But short on spending. And we have the world covered on daybreak asia and we will go to solvi seoul. It is budget day in australia, just hours away from the revelation of details. We are going to head to sydney for the latest. This is bloomberg daybreak asia, coming to you. Im betty liu in new york, where it is after 7 00 p. M. Yvonne it is just after 7 00 a. M. In hong kong. It seems like politics are going to be dominating the market. Not the typical d. C. News flow to get out of the Trump Administration, but south korea voters, 52 million of them heading to the polls today, and budget day down under. Betty as we have noted, it looks like korean stocks seem to have priced in the volatility in those elections. They are just going higher. Markets are actually quite attractive in south korea. Topics is going to be the aaa rating, and what the budget details on whether that rating is in fact going to be jeopardized, or is all that talk just much ado about nothing . Meanwhile, stocks in t
At 12 45, dallas fed president Robert Kaplan speaks. At 1 10, President Trump will be in miami to discuss changes he is making on the u. S. Restrictions to travel to cuba. He is tapping off quite a week for his administration. Here is kevin cirilli. I do not know where to start, cabinet. Why dont we start with the investigations . What is the latest . Should we be focused on it quite as much as we are . Kevin the white house will say no and a democrats will say yes and i think that answers lie in the middle. Isht now, the administration pushing back hard against the notion that a shoe is about to drop in terms of the investigation with the russian probe and they feel adamant there is not enough evidence for that part the president s personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz , is pushing back. There are allegations. The fact of the matter is until the investigation and the probes are put forward and made public month they will keep having these types of problems. Keep havinghey will these types
Cooperation, and not by human suffering but by human progress, a world that is safer and more prosperous and more secure and more free than the one that we inherited. Lets get to work. Thank you very much. [applause] francine that was president barack obama, speaking where leaders are gathering to try to thrash out an agreement for Climate Change. President obama warning of submerged cities if no action is made on Climate Change. We understand the u. S. Will not sign a legally binding agreement. He also talked about the future generation. Starting friday, surveillance will be broadcasting live from for thehe top 21 cop 21 talks in paris. the u. S. Jobs report may lead the fed to raise them. China may be finally getting the respect it has wanted. Showdown in paris. Global leaders meet to resolve their differences and come up with a deal on Climate Change. But the conference itself is a security nightmare. Bricks and clicks beat bricks over the weekend. David welcome to bloomber blg. Im
I want to start by noting that the committee has been particularly supportive as the staff and the oversight investigation subcommittee for their work on this issue and their work with our agency we consider it to be a Real Partnership and we are very grateful for this committees support. We have received a number of referrals from this committee and we appreciate your confidence and ability to work with the employees that your office refers. So thats one thing. Its already happening. We are doing everything that we possibly can. Weve set up a priority system and we free allocated staff to handle the va employee claims. But as the numbers increase its a very hard to keep up. We were at capacity before. In the retaliation cases now it exceeds 130, and the number as i mentioned continues to increase pretty much daily. We are an agency that has 120 employees more or less. We have jurisdiction for the statute for the reemployment rights act and we are working now on a demonstration for the
Getting Senior Leadership bonuses and the same interest we put in attaching ourselves to highprofile projects is what the same amount of attention that needs to go to veterans. So i encourage you guys if nothing else, please make sure that we move to a system that has more data integrity. Require the people who come here and sit on these panels to sign off on the information they turn into congress. This way when they come back, they cant say that report was done by somebody else. Thats the only way. Hold them accountable and do it in public and while the cameras are on. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Committee come to order. And that includes the former senator from connecticut, who is sitting in the audience behind senator markey. Chris, nice to see you. I think all of us were forward thinking until you and eddie showed up. It will be a close call now. See if we cant get it through. Try to get it done. Senator markey, i dont know what kind of time frame youre on. If you can give