you have to register with the u.s. government if you're peddling influence for a foreign pow tpwher washington. flynn didn't do that. he cannot do anything that is going to put him where you wake up in jail. congress will be unhappy with him. it can look like a problem for his former boss but flynn can't do something that could end up with him behind bars. >> sandra: thanks for helping us keep up. >> bye. >> sandra: president trump's middle east mission topping the international agenda, but here at home there's a budget battle looming with medicade about to get hit hard. plus, a new warning from north korea after it launches yet another test. the plans it has for a new missile and how the u.s. is reacting to that. we are live at the pentagon. umbrellas!! you need one of these. you wouldn't put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. hidden in every swing, every chip,

the u.s. approach on this question. secretary ross's article, the trump administration, brexit and the election in britain create the opportunity not just to build a u.s./uk free trade area but for the u.s. and britain to take the lead in creating a new type of free trade area one that fulfills the promise of free trade for more open markets, for more and better jobs and more greater prosperity for everyone. there's no one that i can think of better placed to address these questions than our speaker today. director of economic policy and prosperity studies of the institute in london is one of the world's leading trade in competition lawyers. he is the former head of market access at squire sanders, and currently the ceo of comutare. he has worked with companies around the world on market opening and transition issues including the earlier privatizations of the uk electricity market, the former soviet union, the transitions in latin america and the wto successions including china and russia. ou

in syria, u.s. led coalition reportedlynear raqqa killed up to 15 civilians, including two children on sunday. the syrian observatory for human rights had u.s. led airstrikes have killed 225 civilians over the past month, including 44 children. amy: meanwhile, in yemen, the human rights group reprieve says u.s. navy seals killed five civilians during a raid tuesday night on a village. the killings reportedly began after a 70-year-old civilian came out of his home to find out what was going on and was gunned down to by the seals. the pentagon says the raid targeted al qaeda and that seven militants were killed. to talk more about how the media covers civilian casualties, we are joined by the cofounders of the intercept, jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald. the manchester model, should it be used for other victims of war? well, i mean, we know about the 22 victims, the horrific attack on the suicide attack in manchester as these tweens, mainly little girls ariana grande concert. we have learned the kid

does it knock the u.s. on the global stage if the u.s. doesn't honor its commitments and the capriciousness of the american politics can take the u.s. out of something that -- a lot of these countries have agreed to hurtful concessions to get this done, right? for the u.s. to back out in favor of some coal jobs with some of these other industries are saying we need to stay? >> coal doesn't make much sense anymore. >> and then the president's top economic adviser seems to support the paris deal. we'll know -- >> fascinating week. >>> breaking overnight, the death of former dictator manual nor yay ga. he the former general ruled panama from 1983 to 1989 before he was ousted by a u.s. invasion. he was many prison for corruption or murdering his political opponents before he was hospitalized earlier this year. he was 83 years old. >>> on the heels of a new missile test, another direct threat from king jong-un against the united states. the media reports that dictator is planning to develop more powerful weapons to send what they call a bigger

if the u.s. were to withdraw from this paris agreement and the president last week said he would have an announcement this week, what message would that send to the rest of the world? >> it would send to the rest of the world a message that the united states does not care about this planet that we all share and does not care about multi-lateral agreements that we make with other nations. the president has indicated that he wanted to do everything bilaterally and in a world that's more interconnected than ever about. this is the world that we live in, and he's pulling out of all of the multi-lateral agreements that we have so that we can pull and work together. so it would show legal concern about also the -- the worthiness of the united states in keeping their word and working together with others when it's most important in this day and age in which we live in right now. when you talk about crises around the world no, one can deal with it by themselves. we need to work collectively together in m

a senior u.s. defense official tells us that two chinese j-10 fighter jets flu within 200 yards of a u.s. navy p-3 surveillance plane approximately 150 mile east of hong kong on wednesday. the fighter jets were unsafe in their actions towards the u.s. reconnaissance plane adding one of the jets flew out in one of the spy planes before conducting a series of slow turns which the crew considered unsafe. the incident occurred before a u.s. navy destroyer sailed near a contested island thursday. according to the senior u.s. official, the u.s.s. dewey sailed within six nautical mauls of the reef, a manmade island, and intercepted by a chinese warship. recently chinese war planes did a barrel roll over a sniffer plane to test the air for a nuclear test. all of this sounding very top gun, eric. >> eric: not just the chinese but the russians both playing cat and mouse games with us. thank you. have a fox news weather alert. forecasters say flooding and tornadoes could be brought to some parts of our countr

