brent: thank you very much. to go back to the top story, the explosion near a soccer team bus in the german city of dortmund. we have a reporter who joins us now. what more have you been able to find out about what exactly happened? rupert: there is still quite a lot of not knowing what happened, but three explosive devices exploded close to the team bus. and the bus was leaving the hotel grounds where borussia dortmund was house, and the team were brought back into the hotel where they are right now, we don't know. we know that they are supposed to stay for the rest of the night, and police are looking out for more explosive devices. they have sent out a helicopter, drones -- yes? brent: thank you very much. after a short break, i willbe back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] elaine: a journey of thousands of miles that seems endless. i'm elaine reyes in wa

i will hand you back to brent and a call to action from the u.n. brent: the u.n. says donor countries have pledged around one billion euros in aid to help yemen on the brink of famine. >> 500,000 are suffering from malnutrition. the situation looks likely to get worse. the united nations hopes to ease the crisis. at a donor conference in geneva, the u.n. called on the international community to drum up $2 billion in aid. just over half that amount to be released so far. the u.n. secretary-general warns that humanitarian aid alone would not end the suffering. >> there is no humanitarian solution for the crisis in yemen. it is political. for all the diplomatic efforts to be made in order for a secession of hostilities to be possible and sooner rather than later. to lead to a true political process of reconciliation allowing for the yemeni people to be the master of its own destiny. >> it is a failed state with no government structures left in place. military blockades have lead to extreme shortages of food and medicine. almost two thirds are dependent on internation

brent: u.s. commander in the pacific says the crisis with north korea is at the worst point that he is ever seen. how did things get so bad so quickly? >> we know that admiral harris has been monitoring this and he also said that he believes there is a capability gap between the rhetoric we're seeing from north korea and their actual ability to launch a strike. it is possible a lot of this is a just words but what he has also said is this a threat is real and the administration is taking it seriously. what we saw with the meeting the entire senate had with administration officials, the laying out of what the administration is thinking and the strategy. what we heard from a lot of senators is it was a very sobering meeting. it was very eye-opening and they believe it is being taken seriously. brent: our correspondent in washington dc. thank you very much. here in germany, and army officer has been arrested, suspected of planning a terrorist attack. this is a bizarre story because of the lieutenant

brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight the united states and britain are leading calls for russia to end its support for syrian president bashar al-assad. the u.s. blames assad's regime for the chemical attacks on civilians. donald trump's decision to bomb a syrian airbase surprise many and appears to mark a u-turn in washington's foreign policy. it has angered moscow, the biggest ally of assad. reporter: the misery doesn't let up in this refugee camp for the millions of syrian refugees scattered across the globe. last week's chemical attack refocused the world's attention on this brutal conflict. it is also stolen the focus of a meeting of g7 foreign ministers in italy, with renewed efforts to end the bloodshed. the u.s. and did it may once again take up the mantle-- hinted it may once again take up the mantle the world's policemen. secretary tillerson: we hold ourselves to holding to cap for any crimes against innocents around the world. reporter: it comes days after an airstrike in response to a gas attack and b

he is part of a diplomatic tug-of-war between berlin and ankara. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff.is good to have you with us. it could very well be one of the deadliest chemical weapons attacks in the six-year long syrian civil war. dozens of people come up to 100 including children, were killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack in northern syria early this morning. both russia and the syrian government have denied any involvement. the un security council will hold an emergency session tomorrow. what u.s. president trump plans to do remains a mystery tonight. our first story takes us to syria. the images you are about to see are very disturbing. reporter: rescuers try to wash toxins from this man' as body. the fight for his life on the streets. the images from the scene are too graphic to show. children and women, grasping, dead. helpers try to find a nebulous. in the clinics, the medical teams battle. the patient symptoms include suffocation, breathing failure, fainting, foaming at the mouth, convulsions, and paralysis. some survivors can speak of their ordeal. >> we were as

