Nathan Hager

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is getting partisan marks on his closed-door testimony about Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrat Suhas Subramanian.

He was evasive, nervous, he was dishonest.

Republican House Oversight Chair James Comer.

This is a habit of the Democrats on this committee coming out telling you all stuff that was said that was not said.

Congressman Comer had said Lutnick was not 100 percent truthful in his public statements before Justice Department documents showed he visited Epstein's private island in 2012.

After yesterday's hearing, Comer says Lutnick was more forthcoming.

The committee plans to release a transcript of Lutnick's remarks in coming days.

Today, we got the final release of weekly jobless claims before tomorrow's April non-farm payrolls report.

They rose to 200,000 after hitting multi-decade lows the week before.

ADP chief economist Neela Richardson says the labor market is showing signs of life.

Neela Richardson with ADP is a Bloomberg contributor.

The April jobs report comes out tomorrow morning at 8.30 Wall Street time.

Shares of Citigroup are higher by more than 1% at the open.

The bank released guidance suggesting, though, that it may be in a longer catch-up mode with its Wall Street rivals.

Bloomberg's Catherine Doherty reports cities projecting 14 to 15% return on tangible common equity, but not for another five years.

Bloomberg's Catherine Doherty reporting.

We got earnings from McDonald's as well.

The Golden Arches reported better than expected results from value meals and bigger burgers.

But Bloomberg's Red Brown reports it's coming with a caveat.