brent: we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back.op stories, a massive cyber attack is disrupt the businesses and institutions around the world. ukraine has been hit hard with hackers getting the airport, banks and government offices. many other countries are also reporting serious instructions. the malware is similar to the ransom ware that caused havoc in 150 countries last month. the eu has slapped google with a record fine e for breaking competition rules. they will have to pay 2.4 billion euros. regulators see the company abused the dominance of its search engine by giving google products and unfair advantage. more on that from christoph inner business desk. -- and our business desk. christoph: sophie, we have heard that google respectfully disagrees with the european commission's decision. what the small -- what does wall street make of all this? sophie: if you did see a reaction in the stock price of google, not dramatic. but what might be even more interesting than the actual penalty is what all of this could mean for other b

i will hand it back over to brent for some sports. brent: thank you very much.ermany have arrived in russia for the big world cup warm-up, the confederations cup. the german kicks off this weekend and includes the six continental champions plus the host nation. reached theirteam home base in sochi on thursday morning. they will have plenty of time to prepare for their opening match against australia on monday. the germany squad includes many young players with little or no international experience. the captain, 23-year-old wasielder julian drexler, given a warm welcome in southern russia. you see a complete with folk singers in traditional makeup and dress. let's take a moment now. see if i can surf a little bit here. i want to watch surfing for a minute. don't you wish you could do that? he is winning the pro surf event. how does he do that? it was a high-scoring final against his fellow australian. a great wave off of fiji. he won the event on his last ride in the final few minutes with some powerful precision use either -- you see there. we will be back for t

we will take a look. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us.begin with the deaths of scores of people that caused revulsion across europe. in a desperate journey across for a better life, 71 people including four children perished in the back of a truck on an austrian highway, stuffed in the sweltering heat into a delivery van meant to transport chickens. they stood no chance, and they suffocated. 11 people are standing trial in hungary over their depths. four are charged with murder. seven others with trafficking and torture. the defendants include 10 bulgarians and one afghan national. these reports suggest that human selectors -- smugglers knew the migrants were dying. reporter: a refrigerator truck with 71 refugees in the air tight compartment. with air running out, it was unclear if they knew they were suffocating. the police telephone recordings say how cold-blooded they were. >> don't open the door, whatever happens. they will run away. >> but there banging on the walls. can you hear how hard they are banging? >> i don't think they can b

and real madrid soccer star faces tax charges. ♪ brent: i am brent goff.is good to have you with us. tonight, in an eagerly awaited appearance before a u.s. senate committee, u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has denied any knowledge of collusion between the trump campaign and russian government officials. the senate hearing is still going on but at the start of his testimony, sessions was emphatic about the russian connection. >> let me state this clearly, colleagues. i have never met with or had any conversation with any russians are any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in united states. further, i have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the trump campaign. i was your colleague and his body for 20 years, at least some of you. and the suggestion that i participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, which i have served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appal

brent: that is indeed -- short period of time. brent: that is indeed true., thank you very much. i'm joined now at the big table by an expert in fire safety costs -- safety, fire protection. he is a fireman you want to have to make sure you never have a fire. unfortunately the people in this tower block did not have someone like you, it seems. when you look at what you have been able to see today, did this fire have to happen? guest: well, you cannot prevent all fires. what is important is to make sure the fire remains compartmentalized, in this case, inside the original apartment where it was first ignited. this obviously was the problem in this case. become part mineralization -- the compartmentalization did not work. it went all the way to the top of the building. brent: the material which was used for the facade -- it was a new facade, the renovation was completed last year -- was flammable, which you say is not necessarily problematic. guest: in high-rise buildings it is problematic, absolutely. i don't know exactly what material was used but the fire g