brent: i am brent goff. good to have you with us. tonight, syria president bashar al-assad, the man accused of poisoning his own people, has come out fighting in the first interview since the suspected chemical weapons attack last week. in an interview with french news agency afp, he insists his forces have turned over all the chemical weapons and that they did that years ago. that means, he says, that he cannot have used them last week. at the u.s. and its allies, they don't believe him, which is why president trump launched a missile attack on a syrian air base last week. reporter: he is not backing down. syrian president bashar al-assad said the u.s. airstrikes against his regime followed deeply false claims. president assad: our impression that the west, mainly the united states, they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. only a few days, 48 hours, between the plane and the attacks and no investigations, no concrete evidence about anything. the only thing were allegations and propaganda and the str

brent: ok.nk you. maya, thank you very much. brent: in turkey, police have detained more than 1000 people in their latest crackdown following the failed to attempt the last year. warrants have been issued for 3000 people and the interior minister says more arrests are on the way. correspondent: the arrests began at daybreak. turkish authorities rounded up hundreds of alleged supporters of an islamic cleric. many are suspected of being high-ranking members of a movement. the turkish media say they have infiltrated the police. one newspaper says turkish intelligence has drawn up a list of several thousand names. the interior minter called a -- called it a matter of national security. >> unfortunately, they have penetrated our law enforcement and they are trying to control them from the inside. they are trying to build a parallel state and pursue their own agenda. correspondent: the turkish government accuses fethullah gulen of orchestrating the coup last summer, the man that was once a key ally of

: i'm brent goff.is good to have you with us. we begin tonight in russia, where 10 people have been killed , 39 injured in an explosion on the st. petersburg metro. it was caused by a homemade bomb and are investigating the incident as a suspected terror tack. they have issued arrest warns -- warrants for two suspects. reporter: a metro carriage torn open. people trying to help the wounded, crying out for assistance. along the station platform, passengers turned rescuers tend to the wounded while those wander in a state of shock. it happened in the city center. the driver did not stop after the explosion but carried on to the next stop. authorities say his decision probably helped save lives by speeding the rescue effort. this woman survived e blast. still reeling, she described the seconds after the explosion. >> when we tried to get up again , the train carriage collapsed. all of it. everything went black. it started to fall apart while we were approaching the station. it is good that the train did n

brent: sophie in new york, thank you very much.ees progress in negotiations over the financial state of greece. the new finance ministers will old talk at their meeting on friday. it is hoping for further financial help. correspondent: the augeers family lived with their children in a suburb of athens. the father takes temporary jobs and they scrape by on a single income. they scrape by why they can -- while they can, including not using electricity. >> when you live on very little money, you cannot pay the bills. someone will always give you a plate of food, but you cannot pay the bills. correspondent: it is a similar story for many greeks, over 40% are behind on their electricity payments because they do not have the money. debt totals over 1.3 billion euros nationally. many want to delay their payments or pay in installments. >> it is very hard to get by in this situation. you cut a bit from here and there, you have to prioritize. everything else you pay sparingly. correspondent: while greeks struggle with everyday life, their p

brent: that is right.on earth, looking at runners taking part in the marathon in palestine, in bethlehem. the race took place under the slogan "freedom of movement." it was not without controversy as israel banned 36 runners from the gaza strip from participating. 6000 athletes from 26 countries took part, that is more than twice as many as last year. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. first, the sights and sounds of a percussion band in siberia, using some unusual instruments. ♪ [sounds of drums] ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] (upbeat music) - [narrator] china is building up its maritime presence. it's undertaken a massive investment in its navy, and is ambitiously advancing its territorial claims to the disputed spratly and senkaku islands chains in the south and east china seas. is this maritime expansion an effort to project power and deny access to what were once in

