It is close to middle east unrest, but it doesnt worry in chapter investors in japan. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am Tracy Alloway. Lau. i am angie that optimism in japan is what we are seeing today across the equities space. Topics rising to its highest level in more than two years after robust u. S. Manufacturing data. What he did was strengthen the u. S. Dollar, pushing the yen down and helping to lift the nikkei 225 above that 20,000 mark on. 9 . U. S. Dollar strength on a number just on e. M. Ncy currency. On e. M. Currency. The austrian dollar on . 77 against the u. S. Dollar after the rba kept rates unchanged. Tracy . Tracy lets take a look at what is going on in the middle east, starting with oil. Both brent and wti treading water but they did have a sharp fall overnight. We are going to be digging into those price moves. Take a look at what happened in terms of gulf equities. Edx index was the big story, bringing it to its hig
Tomorrow in the sierra lamar case. Both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases today. Torres has been on trial for the last 4 months. Hes accused of kidnapping and killing lamar even though the 15 year olds body has never been found. He could face the Death Penalty or life in prison without parole. A warning from the sierra. Check out the unique birds eye view from sky drone 5. You can see theres a lot of snow out on the mountains and now comes the thaw. The numbers from the final snow survey of the season. Emily. Reporter the numbers are great. And you know with everything, thats a double edged sword. On one hand, we really need that water. But on the other hand, we need the water to melt slowly or were have flooding down stream. Its the last amendment of the year. And the final snow pack survey promises good things for californias drought. 2016, 2017, really good years in terms of the snow pack compares favorably with 2005 and 2011. Reporter in the northern sierra, the sn
Reporter we are in leesburg, and youve been talking about the severe thunderstorm watch coming out. So far things have been quiet, but i want to show you what it looks like. We have Building Clouds out the front and we turn it to the side and the clouds are looking ominous. For the moment, those warnings are northwest of us are watching the storms near charlottesville. We will see what they do if they push up northeast. So right now it is just mild. Its muggy and windy. We have had wind gust 30 miles per hour. We will keep an eye on the skies. We will bring more coverage if we start to see anything popping up here. Bruce . Thanks for that. Dont forget, track Severe Weather anytime and gets normally right to your mobile device. Just download our free app. Congressional leaders are backing the new spending bereement that if passed would presidency. This is President Trumps plan to repeal and replace obamacare that hangs in the balance. The white house says its up to speakers paul ryan to
President bush declared a New World Order which america would lead by example. 25 years on, and donald trump is in the white house, so what kind of example is america setting now . My guest isjoe lieberman, former senator, al gores Vice President ial running mate in 2000. And recently touted as contender for fbi director under the current president. Is donald trump fundamentally changing americas global role . Joe lieberman. Welcome. Stephen, good to be with you. Lets begin maybe have to begin, with an assessment of donald trump. Six months in the white house. Are you alarmed or reassured by what you have seen . Iam uncertain. 0bviously President Trump ran a campaign unlike any we have ever seen in america. As a former officeholder, during the year i would run into other officeholders or current elected officials, and we would go through the latest thing that candidate trump had said, which he would have agreed would have ended our campaign. He kept going. Part of it was that the publi
As cabin crew prepare to strike, just weeks after an it crash that stranded thousands. Are cost cuts taking their toll on the Airlines Image . Plus, from the Sick Man Of Asia to one of the regions Fastest Growing economies. We report from the philippines, 20 years on from the Asian Financial crisis. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. We start with more problems for british airways. Thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. On thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. Short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. So whats it all about . The unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff travel, concessions and bonuses. Ba estimates around 8 of its total cabin