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Points. 1.2%. this is all about trade. lets take a look at the other indices, by the way, all lower today. see the nasdaq, the dow -- the nasdaq, the s&p 500, and the dow. well continue to watch this very closely over the course of the next hour. lets begin our coverage with cnbcs senior economics reporter steve liesman. steve, good to see you, friend. youre the perfect guy to talk to about this because this is the intersection of economics and investment. people are selling their stocks off o...

Public importance of this information. but i think we all have to be cautious by what happened in 2016. that had a material effect on the election. and jim comey shouldnt have done it, it was wrong to do it. and it would be wrong despite the hysteria thats going on right now for bill barr to do something similar. now, the difference here is that congress would be looking subpoena that. hillary clinton couldnt be impeached. she was a candidate for president. the presidents the president. i think ...

2016. that had a material effect on the election. and jim comey shouldnt have done it. it was wrong to do it and it would be wrong despite the hysteria going on right now for bill barr to do something similar. the difference here is congress would be looking to subpoena that. hillary clinton couldnt be impeached. the president is the president. i think thats what this is going to come down to. maybe six months from now, maybe nine months from now is a fight in the united states supreme court bas...

They waited a full two weeks before naming new members to the intelligence committee today, even though they basically ended up carrying over their entire membership from the last congress. there was one guy they swapped out, but that was it. nbc news reports tonight that the delay may have had a material effect on robert mueller and the special counsels office investigation into russian interference in the presidential election. quote, house minority leader kevin mccarthy formally named the nin...

Chairmanship of the intelligence committee, they lost four seats for republican members. now luckily for the republicans, that loss of four seats on that incredibly crucial committee thats right at the heart of the russia investigation, them losing four seats on that committee didnt entail very hard decision making for the republican leadership. and thats because they lost four seats but also four republican members of congress who had been on that committee either retired or lost their seats an...

Private sector jobs lost. and another number by standard and poors suggests to the economy, to the gdp, people who cant get on with their business because they cant interact with the government or dont get paid by the on time, is in the order of $6.5 billion lost hours. peel like to make fun of government workers, but in fact they do work. and when theyre not working, and then theyre going to probably get made for not working. as this goes on, theres no doubt theres a material effect on the econ...

Forward on our global initiatives. we want to make sure we take care of whats happening in syria. russia is heavily engaged in that and we dont want the proliferation of weapons around the globe. we have this treaty coming up in 2021. it is something the president wanted to talk to vladimir putin about. >> jon: paul ryan is speaking now in washington we want to listen to his remarks. >> into russias interference in our elections. they did interfere in our elections it is clear. no doubt about th...

Lets go to paul ryan on capitol hill, talking trump and putin. >> well, let me be really clear. let me try to be as clear as i can to the world and the country. we stand by our nato allies and all those countries who are facing russia aggression. how many times have i stood up here and told you what i think about vladimir putin? putin does not share our interests. vladimir putin does not share our values. we just conducted a neyear-long investigation into russias interference into our elections....

And it is something that i feel obliged to speak out about. when i was in office, we removed, repatriated or deported a million people to enforce our immigration laws and secure or borders. we considered all sorts of things to lower the levels of illegal migration on our southern border. one thing we would not do is separate children from their parents at the border, something that i could not bring myself to do. i could not add our immigration enforcement personnel, our border personnel to do, ...

Summit. >> is this going to have an effect on negotiations, a real material effect on the negotiations, jeffrey, the release of these detainees? >> well, i think if the north koreans had continued to hold them it would have been a challenge. but i dont know that it will help. i mean this is pretty typical behavior for the north koreans. they tend to grab people, hold them until they need to make some kind of gesture, then release them. if things go bad, theyll grab more people again. >> how do y...