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- backwardation in brent increasing.cott: that probably will continue. with the geopolitical risk at the forefront now, the tension and all the volatility is right here in the front. i do think that is going to continue. nejra: i also want to ask you about gold. a five monthld hit high, pushing it above the 200 day moving average. gold has breached that level a few times since late february. i'm wondering, do you think the gold rally is going to extend? why is this time different? scott: yes, i do think it is going to extend. a big-time supporter on the 1240 level. with all the geopolitical risk that is out there, not just -- goldut all of it come the u.s. dollar, treasuries are all safe havens. the second or third time's the charm. we broke the 200 day moving average. we are not going to breach back down below it, but this rally is intact. lowerct that we have this support will give credence to the next leg upward. i wouldn't be surprised if we see 1300 sooner rather than later. for today's bauer futures in focus. so gr

they col volcano tiered at a brent -- they volunteered at a brentwood academy today. organizers say most of the students live below the poverty line. >> well, this is a region of incredible wealth and opportunity, but there are also neighborhoods and schools that are really suffering and really need a lot, and we at microsoft think it's important to engage in the whole community. so we had employees from all over the region coming here to east palo alto to partner with the school to transform it. >> the event was done in partnership with ravens wood school district, care force and microsoft. >>> connoisseurs in the bay area on cloud nine.

i want to show you this technical chart on brent crude, the global benchmark. closed above the upper band technical indicator for the first time this year. this is generally viewed as a buy signal. something to keep an eye on as we continue to the week and see if we can maintain the resilient in the oil price. read above $55 per barrel earlier in the session. , one stocksyngenta we are focused on in the european trade with 10 china when he eu antitrust approval for its $43 billion takeover of syngenta. one day after u.s. regulators gave their blessing. syngenta is up more than one person at the moment. it is approaching the china did a price, that in-flight with syngenta intraday in blue. across assets, a check in on this, more greens and reds in the equity space, the ftse 100 up 4/10 of 1% and spain's ibex up for terms of 1%. sterling up 3/10 of 1%. we saw this fight earlier on better than expected service pmi data. euro off just 1/10 of 1%. and the fixed income space, generally seen a bit of a move out of the core bonds, particularly guilt and bonds with yiel

brent crude is at $51.06 a barrel. brent crude is at $53.s gas stockpiles since january. it comes since their production hits the highest level since mid—2000 15. and the latest financial results have helped ease worries over a dispute with apple for qualcomm. qualcomm's chief executive says the company expects to continue being an important supplier to the iphone maker. —— radu. in january, supplier to the iphone maker. —— radu. injanuary, apple sued qualcomm, accusing them of overcharging for its chips. and malaysia airlines has become the first carrier to sign up to a new satellite flight tracking system. it will allow the monitoring of planes in areas where there is currently no surveillance. the development, three yea rs surveillance. the development, three years after malaysia airlines flight mh-370 years after malaysia airlines flight mh—370 disappeared with 239 people on board. tens of thousands of shops, restaurant, and bars in india are suffering, because they have been forced to stop selling our goal. the supreme court banned sale

that's why achieve and brent, mrs.his crowd, say it's vitally important to start as young as possible. >> daycare owner monique elliot says yes more than once. >> we get more women in here. men i jump right on it for the children and i have more boys in my daycare so that was important for me as well. >> showing men reading and really getting into it. joyce evans -- >> that's our story. >> -- fox 29 news. brent an kief are excited to nouns they just signed on with a new big partner the philadelphia soul. >> one of the owners former nfl receiver marcus a long time advocate for mentors and winning at the game of life through literacy. >> if you want more information on how to participate, you know where to head. fox29.com we've got it posted under the scene on tv tab. his dad said, don't bother with first day of college. you're never graduating. well look at him now. so where is his step dad? >>> you think it's too late to try something. check out this guy. he's 97, and oh, yeah, he just became a firefighter. >> good for

