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i'm sara kelly welcome to the program it's great to have you with us. in spain the countdown is on for a contested referendum in the region of catalonia local authorities are determined to go ahead with a vote on breaking away from spain madrid says that sunday's referendum is illegal and cannot be allowed to take place more than seven and a half million people live in the said the autonomous region of catalonia that you see on the top right part of your screen there catalan officials are calling for a peaceful ballot but thousands of spanish police officers have been sent into the region to prevent people from voting. it's hard to ignore what's happening here in barcelona and across catalonia the abundance of cattle influx isn't something new in this wealthy part of northeast. but their significance is taken on a greater meaning the head of the unauthorized independence referendum. catalan society has long been divided over what is best for the future of this region of seven and a half million people recent polls have shown those in favor of independen

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i'm sara kelly a very warm welcome to the special coverage of the german election. angela merkel has won a fourth term as chancellor but the election result was painful for the country's two largest party they've lost a lot of votes compared to the election four years ago well that's not true that's true not only for merkel's conservatives but also for the social democrats who are center left coalition partners in the outgoing government now both parties say they will work to win voters back. joy and despair for germany's conservatives they lost significant ground this time around but chancellor angle americal will still serve a fourth term she says she'd wished for a better result which is now set to form a new government. isn't stark's the cuff we the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. have emerged as the strongest part and we have the mandate to form a government and no one will form one against us. the social democrats are in shock after their worst ever result the so-called schultz effect a bump in the polls when party leader martin schulz declared his candidacy went nowher

but it is also noteworthy, given what sara was reporting about general kelly, the new chief of staff,e has clamped down on access to the oval office, access to the president. we're also told schiller has expressed frustration with that process, especially since he is somebody who has had unfettered access to donald trump for decades. he has been a constant presence with trump, jim, since he was a businessman, during the campaign and so forth. we, of course, remember that he is somebody who delivered perhaps the most consequential letter, he handed james comey his letter firing him. we don't talk about the white house oval office director, operations director, but this is someone who is part of donald trump's posse, and if, in fact, he ends up going, which now he's telling people his plans are the end of september, beginning of october, it could really add to the president's feeling of isolation. because he really yearns for people who he is close to, who he has known for a long time and is limited in conversations with those people. keith schiller is one of them. >> he is accused of d

i'm sara eisen here for kelly evans today. bill will be recoining us in just a moment.the day on wall street. a strong start to the month of september. s&p 500 closing up .2 of 1%, the nasdaq close up a tenth of a percent and that's enough to make a new record high for the nasdaq, looking at its best week of the year and the s&p 500 also going out with a gain of .2 percent and the russell 2000 index up .6 of 1%, saw a strong dollar in the session as well. as texas works on rebuilding another category 3 hurricane is speeding across the atlantic ocean. we're keeping an eye on hurricane irma, and we'll bring you the late on its track. people are rushing to fill up because gasoline prices have filled higher in the united states due to hurricane harvey shutting down refineries how high prices could climb and how long we're going to discuss that a little bit later >> joining us today, cnbc senior markets commentator michael santoli and evan newmark joins us on a friday and also joining us the godfather of technical analysis, ralph alcampora. best week of the year for the nasd

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gotten the same the white house press secretary sara can -- sarah sanders saying trump has been free from the latest missile launch by general john kellya very short statement here which is interesting in that the president has been briefed on this latest missile launch. -- this has really dominated the agenda going into the asian up next, talking about china pumping liquidity and also what it means to the banks. this is bloomberg. so new touch screens... and biometrics. in 574 branches. all done by... yesterday. ♪ ♪ banks aren't just undergoing a face lift. they're undergoing a transformation. a data fueled, security driven shift in applications and customer experience. which is why comcast business delivers consistent network performance and speed across all your locations. hello, mr. deets. every branch running like headquarters. that's how you outmaneuver. ♪ >> it is 9:30 a.m. friday in sydney 30 minutes out from asia's first major market open. looking reasonable. in little upside going into what is a day that is dominated by geopolitical -- another missile from north korea. in the meantime it is a beautiful morning you're in sydne