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Down days for the markets. Right now s p down by about 11, dow by 96, nasdaq off by about 47 we were so close to you dow 30,000 earlier in the week, but that seems to be slipping away a little bit 29,400 and change is where the dow is right now and again, down two days in a row, down again this morning and after yesterdays declines, all three of the major averages are in negative territory for the week a lot of things happening with covid and well talk more about that in a moment, but some of th...

Week price premier will lead negotiations for china is telling dignitaries his offer to the u. S. Will not include commitments on reforming chinas industrial policy. These are some of the big demands the Trump Administration has been making in the trade talks. Update now on the crisis in hong kong. The city is struggling to recover after a night of violent clashes. Protesters defied government threats with Wearing Masks and were met with tear gas they were threatened with a year in prison for hi...

Overnight in asia, youre going to see whats happening. Well talk more about whats happening here with the futures. Overnight in asia the nikkei down by 1 2 a percentage point the hang seng up by. 2 . The shanghai composite down by a similar amount in europe this morning with the green arrows there, youre going to take a look and see that gains across the board dax up by 1. 25 . Cac up by. 9 . Crude oil prices, take a look at that, too. Last week for the week they were down by 60 cents down this ...

Make big money if this cvs deal closes well tell you how much. Trying to count it up coming up first as you know, President Trump made this major announcement on israel today which could destabilize the middle east this coming just a day after carlisles David Rubenstein told cnbc the only thing that the market needs to worry about is an unexpected geopolitical event. The only thing we have to worry about in 2018 or 2019 some unanticipated geopolitical event, the black swan. But right now short o...

Its up another half a percent. Well get disneys earnings after the bell today. Apple is thought of as sort of the lead dog. Its the Largest Company out there. I think disney is the company to watch these days. What a performance it has turned in. Meanwhile, aetna out with earnings this morning. Its getting a big boost from medicare and medicaid these days. We have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark bert bertolini. Breathtaking consolidation in that industry. Really looking forward to that. ...

Within our caucus and i do think its time to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. And i want to be a part of that transition. I want to see that happen. You know, i think that we have too many really great members here that, you know, dont always get the opportunities that they should. And, you know, i would like to see that change. Would nancy pelosi win a caucus leadership fight right now if she were challenged . I dont know. I mean, i dont know. There are a lot of members in our cau...

You or hurt you . I think the trump tax plan probably helps me more than it needs to, and im missing that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middleclass folks. So thats fake news. That would be that would not fall into the fact checkable news. Great. Lets get down to the serious things youve been investigating. Some of the platforms that many in the audience and even myself love, facebook, twitter, using Search Engines like google, are all now wr...

So is the trump tax plan help or hurt you . It probably helps me more than it needs to. Im missing that part where nobody on the high end was going to benefit and this was going to benefit middle class folks. So thats fake news. That would not fall into the fact checkable news. Lets get down to the serious things that you have been investigating. Some of the platforms that many in the audience and even myself love, facebook, twitter, using Search Engines like google are now all wrapped up into y...

European equities are trading 30 minutes into the session. Stocks are falling in europe, the biggest threeday drop since november 4. Donald trumps firing of the acting attorney general adding about uncertainty decisions in the new administration. Thats the biggest drop since november 2. And currencies are rising against the dollar. Look at the greek 10 year yield still no agreement between the latest bailout review itseen greece and creditors. Lots of Corporate News to tell you about shell accel...

Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. With me at post 9, our own sara eisen. Jon fortt is at the mobile World Congress in barcelona. A lot more from jon in just a moment. It is a busy morning here in the markets, especially in washington. The president wrapping up a meeting with the National Governors association this hour, holding a roundtable with Health Insurance ceos. Our eamon javers is at the white house with all the latest. Hey, eamon. Reporter yeah, good morning, carl. That meeti...