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at whatt's take a look is going on in the treasury market right now. basically unchanged. you see the 10-year. of buying or selling on treasuries. looking at currencies though, the dollar strengthening or the euro weakening against the dollar. also the yen weakening against the u.s. dollar. the pound sterling, just a little bit of a gain. sterling has been very strong against the euro. all right, let's look at the top stories crossing the bloomberg at this hour. german lawmakers cleared the way for talks on a third greek bailout after chancellor angela greece would them face chaos without a deal. bloomberg's hans nichols filed this report from berlin. all right. we heard that earlier. we know that he is reporting it therehe bundestag and will be more negotiations for debt relief. expectationser declined in july. the university of michigan preliminary index of sentiment dropped 93 points. abouters remained upbeat employment and wages. the government says gasoline prices are driving a slight increase in inflation. the labor department reports that the consumer rice index ros

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at whatts have looked oil reserves me to stay in the ground and the arctic is at the top of the list. it is really well documented at this point. extracting arctic oil from the region, putting it into the market and burning it will guarantee that we go over two degrees. this is a situation where shell is not just threatening an ecosystem, or a beautiful forest or river. this is a situation where shell 's arctic oil drilling is threatening everything and everyone we love and we want to do anything we can to stand up and stop it. amy: now, annie leonard, shell cannot do this on their own. explain how the obama administration is involved. i saw some of the banners yesterday from the people hanging from the bridge and they had obama's name on them. annie: that is because shell does not have the final permit needed to drill. even though they spent about $4 billion and have their equipment on the way up there, they still need one final permit, so the future of the planet, in so many ways, is in obama's hands. permittime to deny the and in a way we are doing him a favor, buying him extra tim

>> when he talks about immigration and the border, he does not care about whatt others think. >> he is is not a politician. >> he says, "i will not be bought off." . >> trump is a threat. tom: most interesting conversation, john heilemann. there doesit was -- he is reaganesque. parse that phrase for us and what it means for the other candidates. guest: john sat down with 12 other new hampshire candidates, anything we heard over and over again was authenticity. that is what he was getting at when he said reaganesque, and this context was he says what he means that he is a leader who is willing to offend people to get things done. tom: does it change the debate, the dialogue? are we going to see a reagan lovefest as everybody tries to outdo reaganesque? steven: i imagine that will be the case. you will have people trying to straight talk each other. tom: i am trying to get carly fiorina straight talking. brendan: john mccain in 2000 when he would still talk to reporters and he was open, and he had an engaging style. which candidate is best poised to tap into this thirst for something rea

whatt votes through these austerity measures? what if they agree to these cuts? it less of a debt problem? haven't they at least taken a hard step to actually solving the problem? >> look at it tomorrow very likely as michelle has been reporting from athens repeatedly, they are likely to approve the measures tomorrow because the prime minister is going to do it not with the help of his party, because the party is split and the leftist factions are against this proposal, but he's going to do it with the help of center right parties which are going to vote for him. having done that it's not done yet because you have to implement, there's an implementation risk. you're leaving it in the hands of greek officials who very violently opposed all of these measures -- >> so you think -- if i'm hearing you right and i'm running out of time they could vote this through. they could say all the right things and still not fix it? >> absolutely. look at it this way. >> you're very cynical. >> no no i'm a realist. when you look at the $50 billion money set aside, for instance if

whatt the ridiculous zany stuff that he's saying getting him into the top of the pack. >> he spent $2illion on tv ads at a time no one else was. >> those ads must be vitriolic. >> he has senator sununu helping him. if hess goes into 2nd it means jeb bush and chris christie counting on new hampshire, the governor of ohio who is a formidable candidate. >> it's a really solid spot he has had up there. >> great in front of the camera, performing great. >> he is the same on the spot as she in the supermarket in nashua, new hampshire. he's the same person. he's very good retail and very good on tv. >> hey, he'll never make it. this comes as the merit poll saw a spike in the poll with caseic placing 4th. huh. so just out this morning, bloomberg is reporting donald trump's total worth may be close to one-third of what he has said. >> are you kidding? >> that's what they're reporting. we can claim he is worth at least $10 billion. but an analysis done by bloomberg billionaire's index puts the number closer to $2.9 billion t. analysis reports, for instance his golf and resort properties are wor