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you irst thing is about were talking this morning about steve bannon influence to donald trump. notice, he if you tracks voters, it is giving the in the country massive tax break, getting massive dollars to our infan infantry, taking away basic indigentom the poor and of this country. of bannon's facist ideals and step toward that. nervous. me we are being mislead, by things do you g, you know, how say keep one hand, people watching one hand when the other hand is doing something different. has been happening a lot, a lot of stuff being passed shows that congress we're going to radical this vative direction in country, that is on the virge of fascism. that is my big concern. "washington post" highlights reporting from robert costa and ashley parker taking a at the president and his seeking of outside counsel when issues to looking into of russia. the report says people briefed on condition spoke of anonymity, they couldn't talk publicly, the attorneys who have to the white house and listed, inalists people.ng to it says mark kasowitz is expected to take a leading role, he helped

allow me to mention briefly for them. .irst, conflicts we are seeing a multiplication of new conflicts over the past few years, and some complications that continue to not die such as in afghanistan. the only do we have a multiplication of conflicts, but they are changing in nature. most of the conflicts are internal. many of them are linked to fragility is in the country, but they quickly become a regional -- have a regional dimension and sometimes a global dimension. they tend to be more complicated, interlinked, and linked with the new threats of global terrorism in the world. if i look at the situation from toeria to molly -- to mali libya, somalia, yemen, afghanistan, all of these conflicts are becoming more and more interlinked. some of them are going back to es of origin and becoming new threats there. we see these conflicts becoming more and more interlinked. they are indeed a threat to global security the matter where we live. at the same time, it is clear that power relations in the obvious, andless --h that it seems there is in this context, when you look at the present tren

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irst to the lady from ohio, that she said that the illegal our jobs, are taking but it is the companies who are hiring them that are giving away jobs. i wanted to say to all trump especially low ncome, just think for a minute because everything that you think that donald trump is -- ou elected him to do, he's doing the opposite. his budget is going to take away take away and also your food stamps. depend on now. he promised you he wouldn't do that and he's doing it. asking all those people, just wake up and think about happening. host: okay. carol from west virginia, on the independent line. on your mind today, carol? caller: hello. i'm just -- i just, i'm rustrated, i don't like the budget, either, but i really middle class, 'm i've worked, i get disability, have to look and can i , well, what really, really do without to country balance its budget? maybe somebody else, you that middle think class should be paying for also don't but i think something, you know, shouldn't be trying to help the country, either. needs to look in the mirror and say, what can i do or do without to help nste

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grandparents, family members, friends of graduates, thank you for your effort in getting them to this point. ,irst lady florence jackson ,hairman, members of the board members of the administrative staff and faculty, and the cookmanethune community, thank you for the important role you play in making today possible for all these students. mayor henry, thank you for those encouraging words, and you and the other state and local officials for being here today. i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak with you. and particularly with those who have disagreed with the invitation for me to be here. one of the hallmarks of higher iscation and of democracy the ability to converse with and learn from those with whom we disagree. >> if this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. [booing increases in volume] choose which way you want to go. [indiscernible] would you please be seated? graduates, would you please be seated? secretary devos: as i said, i'm very grateful for the opportunity to be with you today . while we will be with -- while we will undoubtedly disagree at times, i hope we ca

office, irst days of you began to deliver on that promise.ng that you'll be a a critic of our nation's law enforcement officers. partner oner needs a the beat. mr. president, we see you as hat partner in the years to come. we appreciate your leadership and we are so very grateful to us here today. ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, please help me the president of the donald j. trump. applause] >> thank you, everybody. wow. a beautiful introduction. thank you, chuck. [applause] >> that was so nice. that was above and beyond. way i'm going to be ith you too, and it's a great honor. thank you very much. a great honor to address solemn s heros on this occasion. words cannot express the depths hope gratitude, but i that our actions will show you how eeply we care and strongly we feel about who protect us. our ca stands strong with men and women in blue, believe stand strong together. pasco, to recognize jim inda henny, chaplin wiggens, and everyone at the fraternal order of police for all that you do protect the law enforcement f this cou

