Kosovo agreed to normalize ties also coming up on the news hour lebanon falls silent one month after the explosion that tore through the capital beirut and the philippines considers raising the age of consent from 12 to 16 we meet the activist behind the nations fight for womens rights. In school enormous see is to remain a barcelona player messi says hes changed his mind about wanting to leave to avoid a legal disputes with the club. Welcomes the news our top story Donald Trumps allies are scrambling to his defense amid growing backlash of the u. S. President s alleged remarks on war veterans suckers and losers are amongst the times the president has called americas war dead according to an article in the atlantic magazine but given trumps support in the military and with less than 60 days to go until the election its become the focus of both campaigns of a night party call hayne has more. The u. S. Military and veterans are a big part of u. S. President Donald Trumps base he needs th
Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program whats the best way to secure the European Union unions future in the age of the coronavirus pandemic thats one chancellor Angela Merkel and french president Emmanuel Mcconnell have been discussing near berlin today the latest acknowledged differences between a u. Countries about the most viable approach when germany takes over the rotating presidency of the European Council this week it will try to pull the union together to support a budget and recovery front is what merkel had to say in the coming months we are going to Work Together and to make sure a fit for tackling this crisis this crisis thats going to last. Only germany. To take over the rotating presidency on july 1st and i am very happy that we agree. On the challenges that we want to master them together and help each other. The expectations are high and of course we know very well when france and germany agree that does not mean that the whole of europe agreements but when france an
Does rbc have to say about the sell off and jp morgan is boosting the annual fee for one of its most popular credit cards. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Stock futures pointing to more gains at the opening bell following yesterdays turn around the s p around record levels as well it did set record interaday highs. Up another 18 points implied today. The dow up by 153 and 60 for the nasdaq looking at the bond market yields are rising off of the lows we saw in the wake of general Qassem Soleimanis killing. 1. 874 twoyear 1. 58 as well going worldwide. After seeing a rebound innizia you can see a lot of green on the screen nikkei in japan up almost 2. 5 nearly 1 gains for the composite index as well. Lets spin that over to what is happening in early european trading. I dont see any red on there up 1 . Same for the ftse in the uk and for the dax in germany oil sinking 5 as tensions cool off for now. Crude oil for u. S. Based benchmark, wti up one qu
A co is about to be born at chrysler and have now confirmed they intend to merge the marriage creates a true giant of the industry with a market value of about 44000000000 euros the new outfits fit 5050 between the 2 parties will be had ordered in the netherlands for chrysler has been looking for a partner for a while talks with well known as sun had failed in june. 5th chrysler is under pressure the Italian American company has failed to invest in electric mobility its man brands chrysler dodge and jeep still rely heavily on older gas guzzling technology frances Peugeot Citroen is more advanced when it comes to technology but it doesnt have a big foothold in the u. S. Thats why the 2 companies are merging and the french government which holds a 10 percent stake in peugeot bucks the move. We believe that getting stronger and becoming the 4th largest car manufacturer is the best way to protect jobs and to guarantee that we can compete effectively and fight for employment one point after
Thanks for joining us in our International Welcome to this hour. A prominent critic of donald trump. Of the u. S. President s now infamous ukraine phone call going impeachment investigation appears to pick up steam with the trump struck back at democrat adam schiff accusing him of simply making up his version of the conversation. I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent understand lots of it on this and on that theres a lot of talk about the biden son and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do would be great. Im going to put you in touch with attorney general United States my attorney general bill barr hes got the whole weight. Of the american Law Enforcement. Behind him im also going to have attorney general and we will get to the bottom of it. And by the way dont call me ill call you when youve done what i asked whatever you would like to come to the white house feel free to call give us a date and well work that out and i look forward to seeing