And as we have been through the programme, if you want to get in touch, you can e mail and get us on social media. One fear has messaged and asked if we will talk about President Obamas debate speech. We will play some pa rt debate speech. We will play some part of that with the help of nick brya nt part of that with the help of nick bryant who was at the speech in new york. Donald Trumps Press Conference was in new york. In washington, the senate has been Holding Confirmation hearings for some of the nominees for the trump administration. Nearly all Cabinet Positions need senate approval, but rejections of major appointments are rare. Senatorjeff sessions is on his second day of questions. Hes nominated for attorney general. Elaine chao is nominated for transport secretary. The focus though was on rex tillerson. He is Donald Trumps nominee for secretary of state. He would have expected questions about russia. In his capacity as the head of exxon mobil, hes had extensive dealings there
More money into the nhs . Theresa may is accused by labour of being in denial about the scale of the problems facing the nhs in england this winter. Following the death of a seven year old in york, a teenage girl has been charged with murder. Into smith that is the record breaking goal. And kelly smith, britains first female professional footballer, is to retire after a record breaking career. Coming up in sportsday at 10 30pm bbc news, the second of the league cup semifinals and southampton take an early lead in the first leg against liverpool on the south coast. Good evening. In his first formal News Conference since being elected, donald trump has rounded on americas intelligence agencies. Hes suggested they might have been responsible for reports that russia had gathered Compromising Information about him. The President Elect denied that he was in any way beholden to russia, and he repeatedly criticised some Media Organisations for spreading what he called fake news. With just nine
Using a chat room to rake foreignexchange prices. Ago, before we get underway in hong kong and china. Singapore, taipei, and kuala decoupling up through what happened in the u. S. Again struggled to get to that 20,000 level in the dow. After what we saw in wall street, in asia were headed for the best january. There was a surge we saw in metals. We see chinas factory prices accelerating. Highest arises in a month. Ls on the rise there. Elsewhere in the region, extending the rally for a seventh day. The sbi closing at 7000. The highest since november 2015. The nikkei up 0. 1 . The yen, a two day climb. Carmakers and Electronics Producers among the biggest gainers. Toshiba up 4. 8 . As 5. 8 . Ising as much here is a look at what is going on with that stock. We have seen it surge on signs lenders will support the japanese company. Banks say toshibas main have not had financing since february. It may be difficult to receive loans. There wast toshiba warning of a writedown on their u. S. Bu
Their reputations through a different lens now and the potential that fake news could be something they have to fight off in order to guard their reputation. Bagging a beat. Sta sainsbury trades higher, but the impact of the pound remains uncertain. A guilty plea and a 4. 3 billion settlement. Vw hopes to draw a line under its diesel emissions scandal in the u. S. With a draft deal that it hopes can be sealed before the government transition. Good morning. We have a lot going on. We have it all covered for you on street signs. Wanted to kick off with breaking news. The kremlin has just come out and said that they do not have compromising material on trump or clinton. Documents say russia has compromising information on trump. Thats false, says the kremlin. The kremlin goes on to say hysteria is being whipped up to maintain a political witch hunt. The kremlin says they understand that tillerson will be quite tough in his line on russia. They say that possible new sanctions affecting u.
Welcome back to Worldwide Exchange. Im wilfred frost along with seema mody this morning in for sara today. Good morning. Good morning. Lets check in on the global markets. Futures after a day which continued the very recent trend of the nasdaq leading the pack of these three main indices. Yesterday the nasdaq gained around about 0. 3, 0. 4 . S p was flat, the dow declined fractionally. Today all three expected to post gains if the futures are anything to go by. Not big gains. Dow higher by 36 points, s p by 1. Nasdaq by 5. 5 points. Tenyear treasury note continued the trend in terms of yields being lower than where they have been. 2. 387 the yield on the tenyear. We were at 2. 42 at close on friday. Asian equities in focus today. Mildly higher today as we look at what bank of japan governor kuroda has been saying. He and shinzo abe met today to discuss the economy. They did not have detailed talks about president elect trump, but he told abe he felt the u. S. Economy is growing steadil