i tweeted this out months ago when this was all starting to go down. ,irst of all, these right wing greatpatriotic americans were always the russians were this, we will always beat the russians -- trump during his campaign russia."k away, that's when the collusion started. now, you have every person that trump has dealt with as president has some sort of connection with this. i would like to ask republicans n themember when obama wo election and mcconnell said he would be a one term president? trump won't even see the end of two years. i hope to god that americans of ,ll race, color, creed religion's wake up and stand together and drive forth, march as we the people on d.c. to demand that we get rid of this partisan bs that is ripping this country apart. wanted?what jefferson is this what john adams wanted? wethe people must demand take our country back. it's time for we the people to take it back. host: mark is on our independent line from philadelphia. caller: good morning. i just want to say to the trump supporters out here, you keep saying there's nothing there, there's nothing going

her experience of her children willie,irst eddie than and her husband did not die in her arms, but she certainly held his head. after that she did unravel. that is a long way from the texture of their marriage in 1840's and early 1850's. when lincoln was totally devoted to her and absolutely loved her. in this new literature, people ask how could lincoln have loved such an obnoxious woman? what a ridiculous question to ask. of course he loved her. and i would like to say, lincoln married up, and that is important to appreciate. recognizing that mary did unravel in her later years and become very troubled psychologically. in the midst of these letters -- audience member: lincoln gave a talk considered one of the secret -- sequence of addresses, this was his address on temperance they came in the middle of these letters. what does that address tell us about lincoln's state of mind india. of these letters -- state of mind in the period of these letters? address the temperance just before the 1842 letter to ends with hailing rationality and learning how to control impulses, we must be rati

i have invited the president and commerce secretary to lorraine, ohio, to witness irst -- laraine -- lorain, ohio, to see this. no promises yet. while our workers need to be thrown a life raft. in the hurricane that they are enduring. perhaps it's hard to make america great again if you're moving from one self-made crisis to another and losing attention on the homeland, on the homeland, larain county, carried for hillary clinton, but only 104 votes. they were hoping jobs might actually begin to be increased zeroed out. not recap, a roller coaster foreign policy confusing not just us but our allies, broken promises regarding jobs. how about health care? let's take this. more confusion. we can be certain trumpcare removes, removes protections for our seniors and the costs of rising medications. his bill will take away assistance that closed the medicare prescription drug hole after seniors reach a level of $2,500. and costing them over $1,000 more year. you know, mr. speaker, the american people deserve security, they deserve jobs. they deserve affordable education. and there is no bet

step,irst step, the baby toward later this year. that will take several years to take place.t won't be us selling assets, we'll allow the assets we have to mature and decline organically over several years. i think that is one of the most telegraphed -- haslinda: is there -- >> i will get to that. i think that's a process that will happen in the background. it will be boring, hopefully. there is an open question you are asking, which is how big will the balance sheet be five years from now, when this has all happened? that is something we haven't decided on. it will be much smaller than today. the question is how much is the best a house in the u.s. banking system? 10 years ago the answer was $30 billion. they willure, probably be easier to conduct monetary policy better if we had several hundred billions, but it's not a question of will we reduce the balance sheet, it's more, will it have something like 2 trillion, 2.5 trillion, something like that. i'm not making decisions. that's the sinking that i think is the -- that's the sinking that i think is the right way. haslinda:

