View this trip will be what the sent out to aomplish. And as the pred said this morning, to put a sentence, officially declaring the cold war over. Thats the most direct language that we have heardrd from him so far, particularly when you consider that it wasith raul castro there, and televised nationally when he called for free and fair elections. He pressed his case for democratic reform. He talked a good deal on economic reform. And improving the economic condition of the island of cuba, that will benefit the liv of every day people. But today, he focused on the political aspect in very very clear terms. Again, the president doesnt expect it to change overnight, 50 years of estrangement but from their perspective, as he what he sent out to achieve my coming here in his view. Lynn and craig, were looking at a live picture of mrs. Obama shaking hands with dignitaries and the obamas as well. Getting close to the stairs, and theres a throng of people around them, surrounded by security.
A record low. To the weakest luxury good market for six years. Less than 1 of their revenue comes from online. Lets take a look at the markets. Hong kong and china currently closed for lunch. Here is how they were trading in morning session. Hang seng index nabbing the longest losing streak we have seen in decades. This is a picture in singapore, tokyo, and mumbai, asian stocks rebounding as fed day arrives. Well be back in half an hour. Time now for bloomberg west. Emily coming up, the governments new push to monitor social media. Terror threats shut down schools in los angeles. Apples areas 51 revealed will go live in taiwan for a look at the figure Production Lab. Slumping oil prices are casting a cloud on solar power companies. We will sit down with the ceo of sunpower to look at the industry profit forecast. First, to our lead. I want to talk about what is going on in washington. Joining us now, bill, a senior fellow on american broncos where he works on National Security issues.
Williams after nine hours of deliberation. The officer is the first of six to stand trial in freddie gray staff. That is a look at the first word news. Coming up, the governments new push to monitor social media. Terror threats shut down schools in los angeles. Apples areas 51 revealed will go live in taiwan for a look at the figure Production Lab. Slumping oil prices are casting a cloud on solar power companies. We will sit down with the ceo of sunpower to look at the industry profit forecast. First, to our lead. I want to talk about what is going on in washington. Bill, a senior fellow on american broncos where he works on National Security issues. He also worked at the cia and the pentagon and was deputy staff director for john kerry at the department of state. Coversth us is derek who congress and capitol hill. Ts going on right now working on the plant is green eyes social media post as part of the visa application process. Take a listen to josh earnest in todays press briefing. W
Back i could only respond through that email. But what i meant to say is we couldnt find out who was sending it. It was obvious that they were english speaking, however, because, you know, of the commander language. Was there specifics about a ransom number or conditions . When they initially reached out to us, yes. It was ridiculous. Like they wanted 100 million euro or all muslim prisoners kind of thing. And you know, fbi, you know, of course we right away sent tight the fbi and they just said keep them talking, keep them talking. But within a few emails when they realized they were just talking to the family, they had absolutely no interest. And so they cut off discussions until the only other time, sir, was when the french came out in march of 2014, they came out with another very specific offer to negotiate for all americans and all of the british. And your primary source of contact in the United States was the fbi . We had no primary source. I did have one we had one fbi agent wh
The Justice Department statistics show that nationally only 16 of state prisoners are in for drug crimes and less than 4 are there for drug possession. And yet, our very president is going around stating an untruth. That is because this is an administration i think that is ruled by an ideology that claims that Law Enforcement is somehow racist. And that, as you say, is a disservice to officers of all colors who are there to help the good people in the community. Mr. Mccarthy, you rightly observed that the title this hearing, the war on police, is directed more broadly than just the department of justice. But it is rather what i see as a pervasive, to use a term of art, pattern and practice across the federal government and this administration, and indeed, i think no one bears more direct responsibility than the president. As ms. Macdonald just noted, president obama has directly tried to attack his own fbi director for observing that Violent Crime and homicides are increasing. We saw a