the u.s. is represented by the newly appointed u.s. trade representative, barely two weeks on the job. he provided little guidance on the u.s. trade policy in this part of the world. all he said at that the u.s. -- we do not really know. he also maintained that the u.s. will pull out of tpp and what it wants from the asian partners are pretty much bilateral trade deals. precisely such an arrangement worries the wto chief. he said that is the biggest risk to the multilateral trading system. >> the biggest threat is for countries to decide to do things on their own and to take unilateral action. once they do, and this invitation exists. whenever you have a sluggish economy where you have stagnation, the tendency to find solutions looking inward is higher. the fact that the ustr was present at the meeting a significant. he is newly appointed an effect that he is here show some kind the apecss to trade in region. >> was there any progress made over the weekend? we knew that tpp talks were taking place. there has been a lot of dark clouds o

u.s. presidential election. we previously knew about a lot of people with people having contacts with the russian ambassador and a few other russian possibilities after the election but in terms of during the election while the attack was happening, who were they talking to in russia? this is a new name. and he's kind of a big deal. the other implication of this new reporting is that apparently the trump folks still have not told us about what their contacts were with russia last year. how is it we are this far into this scandal and all of a sudden there's another 18 previously unclosed contacts that they never thought to mention before now. and we're only finding out from this new reuters reporting. that has been a consistent problem for the president in dealing with this story and this scandal. they keep denying things. that then turn out to be true. they keep saying we know everythi there is to be known and then more comes out. they start off by denying contacts between anybody in the c

but u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, known as i.c.e., has a decades-long policy of a avoiding places of worship, schools and hospitals. >> my advice would be they should come out of the basement of the churches and follow the law. >> reporter: daniel ragsdale is deputy director of i.c.e. he runs the daily operations and overseas 13,000 officers. >> so if they are to check in with i.c.e. they should check in with i.c.e. >> checking in with i.c.e. is going to get them deported. >> checking in with i.c.e. will follow the law. and in cases where there's a removal order, of course we would execute it. >> how much concern do you have about separating families in deportations? >> as a human traumatic for folks. but i will also say that the rule of law is something that america is built on. but this seems to be the one area where the narrative about separating families sort of gets a little bit ratcheted up. >> well, you can understand why. >> well, i can. but i would suggest that every perso

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they added to aush and the u.s. the u.s. economy add 2d 11,000 jobs. ton employment rate drops to 4%. that's a level we haven't seen since 2007 before the recession hit. >>> they're urging trump to not pull out of the paris accord. there was a campaign to cancel the 2015 agreement. in a letter released this morning 2014 institutional investors say the mitigation of climate change is essential for safeguarding assessments. combine those investors control that $15 trillion in assets. >>> and "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" brought an estimated $142 million this weekend. guardians with its cast of intergalactic misfits opened 54% higher than the 2014 original hit. "the fate of the furious" was second at the box office followed by "the boss baby." anne-marie. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thank you, jill. >>> up next, doctors are finding new ways to deal with infants dependent on opioids. >> how this tiny mattress helps babies born dependent on drugs. i'm kenneth craig in worcester, massachusetts, with a look at the new study coming up. w

u.s. and try not a great to promote shipments of american natural gas. finance ministers do not see eye to eye on trade. investors are focusing on the data, looking for evidence that consumers bounce back after a week first quarter. this is bloomberg daybreak. u.s. retail sales coming up shortly. grind lower continues, futures a little bit softer, down 2/10 of 1%. euro strength, not the story, the dollar on par 4 to best week of the year. >> all eyes on the u.s. economy. u.s. retail sales and vpi -- cpi for april. discussing monetary policy in dublin and the philadelphia fed president delivering a speech on the economy. at 10:00, my favorite thing, universe michigan sentiment numbers, the soft data read. >> because it is michigan, that is why it is your favorite? [laughter] therade at the top of agenda and late yesterday, the commerce secretary announced a trade deal with china, exports of everything from beads to liquid natural gas. cirilli.s kevin we thought we were going to war with chi

in addition to u.s. politics, they will probably face other challenges, such as fierce competition and touch safety standards. the chinese have been attempting to build a globally competitive auto industry for years, so the foray into the u.s. will likely be seen as a test as to o whether or not chinese carmakers can truly go global. cnbc business news. >> thank you. and speaking of the president, he's ending a busy week on the first overseas trip. john harwood is in washington to wrap it up. >> hey, carl. there were some awkward moments on the president's trip especially in europe. there was the fierce handshake with macron, whose election had disappointed him. the moment when he shoved aside the leader of montenegro in order to get to the front of a photo opportunity. and then the president declined to specifically explicitly specifically embrace article 5 in nato, but did chastise nato members for not paying their fair share. >> 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be payi