back to brent. brent: thank you very much.ball confederation cup in russia, asian champions australia and down against world champions germany. but the squad bore little resemblance to the one that won the world cup three years ago. the coach wants to use his tournament to test out his young prospects. they mainly came through. reporter: a powerful start by germany's youthful squad. just five minutes in and australia were one goal down. the germans held control for almost the entire opening half, creating plenty of chances. but australia fought back in five minutes before the half-time whistle. he noted the equalizer. there was more action three minutes later. it resulted in a penalty being awarded to germany. he stepped up and put the main shaft in front. after the break, they extended germany's lead to 3-1. australia wawas far from throwig in the towel. the striker. one b back. -- stricker got one back. been down the hatches. the match -- batten down the hatches. 3-2. a tough clash for a young team. brent: croatia's faith an

brent: welcome back. you are with dw news live from berlin. prime minister theresa may has for the first time given a guarantee that eu citizens living in britain will be able to study. until now, they had refused to give such a pledge, saying any agreement would be part of formal brexit negotiations. the word is out, u.s. president donald trump has said that he did not record conversations with former fbi director james comey, whom trump fired back in may. on twitter, trump said he did not make or have any recordings of conversations with mr. comey. that is an apparent contradiction of this tweet tr ump wrote where he appeared to suggest the existence of such recordings. comey was fired as he was investigating possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia in last year's election. our washington correspondent is on this tonight. where does his admission, does it hurt the president's credibility? correspondent: let's say if it's a certain pattern of behavior. -- it fits a certain pattern of behavior. by now the president has lost all

. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us.undreds have been arrested during anticorruption protests in cities across russia. the demonstrators are responding to the call of alexei navalny, a long-standing critic of vladimir putin. navalny was detained himself this morning, so his rally went ahead without him. the white house has condemned the crackdown. they called for the release of all those contained -- detained. reporter: sandbags inside the kremlin as things ground to a halt. at one end of the street come historical reenactments and celebrations. at the other, and unsanctioned street protests. amid tight security, thousands stood waiting before please eventually moved to close off access. the protest had been intended to take part at a location approved by the government further from the center. navalny alleges authorities put pressure on n contractors not to supply s sound. his response was to up the ante, returning to the center of moscow. russia without thieves, the protesters chant. navalny and his team are channeling

♪ brent: this is dw news live from berlin.ormer fbi director james comey confirms president trump asked him to back off the investigation into his former national security advisor. he said that trump said i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. the record of the conversation appears in the statement of an of his appearance -- i had of his appearance at the senate. in tehran, bombers storming the tomb of ayatollah khomeini and the parliament. a dozen people are dead, many more are injured. and the last push for votes as britain goes to the polls with two attacks still fresh in voters' minds. prime minister may made it tough -- may get tough with suspted terrorists. ♪ brent: it is good to have you with us. james comey is set to confirm that u.s. president donald trump pressured him into dropping a probe into his national security adviser michael flynn. the senate intelligence committee has published the statement before he appears tomorrow. the fourth -- the fired chief talked about conversations with trump and one in which trump aske

brent: what have you heard in brussels?e: you negotiators changing their -- are eu negotiators changing their tactics now that they know theresa may w will be coming in weakerer? >> it is less about tactics. there is a huguge cururiosity. the eu is a desperate to start these talks because they want to know what the u.k. actually wants. what means soft brexit? what was a hard brexit look like? they have until march 2019 to get a deal and otherwise there is no deal. from a eu perspective no deal would be worse than a bad deal. they are so keen to get a clear position. whether they will get that on monday is very much in doubt. brent: we will be covering that. a big day for the eu and the u.k. reporting from brussels, thank you very much. here's a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. in eastern china, at least seven people have been killed, dozens injured after an explosion in front of a kindergarten. it took place about 700 kilometers south of beijing. the cause of the last remains unknown. in the philippin

