ruthless huckster golf playing sharks that's who we are and that's who don trump is that's why don lago barack obama that's why the lunch all. of this is boom bust and we are coming to you from the lincoln memorial on what is presidents' day in the united states it's a federal holiday and markets are closed in the u.s. . but we are booming and busting it out for you the birthday of the first u.s. president george washington and of course the city in which i stand right now is named after him is celebrated on the third monday of february but the day is also known as president today and honors all other presidents including president abraham lincoln one whose birthday is just past february twelfth we'll talk some more about president today with presidential historian from boston university professor walter month tano and while u.s. markets are closed nationally banks looks like global markets plus we look at the japanese steel industries response to the u.s. commerce department proposal to impose curbs on steel imports into the united states all of that coming up but first let's get to some headlines.