Retaliation. If they retaliate, talk sanctions against iraq. Gold, still in and out of a sevenyear high. A lot lower than it had been. Oil barely positive. For a while, brent, that was well over 70 a barrel. But it is not translating to big gains here. Then we have treasury yield actually backing up a little bit after it was, getting lower and lower on sort of a flight to quality, that doesnt seem necessary. The dow as i indicated down about 63 points. We had been down close to 300 points. What is remarkable about all of this, folks, sometimes we see things in the prism of the financial community. I like what it shows people who bet with their own money think of what this is going. Theyre not always prescient and right. Theyre far from accurate period. In the middle of this moment, what some are calling potential world war 3 00, sort of a muted, sort of a shrugged shoulder reaction. Why is that . Latest from blake burman at the white house. Hay. Hey, blake. Reporter over here at the wh
Frances finance ministers as a compromise is close, though president Emmanuel Macron has pushed ahead with his overhaul plans. In pro football, the Dallas Cowboys are hiring Mike Mccarthy to be their new coach, according to the Associated Press. Mccarthy won a super bowl with green bay and took the packers to the playoffs nine times in 13 years. Mccarthy will replace jason garrett, whose contract was not renewed after nine years of the head coach as the head coach of the cowboys. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 in new york, 6 00 in london, 2 00 in hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world that we are following. Rising tension between the middle east and the u. S. President trump threatening sanctions a
To quote Stormy Daniels, when somebody attacks me, im going to defend myself. Those were some of the final words from the Adult Film Star before she was excused from the stand in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is good to be back with you. Im chris jansing, alongside my colleague, andrea mitchell. Defense lawyer suggested she was trying to extort him, and capitalizing on his fame with merchandise, prosecutors for their part pointing out that daniels was the target of nasty, threatening tweets for even coming forward about an alleged affair with donald trump. They asked daniels been telling the truth net positive or net negative in your life. Daniels response, negative. Over the next hour, well bring you live updates from the courtroom, the latest witness who will be back after the lunch break, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization who handled checks, including of course the key checks, the ones in question in this hush money case. So lets bring in the panel joining us now, nbc Nati
A trojan horse, perhaps, ill Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week, the university of southern california, where nearly 100 arrests have been made him, its protests since the university canceled its muslim valedictorian speaker announced it was now canceling its main stage Commencement Ceremony next month they cited insufficient time to carry out, quote, new Safety Measures its the latest most highprofile ramification of the surge of propalestinian protests disrupting campuses all across america students saying they have a right to free speech. Jewish students saying that speeches often antisemitic so what is the current reaction or protesters, the modern day greeks who use the deceptive tactic to enter the campus and defeat the trojans. May, im sympathetic to the University President s and administrators who now have to engage in a difficult balancing act. Campuses have become the Staging Ground for americas growing divide over supporting israel as It Retaliates for hamass octo
He was the most wonderful friend and i was he was the most wonderful friend and iwas in he was the most wonderful friend and i was in the most what if a person to be with. I would not be the only person to say this, he had an enormous number of friends who loved him dearly. The un say theyve seen evidence to suggest the Saudi Crown Prince may have hacked a phone belonging to the amazon founder, jeff bezos. Day two of president trumps impeachment trial in the us senate. Well be live in washington for a special programme in half an hour with my colleague katty kay. Chinese authorities have admitted the country is now at the most critical stage of prevention and control of the new, fast spreading respiratory illness, coronavirus. They have advised people to stop travel into and out of wuhan, the city at the heart of the outbreak. The uk has also announced that its to begin monitoring flights and ships arriving from china and separating some passengers as part of a series of precautionary