Development department recently appeared before the banking committee. Such as the Community Development block grant. This is about 90 minutes. This hearing will come to order. This morning we will consider the nominations of Kevin Hassett and the honorable pamela pate naude. I see friends and family behind you as well and i see my good friend bob dole, at least, i did a few minutes ago and we welcome him here. And will play an Important Role in spurring economic student. Mr. Hassett has had a distinguished career in economics that includes positions in academia, government and policy. A widely consulted expert on Economic Policy and has contributed countless papers, commentary and testimony. Nomination has received bipartisan support. Mr. Hassetts understanding of tax policy will be an asset to the administration. He has extensive experience with economic modelling. For pro growth policies. Key to Economic Growth is not only robust Financial Markets but also economic policies that wil
Id like to call the hearing to order. I want to welcome our witness today. David glouwy. Glawe. President trumps nominee to be the next undersecretary or the intelligence and analysis of the department of Homeland Security. David, congratulations on your nomination. Id like to take a moment to recognize the sizable family contingent you have behind you today. And thank your husband perry of for his unwavering support. I think its also important to pay tribute and thanks thank you or your family for the honorable government service. Perry is a supervisory special agent at the fbi. Your father jim glawe served in the korean war. Your brother in law gerald se lanas served in desert storm and your sister works at the v. A. I thank you for your service to your country and your dedication and selfless service. Our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the committee to consider mr. Glawes qualifications and to allow for a thoughtful deliberation by our members. Hes already provided wri
Confirm that. ,onne this is daybreak asia live from bloombergs asian headquarters in hong kong. Ramy betty is out today, i am david ingles. This is the first major market open here in the asian pacific. Lots on the play. Talk the ecb. E to it seemed like it was all about inflation the first time around. It is just not there. We look ahead to mario draghi and taper talk. There is talk about when auto maxx will stop start. Were expecting to go into this trading session with the stark contrast between the boj and ecb. The adjustment you mentioned we saw in the bond markets and currency markets. And the euro. S the dollar is stronger. The euro back to levels of what yvonne 23 month highs, remarkable. The whipsaw, we have a chart. I have to show it off. Twoentioned about those year highs for the euro. We saw whipsaw after the statement came out. It went lower and ran back up as soon as mario draghi started speaking. As much as he wanted to keep that the discussion vague on the timing of tap
Tillerson at that meeting over escalating tensions with north korea. The president s new warning comes in the last hour, and said military plan are lock and loaded some north korea fire any missiles at guam. Were monitoring the president s meeting, well bring you the latest. This as multiple pentagon officials tell fox news that u. S. Military stands ready to fight tonight on the korean pen know sewell anno peninsula. Now chain saichina said it would remain neutral if north korea fires first, but if United States fires first, china said it will step in. Here is President Trump tweeting, military solutions are fully in place, hopefully kim jongun will find another path. And secretary of Defense James Mattis with his first on camera remarks yesterday about north koreas threat to attack guam. Saying he still wants a diplomatic solution because war will be quote, catastrophic. Right now secretary tillerson, ambassador haley, you can see the american effort is diploma diplomatically lead it
If we continue to curb inflation and keep it down to, say, 4 we will settle the situation with tariffs. Lets move on to other areas. Like the chinese say, that is true. Good afternoon, mr. Putin. Im from the website. I have a question that our people are very concerned with. We have a lot of problems and traffic jams. Its the only city in europe that doesnt have a ring road. So, our government wants to initiate a fund raiser to build the road. Could we solve this problem on the federal level . Then, the question about coal mining. So, now we believe that coal affects the environment and we need to stop using it. So, whats your take on the future of the basin and coal mining . President putin actual redevelopment of infrastructure is an issue. It is about Building Infrastructure and at the same time it has to be sustainable and have no impact on the environment. If you have any sponsor, any investor, we will try to support that both in the regional and federal level. Well look at the pr