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brent reaching the $56 level.ains saying price may prove temporary given that a significantnger oil producer. taking a look at about a look at the broader forks market, japanese yen no surprise, leading gains. forex market, japanese yen no surprise leading gains. along with the lira, the russian ruble and the korean won, they are the most sensitive to the u.s. strike. yen trader is taking a cautious stance on the won considering the talks between trump and she. it will send a piercing message to pyongyang that there are consequences if they were to mess up. more persistent reaction for currencies like the won. shery: thank you so much. we have the latest, breaking lines out of russia. russian senators saying the u.s. provides for men to assign blame. those were the gas attack that killed a scourge of people just two days ago. we are hearing now from a russian senators saying the u.s. strikes were meant to assign blame. don't forget we have heard from the secretary of state rex tillerson saying that russia has onn

brent crude oil prices highlighted in blue. 1.19.e fourth quarter, when is the recovery going to kickn? when do you expect an inflection point, and reforms to start supporting more economic activity rather than pulling the wind out of the sails? mohammed: everyone is hoping that the recovery will start soon in 2018. it does not seem to be starting at that point. from this point on, the number will get even worse, especially this year. but what is important is if we look at the progress of the ntp newram, we will notice the opportunities that transformation is creating. through all of the pains the country is going through, even a different industries, we are going to see some of the different industries emerging, including housing. why is that? deregulation is mostly set. -- the regulation is mostly set. else in terms of policy, of regulation, is going to take a while, probably until 2020. some of the pain is going to stay with us for a while. when i look at this whole reform program, i can't help but compare it to what we are seeing in china. we are accustomed to seeing both china an

watch brent crude, watched of uti as well -- wti as well.ff a little bit but it has been doing fairly well at 1255 a troy ounce. i'm concerned about what is going on globally especially in south africa. speaking of south africa, take a look at the rand. it has leveled off, it has been in a bit of a freefall. the worst week since 2015. it is losing ground here today. 13.54 is better than what we were looking at earlier. not too close to the 17 level low that we saw last year. the yen gaining some ground for the fourth day in a row, this is how many and you can buy for a 110.72, aht now, only real move we have watched it continues. anna: that is one of the things that is weighing on japanese shares during the session. recovering toward the end of the session, these are the closest for the japanese market and the asx 200. broadly positive in australia market. shares advancing and australia's stock falling. story critical. but get the bloomberg first word news. here is juliette saly. juliette: in france marine le pen was labeled soft on her euro

brent: this guy is a wingnut! phil: hippie brent: we're never going to agree.this argument is eating up a lot of your data. sprint believes in an unlimited plan that everyone can afford. $30 per line for four lines. brent and phil: works for me. for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com. that the essence of integrity is a promise kept. ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer ♪ miller beer ♪ >> anthony: know your enemy, they say. know who it is you're facing out there. who are they? why did they fight? what are they willing to endure in the furtherance of their cause? these, one would think, are simple questions useful in any conflict. meet the enemy. okay, he was only an infant during our 9-year-long war. but ngu quoc thanh's experience should be instructive. ♪ >> anthony: in 1965, the united states initiated a sustained bombing campaign called rolling thunder, hoping to destroy an elusive enemy in villages like this one. vinh moc, which was less than 20 miles from forward u.s. marine fire bases, just south of the dmz.

also watch out for brent crude oil, the call off is the highest since march or it will get into thathortly. interesting tobe see, especially where we are as far as prices. there is some positioning in the market. us --is here to take rosalind is here to take us what what else is happening. the first time since september 2015 and the inflation outlook. 7.6% last month from a year earlier as the commodities rebounded. it simmer prices jumped 9/10 of 1%, wait upon by a 4.4% all. trump's adviser says the u.s. is unlikely to -- on a currency manipulator. a wide-ranging currency support. they doubt beijing would criticize over the you in. campaign promise in another sign that the administration is backing away. >> i don't know, but i would doubt that that would happen. inhink the meetings mar-a-lago were good meetings. i was there for some of it. she -- xi and president trump seek to establish pretty good relationship. rosalind: saudi arabia may support extending all kurds in the second half of the year. my, are likely to support but it depends on other supporters including iraq and iran.

