elania, but she knows nothing about politics or anything. host: the idea that pompeo would not push back on trump over issues? guest: i'm offended by the analogy that you used about the vice president, as someone who has an excellent relationship with the president. he gives advice and does so quietly behind the scenes. as director >> as director pompeo has done the same. he doesn't only want yes-men around. his someone who listens to his advisors. president obama has refused evidence that action needed to be taken after the military action after the searing chemical weapons attack. including the possibility of inspections of other military facilities in iran that were left off the original deal where weapons could be developed, i think we are going to be in a situation where the president may give the europeans another few months to say show me some changes before we fully exit. think that is probably the right policy. they have now got the message with the nomination of mike pompeo as secretary of state, who is skeptical of the deal. john

elania is not in a good spot. do you think they gave them shoveling lessons? david: today there's going to be a news conference in the rose garden. alix: you are seeing some kind of relief rally. futures up by about 15 points. euro-dollar is range bound. german data signaling that the soft patch may continue. 10 year yields now unchanged. to break up there and sustain it. ramifications across all different equity markets. crude oil during a nice bump. downll be breaking that for the next couple of hours. new home will have sales for march as well as consumer confidence data for the month of april. auction.that big all day long senior trade officials will be meeting in washington where they are trying to get a solution to the nafta situation. alix: not planting trees. yield is not just here in the u.s. the white line is the generic 10 year and the total bloomberg .arclays value of global bonds the point is that 10-year gilts are moving global bond yields higher as well that not has ramifications for all other kind of asset classes. should.ey the u.s. 10 year is

elania, but she knows nothing about politics or anything.t: the idea that pompeo would not push back on trump over issues? guest: i'm offended by the analogy that you used about the vice president, as someone who has an excellent relationship with the president. he gives advice and does so quietly behind the scenes. as director pompeo has done the same, the president does not only want yes-men around him. he has shown that already. he is someone who listens to his advisers and changed his policies and taken steps he has not wanted to unlike president obama, who refused to take action in syria in the face of widespread evidence that action needed to be taken, military action i'm talking about, after the syrian weapons attack. the president has taken action twice, going against his own instincts. he is increased troop presence in afghanistan. president trump has exercised an independence of judgment and move away from some of his stances during the campaign as well. host: let's move to specific issues and the way you would like to see pompeo p