geoff cutmore will moderate. can catch that live on "squawk box" at 6:30 a.m. >> i'm excited about that. >> huge. >> a little nervous for geoff. >> it's always tricky. you know, there's so much politics to talk about, not to mention the u.s. elections, european elections. energy. going to be great. >> good luck, geoff. >>> stories at the intersection of politics and investing, including the trump administration's plans to pursue a $5 billion sale of f-16 fighter jets to bahrain.hr n. your path to retirement may not always be clear. n. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement journey takes you, we can help you reach your goals. call us or your advisor t. rowe price. invest with confidence. you give us comfort. and we give you bare feet... i love you, couch. ...backsweat and gordo's everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze fabric refresher with odorclear technology... ...cleans away odors like never before. because the things you love the mos

numbers. >>> we'll talk to the former dupont ceo. >>> and vladimir putin spoke to our very own geoff cutmoretic forum and he has the highlights. hi, geoff. >> good morning, sara. the key issue was that one, what is going on with the investigation into allegations that the russians had some role in the u.s. election outcome. and were using disinformation throughout the campaigning to try and get president trump elected. that was a question that i put directly to the russian president. were they involved in trying to change the election outcome in the united states? he insisted read my lips, no. he also went on to say the reason that this is being argued is down to domestic action against president trump. let's just listen to the sound bite. >> we perceive in regard to the united states as a great power with which one -- which we want to establish a good partnership relations. although things are fictional and provocations, lies. all these are used for domestic american political agendas. >> well, there you go. lies president putin said. read my lips, no we didn't interfere. but what is clear

cnbc's geoff cutmore has the early read from london this morning. g, geoff. >> a very good morning, frances. you know what, the markets have given i think their seal of approval here. europe is open higher and the u.s. futures are pointing for further gains here. so, i think some relief that donald trump didn't say anything to unnerve markets, even if he didn't give us too many details at this point. and the markets focus very quickly now shifting to the fed meetings next week to see whether we get our interest rate hike. >>> who's new in the tv market? it looks like it's going to be youtube television. they're talking about a skinny bundle, $35 is the subs to get you this new live channel. number of the major broadcasters have signed up for this, but it's worth pointing out cnn are not yet on board. i just want to wrap up on snap here. we'll get the ipo pricing today, and it looks like there is a lot of excitement around this story. but is this just an over-hyped social media business? apparently sources suggest that the company are also looking at

fabulous job of geoff cutmore going eyeball to eyeball with putin. >> holding his on. >> that's not anasy thing to do. that's a career moment for him. that was very impressive stuff. >> we agree. thank you. eamon javers in washington. >>> president trump expected to sign two executive orders today aimed at trade. one calls for a study of past trade agreements looking at whether they delivered on promised benefits. second order designed to improve the collection of financial penalties against other countries for dumping goods or illegally subsidizing companies. yesterday commerce secretary wilbur ross told cnbc that the trump administration wants to start the nafta renegotiation process before congress goes on its april recess. secretary ross will be joining "squawk box" again later this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in brussels today attending his first nato meeting. he is expected to press allies to step up defense spending. >>> still to come here on "worldwide exchange," spacex makes history with the launch of its first recycled rocket. the det

speaking to geoff cutmore at the arctic forum, the russian president, vladimir putin, defended russian military p exercises and pointed the finger at nato. >> translator: their activity is much higher than ours, several times higher. if you look at the number of the russian and nato jets flying over the baltic sea, several times more activity on their part. after that, someone tries to accuse us of aggressive behavior. it's id'dle talk, just for the sake of media. >> and rex tillerson is set to attend his first nato meeting in brussels today. he suspected to press allies to step up defense spending reiterating calls made by president trump. willem joins us from the nato meeting. how will the allies respond to this? >> we were speaking a few moment guys from the lithuanian foreign minister you heard mr. putin saying nato is the aggressor flying over the baltic, but lets when to what he said about defense spending. that's another top priority here today. lithuania promised to increase defense spending to 2% of gdp by 2018. >> we have to play our part, it's not normal when united states,

geoff cutmore joining us live with all the details. good morning to you. >> good morning. there are several parts to this story. the one the markets have seized upon initially is the big headline, $8.5 billion capital raising that is written. perhaps that's why the market selloff on this story is not as extreme as some might have imagined, and that is the restructured of the investment bank and capital markets unit in one business which john cryan says will save $700 million per an um. and, of course, there's the selling off of a minority in the asset management business. so as you can see, deutsche bank is down about 6% at the moment, but it's been off less than that and the market is coming to terms with the idea of what this capital raising means. why did they do it? let's hear what john cryan had to say to me. >> they were listening to some feedback from the market where there were still concerns h were to some extent shared by our clients and counterparts ha we still didn't have enough capital. >> you know. why didn't they do this before because john cryan has oversee

that's cnbc europe's geoff cutmore. the russian president calling the u.s.at power this morning adding he's ready to get russia's relationship with washington back on track, all of which could have major economic implications. joining us is jean spurling and glenn hubbard, council of economics advisor chair for president bush. welcome to you both. mr. spurling, what do you make of the comments of the russian president this morning? >> you know, i don't like i would hope most americans do not put a lot of trust in the word of vladimir putin. i tag everything with a grain of salt. and i don't see any reason why anyone should treat him otherwise. >> glen hubbard, should anything other be expected from that pointed response? >> i don't think so. i agree with what gene said. i think we'll have to wait nor the senate intelligence committee investigation. >> so we have a bipartisan agreement on this issue. let me start with you, dean hubbard, on the economic ramifications of a russian reset. there was so much hope for the russian economy going into the trump presid

