and he's had significant interest in rusal.use overwhelmingly did what you talked about and the senate would have if mcconnell hadn't worked his imagine wik a bunch of republican senators. >> i want to ask you about that part in particular. watching from the outside, seeing that huge vote in the house, i mean that was a remarkable thing. 70% of republicans in the house voted to defy the trump administration and tell them, no, you shouldn't lift these sanctions on deripaska and his company. those sanctions are there for a reason. you don't see house republicans sort of flout the trump administration very often. but it was an overwhelming vote in the house. you're saying that in the senate it would have -- the vote would have gone the same way, that there would have also been another rebuke of the administration in the senate which would have effectively stopped them from lifting those sanctions, but mcconnell is the one. he was the decider who in fact tilted the balance on this himself? >> well, i think in the house. i don't kno

sanctions were lifted on rusal and its parent company in january.plus told our colleague that sanctions have been unexpectedly positive for the firm. >> a lot of our customers and stake holders are keen to work with us now that we have a world class board, that we have unprecedented transparency, corporate governance the actual actions we had to take to remove sanctions actually make our company more investable and they actually increase the opportunities for us to forge new international partnerships so we're optimistic about the future and actually the steps that we took to make the company what it is now today all helps us achieve our long-term goals. >> she also asked the chairman and ceo of brady industries that he was confident rusal would stay off the list. >> they touch 18% of the global supply chain of aluminum this is a fantastic low carbon company. in the united states when they were sanctioned, many american companies needed rusal they applied for waivers to sanctions. and they all received them so rusal is welcome in the united states z

giant is trading lower after reports of 44% fall in first quarter net profit they lifted in january rusal it was focused on the market position amid all the uncertainty of the u.s. china trade war. and thyssenkrupp -- the german conglomerate reported a net loss of 99 million euros per squaurt and its view that it will post a loss for the full year now plans to lift the elevator unit where operating profits drop more than 10% due to higher costs. we're now joined by paul, the senior gee olgts and mining analyst. thanks for being with us >> i think he has quite a bit of pressure, particularly since the overall macroenvironment and german economic environment both are against him at this point in time whatever he can do in order to improve the margins of the business actually get the revenue and earnings before tax moving in the right direction rather than the wrong one. >> which area in particular ow dow think they need to focus on? earlier today just looking at the earnings they're elevated business, which is supposed to be one of the more profitable areas actually show the decline in marg

whether it was our deutsche bank hearing today, or whether it's rusal investing in the u.s.. lifting sanctions, the u.s. treasury department lifting sanctions, we know that the russians and trump and mcconnell are quite a, i guess to use the russian word, quick a -- three way, i guess a slave, ultimately, takes us in a bad place. >> i want to ask you about that deutsche bank hearing, sir. if you wouldn't mind sticking with us for one more second, i wanted to ask you that, too. >> of course. >> senator sherrod brown of ohio is our guest. we'll be right back. stay with us. is our guest we'll be right back. stay with us ♪ and here comes the wacky new maid ♪ -maid? uh, i'm not the... -♪ is she an alien, is she a spy? ♪ ♪ she's always here, someone tell us why ♪ -♪ why, oh, why -♪ she's not the maid we wanted ♪ -because i'm not the maid! -♪ but she's the maid we got -again, i'm not the maid. i protect your home and auto. -hey, campbells. who's your new maid? who used expedia to book the hotel which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expe