terror attacks down by just 0.25%. breaking overnight, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, egypt and bahrain severed ties with qatar. now, they re accusing the country of supporting terrorism. the gulf states said qatar support of the muslim brotherhood threatens national security because the foreign minister has said the measures are uninjured based on claims that he says have no basis in fact. takes a quick look at crude prices. wti at 47.84. we will get a live report from dubai in just a couple minutes. in london, as you know, on saturday, seven people were killed dozens were injured when three men drove a van into pedestrians on in this case, it was the london bridge then attacked people with knifes in a busy neighborhood. it s the third terror attack in the uk this year, comes days after manchester and just ahead of thursday s parliamentary election. let s get to wilfred frost in london good morning, will. reporter: good morning, joe. seven people dead, as
get an interview with siri, by the way. tomorrow is day one of the fed meeting with most economists saying a rate hike is off the table. when will we see any movement on monetary policy? we ll be joined live here at the new york stock exchange. and oil, the highest it s been. he s holding to that forecast. we begin with microsoft s blockbuster acquisition of linkedin, announced just before the opening this morning. jon fortt spoke with both ceos. jon? microsoft wants to get bigger, but to do that it needs online professional services running on the platform. linkedin has got more than 430 million members, but only about a quarter of them sign in during any given month and to change that, it s been promoting itself more than just the biggest place to find a job online. it s promoted it through news stories, training courses and more. linkedin was approached when stock was lower. take a listen. we were talk in february about what s the next phase? can we complete it mor
we want to begin with bob who covers twitter. bob, you with me? it s good to have you as always. you follow this as closely as anybody does. what do you make of the speculation around this company? the stock has had a pretty good run from 14 to 19 and change. is a take out becoming more likely. we don t think there s any take out possibilities in 2016. i think they want to see those things they want to do resonate. jack has only been there for a year almost and the board is new. i think they fully support jack. i think you have to get through those changes and if you re on current trend which have been getting worse in 2017 you could see a take out on the that point. that meshes with what i m hearing today as i talk to people. i m told that jack and the board still think that they can unlock value, that they re not ready to sell, but at the same time they would be realistic if they got an offer. the last thing they want is to pull a jerry yang and get an offer and turn it
story. when i woke up this morning, nobody was thinking about wives and other things. when you hear a hijacking story and an explosive belt, you immediately jump to the terrorism activity. this one sounds a little different. first of all, he s actually released most of the hostages. usually don t hear it s about a woman. it s about reuniting with his ex-wife. that s what this is. it s, i guess, different than if he was i m just saying, a very different opinion. it s not fun. he wants to reunite with his wife. i could maybe see the other situation. he wanted to leave, get me out of here. the egyptian ministry of foreign affairs told the guardian this morning he s not a terrorist, he s an idiot. terrorists are crazy, bus they aren t stupid. this guy is. i m sorry. it s not funny. no, but it s so that was a quote. that was a quote. he s not a terrorist, he s an idiot. that s what apparently the egyptian ministry of foreignguas morning. again, ther
intelligence, to work together over the whole region. once they find a job, more, more education, good government, they will coexist. they will try to keep this. but if there frustrated, humiliated, marginalized, i think this will create instability. we have a lot to money there it should be spent by wise guide of the west in the region to make it bigger and in this case we will have a definitely middle east. .. even put in said in a recent address is that there are mercenaries and he even knows the price at which you can buy them back. you re presenting us with a different view than what is happening there. this is an organized government. they have health care system. can you give us better information then what were receiving? in addition to your book, for example our children going to school? what is happening? we hear about recruiting but how will that change in the coming year quest marks to thank you so much. so we see the pictures of the executions in the brutality