All right, joining us right now to discuss the president's pick for Fed Chair and other DC related topics is Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Hagerty. Uh Senator, thank you for being with us this morning. First up, what do you think of the president's pick to run the Fed.>> I'm very pleased that the president's chosen Kevin Walsh. Uh he's going to be the right man for the right moment. I think at this time Kevin is indeed the man for the moment because I think he's going to take the Fed from what has sadly ...

All right, five things to know ahead of today's opening bell. Gold and silver prices are relatively stable at the moment, but silver was much lower earlier today, and both those metals are coming off a Friday performance that amounted to their worst day since 1980. Oil prices are pulling back.Over the weekend, President Trump told reporters that Iran, in his words, was seriously talking with the United States. A lot of questions about what that means, but WTI this morning is down by about 5 and a quarter% t ...

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Joining us now, George Heel. He's the vice president of commodity research at George, great to have you with us. >> Thanks for having me.>> You know, it's funny that we we had this list of fundamental reasons why the metals would decline today and yet the move has been sort of memeish, which is by definition not pinned by fundamental drivers. So, what did you make of the of the drop today. Of course.Well, I think you know silver has obviously had a outsized move against gold over the last few months and thi ...

For more on Kevin Wars and what it could mean for the future of the Fed, let's bring in former Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester. Loretta, great to see you. >> Nice to see you, too.>> I'm I'm so happy to have you here and get your take on this. And and I'm just wondering, you know, Kevin Worsh known known person. He's a very qualified person.He's been on the Fed, but his views have changed. I mean, he was known as an inflation hawk and then he he switched seemingly in the past year or so. Do you have a ...

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So everybody understands Fed independence except Donald Trump doesn't want Fed independence. Donald Trump wants it all Donald Trump's way. So what Tillis has said now, Senator Tillis has said is look until you at least stop this bogus attack trying to get rid of Jerome Pal and I would add the bogus attack trying to get rid of Fed Governor Lisa Cook.We can't even talk about who the next Fed chair should be. Donald Trump has just got to back up on his ideas of taking over the Fed. ...

For more on this dynamic, let's bring in RBC Capital Markets global head of commodity strategy, Hale Lima Croft. She's also a CNBC contributor. Hale Lima, we kind of know the headlines.Obviously, there's not a lot of detail around just how active or just how advanced the planning is for any possible move in the Middle East, especially Iran. What exactly are you hearing and how exactly are you interpreting what we do know right now. Well, we certainly know there's been a significant redeployment of US milita ...

We did discuss this choice for the Fed chair Kevin Wars. Now, let's bring in our senior economics reporter Steve Leeman along with former Fed vice chairman Roger Ferguson for more. Mr.. Ferguson, it's great to see you, Steve. Always good to have you. Roger, you first.What is your reaction to the worst pick. >> Uh, first I would say not surprised. Many people expected that to be the the outcome.Secondly, I think now in some sense for him, the hard work begins. Um he's got to get through a Senate hearing whic ...