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Strikes on two oil-pumping stations in response to alleged iranian threats countries of the gulf cooperation council have started enhanced security patrols around the persian gulf. all this comes a day after iran s foreign minister also said his nation does not want war in the region. now, while the president threatens iran, the white house is also rolling out a new peace plan for israelis and palestinians. it focuses on the economy, and it s being led in part by mr. trump s son-in-law jared kushner. a meeting is planned for bahrain next month. it s called the peace to prosperity workshop. finance ministers and business leaders will discuss that initiative. it aims to make places like gaza and the west bank as investable as possible. it s not clear where the israelis stand on all of this. but we do have a pretty good idea from the palestinian authority. yeah, cnn s nic robertson has more now from abu dhabi. ....
Focusing on the economy led by mr. trump s son-in-law jared kushner with an aim to make gaza and the west bank as investable as possible. what does that even mean? and we know already the palestinians are not very impressed with this. we re not quite sure what the israelis think at this point. again, we have been on this ride before. when prime minister tony blair was the negotiator for the quartet in the mideast starting in 2007, the heart of their vision was to push the two sides closer together by promoting economic development in the areas controlled by the palestinian authority. and it had very limited success. it s very hard to imagine putting this cart this horse this cart before the horse in the sense that how much investment can you ultimate can you really create first of all, can you create an environment in which there is a sound climate for investment without any kind of political stability? who would invest other than ....
In the future. brian: does that have anything to do with the fact that futures are down today. people are still sifting through the agreement. what can china adhere to and what is tradeable and investable at this point. promises to do more. 90 days to figure it all out. 90 s days that could be extended by the way. still a lot of people are trying to figure out what exactly china keep its promises too. brian: you came out here with three pages of notes and didn t even look at them. isn t that impressive. brian: come straight ahead failed for run for georgia governor. is stacey abrams getting ready to run for president? why not? need another reason for immigration reform? millions of non-citizens are cashing in on welfare. ned ryan says american taxpayers can no longer afford this anymore. he is here i dragself ....
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Million in barnes & noble s e-reader and tablet business. part of a new plan to help both companies compete against rival apple and the amazon kindle. more on this story, we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc s steve sedgewick live in london, steve, good morning. a good day to you. a fascinating move, microsoft will get 17.5% of a new e-book unit at barnes & noble. the shares in barnes & noble as you say, 52% higher by the close of the session. it gives both companies more fire power and more investable cash into the assault on amazon, which has 60% of the u.s. market. apple has around 10%. nook has 27% and the idea is that this cash can help it roll out internationally, as well as develop textbooks for colleges, which is a whole new area burgeoning right now. still ahead on way too early, the knicks got whupped again last night by the miami ....