had,irst word news to be juliette sally is poised. months to go to the u.k.eneral election, wooesa may has set out to using a rare joint interview with her husband to show her softer side. her main rival launched the labor parties program for government with a tirade against "greedy bankers and hartline bosses ripping off workers." donald trump has approved arming kurdish forces in syria in the fight. the self-declared capital of the united -- islamic state. strong objections from turkey which remains the kurdish fighters are linked to militants in their country. prices roseucer more slowly than expected in april, adding to signs of a potential easing of global reflation. the price index rose to 6.4%, below economists estimates. prices in consumer china rose 1.2 percent in april, slightly more than expected. the bank of england probably won't make any policy moves before brexit negotiations are concluded. that is according to the national institute of economic and social research and ahead of the boe's policy meeting isorrow and a rate change expected been. e

irst, under the nato framework, the center represents the position of the members of the alliance that participate in the center. not necessarily the alliance as a whole. so for example not all 28 nations, 29 now actually participate in the center. i would like to see if we can somehow tie the center to nato's policy development for example. i think that can accelerate some things. also trying capacity is a challenge and trying to meet our own priorities and help key allies. one of the things i'm interested in is creating a partnership with european command, talking about potentially placing an individual maybe in the center in the course of the next year or so to more directly link with ourselves. also see what can we do within the xercise framework that alliance is starting to create in cyber now. i've already extended invitations to them to observe our exercise e in framework but i would like to do the same thing in the nato arena. >> so you know it comes past cyber information sharing legislation that's something domestically but also we have robust cyber threats framework but i wo

ft's go to bloomberg irst. >> china has increased its holdings of u.s.reasuries in the month in three years. they raise the ownership of u.s. government bonds by $27.9 billion to $1.09 trillion in march. it is a sign it is stabilizing and capital control stems capital plunges. lawmakers are deciding how to move ahead with forming a multiparty government after coalition talks collapsed late yesterday over disagreements on immigration. the breakdown of the negotiations between the prime minister and christian democrats and the greens came two months after the general election. european union government hardened their brexit negotiations as they prepared talks with the u.k. over its departure. the latest directive obtained covered the language on the future transitional arrangement that would help companies and after britain's new status and clarify the role of european court. u.k., the opposition labor party will introduce a tax on companies that pays at more than 330,000 pounds a year between next months presidential election. according to a person famili

anywherefic is down 5-10% on a monthly basis. ,irst-quarter results mall traffic poor, was down 20%.retailers had like kinds of business during that time. the first quarter was difficult. looking at the balance of the are moreilers optimistic that the worst is behind them. certainly all of the factors you mentioned are creating this problem for them. >> is it going to be really hard from here on out? amazon has been a competitor for so long. it does feel like the amazon effect has been even more pressure. this idea of being able to raise prices. is that out the window? >> if you look at the products amazon is selling, basically everything, they don't want to be the highest price person. they also don't want to be undersold. if there is a consistency of pricing they will maintain that but if someone is selling it for lower their algorithm would suggest they can match that immediately. thinking about brick-and-mortar retailers, home depot reported. they had a phenomenal quarter. revenue was up 6%. is astounding. here is a brick-and-mortar player. they have a good e-commerce business. t

[laughter] -- [applause] first of all,irst oa: there is no silver bullet and try to get women were economically empowered. and having more entrepreneurship. and there is no size fits all. is not the same amount of policy issues you will have in the netherlands or columbia or pakistan. at least in my travels, this is what i have experienced. financial inclusion is one of the very big blocks, i would say, but not the only one. financially, it is in combination with many other issues that need to be addressed is that can actually become economically empowered. i would like to say this is an issue that is universal. it is true, latin america, africa, asia, and also benevolence. -- and the netherlands. only 1/3 of the enterprises are led by women. we have a lot of work to do. we really need to do a lot of work and we are advancing. but a lot of work has to be done. what do i see as the challenges apart from financial inclusion? improvement ofhe the business environment in general, for both men and women. if it is easier to do business in a given country, it will be easier for a woman to do business

