general from all 50 states. they announced a set of agreed upon anti-robocall principles that will include call blocking technology at the network level at no cost to phone customers. americans receive an average of 5 billion robocalls every month. let s get a check on cnn business this morning. take a look at global markets right now, a strong session for asia up some half a percent, similar story gains outperforming over there in london as you can see. that s the handover to the u.s. markets this morning on wall street, take a look, we are making gains, too. some 0.4 of 1% for the tech heavy nasdaq. it was a roller coaster day for investors after the bond market flashed warning lights that a recession could be coming yet again. just the dow managing to eek out a gain of around 50 points, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq falling slightly. federal reserve chair jay powell will try to calm investors at a high profile speech this morning. expectations for a september
inspire you. good morning, welcome to early start, i m dave briggs. and i m julia chatterley. it s friday, august 23rd and it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. well, it s hard to recall a wilder two-week period for the markets and the economy. cracks beginning to form, some of them we have to say self-inflicted by the white house here. in just the last two weeks the yield curve inverted, investors demanding higher rates in the short term. we had new projections saying the deficit will soar past $1 trillion in 2020. job estimates were revised down and the president repeatedly flip-flopped on a new tax cut. this persistent trade uncertainty leaving the fed searching here for flexibility and yesterday we learned the manufacturing sector is shrinking for the first time in a decade. all that means it s shaping up to be a pretty big day for federal reserve chair jerome powell, a high profile speech in
i m julia chatterley. we are 30 minutes past the hour right now and it is hard to recall a wilder two-week period for the markets and the economy than what we ve just seen. cracks are beginning to form, some of them self-inflicted admittedly by the white house. in just the last two weeks the yield curve inverted, investors demanding higher rates in the short term, harsh new deficit projections, job estimates were revised down. the president then repeatedly flip-flopped over fresh tax cuts. this ongoing trade uncertainty and then yesterday we learned the manufacturing sector is shrinking for the first time in a decade. all that means it s setting up to be a pretty big day for federal reserve chair jay powell. he faces a serious test with a high profile speech in wyoming looking to reensure investors here. he is also facing pressure from president trump and expectations to deliver yet more rate cuts. he is one of the president s
is throwing yet another temper tanned rum or trumper tanned rum. his reaction to everything is to throw a fit. i don t get angry often, but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. you are a sniffling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. why are they desperate to give up the principals and support donald trump? the answer is simple. donald trump and hillary clinton are both rich new york big government liberals. as they say in literature, that was then, this is now. two years is a long time. forever ago. he refused to endorse the president in that high profile speech. he was booed and hissed and heidi cruz had to be escorted out because of concern about her safety. ted cruz said i am not going to be a puppy dog and endorse this president. i talked to texas republicans and he could face his own
as well among many a lawmakers here in the united states because he tans not to tell the truth he tends to use lies to present his policies and therefore it is so difficult to believe and to think that he is credible and to believe what he s saying who took in two thousand joining us on a sunday in washington. former u.s. president barack obama has been paying tribute to nelson mandela as an event to commemorate what would have been the former south african leaders one hundredth birthday in his the highest profile speech since leaving office he described as one of history s true giants he urged people around the world to emulate the figurehead despite uneven progress in south africa itself. most blacks in south