Welcome to the Capitol Building here at colonial williamsburg. The General Assembly of the colony of virginia met first at jamestown starting in 1619. They would meet in jamestown for 80 years, finally moving to what was then known as Middle Plantation and renamed for the king, king william, as williamsburg. By 1704 the Capitol Building had been built on this spot. This is a reconstruction of the first Capitol Building. And it would be here from 1704 finally burning down in 1747, rebuilt by 1753 and used until 1779. It is on this spot that Founding Fathers like Patrick Henry, George Washington and thomas jefferson, learned to be representatives of the people. So while this building is a story of virginia and its history, it is in a far greater sense the history of the entire United States of america. Its story is part of our common heritage as citizens. This was the very first government building ever to be referred to as a capitol. Prior to this, down at jamestown, they called the gov
Welcome to on the move. Lets get first of all right into the first word news with hans nichols. Hans thank you. The cost for banks the yuan surges to a fresh record amid speculation of intervention by the central bank. Jump climbed to. 6. 2 meanwhile, the peoples bank of china is said to have repeatedly intervened in the offshore yuan markets and yesterday. According to people familiar with the matter, the central bank has been cracking down on speculators, in a move aimed at maintaining a Stable Currency. It narrows the onshore and offshore yuan rate difference. Oil has extended declines for the lowest close in more than 12 months, following a 12. 3 slide on monday, before u. S. Government data, forecast to show crude expanding. Caroline thank you very much. Less than half an hour until the european open. Lets dig into where the markets are running themselves up. The script is pretty much the same. Oil trading lower, china intervening. We have a real market view on risk aversion. Dax
Now egypts former president Mohamed Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Morsi was egypts first democratically elected president and toppled in a military coup in 2013. His sentence relates to the deaths of demonstrators in 2012 and acquitted of inciting murder but instead was convicted of ordering the arrest and torture of protesters. 12 Muslim Brotherhood members also got 20 years. And we go to the university in new york and in the studio and good to have you with us, looking at what happened what do you expect the reverberations to be to the sentence . Nobody can predict the kind of reaction about that verdict. Of course i believe that the supporters of president , former president morsi and the sympathizers and members of the brotherhood, they are not very happy with this verdict, although im sure that they expected even worse verdict. Do you think people in general see justice as being done or justice being preverted . In light of resent developments i guess the people
Mark hello. I am mark barton. Manus also bringing up, we have a closeup of what a 40 million watch looks like. Plus interviews with the ceos behind the brands. Mark treasuries rally as janet yellen proves she is predictable on patients. The exit from easing may be more gradual than markets anticipated. Yellen because we removed of word patient does not mean we will be impatient. Anna the dollar saw its biggest drop in six years as she stressed to there would not be a tightening until inflation returned to targets. These things might take longer than markets anticipated. She warned of the impact of the strong dollar. Yellen inflation has dropped below the longerterm objective. Declining import prices have also restrained inflation. In light of the appreciation of the dollar will likely continue to do so. Anna other currency swings on the backs of the news. Lets get over to manus at the touchscreen. Manus if you want to rep it up, my that woman packs a punch manus my that woman packs a p
Donor and we Stay Together and he then resents me . I dont know. Well be joined by the Health Minister, who has launched a consultation on the time limit today. The whole of the h52 rail project will go ahead, the pm is set to announce today, despite concerns about the cost and the environmental impact. Are you for it or against it . Let me know. A flight deporting a group of jamaican born offenders, has taken off this morning, despite attempts to stop it. This programme understands about half of those due to be on the plane have not been put on it. Whats it like to come out at school in the republic of ireland . Our reporter simon oleary has been home to dublin to reflect on his own very personal story. To hear you so openly and comfortably talk about your experience in school and ifelt i could relate to it in a way and i was like, this is so weird. From, like, hearing you. Like, id always think about, like, seeing you so confident and, like, confident yourself when you are in sixth y