the top u.s. cyber official says the united states watched russia penetrate france's computer networks prior to last weekend's presidential election. says theike roberts u.s. gave france a heads up about what was going on. >> look, we are watching the russians, seeing them penetrate some of your infrastructure -- there is a we have seen, what can we do to try to assist? we are doing similar things with german counterparts, british counterparts. we're all trying to figure out how can we learn from each other? campaignnce's election commission says a significant amount of data with fake news alerts was late. palestinian president mark amodei bus says the president has accepted his invitation to join him in the west bank during his visit to israel in two weeks. lockheed martin'

now, essentially, u.s. advisers with their iraqi counterparts on the ground can call in an air strike when they see, for instance, a car bomb coming, and that's what they saw when we were with them the other day. both of those car bombs we saw go up in huge plumes of smoke and flames were actually hit by aircraft. so, it does appear that the iraqis with u.s. help are effectively stopping these car bombs and are making progress in this final push to drive isis out of mosul. christine? >> a seven-month ordeal. all right, thank you so much for that, ben wedeman in erbil. >>> south koreans, meanwhile, going to the polls to elect a new leader after a corruption scandal led to the impeachment of the former president back in march. the vote coming at a time when tensions with north korea are high. the two leading candidates have vastly different approaches to dealing with pyongyang. the polls closing in less than three hours. cnn's paula hancocks following the developments. she joins us live from seoul. great to s

manuel noriega was considered a u.s. ally. later, the u.s. accused him of having ties to drug traffickers and having one of his opponents killed. he was arrested when the u.s. invaded in 1989. he was 83. tiger woods says medication, not alcohol, led to his arrest for driving under the influence. he was arrested not far from his home in jupiter, florida. he spent four hours in jail before being released. he has not played golf for four months and he underwent an operation on his back. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you. how about the equities bonds. a little bit of movement here. we are record high on the s&p 500. the euro comes in, the curve flattening further. 94.18 is what it is. per barelow $50 rel. the euro-yen, 123.60. a stronger yen, a weaker euro. g,am watching the euro-sterlin which i do not get, but everybody tells me to watch the euro-sterling, not the sterling-dollar. francine: i am also watching out for this today becau

a slump in u.s. auto sales continues, down for a fourth straight month after that record year in 2016, not only impacting carmakers, but triggered a selloff in parts suppliers as well. su keenan has been surveying the damage. su: it was a bearish report. the slide is continuing. belysts thought there would a bounce back from the harsh numbers we got in march, not so. in april, sales for six of the biggest carmakers dropped again with ford and honda posting 7% declines each. to make matters worse, each fallny had their figures short of what analysts estimated, and that sent the a fourth straight down month after record sales in 2016. let's look at ford, a fresh low for the year, down 4.5%. it has not been that low in a while. honda is flat for the year, was down 1% on the news, but again, one of the steeper declines. we generally look to companies like honda to doing a little better, and yet it was right in there with the steepest declines. >> it makes you wonder are they going to continue with these

u.s., closing near the all-time highs. low.ility at a 24 year it is incredible. the french elections pretty much have got people complacent here. you can do wonder whether or not we are in a danger zone. are we lulled to much and all the gains? hurdle weter that whole gir got, there is not much that can spooked investors at this point. china remains a cautious market. no relief inside after we see the forest deleveraging coming out from the government and the trade data we got yesterday. it was decent, but softer than the previous month, so let us see how the rest of asia is performing here so far on this tuesday morning. a little bit of weakness. we are down about a quarter of 1% right now. we did see dollar -- a lot coming back to the u.s. dollar after the fed. we are seeing gains against the g10 currencies. t -12 hours now until treasury -- treasurer scott morrison delivers his budget. will the credit rating be at risk?futures are pretty soft. slightly positive. the aussie dollar unchan

says theike roberts u.s. gave france a heads up about what was going on. >> look, we are watching the russians, seeing them penetrate some of your infrastructure -- there is a we have seen, what can we do to try to assist? we are doing similar things with german counterparts, british counterparts. we're all trying to figure out how can we learn from each other? campaignnce's election commission says a significant amount of data with fake news alerts was late. palestinian president mark amodei bus says the president has accepted his invitation to join him in the west bank during his visit to israel in two weeks. lockheed martin's new marine corps helicopter cost more than expected according to the pentagon's cost assessment office. be $144g stallion will million, 4% higher than projections. it also won't be ready to deploy until a year later than planned. they are committed to reducing the cost of the life of the program. today hehusetts judge erased the murder conviction of aaron hernandez. the former nfl sta