brent in maryland, brent? >> this is brent from maryland and on monday, means opening day boo-yah for you. >> i got a phillies game going on, i'm trying to not to look at it. >> i know you've been talking about earnings, i want to talk about twitter. >> sure. >> caller: i think the inscriptions and live moments are a great start. but as far as it ipo'd a few years ago, everybody ask asking how it can monetize it's -- here's the issue. i think the quarter's weak, and what's happened when we have weak quarters here, is even though there may be better times ahead, people cut numbers, people say negative things and the stock drops, i think what has to happen, you got to get this quarter out of the way, before you could possibly think this could be a better quarter. is the company worth more to an acquirer? is it worth something to somebody else, absolutely, but on a pure earnings basis, we get numbers slashes, and that cou could -- it is drifting down to an interesting level, though. neil in tennessee. >> >> calle

schools in brent for insta nce know that.s those people like my students in brent need the money. these are all examples of a system that if the labour party becomes the government we would scrap grammar schools. we would have a fairer system and a fairer education system for many children and notjust a few children. jeremy corbyn was putting about putting power and wealth back in the hands of the people. it was less about education and it was a wider issue as far as he was concerned. it is about all systems. in the hands of many people, in all systems. we talk about a labour party, a labour government, in sourcing, making sure that for insta nce sourcing, making sure that for instance the railways, the railways come back into public ownership, putting the power back into the people‘s hands. the money goes back into the treasury rather than going into the treasury rather than going into private companies for them to make profit over people. this is all about breaking down systems that stop people progressing in society, and t

brent just shy of $55. sara?> as we mentioned earlier, trade, north korea, jobs all key topics we expect president trump and xi jinping to touch when they come face-to-face tomorrow. eunice yoon is live from beijing on what to watch. good morning. >> good morning. ahead of the meeting, beijing is sending a message to washington through its media that the u.s./china relationship is a win-win. the peoples daily on its social media account said xi jinping and trump will shake hands. cooperation is the right choice. the china daily ran a headline saying xi and trump, their meeting can chart a course for constructive ties. now, the white house has been critical of china as well as trade practices. so this is seen as a way for the chinese to stress the positive aspects of the relationship. and it's actually seen as quite a big significant change. if you remember when trump won the election, since then there's been several editorials in the chinese press which have been critical of the idea of a trade war with the unite

the brent also breaking a two-day winning streak.n-year note, we've been talking about the yields were dipping further and further lower and lower. 232 basis points. that's down from the 240 that we ended the week last week. a flattening yeield curve which does not point to stronger growth in the future. as for the u.s. dollar, the u.s. dollar index has been positive for five sessions in a row. but did give back versus the yen yesterday. as you see, looking at some small declines across the board. then gold prices, seeing if we can check in on that. breaking that losing streak last quarter. >> though the dollar stronger against the euro and the pound today. now to today's wall street agenda, including a pair of economic reports. february trade deficit numbers out at 8:30 a.m. eastern, followed by orders at 10:00 a.m. daniel tarulla speaking this afternoon. stepping down from the fed tomorrow. to a farewell speech today. >>> on the washington agenda, president trump plans to hold a town hall meeting with about 50 corporate leaders to

brent crude up by 0.4%. wti crude up by a half percent after the worst day in six weeks for these prices in yesterday's trading session as a result of that surprise build in gasoline inventories. seeing more speculation about an extension of the production cut, that's boosting oil prices. it is a busy day when it comes to the corporate front. let's get back to publicis, shares have hit a three-month high after the french advertising group's first quarter sales top expectations. nancy is in paris. the company had issue with large orders or large accounts in the u.s. is the outlook looking any better there? >> as you point out, a lot of the bad news around the accounts losses are old news as far as investors are concerned, that's why you're seeing the stock move higher. analysts saying they there were hardly any new incremental negatives, and sales growth were better than expectations. that is helping optimism. i had a chance to speak to the ceo and asked him whether or not this would return to positive organi

