Welcome to the countdown. Im anna edwards. Were a lot of news around greece. We get to that in just a moment. We heard the ecb yesterday that they were increasing liquidity. A lots about the me speak to the eu commissioner. That is an exclusive conversation and it takes place on this program. Used to be in charge of latvia. Then later we theres thinking that his vision for londons infrastructure later, we will be joined by a host of ceos. Those Companies Release their numbers for the most recent quarter. The president of the Swedish Telecom giant joins us in just under an hours time for his first conversation. Those numbers are just breaking now. Theyre keeping their outlook unchanged. Coming in just under estimates. Lets get back to greece. Finance ministers authorized a bridge loan to greece. That is according to the irish Prime Minister. It paves the way for a third of bailout that could keep greece in the common currency. Lets get more with Caroline Hyde and hans nichols. Yesterday
Nation, and protecting our in our hour of need. And today, isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. He is on duty right now and he has joined us here today for the ceremony. In this morning, all of us and thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . [applause] pres. Trump thank you, isaac. Thank you. [applause] pres. Trump two isaac into every First Responder and survivor of the attack, you carry on the legacy of the friends you lost. You keep alive the memory of make who perished and you america proud. Very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that it is with a heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so by choosing to persevere through the grief, sorrow, you honor your heroes. Renew our courage and you strengthen all of us. You really do. You strengthen all of us. Here on the west side of the pentagon, terrorists tried to break our results. It is not going to happen. Where they left a mark with fi
Americas new president and he hasnt been even on the job for 10 hours. You can bet the celebrations are in full swing. I am lucy noland live in washington. Im iain page in our fox 29 studios in philadelphia. Lucy, you were in the middle of all the excitement on this historic day. Indeed, iain. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to witness the inauguration or protest it. Meanwhile, the Senate Approved members of president trauma pogs cabinet tonight. Take look vicepresident pence swore in the first two members of the cabinet first the nations new defense secretary, of course, retired general james mattis. Then Homeland Security secretary retired marine general john kelly. President trump released his first statement tonight as commander in chief. Not via twitter saying he is pleased with the confirmations but i call on members of the senate to fulfill their constitutional obligation and swiftly confirm the remainder of my highly qualified cabinet nominees so t
Administration and its connections to russia. The New York Times is reporting that the Trump Campaign operatives had repeated contact with russian intelligence and as michelle mac lieu is a reports the president is now firing back on social media. Reporter President Trump unleashed a tweet storm wednesday morning. Pushing back against a New York Times report that some of his staff and other associates had repeated contact with russian intelligence during the 2016 exam pain. He wrote the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by intelligence like candy. Very unamerican. The fbi and u. S. Intelligence agencies are looking at whether people close to the president were coordinating with russian officials last year. The fbi also questioned former National Security adviser Michael Flynn about his preinauguration phone call with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. That led to flynns resignation monday night. The level of trust between the president and general
Profit slump. It is 4 a. M. London. I manus cranny in dubai. In hong kong. Au welcome to Bloomberg Markets middle east. Lets get right to it and check the markets at this hour. What we are seeing is just some anticipation of a Hillary Clinton when. This ahead of americans heading to the polls. Weve got mumbai, the hang seng index all gaining. Topics just fractionally higher as we do sees safety haven plays thats a little bit off. We are seeing a weaker yen. That does hold better for exporters. Manus, what he watching . Manus angie, i am looking at trump eak 41 for what does it mean for marks question mark what does it mean . Youve got it on your terminal. Lets go inside the bloomberg and have a look at how the rich benefit in terms of the moves. Jeff bezos, he got 2. 6 billion theerday as a result of relief rally. Warren buffett 1. 6 billion. Bill gates got 1. 5 billion. By. 9 oforth climbed 1 . If you look at brexit, billionaires lost 400 billion on the chinese right. What do they get