to the concern that the deal could harm the u.s. economy, gutierrez said failing to act on climate change would do more damage. act on theo fail to green economy will be living in a gray future. greenwho embrace technologies will set the gold standards for economic leadership in the 21st century. ministrationmpet did decide to quit, u.s. society should continue to engage with the paris accords. the state of new york and california have already pledged to combat climate change even without the government support. thee: the first round of parliamentary election is less than two weeks away. emmanuel macron needs to win a majority to push through his promised reforms including a crackdown on government corruption. scandal has already hit his administration. one of his ministers is now fighting accusations of financial misconduct that he again denied today. everything i have done in my professional life is legal, public, transparent, validated by an administrative council that has shown support for me. i have provided all the documents b

citing unnamed u.s. officials, "the post" reports trump began bragging to the two russian officials about his intelligence briefings, saying -- "i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day." trump went on to disclose highly classified information provided by a third-party about the possible threat of isis launching an attack on an airplane using a computer bomb. this is the "washington post's" greg miller, one of the co-authors of the report. >> at someme point, trtrump stas talklking about t the g great inintelligence he gets.. he is tellingng his visitors, i get the bebest intelelligence, d procds t to talk abobout this threat that is underway that has been publicly talked about for some time. but t he goes into d details a t the spececifics ofof this plot d how it is coming together and what the islamic state is doing to try to pull this off. the problem is that the united states knows much of this information because of intelligence that came from a partner, another country. am

the u.s. embassy to jerusalem altogether. days before the president embarks on his foreign trip which includes a stop in israel. >>> this incident caught on body cameras, an officer approaches a man at a dollar general store when suddenly he takes off. the officer chases him through the store and using his taser trying to subdue the suspect. the struggle continued outside. police eventually tackled the man to the ground and placed him in custody. one officer suffered a fractured finger. the other injured his elbow. >>> now to the nfl. they're trying to gather more information and investigating allegations made by supermodel gisele bundchen when she told cbs her husband, new england patriot quarterback tom brady suffered from concussions last season as he fought his way to a super bowl mvp. take a listen to that. >> he had a concussion last year. he has concussions -- we don't talk about it but he does have concussions. i don't think it's a healthy thing for your body to go through, through tha

i see steel growth pending ok in the u.s. -- panning ok in the u.s.. when you take that and contrast what is happening in the eurozone and what is priced into the currency market, as we are coming out of an error of excessive pessimism, in general, not just the currency, i see the balance of risks for higher eurozone assets, including the euro. manus: we will talk about that undervaluation against the backdrop of better growth very shortly. stays withkionakis the team. the president and the ceo of the drugmaker joins us right here on the london that. we will talk about his outlook and a challenges in the united states, and you want to stay tuned because we have a conversation a little bit later in programming. senator elizabeth warren is at 11:00 a.m. u.k. time. what does it really mean? this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to the european open. i am matt miller at our berlin bureau alongside manus cranny. european markets open for trading almost all minutes so far. you see the stoxx 600 down .1%. the dax and the cac showing a little bit of weakne

angela merkel, u.s. to leave early, once a pledge from all nations. >> it is important as leaders that we show our fierce determination to ensure we use every tool available to us to fight against terrorism. correspondent: one document signed and a round of applause, despite the differences of this first day. sara: good to see you. merkel says the other g7 members try to convince trump to back these climate records that he would not budge. why do you think that is? >> he deserves the right to make up his mind on where he stands on climate change. he has described i it as a hoaon the past but f for now thehe und states is locked into this paris agreement. they could opt to get out of it. it was feared that coululd happ. now with the g 20 meeting c comg upup in germany, that leaves moe scope to find out how far it is possible to go with this administration. the united states has not made up their mind yet. sara: they did manage to present a united front on terrorism but what are they going to do about it?

as you know, wolf, often times the u.s. has intelligence sharing relationships with obvious partners, allies, the most prevalent being the five -- [ inaudible ] uk, australia, canada and new zealand. long-term relations in effect, you're part of the family, you see the same intelligence. france, germany where you are often sharing. but allies that don't want it to be public. and this appears to fall in that category. i can tell you the reaction to this wolf is deep deep deep alarm. on a level we haven't seen with other similar stories in this administration so far. >> jim sciutto, stand by. jim acosta is at the white house getting more information. what are are you getting there, jim? >> just getting this information right now. i want to read to you directly what was sent to us from the white house press office. statement from u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson. forgive me for reading this as we speak here. it says during president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov a broad range of subject were discussed amon

