her entire back catalog of songs. So what does all this have to do with kanye, Kim Kardashian, and Justin Bieber . Heres abcs paula farris. You need to calm down reporter there was nothing calm about taylor swifts reaction to this weeks headlines. You need to calm down but the 29yearold pop stars entire catalog of music was sold. But its not just the sale that has her upset. Its the buyer, Scooter Braun, the highprofile manager behind artists like Justin Bieber, ariana grande, and once kanye west. The bad blood singer calling it my worst case scenario, blasting braun who she alleges pub