brent: you are watching dw news.he british election campaign is over and voters must make their choice on thursday with two attacks pressuring them. prime minister theresa may vows to get tough with suspected terrorists. we will have an election preview. and the latest business headlines. we are back in 60 seconds. ♪ >> germany is a strong country. we have achieved so much. we can do this, and if something hinders s us, we must overcome . announuncer: coming where it is uncomfmfortable, globall news st matters. dw, made for minds. ♪ >> we are gearing up for the next chapter of euromaxx x witha brand-d-new look at even more exciting stories, soso don't mis out. euromaxx, the m mazine for culture e and lifestyle interru. ♪ -- in europe. ♪ announcer: euromaxx, on dw. ♪ brent: welcome back. you are with dw news. so-called islamic state is claiming responsibility for win gun and bomb attacks in the iranian capital of tamron. -- tamron. -- tehran. several suspects have been arrested. the campaign is over. the british voter

brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. we start tonight in the oil-rich nation of venezuela, rocked by another crisis. the country on edge after a police helicopter fired on the supreme court building and interior ministry in caracas. president nicolas maduro is calling the incident a terrorist attack by forces, he says, trying to overthrow his government. but the president's opponents accuse him of orchestrating the attack to justify a crackdown against opposition protesters. the new flashpoint comes after months of deadly antigovernment demonstrations and shortages of food and medicine. reporter: amateur footage captured the helicopter hovering above caracas. venezuelan officials say it was a stolen police aircraft from which first fired 15 shots at the interior ministry, then flew a short distance to the supreme court, where it dropped 4 rnas. none of them -- 4 grenades. none of them decimated. president woodrow called it a terrorist attack against the government . president maduro: sooner or later we will find a helico

back over now to brent. brent: thank you very much.ighters in portugal say they are slowly getting control over wildfires that have devastated part of the country. the planes have been raging since saturday. they claim the lives of at least 64 people as dry conditions and high winds fanned the flames. >> exhausted fireman catch a bit of sleep wherever they can. on this third day of the inferno, many of them are at the end of their energy reserves. smoke hangs heavy in the region along with the smell of burnt wood. hundreds of firefighters worked through the night, but obstacles remain. >> a hotspot is burning ferociously. it is causing tremendous problems. we are focusing our efforts there with all we've got. >> firefighters have about three quarters of the blaze under control, but high winds are still spreading flames, and despite warnings, people are reluctant to evacuate the area. >> to everyone out there, please follow instructions. do not disobey them, especially if you have been told to leave your home. -- homes. >> emergency ser

mercatus center's brent skorup will be here. burnettn week's dale will be here to give us a progress report on how states are doing on implementing the every student succeed act. we will be right back. ♪ this weekend, booktv is live from the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest in chicago. our coverage starts today at 11:00 a.m. eastern with author mary dearborn with her book, "ernest hemingway, a biography." at noon, abram candy and his book. followed at 1:00 by michael eric dyson with his book, "tears we cannot stop, a sermon to white america." and at 4:00, sidney blumenthal with his book. on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather and thompson and her book, "lead in the water, the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy." at 2:00, jeffrey stone with his book. then at 3:00, former congressman .rey radel with his book at 4:00, author thomas riggs with his book, "churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom." watch our coverage of the annual printers row lit fest starting at 11:00 on c

we saw wti crude falling to bear, now brent.he market seems to just this is not even about fundamentals. you are just catching this at the moment. whether it does have any kind of contagion effect. it seems to be quite limited so far. take a look at the global demand, still relatively intact. it is more about supply than anything. copper as well still on a tear this month. usually that is a good proxy for how the economy globally is doing. we will see how things look. we saw the brunt of the pain on wednesday in asia. let's see if we will see that continue. let's get the latest with sophie kamaruddin. sophie: despite the slump in oil prices, that perhaps is not putting a dent in sentiment in the equity state and asia. we do have copper on the rise, up over 1.5% in shanghai. perhaps to be seen more as a barometer when it comes to global economic health. the correlation between oil and stock volatility has been seen easing, so perhaps we are able to shrug off what we are seeing in the oil. oil futures are still signaling weakness,