u.s. -- could this be it? mark: u.s. equities seem to be stuck. equities seem to be kind of stuck at the moment. maybe it is the catalyst to finally bring them lower. i think the first impact will be on emerging-market equities. emerging-market equities will feel the impact of the commodities slowdown first. if macron wins on sunday, that will be a boost for european assets and equities. people are torn about how to play the divergence. u.s. growth is ok. the fed might hike because they are looking through the growth. growth is ok. we've got the health care bill passed. they are kind of confused. friday, giveninto how commodities have traded today, there's going to be a downward pressure on equities. you might see it first in the european session. the u.s. session is going to be under pressure. at least until the jobs report. guy: i think people are paying attention to that. the fed does seem to be telling the market that it is looking through this kind of stuff. we still don't have a particularly aggressive number. we don't have underlying inflat

her commission will be presented by her sister, u.s. marine corps, and her father, u.s. navy retired. kyle david phillips, government, cutter sherman. caitlin piker, mechanical engineering, cutter alert. naval architecture, mexican navy. christopher robert, operations research, cutter polar star. his commission will be presented by his father, u.s. coast guard. electrical engineering, cutter isaac mayo. her commission will be presented by her sister, u.s. coast guard. alejandro davide, civil engineering, honduran navy. his commission will be presented by his father, honduran army retired. benjamin connor ross, operations research, cutter raymond edmund. anne-marie ramsey, mechanical engineering. flight school. justin timothy, civil engineering. peerage every reuse, mechanical engineering. aaron lee reynolds, government. morgan elizabeth rhodes. james, management. sarah richey, management. kyle patrick river area. -- rivera. earl alexander roberts, naval alexander. john michael. his commission will be presented by his father appeared -- nicholas lee. austin joseph ross, m

u.s. intelligence sources telling us it's possible that these russians were exaggerating the information they had. they might even have been making up the information they had. but what's key here is that they were speaking to each other claiming to have it and describing that as a way that they might influence the campaign. this one piece of the larger russia investigation that is going -- that is ongoing, open questions as you know, erin, as to whether there was collusion between trump associates and russian, russian officials, others known to u.s. intelligence. these still open questions explored not just by the fbi but the senate and house intelligence committees. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. news of these discussions among russian officials coming as the president's top adviser, and son-in-law, jared kushner, is under new scrutiny tonight for conversations he had with russian officials. diane gallagher is outfront. >> conversations picked up boy u.s. intelligence suggest the r

the u.s. army failed to keep track of more than $1 billion worth of weapons and military equipment sent to iraq and kuwait, including tens of thousands of assault rifles and hundreds of armored vehicles. ,e will also talk about syria where u.s. defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. is shifting to o annihilalation tas in i its fight againstst isis. >> our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against isis. it is a threat to all civilized nations and the bottom line is, we are going to move in an accecelerated and reinforced manner, throwow them on their bk foot. amy: but as the u.s. ramps up airstrikes, are syrian civilians are paying the price? and leaked documents reveal counterterrorism tactics were used at standing rock by the security firm tigerswan, hired by energy transfer partners. against water protectors who they call insurgents. we will speak with the intercept reporter broke the story and tara houska of honor the earth. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demo

he u.s. take a stand on the two-state solution? if so, what? what kind of sequel will follow the abbas visit and how will he discussing a tense situation between israel and the palestinian authority and what is happening in gaza? there is the problem for israel of what is happening in egypt which is equally important to the united states. it's a problem of economics and stability. it's also a tangible impact on war fighting in the sinai and the gaza where you have a low level conflict and one that is -- has not been getting better. it's been getting worse. you have the problem of what happens, and it will happen fairly quickly, if you see most you will actually liberated and isis driven out of its pseudocapital in raqqah. because for israel that may mean it faces a significant and very different extremist threat somewhere on its border area. there also is the fact that uring all of these conflicts that hezbollah has steadily built up its missile forces. effectively rearmed, gotten better capa

u.s. equity futures after a mini gain yesterday for stocks. s&p closed higher by 0.2%, following a trend of fractional moves, mostly higher. looks like futures are indicated higher again. dow futures up 12. s&p up 2.5. nasdaq futures up 11 points a bit of a defensive tone to yesterday's dane wigain. the ten-year hovering around the 2.28 level. a bit of buying of treasuries, saw that yesterday. the economic reports have been kind of mixed. the new home sales number for april was weaker than expected after a jump in march. we'll wait to see what data showed today. overall it's been a mixed picture at least in the u.s. the data has been very strong, notably in europe. >> going back to the u.s. markets, underwhelming rally, but four days in a row of that, such that last wednesday's big 2% decline has all but been eradicated. the resilience of the markets. the question is once earnings season finished, does one of those resilience factors get taken away? we'll have to see what happens at that p

