Where is they thought that would of come to the forefront but maybe be cap is too expensive. Lets put up the risk radar and show you where we are. We are seeing a little bit of support for the japanese equity markets, the weaker yen, that is helping. China is selling. That has fizzled. We are near december near record levels. Manus keep an eye on oil. We are waiting to see what happens at opec nonopec. Youve got disruption at the keystone pipeline, transcanada is said to reduce shipment by 85 . This week, oil is up. 7 . Lets get to edward ludlow. Hes got your first word news. Edward germanys biggest Opposition Party is debating whether to begin talks with Angela Merkel on a minority government or coalition. It is the first sign that the socialist social Democratic Party is willing to help the chancellor stay in power. As they met last night, Martin Schultz faced calls to drop his refusal to join the merkel coalition. U. K. Officials have tried to accelerate brexit negotiations , irelan
Without the partnership of the Partnership Ambassador tony win the senior advisers csis and a friend and thank you very much tony for everything. I think we will have a very interesting and constructive conversation today and when i think about people who are qualified for their jobs and the right people at the right time i cant think of a better person than my friend from the afghanistanpakistan office at usaid. He summoned that have served in pakistan and afghanistan and served in some of the toughest places in the world. Craig is a friend, greg is a patriot and a qualified individual. Thank god he has raised his hand and agree to public service. Thank you very much. Come on up here. Give them a round of applause. [applause] its very nice to see many of my old friends here in the audience particularly i found from cairo was done a lot of the things that need to be done or might be done in afghanistan. Its great to see all of you and i look forward to meeting those of you that i have
[inaudible conversations] lets get started and i will have a conversation about the private sector in afghanistan we have been doing a series of events over the last year we recently hosted a couple of weeks ago we could not have done this about the of partnership and as a friend thinks for everything. We will have been interesting and conversation today when i think about people who were qualified for their jobs and the right people at the right time i cannot think of the of better person turning afghanistan around that usa id. To serve some of the toughest places in the world a patriot and a friend a qualified individual they got he raised his hand to do public service. [applause] it is very nice to see my old friends here in the audience is a particular that has been done in afghanistan for those of you that i have not met and i would like to say some words about the south asia strategy with the very few point on how that applies to usaid role and i will mention in pakistan and then
My chart of the morning has to be with carper copper. ,ou are looking at nineday run the longest winning streak since 2004. What it means for inflation, we will dissect that. David lets find out what is going on outside the business world. Emma some new Jersey Transit riders are facing decades of tax hikes to subsidize a new 12 billion into manhattan. Outgoing new Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed a surcharge in his state until at least 2038. He canceled the hudson river rail tunnel in 2010, saying he did not want to burden taxpayers. The great lakes is dealing with recordbreaking snowfall. Yuri, pennsylvania was hit particularly hard with 63 inches of snow since christmas day. At least another five to 10 inches are expected. Chinas leading policymakers plan to discuss amending the National Constitution for the third time since 2004. The decision was made today at the meeting headed by the president. The party will convene in january. There are no details where possible changes c
Stature. S of this first of all, i want to thank professor for having done a fantastic job. Klaus, thank you very much. Really done outstandingly. And putting this together at years has over many been a great tribute to you and your entire group and your entire family. Thank you very much. Its an honor to be here representing the united states. Thank you. I just want to say that theres been a lot of warp, a lot of respect for our country, a lot of money, billions and of dollars is coming into the u. S. And people are very happy with what weve done. Tax bill buthe also cutting of regulations. Ad i think also being cheerleader for our country. Youre not a cheerleader for your company or country, no happens, its not going to work. Thats what my whole group has been. Ill start on my left and you can go around and heres one of the very big powerful people of the world. And to say a few words about your company and whatever youd like to do. Go ahead. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you for i