for reference, the brent crude oil price in blue. the last print at 1.19. for the fourth quarter.hen will the recovery kick in? difficult to pinpoint but when you expect an inflection point? and for the reforms to support more economic activity, rather than pulling the wind out of the sails? that theody is hoping recovery will start very soon, in 2018. from this point and on, the numbers will get even worse. especially this year. it is important that, if we look at the progress of the ntp program, you will see in the next few months and the end of the year, we will notice the new opportunities the transformation is creating. through all of the pain the country has gone through, even different industries, we will see some of the industries emerging, including the housing, why, because the regulation is mostly set. , the second thing that will come out of this transition. everything else, in terms of policy, regulation, will take a little bit -- a while, probably until 2020. some of the pain will stay with us for a while. >> when i take a step back and look at this reform program, i

brent and wti posting pretty significant moves, their second week of games.isplaying the usual response to jim littell -- two geopolitical tensions in the middle east. i mentioned safe haven. let's look at how that played out in the currency market. upwardsthe yen moving one fourth of 1%. that was little gains. it pared 0.6% earlier in the day. the u.s. 10 year yield up 1.7% of comments of bill dudley at the new york fed, which we will discuss later in on the show. let's check in on the first word headlines from around the world. >> sweden has declared monday a national day of mourning to commemorate those killed in friday's truck attack. police have arrested one suspect, a 39-year-old man from uzbekistan, and are investigating whether more were involved. 4 were killed and 15 injured when the high-tech -- the truck plowed into shoppers in stockholm. ecb executive board member has told bloomberg any plans by the central bank for withdrawing stimulus should be reviewed in an orderly fashion. his comments came the day after mario draghi squashed the idea that po

currently brent at $54 and $.10, down half of 1%. shery: we look at saudi aramco's sale with one of the world's leading islamic lawyers. this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: does bloomberg markets: middle east on bloomberg tv and radio. i'm yousef gamal el-din in to buy. shery: i'm shery ahn in hong kong and a quick check of the business headlines. china's follows but is 9%, the biggest decline since february last year after to private equity investors collected 6%. sold to antners investment bank for $39, 70 to hong kong per share. they say the stock stands to benefit from increased free float. again on wednesday pushed past wells fargo into 10th place with $279 billion. that is ahead of google's parent alphabet. six of the top 10 companies are in tech. including the top four. another step closer with the eu giving its approval one-day ahead of the u.s. to the same. the european commission says some pesticides and other products the problematic overlap and allow regulators to clear the $43 billion deal. the company is expected to close the

brent is off. and also a full percent, and nat gas is down.'s show you the trade, weaker dollar story. against the euro 106.24. the euro driven by politics and the french election now a week away. wilfred is all over that story. dollar is weaker against the japanese yen. that strength of the yen setting a risk-off tone. even though the nikkei managed to close higher. and the pound is higher. 1.25. >> and the apprehensions as we get closer more against the yen than the dollar because of course we had a softer dollar. by the way, that's clearly a relative low. but the way it's shown up is in terms of volatility. both against the yen and the dollar. the euro volatility has hit highs not seen since the week into brexit. you can take that for whatever you need to know in terms of apprehension or hedges that people are putting on coming into the all-important vote on sunday. of course, the other thing from last week, the bank stocks have bore the brunt of it. >> french banks. >> yes. down to 6%, 7% over the last two weeks. the reason that comes up a

brent at 54.45. nat gas is flat to red.-year treasury note yield following the digestion of what was conceived as hawkish minutes from the fed, 2.35 is the yield on the ten-year. that's coming down. some dying of treasuries. dollar trade right now, little changed in the early action. the euro is a bit stronger. 106 1.0668. the dollar/yen, 110. and the pound is weaker against the dollar. gold is up half a percent. i couldn't remember which way because the dollar is had in search of direction and gold could go either way. >> that's right. they've been doing soul searching lately. the big political story, president trump and president xi jinping will meet for the first time today. xi and his wife -- president xi and his wife will join president trump and first lady melania trump for dinner florida tonight. trip and xi -- sounds like an interesting partnership -- will have a series of meetings tomorrow. all very confusing, we know what we're talking about. >> joining us now is mike holland, chairman of holland and company. >> c

