Death a big day in myanmar this wednesday after more than 50 years of military rule the reins of power have been passed to the civilian government. Htin kyaw was sworn in as president. Aung san suu kyi has been sworn in as minister of foreign affairs. Our correspondent is there. It is a landmark event. The moment itself in parliament was quite short, but a huge amount in the countrys history. Reporter definitely an historical day in myanmar, the first civilian elected president ial in half a century and that president tin has just made his first formal speech. It was very promising. There were big nouments in that speech. He said he will try to announcements in that speech. He said he will make an establishment of a Democratic Federal union which means there will be a federation here in myanmar in the future to work on peace and national reconciliation. He said that was very important. What he is trying to do in the beginning will be to bring peace to the states that are currently stil
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Big day in myanmar today after more than 50 years of military rule, the reigns of power are being pass today a civilian government. Sworn in as president and the leader of the ruling party will be sworn in as the minister of Foreign Affairs live to myanmar. Reporting. Whats the feeling today . Reporter well, definitely its a big day in myanmar has a new president. Just a few minutes ago, the new president was sworn in here at parliament in a very short and subdued ceremony. I have to say it only lasted a couple of minutes. Now parliament was awe journed for a little bit. Now they will come back together again to swear in the rest of the cabinet. 21 ministers, 18 ministers elected. Three appointed, assigned to the military and thats where there will be a major role because children have foreign passports but she will be some kind of super minister. She will have four ministers posts, crucial ministers posts. Thats why many here will regard her as the actual president. But of course, the
At the peak today. Mayer still in the crosshairs as she takes on starboard. Could we see changes . A question weve been asking since the day she took over. Unfortunately. More Political Drama today, ben carson, may have heard endorsing his former rival on the campaign trail, donald trump. We have someone who knows a thing or too about drama, Ellen Burstyn, her new role in the current season of house, what a great job shes done. Well get her take on the current political field which shes very active in among other things in a little while. Looking forwards to meeting her. New details on 100 Million Bank Heist and why some are blaming the new york fed. This is a tricky one for them. Very tricky. A lot of money involved there. Lets start with the markets rally, david is back from us and jonathan from Meridian Equity Partners at post nine at the big board and Rick Santelli checks back in from chicago. We were both gone yesterday john, but the European Central bank cut rates to zero and the
Lets bring in michael ye and another health care analyst. Michael, first you to. Given the deals that we have seen, not just today but in the past, why do you believe a biomarine or vertex may be takeout targets down the line . Two reasons. One is if you looked at biotech valuations, theyre down 35 off the top in the last 6 to 8 months on political rhetoric that we talked about. So asset prices have come down and become a lot more attractive. The second point is that theres no change to the fact that Big Companies need commercial products and they need pipeline. Thats exactly what youre seeing. And what will those companies have that make them attractive you to or to potentially bottom . Les, we can hear you. Well get to you in a second. What makes them potential buyout candidates . Both vertex and biomerine have real revenue. Theyre out there right now plus pipelines. You get both of those with that. And so both of these companies have asset value to acquirers. You know, les, when you