Dan Schwartzman

Meanwhile, the U.S.

winning its first medal in women's figure skating in 20 years as Elisa Liu takes home gold.

Norway, though, continues to lead the medal count at the Milan-Kortina Olympics with 34, while also leading with 16 golds.

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Heightened geopolitical worries sending stocks lower, the Dow losing more than a half percent.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both dropped by three-tenths of one percent.

The 10-year yield is at 4.072, the two-year at 3.467.

Gold went back over $5,000 an ounce, while Bitcoin is over $67,000.

The U.S.

continues to grow its forces in the Middle East to put pressure on Iran, with aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest warship, heading into the region to join the carrier Abraham Lincoln, as well as hundreds of fighter jets and refueling tankers, giving President Trump the option for a major attack against the Islamic Republic.

Trump discussed the nuclear talks.

That's President Trump speaking in Washington.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times reporting that the U.K.

government is reluctant to allow the U.S.

to use British air bases for an attack on Iran, believing the U.K.

could then be complicit in violating international law.

Trump also convening his Gaza Board of Peace this morning for the first time, with representatives from more than 40 countries and observers from a dozen more.