Next and look at you as tiny relations and differences and opportunities for partnership between the nations. Former u. S. Trade purpose and the Michael Froman was joined by an official with the Chinese Communist party for the discussion, hosted by the council on Foreign Relations. Good morning, everybody. My nameik is mike from, presidet of the council on Foreign Relations and its a great honor for me to welcome you to our event this morning, the conversation with minister liu jianchao who is the minister of the International Department of the Central Committee off the communist party of china. In addition to the people in the room today, the members and room today have over 400 cfr member participating virtually and we p will have an opportunity to ask question both from people in the room and from people on video as well. Minister luc will give some short remarks, will have a conversation ourselves then well openn it up to questions. Its a great a pleasure to welce minister liu to t
Amn. February 31 calls short term trade but they are buying up these calls at about four times the open interest. I like the opening trade. Lets get a quick look at the dow. Last trading day of whats been a pretty good month, as you know, for stocks. There it is. Dow under 13,900. Making a march towards 14. Hasnt been able to get there. We will continue to watch that. That does it for us. Catch us tonight and on twitter. Power lunch starts right now. Halftime is over. Second half of the trading day starts now. Scott, thanks very much. Knocking them down. Which of these two brands do i have personal experience with . The department of justice or anheuserbusch . I ask you, ladies. You can decide. But the government said no to 20 billion beer deal with anheuserbusch and mexicos groupo modello. A huge day for market moving corporate results. Earnings season. This is really the heaviest stretch of earnings season. We will take a look as stocks take a breather in the march tour of 14,000. Sp
Personal messages to a16 year old boy on social media. Derek mackay was due to present the scottish governments budget this afternoon. The first minister said his conduct was unacceptable. Derek mackays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister, and indeed he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. Well be asking our scotland editor how serious this is for the snp. Also this lunchtime. The government says it wants to change the law within three weeks to stop the automatic Early Release of terror prisoners. The Grenfell Inquiry agrees that evidence given to it by corporate witnesses will not be used to prosecute them in the future. Im spartacus. Tributes are paid to the hollywood actor and icon kirk douglas, whos died at the age of 103. And a new record is set by astronaut Christina Koch, whos spent more days in space than any other woman. And coming up on bbc news. Scrum half ben youngs is one of five changes fo
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a third case of coronavirus is confirmed in the uk the patient is being transferred to an Infectious Disease centre. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to britain urges countries not to panic about the virus. Hours before hes due to deliver scotlands budget finance secretary derek mckay steps down after sending personal messages to a 16 year old boy on social media. Derek mckays conduct fell far short of what is expected of a minister. Indeed, he offered his resignation to me and i accepted. It was not an option for him to remain in government. An end to automatic release of terror prisoners the government says it wants to change the law within three weeks. And a new record is set by astronaut Christina Koch, whos spent more days in space than any other woman. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with huw ferris. Five changes for englands six nations match against scotland on saturday, including scrum half ben youngs dropp
Hello to you. We start in china, where casualty figures from the coronavirus are still climbing. Authorities now say at least 630 people have lost their lives and the number of people infected has spiked more than 30,000. Its now been confirmed that a doctor from wuhan, who was among the first to warn publicly of the emergence of the new virus, has died from it in hospital. He was 3a and is being hailed as a hero on chinese social media. As authorities across the region scramble to contain the virus, the bbcs Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. This is what happens when fear takes hold. Shops in hong kong today were being cleared of rice and toilet paper as rumours swirled of a complete shutdown of the border with Mainland China. Out in hong kong harbour, a huge cruise ship, the virus possibly loose on board. Several passengers have tested positive and no one is being allowed off. From his balcony, hinsley lee can look out at his home town but cannot go there. Translation i