Alexis Christophorus

's Telegraph newspaper he's strongly considering pulling the U.S.

out of NATO after it failed to join the war, telling the paper it's, quote, beyond consideration.

In the meantime, Iran continues to launch attacks, including at an oil tanker off Qatar and cruise missiles targeting the United Arab Emirates.

And a third U.S.

carrier group, the USS George W. Bush, is on its way to the Middle East.

The White House says President Trump will deliver a primetime address on the war tonight that's set for 9 p.m.

Wall Street time.

You can hear it live here on Bloomberg Radio or watch on Bloomberg Television and the Bloomberg Business app.

And Nathan, we are seeing stocks rally around the world this morning on optimism the war will end.

Stocks in Japan soared more than 5%.

The euro stocks 50 is up more than 2%.

And this follows yesterday's Wall Street rally, which saw the S&P 500 climb 2.9%.

The Nasdaq surged 3.8%.

Lauren Sanfilippo is a senior investment strategist at Bank of America.

Bank of America senior investment strategist Lauren Sanfilippo.

Despite yesterday's rally, the S&P 500 still fell 4.6 percent in the first quarter, while the Nasdaq dropped more than 7 percent.

Right now, we've got S&P futures up, Nathan, about four tenths of one percent.

Thanks, Amy.

President Trump says he will attend those Supreme Court hearings this morning.

In another development, the president has signed an executive order intended to make it harder for voters to cast mail-in ballots.