Weapon. Sue herera is off today. Simon is in at the New York Stock Exchange and we will go to him in a moment. But our top story is inz of rising above. Maybe, just maybe. John harwood at the white house as a meeting between the president and congressional leaders wrapped up within the last hour or so. John . Sum it up for us. Tyler, its a long way to the finish line but if you want to have a positive auspicious start to the negotiations, thats exactly what we got here at the white house. President obama brought the bipartisan leaders together. He spoke from a position of confidence having just won the election but he said we need to find Common Ground and when the bipartisan leadership walked out of the white house and addressed reporters in the driveway, positive notes were all they were singing. Heres a montage. The framework that ive outlined in our meeting today is consistent with the president s call for a fair and balanced approach. I feel very good about what we were able to ta
The importance of bee colonies. We begin with Phil Mattingly and the dedication today of the 9 11 Memorial Museum. Good afternoon. After a tour of the memorial, stood before a crowd and gave brief but very poignant remarks about what september 11 meant not only to new york city, not only to the country, but to the world itself, a key point he was making sure he hammered home, this memorial is there for all to remember what happened on september 11. Take a listen. It is an honor for us to join in your memories, to recall and toreflect, but above all, reaffirm the true spirit of 9 11. Love. Compassion. Sacrifice. And to enshrine it forever in the heart of our nation. Of a president was one number of top Public Officials to speak today. We also heard from chris , Rudolph Andrew cuomo giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and bill de blasio. So, barack obama did not come to washington until 2000 and five, but the attacks more than 12 years ago have had a profound impact on his presidency. How . Its
Hello. Welcome to the pulse, live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. I am mark barton. And i am caroline hyde. We begin with our top story. Pfizer said to plan a sweet and a sweet takeover bid for astrazeneca. Westminster is at with more on what we can expect. The countdown continues great the countdown continues. The countdown continues from that conversation we had earlier with a labour mp. Clearly, the ceos are going to face some hostile questions about what their intent is. Why are they doing this . Are they doing it for tax reasons . There is a different tax regime in the u. K. Versus the u. S. Or are they doing it because it makes sense for their investors, their boards him a their shareholders, and they want to grow the company here and create jobs . These are some of the questions that will be posed. The committee starts in about 15, 20 minutes, will go on throughout the afternoon. It is really a question for ian about whether or not he has any allies on the commi
European headquarters here in london. And i am Francine Lacqua live from davos. We have a huge lineup of guests for you today. We will be speaking to Boris Johnson and Antony Jenkins, the mayor of london and the ceo of barclays. Then we will delve deeper into iran. We have some top ceos discussing iran and whether they want to do business there. I spoke to the nissan ceo. He said there is a lot of potential for the french carmakers to the big in iran. Need so much more investment that there is real potential for business deals and contracts here in davos. Is this what everybody is talking about at davos . You have an event taking place in the ukraine that is capturing the headlines as well. Rouhani seems to be the center of attention looking in. It is the first time we have an iranian president arriving in davos in a decade. I spent a lot of time trying to speak to him yesterday. I did have a couple of brief moments but he was backtoback meeting with the Prime Minister of the netherlan
Alibaba, china, and the issue of censorship. Phil mattingly reports on u. S. Secretary of state john kerrys role in the war on terror. We begin with alix steel at the implications of expanded sanctions against russian companies. Lets dig deeper and find out which companies will be impacted. The real issue will be for the big Oil Companies. Previously, the u. S. Said you cannot sell advanced technology to russian companies, but now you can sell services. That is cannot sell services. That is people, people going over there and helping them drilled. Bp is by far the most exposed. Rosneft. 20 of the rest of the Oil Companies dont have a lot of exposure to russia. It is interesting. If you look at exxon, they have eftoint venture with rosn what it is only 2 of their overall production. Shell, 5 . Impacting immediate production for the companies is not a big deal. It will impact future growth. Speaking of impact, talk to us about u. S. Reaction and how that will impact investors. Reaction t