How about china trade . Thats a standoff. Lighthizer and mnuchin have been on the phone to their chinese counterparts. The chinese say we called them. President xi and President Trump will meet just within days. Back home, a standoff on money for the border crisis. The democrats cannot agree among themselves on new cash for detention facilities. Children are suffering. A vote on emergency aid which was supposed to take place today might not even make it to the floor of the house. Just wait until you see how gold and bitcoin are reacting to all of this. And wait until you hear about a massive 60 billion buyout in the pharma business. Lets get on with it. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart right. This is a whopping great big merger. Got to tell you about it. Abbvie says it will acquire allergan in a deal valued at 63 billion. Ash, what does allergan have that makes it worth this huge premium offer . Ashley nearly 16 billion a year in revenue from a lot of beauty products. 16 billio
On the part of all parties private sector Public Sector International Organizations and the parties on the ground and their neighbors the i. M. F. Expects the Palestinian Economy to think by 1. 6 percent this year and says unemployment stands at 30 percent in the occupied west bank and 50 percent in gaza but the palestinian leadership has rejected the plan and was absent in manama it hasnt had any contact with the u. S. Administration since President Donald Trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital a Senior Palestinian official says the whole basis of economic plan is built on the wrong assumptions the most basic ones is that the arabs can deliver palestine the palestinians or that the arabs can sign on behalf of the palestinians or. The arabs will even foot the bill. But of this. Or that the palestinians will substitute freedom and dignity and selfdetermination for a fistful of dollars. People in gaza and the west bank have been protesting against it many wondered if there will be
A deeply emotional demonstration of the back and forth between reality and fiction that hes real stories played out on sat. Episodes of soap box mexico on aljazeera. Both about what you dont deserve it means the whole drama reminded of our top stories forces allied to libyas recognize government say theyve retaken the city of god real from forces loyal to wall old Khalifa Haftar have to fight to say thats still in control of government which serves as one of the main bases also tension between the u. S. And iran is showing no signs of easing protests. Also gets on the verge of breaking the 2050 nuclear deal it follows increasing pressure from washington which has had to run Senior Leaders with financial sanctions. And hong kongs prodemocracy campaigners are back on the streets this time targeting the justice Ministers Office protesters want the government to withdraw a bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to Mainland China. Amnesty international is accusing the government of
New deal. They say they wont talk about that unless you relief sanctions. What is left to sanction . Alix i really couldnt tell you. We are going to break that down and discuss more on that in the next couple of hours. In the markets, it is a little bit of just hanging out. The s p had a record high thursday. Now up by six points. We are just waiting for that g20. Eurodollar up by 2 10 of 1 . Forget about the germany info index just bad. You are see but you are still seeing buying into the bond market. Crude up by 7 10 of 1 . Not as much as you would think compared to the geoPolitical Risk. David absolutely. Time now for the morning brief. Secretary of state mike pompeo travels to india today in the midst of a growing dispute there over tariffs. Tuesday we get u. S. Housing numbers and the treasury options 2 billion into your notes. Wednesday is the first night of the democratic president ial debates. Thursday, major u. S. Banks get the final results of their stress tests. Friday, g20
Towards manila though it is going to be rainy with a temperature of 28. 00 now here across india the monsoon has been catching up a little bit particular up here towards the north where it is making its way towards the west but here on our forecast map on friday not seeing too much in terms of rain were going to take a little bit of a break in the rain and the temperatures though are going to be on the way up again so for new delhi expect to see attempts to 42 rising to 43 by the time we get towards saturday and then down here across much of the southwestern coast very heavy rain we have been seeing about 150. 00 to 200. 00 millimeters of rain on a daily average and that is going to continue as we go towards saturday and then here across parts of the gulf it is going to be quite warm and dry as well though here on friday at 44 and abu dhabi at 40. 1 hours the biggest step in the month cressida take a activists in seats of government we didnt want to be part of this institution and all