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Points. 1.2%. this is all about trade. let's 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. we'll continue to watch this very closely over the course of the next hour. let's begin our coverage with cnbc's senior economics reporter steve liesman. steve, good to see you, friend. you're the perfect guy to talk to about this because this is the intersection of economics and investment. people are selling their stocks off on a worry about something that could have a material effect on american consumers and spending....

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 shouldn't have done it, it was wrong to do it. and it would be wrong despite the hysteria that's 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 couldn't be impeached. she was a candidate for president. the president's the president. i think what you and i are going to see maybe six months from now, maybe nine months from now is a fight...

2016. that had a material effect on the election. and jim comey shouldn't 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 couldn't be impeached. the president is the president. i think that's 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 based on a house subpoena over whether or not bill barr must turnover the entirety of bill mueller's...

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 counsel's office investigation into russian interference in the presidential election. quote, house minority leader kevin mccarthy formally named the nine republican members of the house intelligence committee today, ending a weeks' long delay that may...

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 that's right at the heart of the russia investigation, them losing four seats on that committee didn't entail very hard decision making for the republican leadership. and that's because they lost four seats but also four republican members of congress who had been on that committee either retired or lost their seats anyway. so they were gone. so it wasn't like a really difficult game of musical chairs there. they ...