brent crude is off almost 2%. back below the 50 handle, 49.66. wti crude at 47.40. this comes on the back of trump withdrawing the u.s. from the paris accord. there's fear that there will be more oil drilling onshore and offshore as a result of this. that would exacerbate the oversupply that we're seeing. jeff spoke to opec secretary-general in st. peertsbupeerts bu petersburg and asked about oil prices. >> it has been a concern to opec and also consuming countries. one objective of the declaration of cooperation in addition to bringing down the stock overhang to near the five-year average is also to reduce the level of volatility in the market. i think looking forward we are on course. along the way you may have some bumps here and there as a result of other factors that may not necessarily be related to the fundamentals. but in general we are on course to achieving our objectives. >> so, the recent decline we've seen in headline oil prices, you think that may be temporary? >> it is largely, i understand, due to some automated trading models, some expectations on w

brent and eric have been making high—tech games and showpieces for corporate events for a few years.ill be a permanent home to some of their greatest hits. along with new experimental experiential oddities being developed by their team of computer scientists, roboticists and engineers. we've got machines that can cut metal and cut wood, we can prototype our circuit boards here, we have people writing software. and the beautiful thing about this place is that at the end of almost every day, there is something new to play with. it's maximum fun. the philosophy here seems to be tinker first, think later. i don't actually know the point of this game. neither does anyone else here. this is the ultimate play space and a great coming together of people with many different skills. we are drawing on multiple industries. so, we have a lot of people from the games industry here. so all of the development that's gone into sophisticated 3—d game engines like unity and unreal, we can put that to work building immersive environments. my background and the background of some others here is in roboti

the award goes to the best defensemen in the national hockey league and that is brent burns.t the favorite going into the award show when he had 29 goals for the season, more than any player on the defense. he told the audience that his teammates and coaches dessert some of the credit for the >> reporter: be coming to san jose. >> i want to thank all of my teammates and without them this is impossible. they put up with a lot from me and they let me shoot at them all night. for them, thank you for everything. it is fun to play every day with you guys. >> brent really likes going to work and is not mr. regular season hockey game in three years. congratulations. >>> it is 6:48 am. >>> let's check in with sal on the traffic. back looking okay. i'm looking at my screens but not surprised by anything. sometimes when i say that we will have a new accident but we have decent look at the commute now as we look at the maccarthur maze. it is taking some time to get there, 55 minutes which is a bigger commute than yesterday. yesterday we did not reach 55 minutes but this is a tough one f

here is a look at brent burns with teeth. he looks much better.rk) the vegas golden knights finally have some players to put on the desert ice this fall. stanley cup- winning goalie marc-andre fleury, defensemen marc methot and alexei emelin, 30-goal scorer jonathan marchessault and veteran forwards david perron and james neal are among the veterans selected by the golden knights in the nhl expansion draft wednesday night. golden knights owner bill foley and general manager george mcphee announced their choices during the nhl's annual postseason awards show at t-mobile arena, where vegas will begin play in the fall. fleury took the stage in a golden knights jersey to wild cheers from his new home fans. the three-time cup winner lost his starting job with the back-to-back champion penguins, but he'll get to start over in the desert with two years on his contract. (mark) markelle fultz and lonzo ball are expected to be the top two picks in the nba draft. then the intrigue starts. the boston celtics have the no. 3 pick after trading with philadelphia

that is brent burns and award goes to the best defenseman in the league and brent burns was not the favoriteng into the nhl award show but he had 29 goals for the season more than any player on defense. he said that his teammates and coaches deserve some of the credit for coming to san jose. >> i want to thank my teammates and it is impossible, they put up with a lot. yelling for me, and letting me shoot at them all night, and for them thank you for everything. it is a fun place to go everyday with you guys. >>> another highlight on the brent burns resume, he is not missed a regular-season game in three years. >>> coming up, the latest "star wars" movie and lost both directors with three weeks left into the filming schedule and a hollywood legend that is stepping up to fill the spot. wear ♪ hey! ♪ bee to hive to the comb ♪ combing that honey ♪ into some gold ♪ take that gold and make it an o ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around hey! ♪ ♪ bee to hive to the o ♪ oat from the farm is the yum in yo bowl ♪ ♪ put in the good and the good will grow ♪ ♪ good goes around and around and around he

