To act in libya following the resignation of the Un Special Envoy and support the Asian Champions League continues to be disrupted by the corona Virus Outbreak only one in 8 groupings will be going ahead as planned as asian as malaysian champions j d t prepare to house see one of the wings. Starting in syria where Turkish Forces have shot down a Syrian Government warplanes in a province the military says its all part of a new operation against damascus in northwestern syria also 8 civilians killed in this explosion in city which is rebel controlled dozens of others injured there Syrian Government forces backed by rusher of been conducting strikes on the area for months theyve taken control of a sort of keep city as well that is in the country side of it live but also southern syria an increase in finding their Government Forces have killed 5 civilians in daraa have burned homes theyve taken dozens of young men to Detention Centers as well. Yeah we are telling you to get the army out of
Brennan i am not sure if the senator can still hear me, i think we just had an interruption on that feed, so hopefully we will pick it up. Standing by, though, in richmond, i am going live to virginia senator tim kaine. Good morning to you, senator. Good morning, margaret. And you and senator lee have actually found some common cause here, despite the difference in frustration, a lot of frustration regarding the president s lack of consultation with congress, and i want to dive into that. But lets start off specifically on what we learned, because you are on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which has oversight of the state department and therefore embassies. Were you aware that there was any kind of threat specifically to Embassy Baghdad and 3 other posts as the president has described . No, i wasnt, margaret. I was at the classified briefing because i am both an Armed Services and Foreign Relations member, that was not told to us in the classified briefing. Nor was there a sugge
Pressure mounts. Shery the volcano in the philippines shots schools and the Stock Exchange, warning of a violent explosion. Australian markets have opened for trade. Lets turn to sophie. Sophie stocks opened to the downside, off. 2 after the best week of the asx 200 since february. We are seeing beach energy under pressure but Australian Oil companies should outperform in 2020, although looking for caution around oil prices in the back half of the year given expectations for additional supply which has taken the wind out of oils rally. The oil rally. Oil had the worst week since july. Lets flip the board to check in on cable. We are seeing cable under pressure. Looking at how it is doing, moving towards the 130 scandal. 130 scandal. Here,g into the terminal want to give you the heads up the Philippines Stock Exchange has been close to their rolling along with schools and the middle miller the Manila Airport in the week. Here is where philippine stocks are. This is asias worst performer
The election in taiwan is set to lift markets. The victory moves the island further away from chinas influence. Saw stocks. S. , we falling, treasury yields falling with the disappointing december jobs report. We had hiring data lowerthanexpected. Wage growth the weakest in more than a year. The s p 500 fell for the first time in three days. We have industrials and financials leading the decline. Oil posting its biggest weekly loss since july. We had geopolitical tensions in the middle east fading a little bit. We have the dow being pulled down by boeing down. 5 . The new ceo officially taking charge on monday. Lets see how things are shaping up for asia. Offline. S we look to a week that will bring us chinese gdp and a decision from the bank of korea. We will check on korean trade and indian inflation. A mixed session mostly to the downside after a week reaching a high. It was a turbulent time for oil as well. We saw crude cap the worst weeks in july as the risk premium is fading and
The president s lawyers will follow suit a level Playing Field with the House Democrat and will finally be able to present the president s case finally some firing on every point d are straightforward resolution will bring the clarity and fairness that everyone deserves well the Democratic Party is accusing the republicans of rigging the impeachment trial to cover up Donald Trumps alleged crimes they say the proposed rules will not allow any new testimony or evidence moreover as the president s answer to his summons and his trial brief make clear the president now attempts to contest the facts l b it in false and misleading ways but the president should not have it both ways he should not be permitted to claim that the facts and covered by the house are wrong while also concealing mountains of evidence that bear precisely on those facts. If this body seeks impartial justice it should ensure that subpoenas are issued and that they are issued now before the Senate Begins extended proceed