a former u.s. official now tells cnn senior members of trump's transition team warned felony about his meeting with a russian ambassador. flynn was told in late november that his conferring with the russian ambassador were almost certainly being recorded. all this coming as president trump spends his first weekend at commander and chief in his mom in bed minister nnl. athena jones is nearby. what more are you learning about this controversy? >> hi anna. we know that members of the trump transition national security team were concern that lieutenant j lo fly lieutenant joe flynn didn't have a full understanding motivation of the russian ambassador. one thing that isn't clear at this moment is whether flynn read that document. one more interesting detail that my colleague jeff zeleny has confirmed, is that according to a former u.s. official the obama white house was troubled about the way trump transition people was handling classified documents. sources say some highly classified document were copi

and sources tell cnn, during the u.s. presidential race, russian officials bragged about how close they were to michael flynn and how they could use that relationship to influence donald trump. listen to pamela brown. >> multiple sources tell cnn that russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign they have cultivated such a strong relationship with former trump adviser michael flynn, they believed they could use him to influence donald trump and his team. those conversations deeply concerned u.s. intelligence officials and it impacted what intelligence the incoming administration was privy to because some obama intelligence officials acted on their own to limit how much sensitive information they shared with flynn. a former official tells our gloria boar jerger, was recorde a five-alarm fire early on. and the conversations indicated they recorded flynn as an ally. the russians might have exaggerated their sway with trump's team during those conversations. russia's relationship with flynn deve

but now, under president trump, the u.s. is dancing to a different beat. a new u.s. relationship with the kingdom, affirmed last weekend's summit. now the saudi led operations are fully u.s. backed. trying to bring stability to yemen, but the u.s. has its own fight in that country. >> is the saudis are manning the actually positions here along the border against the militia, further inside yemen, today u.s. navy seals rated and al qaeda compound backed by significant u.s. airpower. it's likely that it was the terrorist group that was most likely to attack the u.s., and president trump said that seven terrorists were killed in that raid. but it's a significant threat, so much so that since president trump has been in office, there have been 80 air strikes against aqa positions. >> years of war, militia contro control, and overall instability has taken its toll. the u.n. estimates that 19 of the 27 million needed some sort of aid, and u.n. secretary general says yemen is facing a tragedy. with a child under five dying of profitable causes every 10 minutes on average. s

the u.s. is working to curb iran's ballistic missile program and will continue to cut under the 2015 deal. iran voting today in the presidential election, seen as the most important since the founding of the islamic republic. the economy has been a major issue. rouhani is defending his record. haidi: alibaba disappointed investors, earnings heard by a high tax bill and greater spending on entertainment and the cloud. shares fell the most in the year, the biggest intraday drop since june, but recovered to close in the positive. ryan, well, president trump has tried to distinguish the political firestorm raging in washington, categorically denying he did anything, claiming he is the victim of a which hot. the story.ys has what can we read into not just what the president said, but what he has been tweaking as well? were in contrast to the official statement issued yesterday afternoon, which sounded very presidential. here is what president trump , "this isis morning the single greatest witchhunt

and a special thanks to u.s. service members as we honor our fallen heroes on this memorial day weekend. good night. . >>> ive from the cbs b ay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. a third of the six slides in the east bay are closed after a boy went flying off of one. >> and the board of regents voted to raise student tuition. they threw themselves a party at a very expensive hotel. >> that pricy bash happened in january in san francisco. new at 6:00 p.m. kpix 5's melissa culross -- melissa caen tells us where the money is coming from. >> reporter: have h voting to raise tuition some board of regents said they were sad but it is necessary. >> i will be supporting the tuition increase and i think that every single one of us in this room doesn't want to raise tuition for our students. it is very painful for all of us. >> the night before voting to hike tuition the board of regents spent $18,000 at a party. only 65 people attended which worksitute $300 per -- works out to $300 per person. a repo

or the u.s. customs and border protections office of field operations. mr. wagner formerly served as executive director of admissibility in passenger programs with responsibility for all traveler admissibility related policy and programs including the trusted traveller program. the electronic system for travel authorization, the immigration advisory program and the fraudulently document analysis unit. >> mr. clark settles is the assistant director for the national security investigations division within the homeland security investigations. in this capacity, he's responsible for strategic planning, national policy implementation and additionally mr. settles oversees hsi's national security programs which includes the joint terrorism task forces and visa security programs. mr. john roth became the inspector january for homeland security in march of 2014. his long record of public service includes time at the food and drug administration where he served as the director of department of justice wher