brent is still waiting on a final fare price from uber. an xl estimate shows the trip would coast at least $1,100. so that would put brent's portion at $800. >> that's probably worth it. >> an uber spokesperson says they don't keep data on their longest, or farthest rides, they did have a fare from dfw into nashville. an uber ride from brooklyn was believed to be the longest ride ever. none of them topped the 650 miles. >>> still ahead in our next half hour, d.c. officers come together to talk about race and policing in community. and we take you inside a dynamic conversation, and how it could change what happens on our streets. >> plus, a girl's soccer team banned, because one of the players looks like a boy. see the famous faces coming the teen's defense. >> and should kids be allowed in the delivery room? beyonce, and jay z think so. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what t

. >>> brent burns winner of norris trophy.t defenseman. 29 goals, 47 assists, points led all defensemen. first player in franchise history to win the trophy. sent this message out. >> thanks sharks fans for the support throughout the year. didn't get where we wanted to be but use that motivation for next year and get to the top of the mountain. >>> raiders close to making derek carr highest paid player in the nfl, paid about $25 million a year. last season threw for 28 touchdowns and almost 4,000 yards leading oakland to first playoff appearance since 2002. carr reacted by tweeting, nothing done yet. trust me, hear it here first. by river rock casino. >> $25 million. >> that will work. keep the raiders in oakland. >> abcws

rent down 2% for the week. -- brent down 2% for the week.xpande continuing to those oil rigs up to 747. ounce. a $56,000 an up all trade at 12783, fifth of 1%. we have wrecks it negotiations just around the corner. ongoing political anxiety with the uncertainty of the credibility of the new government. are saying it is unlikely the sterling will be able to record financial gains. is at 217. in terms of the polls, the rhythm for this part of the world, we have pulled up the s&p index for the gulf cooperation council. it's get up bit of a different feel about what has been happening. this is your mrr, the best-performing and worst-performing companies. i will flip this across to a five-day horizon. that is some of the key stocks here. that, a .3% in the face of a lot of the volatility that we have seen there. about 5.6%.t of dubai investments at 3.8%. on the downside they are mounting those losses at 10.7%. ismercial bank of kuwait also down about 4.8%. let's check in with the first word headlines from around the world. says it is still an cle

congratulations to brent burns, the san jose defenseman. >> he made history at the nhl awards show last night. >> look at that, brent burns, the first sharps player to win the norris trophy which is awarded to the top defenseman. it was a close vote by members of the professional hockey writers association. he let all of the defenseman this season with 29 goals. back bravo. >>> still had the police in brentwood are questioning someone right now after a deadly shooting inside the home in brentwood. coming up we will show you what happened. >> we are two hours away from what will be the hottest temperatures of the weight and what you can expect, and advice on how to stay cool. >>> traffic is getting busier around the bay area on 80 westbound heading of through the maccarthur maze. >>> next week we will see highs 60s through 80s but today 90s and hundreds remaining. >>> we have breaking news overnight. two nimmer shot and killed in a home in brentwood and we will tell you who the place are questioning right now. >>> the heat expecting the peak in a few hours and how the bay area is getting

earlier today president brent brown working with diarren fox. possibility third over all actually playing with ben simmons at basketball champ a few years ago. >> darren eickhoff can't catch a break. not even a solid outing against arizona. get him a "w." the game delayed because of rain about 50 minutes. highlights, few and far between, but aaron altair can play at the plate. altair keeps it a one run deficit. paul gold smith into the gap. relievers, four runs in the seventh inning. michael sanders bases loaded. they lose 10 of the last 11 games. eickhoff still gameless. >> altair made a great play on the throw home. kept us in the game. good game for six innings. >> hard to believe but there are happy fans at the ballpark. their getting married at sin seven bank park. congratulations to the couple in a phillies suit. history is made at the historic u.s. open by a kid in pink pants. we'll be right back. chris christie: addiction is a disease. it can happen to anyone. help is within reach. all you need to do is ask. vanessa: i was a full-blown h