it was a surprised increase in irst quarter profits for hsbc. earnings rose 12%.poke with hsbc's c.f.o. >> i would be a happy santa ana i could call 2017 now. we have seen 3% to 4% revenue growth over 2017. a very good start in the first quarter. that's the guidance that we are holding for the market over the course of the next few days. societe generale has paid a billion dollars to settle a dispute with a an investment authority. it led to a surprise drop in socgen's first quarter profit. they deny that the payment made was a bribe to secure investment deals. tesla ensuring they are on track to begin production. the c.e.o. is burning through cash to bring the car to market. the model 3 will be their most affordable car and production is expected to start in july. and that's your bloomberg business flash. tom? francine? francine: thank you so much. series of lies. these are words mack ron used to describe his rival -- macron used to describe le pen. she fired back saying macron represented the catalyst elite. >> you have said it so often. i'm the candidate of ope

keep an eye on the spread this earnings,irst-quarter the company -- bp first-quarter earnings rising.und in oil failing to cover spending and dividends. struggling to cover billions of dollars in payments related to the gulf of mexico oil spill despite an increase in crude prices of more than 50%. it has been one of the worst performers. lovely chart, after years of europeantment companies are finally living up to market expectations, enjoying the best earning session in seven years. third into europe's first-quarter season, companies listed on the stoxx 600 have reported a 24% jump in eps year over year, on track to be the best rise since the third quarter of 2010, according to data from jpm strategist. francine: thank you so much. u.s. president donald trump says he would meet with kim jong-un if the circumstances were right. amid heightened tensions with north korea's nuclear program. >> under the right circumstances i would absolutely meet with him. most political people would never say that but under the right circumstances i would meet with him. francine: let's get more with tre

sees --irst over trip my first overseas trip as president, i have come to this sacred and ancient landnbreakable bond between the united states and the state of israel. [applause] in this land so rich in history, israel has one of the world's great civilizations. a strong, resilient, determined and prosperous nation. nation forged in the commitment that we will never allow the horrors and atrocities of the last century to be repeated. now, we must work together to build the future where the nations of the region are at peace. and all of our children can grow and grow up strong and roof up free from terrorism and violence. during my travels in the recent days, i have found new reasons for hope. i have just concluded a visit to saudi arabia where, yesterday, i met with king solomon and with the leaders from across the muslim and arab world. that visit, we reached historic agreements to pursue greater and greater cooperation in the fight terrorism and its evil ideology. my future travels will take me to visit pope francis at the andcan and then to the nato european allies. we have before

the selection has given the .irst word to marine le pen before we move to what they have to say we have a first action for you. we are only four days away from taking office. our you feeling? >> i have to say i am very pleased about the way in which the second round of runoff vote is proceeding. the political choice the french people will have to make it is clear. macron is the president of the war against all. the economic ransacking of our large corporations, major interests, sweeping the lower on -- i think itn [s said yesterday -- indiscernible] -- >> i am the candidate that protects our citizens, borders, projects from unfair international competition and the ride of -- rise of islam is a. been replaced has by spy marketing strategy, taken over by the socialist party. smile is being replaced by a grin. mr. macron has dropped the mark. i think you have seen his second-round choices are cynical choices. the, the coldness of business banker that you never stopped being, perhaps. i think this time and clarification was profoundly useful to the french people to decide. >> mr. mccrone? m

parties who took the responsibility of electing macron have in fact brought discredit upon them, and the irst round of elections showed a major decomposition of french political life through the elimination of the old parties in the second round. --anizers a recomposition based on the division between the patriots and those in favor of globalism. having a fight in order to bring together those that want to choose france, defendants independence, prosperity, security, our social model and identity. progressived very as it comes to the ideas of the newly elected president. we must indeed rise to this historical occasion and to the expectations expressed by the french in the second round, either for one to start and torming our movement turn it into a new political force at the french people want, and which is necessary more than ever for the country. i call on all patriots to take part in the decisive political battles, more than ever in the months to come france will need you. long live the republic. long live france. [applause] at age 39, emmanuel macron is the youngest person to be elected p