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but cnbc's geoff cutmore tried to get the answer straight from the horse's mouth and the man who rideshirtless on it. >> you and the russian government did -- never tried to influence the outcome of the u.s. presidential presidential election and there will be no evidence found? >> ( translated ): ronald reagan once debating about taxes and addressing the americans said, watch my lips, he said, no. watch my lips, no. >> stephen: ha, ha, ha, ha, that vladimir putin sure is a jokester. "knock knock." who's there? "i." i who? "who's asking, i who? are you journalist? i will kill you." ( laughter ) but here's the thing, reagan didn't say that, george h. w. bush did. it's the reason vlad lost on jeopardy's war criminal week. ( cheers and applause ) huge ratings. i love watching every year. every year i love watching "war criminals week." "i'm sorry, your answer must be in the form of a murder." speaking of donald trump's loved ones, yesterday it was announced that ivanka trump will become a federal employee in the white house, serving as the president's "eyes and ears." yeah, yeah, eyes and

got a jam packed hour for you, culminating later on in the day with the interview that geoff c geoff cutmore has with vladimir putin. markets are trading modestly higher. the ftse 100 up 0.1%. benefiting from the weakness of the pound in the triggers of the article 50. xetra dax up 0.21. cac 40 higher to the tune of 0.1%. a fairly quiet session. let's look at some sectors driving us higher today. what we're seeing is that oil and gas is leading, when it comes to the sectors, because we're seeing another day of increases for the oil price. the third day in a row. financial services, construction material doing better. on the down side, autos, real estate, and telecoms slightly underperforming. let's get back to our top story. theresa may is set for another battle in parliament, this time to push through her great repeal bill. a piece of legislation aimed at removing eu law from britain's statute book. the government will publish the white paper today, which will be debated, consulted on and very like likely amended over the next few >>> several eu officials condemned theresa may's suggestion

. >> geoff cutmore is still there.u're going to go all the way to northern rush sharks we're going to bring you on tv -- i'm curious about why this event was in russia, but that's a different issue. i'm going to use this word loosely because vladimir putin to me seemed almost casual, a little jovial. i'm using it in the putin sense obviously. that's about as much casualness we're going to get. what was it like being on stage with vladimir putin? what kind of security is around him? what kind of presence does he wield in a country where he literally is the ruler? >> yeah. i think you're absolutely on the mark there. the security is intense and tight. the event is carefully prepared. there is an intensity while you're on stage with vladimir putin, as you might expect here. and i think just to pick up on some of the comments that we heard from donald there, i think that he is a man who at the moment is struggling to understand what the russian policy is from the white house. and i think that might be to an extent why he u

the man who asked that question, cnbc's very own geoff cutmore joins me now along with msnbc contributorand former u.s. ambassador to the russian federation, michael mcfall. geoff, let me start with you here, i want to play more of that conversation you just had with president putin. >> i just want to be very clear about this, you and the russian government did -- never tried to influence the outcome of the u.s. presidential election, and there will be no evidence found? >> translator: ronald reagan once debating about taxes and addressing the americans said, watch my lips, he said, no. watch my lips, no. >> to be clear, he got the bushes wrong. it was h.w. bush. nevertheless, geoff, was there an expectation when you asked the question that the president was going to say, oh, you caught me, i've been meaning to talk to you about this, we were, in fact, involved a bit? >> yeah, wouldn't that be great. that would have been the scoop of the century. still, i think i did pretty good and very i think clear from the president that not only does he continue to insist that russia played no part

geoff cutmore, live from london, thank you. >>> donald trump jr.ad virtually no contact with his father since the elder trump became president nearly two months ago. trump jr. who played a key role in his father's presidential campaign and now runs the trump organization alongside his brother, spoke for the first time on friday at a republican fund-raiser in dallas. he admitted it was hard to leave politics behind. >> i thought i was out of politics after election day. and i get back to my regular life and my family, but i couldn't. i thought i would be going back to my regular job, i thought i would be really excited about that, but once you get a little taste of that action, it's hard to leave. you know, listen, deals are still exciting, but when you're sort of the guy out there every day, 24/7, fighting in this thing, it's like a great fight. the intensity, i don't miss the politics, i promise. i want nothing to do with the politics, but i miss the intensity. >> trump jr.'s comments came after the relationship between president trump, his childr