brent crude just above $46 a barrel as for the u.s.ollar index, the your ro sho it's been a weak story for the dollar following treasury yields, following the narrative that there is no inflation in the united states and may put into question the rebound we were expecting for the second quarter of this year for the economy quickly showing you gold prices off the back of the u.s. weaker dollar should be higher this morning. they are, by 0.4% or $5 an ounce. >>> the white house is warning syria that it will pay a heavy price if it conducts another chemical weapons attack. in an unusual statement issued late last night the white house says it spotted activities similar to preparations the syrian government made before the april 4th attack the white house gave no further details of how those details were detected. nikki haley tweeting that any further attacks done to the people of syria will be blamed on assad, but also on russia and iran who support him killing his own people in the last hour, the uk defense secretary said he would suppor

brent crude, we have been talking about oil, you can see that even though it has entered this bear marketosed last night. not a great session on the rack and markets. the dow and the snp are down. keep an eye on that healthcare bill next week. any turmoil can affect the markets. —— the american markets. there's a warning the government's deal for a new nuclear power plant at hinkley point is "risky and expensive". the national audit office has questioned whether the project will be good value for money. energy customers will eventually pay subsidies to help foot the bill for the hinkley point c reactor. rob young has more. it will be written‘s new nuclear plant for a generation. hinkley point c has been plagued by delays. —— written‘s. but building workers are ready started. when it is up and running, it should produce 7% of written‘s power, replacing older planes which have gone off—line. hinkley has been given a guaranteed price for its electricity, which could cost bill payers as much as £30 billion. the public spending watchdog is critical. what we have found is that the government ha

i also have brent in my constituency, and have been in touch with the council there to talk about thebe taken, i imagine. what about the contract? i would like to be a fly on the wall. —— contractor. i can‘t imagine those investigations will be easy. people say they don‘t know who to call and where to get any information. the first thing that people should do is go to swiss cottagers. there is information they are and anybody who does not have a bed will be guaranteed a hotel room. camden council has locked rooms in hotels, so there will certainly be rude as overheads tonight. but if people need anything, my door will be open. —— there will be roofs overheads. i certainly hope we don‘t see this across the country, but i think if the council is worried about their residents are worried about a building, this is the right course of action. it is not an easy decision to make, but it is the right one at this current time. decision to make, but it is the right one at this current timelj decision to make, but it is the right one at this current time. i am with chris mason at westminster. wh

. >> reporter: 50-year-old tad cummins is quite the charmer, maury county district attorney brent cooperent to high school with him. >> kind of funny, kind of a cut-up, pretty outgoing guy. >> reporter: you knew him. you saw him around. >> he and jill, his wife, they were high school sweethearts and married the year they graduated high school. >> reporter: and they've been together ever since. 30-plus years. jill says cummins lived by the tenets of faith, family and fellowship. >> god is the center of our marriage and our life, and our faith is the most important thing to us, and i think it was to him too and it still is. >> reporter: cummins had even done mission work in the rainforests of panama. now he volunteers at his church teaching sunday school, singing in the choir, chaperoning and preaching to teens. >> we did jail ministries and a boot camp ministry, me and him singing together to the people at the jail. >> reporter: what was it like growing up with him? >> he was your all-american dad. the epitome of protector, hero, dad. >> mm-hmm. no matter what we were going through, he wa