and the u.s. the dollar ticking lower after fed minutes showed various members suggesting inflation remains muted. membersthis, most judged it would soon be appropriate to tighten policy again. this most likely refers to the next meeting on 214 and a comes after the philadelphia -- june 14 and it comes after the philadelphia fed president called a june rate hike a distinct possibility. do you think monetary policy is now steady as they go? under the markets look at it day in and day out, but munication seems pretty clear. >> i think that's right. fundamentally, monetary policy is heading in the same direction differentt speed and positions in the cycle, but we no longer have an environment where we have divergence .irectionally that is important for the underlying market sentiment. it is very important in the medium-term. that is the key driver of what shapes markets. monetary policy is no longer diverging and heading imminently in the same direction. --francine: what is the biggest trend over? we

u.s. dollar to its lowest since the day of the president's election. is all the drama surrounding the trump white house finally rippling the markets? while many banks are making plans to move workers out of london, a canadian giant is planning to move in. we will speak to the head of pfp . a lot to get to in the next few hours. we are 30 minutes into the trading day. a lot of positivity in the market. julie: enough positivity for the s&p and nasdaq to put the met records again. -- to put them at records again. the doubt not quite making it there, but we see a bit of an uplift in the u.s. markets. all of the news around retail desk home depot is rising to a record after it's comparable sales rose by 5.5%. its earnings per share beat estimates for the 12th straight quarter. down 3.7% after that company's outlook trailed estimates. dick's sporting-goods plunging 10%. out with an outlook for the year that is worse than anticipated. a ripple effect across retail as well on the negative side. di

paul: the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross said president trump never intended to tear up nafta but it requires a thorough revamp. speaking in washington he said the guiding principle that will be "to do no harm." russ says he wants talks with congress by july has big changes will require approval on capitol hill. he also says the window to change nafta remains open through the -- to next generally. a malaysia airlines flight turned back to australia after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. back in28 landed melbourne. the carrier has offered no further details. malaysia airlines is recovering from two fatal and unexplained disasters in 2017 where a flight banished en route to beijing and mh 17 was shot down over ukraine. a woman linked to the scandal that toppled south korean leader hai has [inaudible] made headlines when it was revealed that samsung paid i -- $850,000 to buy her a horse. part of the widespread corruption in korean clinical and business circles. reports from japan say toshib

in 1985, he becomes a defector to the u.s. u.s. secretes 10 crets himcraft to -- se in an aircraft and bring him to washington. the first question you ask a defector is, "do you know of any penetration into the u.s. government?" the person asking the question is aldrich ames, and then who was a spy for the russians at that point. what he is asking here essentially is "do you know about me?" so, he goes to the safe house, and he is de-briefed. d, he gives-briefe them information on mr. long. the other man he identifies is a cia director -- defector. the information he gave was absolutely valid. the interesting question is -- why did he defect? in rome, he was having an affair with the wife of another russian diplomat. she, with her husband, are we stationed in ottawa. ned in ottawa.o he goes to soviet doctors, because he has stomach pain, and they tell him he has stomach cancer. he tells them that it is only in the west that they have drugs that can treat him. being lovesick and thinking he is terminally ill, he makes the decision t

u.s. and towards china, saying "america has lost." chief of staff reince priebus says human rights do matter but cooperating with asian partners to deal with the north korean threat takes precedence here. >> this is a different level of problem that we need cooperation among our partners in southeast asia. the issues facing us advancing out of north korea are so serious that we need cooperation at some level with as many partners in the area as we can get to make sure that we have our ducks in a row, so that if something does happen in north korea, that we have everyone in line backing up a plan of action that may need to be put together. >> cnn's ivan watson monitoring the situation for us from hong kong. he joins us now live. great to see you, ivan. now, this is following with a pattern of president trump of elevating these authoritarian strongmen, but in this case, ivan, does the philippines have any influence regarding north korea and their nuclear program? >> reporter: not much, dave.

u.s. air force jet. in termsis a mixed day of those risk sensitive assets. take a look at the oil on the board, up by 0.9%. mixed. we have gold up a bit, the dollar pretty steady, so it is a mixed act for you. global shares at an all-time high just from tuesday. let's get the bloomberg first word news. juliette: thank you. iranians are voting today in a presidential election that will either hands of their current president a second term or see control lurch back to the conservatives. a win would give him a mandate to engage with the world economy, but with remaining sections, it could hinder the economy no matter who wins. u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says the breaking up of the big banks would be a huge mistake, testifying before a senate banking committee. he says the u.s. administration does not supporting -- does not support this. elizabeth warren accused the secretary of a bizarre policy shift. hasu.k. prime minister called on voters to give her the freedom to walk away fro