and brent up higher. and nat gas up.er yields dominated on friday after a weaker jobs report and geopolitical jitters after syria. yields are a little firmer this morning, 237, after dipping below 230 on friday's trade. as for the u.s. dollar, stronger against the japanese yen. that helped the nikkei overnight setting the tone here. 11 111.27. a little firmer against the euro. a fractional gain. the pound at 1.24. gold had a strong day on friday after the geopolitical tensions. 1255 an ounce. it's a little weaker this morning. in corporate news, uk rerggulats are investigating jes staley and the bank over its treatment of whistle-blowers. this comes after an anonymous letter criticized, staley. >> not much movement in the share price on the back of it. the board is still relating he keeps his position as ceo in the outcoming in may. certainly not a nice pr story but not too significant. >>> and swift and knight transportation merging in a deal to combine two of the largest trucking company, from "the wall street journal.

district attorney brent cooper is fighting to change the law.elizabeth's case when they hold a meeting next year. brent cooper, da: "the statute should say if it's without the consent of the parents, or guardians, that should be a crime."the t-b-i even translated elizabeth's amber alert to spanish spreading the word, so they can find her faster.(nats)family and friends continue to search for elizabeth and hoping she returns home soon.sarah thomas, sister: "we are all wanting you back home. your dog misses you, it doesn't want anyone to play with it." (justine) las vegas transportation officials are rethinking bus security after last week's deadly shooting on the vegas strip. the team is now looking at the use of surveillance video and the advertisements covering bus windows. authorities say the ads made it difficult for officers to see the gunman inside... or determine if there were any hostages. a transit agency spokesperson says they are now searching for an alternative material to improve visibility from the outside. officials are also lookin

brent at 51.66. it's also up, a little less than half a percent.his is oil's second negative week in a row. it dragged the energy shares down. we'll get the exxon and chevron results early this morning. we'll see how they're dealing with prices. as for the ten-year treasury note yield, stuck around 2.30. not quite sharing the enthusiasm about the overall economy that may may be reflected in the stock market. got a little pop on the back of french election results, but basically stuck around that level. dollar index, today a story of dollar weakness against the euro and strength against the yen. that's a reversal from yesterday. 109.40. that's having a strong move. up 0.6%. dollar versus yen continues to climb, 111.44. the pound has had a strong month. 1.2931, up a quarter percent. inflation data in the uk has been strong as well as economic data resilient. >> the euro jump in the last hour is on eurozone inflation data, which came in better than expected. annual rate of 1.9%. consensus, 1.8. yesterday mario draghi slightly hawkish comments came in

brent is up a little, about a quarter spepercentage point.-year treasury note this is where all the action has been in buying of u.s. treasuries, that's pushed yields very low. they're bouncing a bit this morning. they hit as low as 2.16. 2.16 on the ten-year note. lowest level since back in november of yesterday. that seemed to drag stocks down with it, especially the yield sensitive ones like the financials. the dollar also weaker yesterday on the back of that lower yield scenario. it's firmer this morning against the euro. 1.0712. also stronger against the yen. that's building this morning. and stronger against the pound after the big rally yesterday. 1.2823. gold prices under pressure on the back of the stronger dollar. right now 1,283 an ounce. >> the uk parliament will vote today on whether or not to approve theresa may's plan for a snap election this june. it's expected to be a formality because the opposition parties have backed it. let's have a look at how this is being framed in the uk. we have some newspaper front pages for you. th