brent bozell, welcome to the discussion and debate. you have been in the forefront of this hypocrisy for decades. we have had enough too. you know agree and by the way, melanie and brian are not doingo a boycott. they are just showing the outrageous things that are said. what are you doing? >> first of all, you and i have disagreed on boycotts in the past. but you use the word consistent, you have always been consistent. the left has been utterly inconsistent and hypocritical because they don't believe in free speech. when kathy griffin wasth concerned, people ask, how did she not know she was crossing a line? the left believes there's no line you can cross. when conservatives are concerned, there's no line because they shouldn't be theret what are we going to do? i think we've had enough, sean. we have to do a little bit of soul-searching ourselves. why is it that we have the far left getting away with consistently calling us racist, homophobic, nazis, everything else they can give and we haven't responded? i guess i drew the line wit

ebony rainford brent is with me.trick mentioned, joe root got a calf injury in that match and yet still went on to achieve his tenth 0di century. he quite some player. is a bit of a superman. what i liked about his innings, wickets go quite quickly and a lot of other batsman would come back and get flustered and he was so calm, he paces his innings. he was even injured, it's a bit of a nervous concern because he went over and initially we thought it was his ankle but when interviewed he talks about how he might hopefully have got calf cramp and it might be something more. even with that he could mentally compose himself and really craft a brilliant 133. he's a really craft a brilliant 133. he's a really important cog in this wheel. and impressive from england because there was no sign of panic, and very composed performance, the one slight concern was the performance of jason roy at the top of the order, again failing to produce a big score. the only downside to what's been a very positive start to this tournament fo

from aet of your brent democrat. stephen maryland. go ahead steep. maryland -- steve in maryland. >> it is really just the topic. it is really easy to get bipartisan support, but on issues like abortion and women's rights and so on, it is going to be very little ground to move on, because you have democrats who think they are voting for's rights. four women's republicans think they are voting on something to save human lives. on of basic stamp what, i vote for saving human lives. that is what they think they are voting for. looku go way back, you can in the 50's. it was common to have tax rates and, it was possible back then. right now, you can't do that. that was really common. if you go a little ahead. up to the reagan administration had a bipartisan support for environmental protection the general. now, you have people arguing over that stuff. side you are what in. and what's topic you are bringing up. some topics, you know it will make no grunt work. >> thanks for calling. let's go to harold from home in tow, florida on the independent line. your

we have the eia data coming as well brent solidly under $48 a barrel it wasn't supposed to be that way for a bit. wti trading a couple bucks lower to that. what is the iea saying today oil growth is likely to prove transitory global stocks remained stubbornly high with a modest demand acceleration in 2018 to 99.3 million barrels a day the point is there's a golden level, 100 million barrels a day of global daily demand they reckon they might get there in the fourth quarter. their report today is called whatever it takes. this is what opec has said, whatever it takes to get the supply/demand balance back in check. this is the point they're making at the iea, it's taking longer you guys talked about the death of opec a lot out there. it's not the death of opec, but opec doesn't have the same bang for the buck as it used to while it's policy, it will take longer, and this is the tenet of the iea report today more record highs in the session for the dow. we have seen the s&p at record closing levels and the russell 2000 material sector, materials, where did that one come from five out of s

brent turned positive barely, 44.83.en-year treasury note yield, low oil prices has put pressure on treasury yields. they remain low. 2.14 on the yield. lots of thought that inflation is not coming. as for the u.s. dollar, mixed picture. weaker against the euro and the japanese yen this morning following treasury yields lower. not such huge moves for the rur euro, 1.117 p. t >> breaking corporate news, sycamore partners is in advanced talks to buy staples reuters says the deal could top $6 billion in value. an announcement could come next week we reached out to staples, they said we do not comment on rumor or speculation the shares are higher by 5%. >>> investors will get a fresh look at the labor market weekly jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. as for earnings, barnes and noble and accenture. bed bath & beyond after the close. altice usa is expected to make its public debut on the new york stocks exchange today. the cable company raised 1$1.9 billion in its ipo making it the biggest listed telecom company to go public since 20