Lindsey graham encouraged you to aim higher. He just said i disagree with lindsay. He is a congressman. What am i supposed to, wait for senators . So i disagree with lindsay on that. He said a higher. What am i going to do, wait until we get somebody in a Higher Office . These are people that hate our country even john, they hate our country. I think, with a passion. It is possible i am wrong. The voter will decide. When i hear the way they talk about our country, when i hear the antisemitic language they use, the hatred they have for israel, and the love they have for enemies like al qaeda where are you suggesting they go . I do not believe this is good for the democrat party. Certainly not the party that i have known over the years. Does it concern you that many people saw that we as racist . And that White Nationalist groups are finding common cause with you on that point . It does not concern me because many people agree with me. They want to leave, they can leave. It doesnt say le
Competitions now underway at the beijing Winter Olympics, but the event is being overshadowed by co 19 and a diplomatic boycott. And will tell you about the turf war between rebels in columbia this threatening the forthcoming election . Ah, more than half the Un Security Council has condemned north korea for its recent missile launches 8 nations as he to statements including the u. S. France, japan and the u. K, but china has called on the us to engage in dialogue with north korea. Yes, i diplomatic editor james bass. She didnt, judy of, she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his equestrian skills riding at speed on a white horse. But it is the speed of progress, his countrys making, its nuclear weapons, and miss all programs. Its warring diplomats. There were 9 miss are launches in january a record in a month. And the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. Ambassadors came
A toe for escalates between rebels and columbia. Its threatening the upcoming election. Ah, one of ours crews at the state of democracy at stake, latest from 55. 00 african countries have a full agenda to deal with as they mate for the c as African Union summit addis ababa is where the summit is being held, laid as well address a number of challenges such as conflicts with armed groups. And then more recently, the increasing number of coups in the continent coming up with concrete plans on how to tackle the corona virus vaccine rollout is also expected to be a top issue. More from mom and a t o n out isabella in a moment, 1st his report of the African Union headquarters in the philippines capital the fust summit with b point instead of a video link in more than 2 years. The newly established Africa Center for Disease Control africa cdc, is leading efforts to keep the 2 day summit covered free. The decision to hold a summit in possum. Since the advent of brother pandemic was take him wi
Welcome to daybreak asia, to you live from new york, sydney, and cutting down to the major market opens in asia. The top stories issue sops up ahead of the u. S. Holiday, traders looking at jobs reports and putting bets that the fed is near the end of the tightening cycle. Country garden said to have made a payment on a bond with a separate you on no. And softbank lining up biggest customers as Strategic Investors for their multibilliondollar chipmaker ipo. We are seeing some Downside Pressure today, but muted after the s p 500 saw its best week since june. We are in the Labor Day Holiday weekend in the u. S. , heading towards thin trading. What akin to friday it was interesting because u. S. Stocks rose but they faded after an initial rally as bond yields started climbing. We have a Strong Manufacturing number offsetting that optimism from the jobs data which showed more than of a controlled cooling which could perhaps lead to the fed pausing on its tightening again in september. We a
Officials in japan, suzuki saying that thet are aiming for wage growth. It was in contraction territory for the 24th straight month. This week it has been the continued slippage in the japanese yen now trading, above the 155 mark. The question of how long if we did indeed see intervention twice last week which does appear to be the case how long that will last in the market. Today we have the nikkei 225 coming on to the upside. Wall street overnight had signals of positivity. We had weaker than expected initial jobless claims. It really backs the case that the fed can cut rates later this year. Nikkei up zero. 4 . Lets look at how the korea how korea is sharing a bank. The korean won looking for more against the dollar how korea is [crowd cheering]. The korean won looking firm or against the dollar. Haidi in sydney we had a giveback of the recent gains, the 5session winning streak. Retail is dragging. This meant lower on the session. But a bit of a bounce back there, 0. 1 higher. We ha