really needed. he has been trying to re energise western support. don t forget, he left the us earlier this week having failed to secure some crucial defence fund and the decision in brussels was hanging in the balance because eu leaders pushed it through in a pretty bizarre fashion. the only one to oppose the plan, viktor orban left the room when the decision was made. it is a bit of the detailfor decision was made. it is a bit of the detail for now, an obstacle to overcome. while ukrainians know the road to eu membership is a long one with no guarantee of success, this is a morale boost right when they needed one. it s a crucial time for the country, as winter weather picks up and heavy fighting continues in bakhmut and avdeevka. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov reports from the frontline in bakhmut in the east of ukraine, where troops are under pressure because of a dwindling supply of military hardware. in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and b
to respond to local government debt and real estate troubles. another priority is to get financial regulators to work more closely together so they can co ordinate the event of an economic shock. janet yellen is slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration s handling of this challenging relationship between the world s two superpowers and she said she plans to visit china again and she said she plans to visit china again next year, her second visit since july. china industrial output grew 6%, faster than the 4.6% gain in october. retail sales also grew but missed forecast chinese consumers have been reluctant to spend amid a deepening crisis in the country s property sector and economic slowdown. a majorfault line between washington and beijing is the race to develop semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to military highend equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. south korea and the netherlands two keynotes south
it to you. up in new york city we re open for business on the stock market. expected to cool off today. that s what it is doing. we ve had one heck of a run-up wow from the day after the election. losing a bit of momentum now. investors waiting for clarity on economic policy. the president talked about tax reform almost on a daily basis. we see whether or not he continues to talk about that today. stocks are moving on wall street. shannon: president trump will leave the white house shortly for a trip to south carolina and then to florida taking his populous theme to more friendly territory outside the beltway. this after he said he inheristed a mess from his predecessor. president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it s a mess, at home and abroad, a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country. you see what s going on with all of the companies leaving
. he is the message. shannon: we saw it in the campaign. not just the policy or the message, it was how trump himself conducted himself underlining that he is completely different and anti-establishment and taken the approach into the oval office. a lot of people are having trouble handling it. bill: including folks from the media. time magazine, nothing to see here. everything is blowing across the desk of the oval office. he called it a fine-tune machine. it happened to me several minutes, up to an hour there was a sense of lock jaw on the part of the media. we haven t seen anything like this. this thing was combative, outrageous, playful, hilarious, fearless, it was wildly entertaining and completely different than anything we ve ever seen but pure donald trump. bill: i think the context of
thousands of intelligence officers by peddling gossip. former c.i.a. officer buck sexton here and nice to see you. the wall street journal does some terrific reporting. does pompeo have it right or not? i think he is right with regard to policy. it would be a betrayal of the c.i.a. s mission, their core mission, to give anything but the absolute best intelligence and best analysis that they could to the commander-in-chief. he is the top of the intel food chain. doesn t get any higher and he has complete access to everything the united states government is doing with regard to national security. for a few officers i believe if this is true, which i find pretty unlikely. if it is true that anybody withheld it would be a small group. not some policy from the top down. nothing that was ever discussed because one, it would be a firing offense and contrary to the mission of the agency. bill: i understand the