Closed relatively flat. Nikkei was down by about 0. 3 . In europe, it looks like things are modestly weaker. The dax is down by about 0. 3 . The ftse looks flat. Lets get you through some of the top stories this morning. We have citigroup expected to report at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time. Analysts looking for the bank to post earnings of 1. 03 per share on revenues of 17. 5 billion. Citi has already said Investment Banking fell during the quarter. Worth watching. The bank could give us a better snapshot of the Global Economy than some of its peers. More than half of citis revenues coming from outside the u. S. Citi was the only bank to make it through the living will process. Probably questions on that Conference Call about that as well. Were also watching oil prices ahead of this weeks highly anticipated producer meeting in doha. Ministers from the biggest opec and nonopec countries debate the next steps in a production freeze. But russias finance minister telling cnbc it wouldnt have tha
What day and who believes what. Some people might say it would be better if we could wrap it in but democracy is the ability to no matter where you are or were you come from to run for president. The social media are as fizzling are facilitating that. Mr. Volpe i just believe a couple of things. Think it has to be that way. I know for a fact if some candidate said im going to use twitter tonight to say i will host a Community Meeting to talk about what is working in the city, you would have 100 if not 1000 new people show up to have a conversation about that. That is the use of social media in the best way. I can care you t i can guarantee you that in that room you have an 18yearold, an 80yearold and a lot of people in between who want to participate in solving problems. Now that is the first step in , Building Trust within the system. Theyre connected with somebody who actually cares. They were all of that person, and that is the way for social media to save politics. But for whatever
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Our borders from other transnational threats, our operation is based on layered security where we attempt and i have described earlier some of the partnerships that we have with regard to Port Security to inspect port facilities for their security regime overseas. With regard to specifically the source and transit zone for narcotics we also have significant partnerships with countries in south and Central America that allow us to board their flag vessels on the high seas, recognizing that many of the nations dont have robust coast guards or navies with the kind of off shore capability that we have. So those partnerships allow us to detect and interdict drug shipments far off shore. In the case of one interdiction i made, over a thousand miles west of the galapagos islands, with drugs destined for mexico and then ultimate i will for the United States. So we use using our long range aircraft and cutters and detection monitoring capability of the department of defense and other partners w
Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he would replace Wendy Sherman who helped to lead the u. S. Negotiations for iran. And as i said to him when he came into our office and im sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. You oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. The nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and International Organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. It would be easier. Thank