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Tom keene in new york. At g7 will focus be china. Tom the president with those comments. What i find remarkable is how all of these leaders seem to be speaking to their homes, but it is not a g7 meeting but it is people talking to america, to canada, etc. Francine especially japan where you see shinzo abe trying to get out of the increase. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra starting with the g7, angola merkel does not have much support when it comes to austerity. The debat...

Mark. welcome to this edition of the best of with all due respect. The golden state ahead of the primary. Sleazy guy over here from abc. Mark. and, a potential independent candidate. Bill kristol entered the mix, sort of. John we can now confirm that he is a conservative lawyer and writer and iraqi war veteran named david french. You probably have not heard about him, we had not either. Bill kristol tweeted this weekend that he had a person in mind that would eat a strong candidate. Both of them...

And a big day for china. Will be msci back beijing and include the countrys domestic shares into its benchmarks . U. K. ,the momentum in the the momentum surrounding the brexit story, it just seems to be gathering day by day. These power pulls out overnight, and then theres this. This is britains biggest selling newspaper. For those of you who dont know, this is an influential piece of paper in the u. K. Have . Ch influence will it how much will mr. Murdock influence the debate in the surroundin...

At 50 plus per barrel. Angie were still waiting for the latest chain the latest trade date out of china which was expected an hour ago. Bloomberg is expecting a 4 decline. Nothing really to watch. Waiting for the customs administration. An hour ago, we were expecting the numbers. I am speculating a little bit here, but tomorrow and friday are holidays in china. This is not as absurd as the but waiting for godot, it is not uncommon for them to delay these numbers. Expecting a 4 decline, the secon...

We are around session lows so lets head to the markets desk where we have the latest. A sense of relief fading after four days of gains. We are seeing them trading lower with the nasdaq leading those declines falling 1. 3 . The s p 500 also adds to the lows of falling 1 while the dow is down. 9 . If you look at the function on the bloomberg, you can see the sectors falling most declined as well as financials. Remember, financials were some of those that saw the biggest recovery from those februa...

I begin with john heilemann. Did Hillary Clinton advance her cause . How will it benefit her . John the big answer is yes. Interested in the conventions, that is what the conventions are. They are a Big Television production. This was a wellstaged, wellcrafted convention. We often talk about how one big speech is the thing that people remember. Usually the nominee speech out of the convention. This convention i think will be received more holistically. They put together for nights obviously, ver...

Did Hillary Clinton advance her cause . How will it benefit her . John the big answer is yes. People who are interested in the conventions, that is what the conventions are. They are a Big Television production. This was a wellstaged, wellcrafted convention. We often talk about how one big speech is the thing that people remember. Usually the nominee speech out of the convention. This convention i think will be received more holistically. They put together four nights obviously, very strong spea...

Ourselves unified to bridge the gaps and differences. All right. What does that all mean . Lets get to john harwood. John . Michelle, its a first step. It was a positive step for the Republican Party. Paul ryan met with donald trump, the Presumptive Republican nominee. Ryan, of course, has held off endorsing him. He held off again today. Keeping some distance from the nominee. But he indicated that theyre trying to figure out a way not only to embrace the core supporters that donald trump has he...

Put another good morning. Its Worldwide Exchange on cnbc im sara eisen. And im wilfred frost. Its Throwback Thursday and its go to karaoke songs. And were holding some gains with a mixed picture. Dow futures down 6. 5. S p down 1. Nasdaq positive. Its been the outperformer its up 2. 5 for may. The chart to watch . Brent crude oil. Pushing above the psychologically important 50 a barrel mark for the first time. Were sitting just above there. Just holding on. Besee a half percent above wti. And br...

Environment drives stocks highers, isnt it . Over the average either at or striking distance from the year, dow gaining 18 points, s p advanced. 13, nasdaq inched down, we have to go over what allows us to reach these levels. The backdrop thats conducive to higher prices for the overall market. In short, whats so special about stocks right now that we are at or near or challenging these high s . First, investors like to see low inflation. When you have low inflation, that means the longterm valu...