it happened yesterday at this townhouse on brnt brent on woods drive. fox5's lauren demarco spoke with one of the men tonight and joins us live now with the story. lauren. >>reporter: the family who lives in this home was renting out the basement. there were several people inside at the time. they were able to get out okay when this fire broke out, but there were two boys essentially home alone in the other part of the house. they were trapped on the second floor and neighbors what was happening. i just saw- smoke. sa team a torres and other neighbors shocked to see smoke pouring from a townhouse on brent on wood drive. her father was just returning home from work. he showed us photos present the scene and says when he ran up there were two young boys trying to get out of a second story wind over? a. i saw three people. they jumped over here. i said you can't jump you broke your leg. torres works for a tree trimming company and ran to grab the 20-foot ladder that he stores in his background. you were there before the firefighters. >> before. you think t

without this brent bennett across the u.s. for severe storms especially as we head into tomorrow and this workweek. an area of low pressure bringing showers and thunderstorms from the minute you take to doing them. a little bit of snow across the northern tier of the country as well as across the west. unstable air mass here into the central plains. today and tomorrow we've got the upper-level winds from the jet streams from the west. all of this glacier unstable air from the gulf of mexico and severe eastern not only today but to mariners get into friday, more of a risk of strong tornadoes. people need to be on alert. the area of low pressure again and if you're traveling across the northeast. the storm moving across the midwest and the rainfall we're not talking about four to six inches, but it's going to be a nuisance area of rain across the eastern seaboard. again you've got the bread moving across the central u.s., watch and not warm air ahead of it in the set up again as we go through the next couple days for severe stor

ice brent crude at 56.55.eopolitical worries a big factor in play for the price of oil over the past couple of days. something in focus in today's trade as well. that g-7 foreign minister meeting, no resolution in sight when it comes to the middle east and syria. we'll watch for the latest from secretary tillerton in moscow. nat gassying so iseeing some gi. the doll gains. the dollar in focus today. the bid for safety helping the currency move to the upside. not good for japanese stocks. that's the reason we saw a bit of pressure over asia. u.s. dollar, 109 against the yen. looking at gold, the safe haven bid, safe haven role helping the yen and gold rally. trading higher by around $2. trading at $1,276. >>> in terms of going back to european assets, both the euro and equity markets green for those today. but a lot of focus continues on the polls that are coming out ahead of the french election, in particular mr. melenchon's gains, the far-left candidate. had a lot of focus yesterday. continues to have focus t

brent firmer at 55.90. nat gas down more than a full percent.ea saying the oil market is close to reaching balance. this comes after that build in inventories yesterday which sent oil prices lower. ten-year treasury note yield, we're seeing five-month lows. there's been buying of treasuries, buying of gold back to november highs. the u.s. dollar, we mentioned on the trump comments, settling down after initial weakness when president trump complained about the strength of the dollar. dollar/yen now is unchanged, 108.98. the overnight action has been dominated bay weaker dollar and stronger yen. the euro is flat. 1 1.0640. down about a quarter of a percent. >> the question with the euro, if we didn't have a week of dollar softness, would it have moved against the yen? the euro is down about 5%. >> gold prices have been on the rise. they a strong week. strongest since november. trading just below $1300 an ounce. >>> today's agenda. there's plenty of economic data ahead of the long holiday weekend. look for reports on weekly jobless claims producer

coming up why an ivy league student wanted to be tutored by sharks all star brent burns. >> and tonightnightbeat at 10:00 we're talking about delta's promise to raise rewards if you get bumped off a flight. tonight, we're asking you, have you ever been bumped off a plane? if so, do you think you were fairly compensated? let me know by sending me at #veronicadlcruz. that's on kbcw 44/cable 12. ,, ♪ sweet cinnamon-sugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. crave those crazy squares. ♪ sweet cinnamon-sugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. crave those crazy squares. the stanley cup playoffs... but one of their best players time to tutor an ivy >>> the sharks may be just beginning the stanley cup play- offs, but one of their best players still found time to tutor an ivy league student. vern glenn has her story. >> reporter: that's hannah declercq, it's how she won her school's michigan state girls hockey championship. game winning overtime goal for the menlo park native. she is now a freshman forward for brown university. >> finally have four years of playing last night playing in my [ i