where the u.s. makes unilateral statements, i can think of a few recent examples that rere sason for us. >> you have coauthored a book about korean/japanese relations. what do you expect sole relations and i would like to hear your views about beijing as well. >> newly elected in his inauguration address indicated his willingness to go to washington, beijing and to tokyo and in order to further south korean security sbretss, he has one obstacle in terms of his own political presence during the campaign and that is that he abdomen all of the other can candidates agreed. i think a lot hinges on how the south korean policy advisers decided to frame this issue. if trying to reopen the issue is putting themselves back in the same box where it is a condition for all other aspects of the relationship we'll see a relationship and it will be a real drag on south korean foreign to policy. if we can don't try to address the task while also moving forward i think it offers an alternative pathway. we'll have to

u.s.-backed defensive to reclaim it has now taken eight months. it's taken longer than planned because isis militants are dug in among civilians. the pentagon in thacknowledged more than 100 u.s. operations forces were working with units around mosul with hundreds more playing support roles further from the front lines. >>> at home a navy s.e.a.l. died in a tragic parachute incident during new york city's fleet week. richard lui has details. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a highlight of fleet week, demonstration by u.s. navy parachute team called the leapfrogs descending in formation near the statue of liberty. instead, something went very wrong. >> liberty park, north and south. down in the water. >> reporter: one of the s.e.a.l.s was killed when his parachute failed to open. >> navy parachute failed to operate properly and landed in the water adjacent to the park. he was retrieved immediately by u.s. coast guard personnel and jersey fire department marine unit. >> reporter: the s.e.a

joce: in a statement, the u.s. postal service said it does get data on a substantial number of packages, but that they're committed to increasing the amount. they pointed to new regulations that went into effect this year that enhance their ability, as well as a screening pilot program that's in the works. gov. tom ridge: they've been aware of it, but now they're getting a little pressure to do something about it. joce: former homeland security secretary tom ridge is backing the efforts. he's a paid advocate, but is quick to dismiss critics saying the cause didn't get the attention it needed until he starting working with "americans for securing all packages" and pushing ei gov. tom ridge: it's a weapon of mass destruction, more and more people getting killed every day. we're not saying to any and all people, this is the answer. we're saying this is a huge, huge loophole. it's a gateway for these illicit drugs and let's narrow that ability to get these drugs into our communities. sharyl: how soon or how long until

he wants to see more u.s. products around the world. of course, the u.s. has pulled their operations -- gm has pulled her operations out of germany. there are a lot of issues, it is an incredibly complex industry. you cannot really point to any car and say it is 100% aid in one country, unless you are talking about, like, a morgan. may address that comment when she speaks in about two hours time, but i don't think it will have serious repercussions. mark: kevin, you have been there the whole week, you have been there for the entirety of the president's first trip. this g-7 meeting and the nato meeting was saving him the worst for last. as that come true given what matt has said, we talked about the macron handshake, shoving a fellow nato member out of the way. the end of the trip has not gone as smoothly as the beginning. kevin: that is a fair assessment, then you throw in the fact that the washington post is reporting that jared kushner is under investigation, a part of the investigations, and of the senate intelligence committee is issuing subpoenas for

., inside the u.s., the middle of the u.s. still have. >> thank you. i know there are many challenges facing agriculture, and i would hope that we would not complicate matters and that hopefully a growing economy will also help agriculture. ms. clausing, i think you suggested, but correct me if i'm wrong, that perhaps the corporate tax code that we currently have is really not that bad. now, i thought perhaps some lower hanging fruit in terms of agreement on changing our tax code would fall in that corporate category, but am i wrong in -- >> you're wrong. i think that most economists across the political spectrum think that there's ample room for a fair improvement to the corporate tax system, and i suggest some alternatives in my testimony, but i believe it would include potentially a lower rate, but combine that with closing the loopholes that we have presently. right now some of the domestic firms pay, you know, much higher rates than these mobile multinationals. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. larson, you're recognized. >>

u.s.-mexico border wall. the house back at 4:30 here on c-span. tomorrow, united airlines c.e.o. oscar munoz will testify before the house committee on customer service. we will have it at 9:30 on c-span3. earlier today we got a look at the japanese approach to the trump administration from former japanese defense ministers. they talked about tensions on the korean peninsula and how the trump administration approaches foreign policy. this was hosted by the center for sfriegic and international studies -- strategic and international studies. it's an hour and a half. host: good morning. thank you for joining us today. i'm michael green, professor at georgetown. some distinguished -- in fact, this audience is pretty much 100% distinguished, as i look out. quite an impressive audience. thank you very much for coming. a few brief safety and security announcements. i am your designated safety officer in case of an emergency. you'll find the exits are back behind you. and you'll go down one floor