Even though it might be a happy new year, not so happy in risk assets. Second down day. Dropping the most in more than three weeks. Caution coming into equity markets and risk assets here at the end of the year. Most currencies gaining against it. Edging out. Yield same dynamic where money is moving out of equities but also out of bonds. The10 year yield, it was arrest the stock the financial world. Carlos ghosn was put on trial in japan. Allegations that he denied. The former head of nissan said he fled to lebanon to escape injustice and political persecution. Lets bring in will. Great to have you with us. Carlos ghosn has been under house arrest and was allowed out on bail in april. How did he manage to get out of japan under such heavy surveillance . Surveillances is in the right term for this. Its a mystery. Has his threed he passports so perhaps he escaped from japan using a different name, different passport. But he was under very tight surveillance, house arrest since april. Ver
Very bullish and effervescent Boris Johnson with a big majority to play with. This is our election special. Good afternoon. You join us live in westminster where borisjohnson is beginning a new term as Prime Minister after the conservatives won their biggest majority since 1987. The tory leader returned to downing street earlier after visiting Buckingham Palace to ask the queen for permission to form a government. Overnight his gamble to hold a december election paid off. He now has a majority of 78 and a mandate, he says, to leave the eu. With this mandate and this majority we will at last be able to do what . Get brexit done labour perfomed poorly, losing 59 seats many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. A new bipartisan report to Congress Warns the u. S. Is facing dire National Security congress commissioned the Syria Study Group to build a military and diplomatic strategy to deal with growing instability in syria. The report states that after nine years of conflict, syria is now a safe haven for terror organizations like isis and is threatening to destabilize neighboring countries, including iraq. The report comes two years after iraqi forces, with help from the u. S. Military, defeated isis during one of the most intense battles in modern warfare, the liberation of mosul. Could Lessons Learned from mosul hedalpef pittard commanded the Coalition Response in iraq in 2014, andd s bryant, was part of the special ops teams on the ground. They give a candid account of the war in their new book, hunting the caliphate americas war on isis and the dawn of the strike cell. Gentlemen, its nice to have you with me. Dana oh thank you for havi
Worry about. We expect conservative mps to support the conservative Prime Minister, the conservative agenda, and politicians shouldnt seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. In other news Hurricane Dorian batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. Hurricane doria batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. N batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson n batters the bahamas with winds hello, Boris Johnson has n batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson has said under no circumstances will he go back to brussels to ask for what he called another pointless brexit delay. As rebel conservatives and Opposition Mps prepare to try to force an extension. Speaking in downing street, this evening after holding an unshe to alled Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister insisted he did not want an election, he stressed he had been enco
The u. K. Prime minister suffers a blow at home as lawmakers secure a final vote on the brexit deal. She heads to brussels to continue negotiations with e. U. Leaders. Good morning, your risk radar, some the assets you should watch carefully today. Oil is on the top of my list. About. 2 after falling 2. 4 over the last two trading sessions after u. S. Eighth weekly his gain, now at a 30 year high. Watch for that number, kind of a dead cat bounce to possibly fade throughout the day. Take a look at the pound after said mays humiliate humiliation parliament yesterday. Up on the cable rate, just a slight gain their but you may see that new, depending on the headlines that come out of brussels today. And the 10 year after the fed 2. 36 percente ec is the yield here, rising as investors selloff that debt. Janet yellen telling investors the fed still expects to raise rates three times next year and does not expect a giant jump in the economy from the tax cut. So a lot of interesting things to