during his confirmation hearing before the senate judiciary committee. the nominee for the associate attorney general, rachel brand, also testified as part of her confirmation process. good morning, everybody. i m pleased to hold this nomination hearing for two very outstanding nominees, rod ros rosenstein and rachel brand. they ve been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. the deputy attorney general, who is the second in command at the department oversees the day-to-day operations. the associate attorney general oversees the civil litigation departments. it s critical we fill these two important positions so the department can operate at full capacity. we couldn t have two better nominees for this position. they share a lot in common. they both are dedicated civil servants. they ve both been confirmed by the senate before. in miss brand s case, twice. they both served in conf
attorney general, rachel brand, also testified as part of her confirmation process. good morning, everybody. i m pleased to hold this nomination hearing for two very outstanding nominees, rod ros rosenstein and rachel brand. they ve been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. the deputy attorney general, who is the second in command at the department oversees the day-to-day operations. the associate attorney general oversees the civil litigation departments. it s critical we fill these two important positions so the department can operate at full capacity. we couldn t have two better nominees for this position. they share a lot in common. they both are dedicated civil servants. they ve both been confirmed by the senate before. in miss brand s case, twice. they both served in confirmed positions during president obama s administration. they re both talented and fair-minded lawyer
citigroup ahead of the opening. we ll bring in the numbers when they hit the wires. oil prices and focused through the new warning on oil demand globally. the international energy agency says demand growth will slow for a second straight year. oil at 53.08 right now. comments on the dollar waiting on global markets. he told the wall street journal that dollar is too strong. futures this morning look like this as they are following the dollar the down 40 points in the dow jones industrial average. nasdaq and s&p 500 down a slope. in europe this morning, indices look like this. as you see the ft 100 down half a percent as is the cac quarante. in asia overnight, mixed performances take a look. asian indices for japan and hong kong were lower in china and korea were higher. shanghai composite up a fraction. your developments in the united airline scandal. the man dragged off the plane now taking steps pursue legal action. without those details coming up this morning. her routin
griffin with our report. reporter: at 7:32 p.m. local time in afghanistan, drop gbu43, a 21,000 pound bomb known as the mother of all bombs, or massive ordinance air blast. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, united states takes the fight against isis very seriously. we must deny them operational space, when key about. reporter: president said that top general in afghanistan did not need to ask permission to conduct the strike. we have given them total authorization, that is why they have been so successful, you look at what happened over la 8 weeks compare to what happened over the last 8 years, you wilsee there is a tremendous difference. reporter: former green beret say this is a dramatic shift in how the military being used. our diplomats are now emboldened, when they come to table they can speak with authorities of u.s. military behind them, and our opponent and allies know that we have political will to use it.
reporter: at 7:32 p.m. local time in afghanistan, drop gbu43, a 21,000 pound bomb known as the mother of all bombs, or massive ordinance air blast. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, united states takes the fight against isis very seriously. we must deny them operational space, when key about. reporter: president said that top general in afghanistan did not need to ask permission to conduct the strike. we have given them total authorization, that is why they have been so successful, you look at what happened over last 8 weeks compare to what happened over the last 8 years, you will see there is a tremendous difference. reporter: former green beret say th is a dramat shift in how the military being used. our diplomats are now emboldened, when they come to table they can speak with authorities of u.s. military behind them, and our opponent and allies know that we have political will to use it. reporter: target of the e