The key levels we are looking at, the bloomberg dollar index, hinting at a critical level. Sterling has not been at these levels since the beginning of may. Optimism of perhaps not a hard brexit taking place but a deal could be done. We will have a guest from jeffries and we will ask if there is too much baked in to pound. The euro gaining traction. Seven weeks highs we were at earlier with the euro. The Australian Dollar moving slightly to the upside. 86 for the aussie. Looking at new york as we get to first word news and su keenan. Tradeina is offering a olive branch that could survive rising tensions over the hong kong autonomy bills on capitol hill. After President Trump announced the sides had agreed, phase one of the deal, beijing going to tackle the forced tech transfers that are a key issue for the u. S. Makehinese government will sure of equal treatment in china for companies. Trump it will be one of the biggest deals. Now we are getting a papered out but they are getting it p
Antigovernment march is about to begin. The public outcry against the controversial extradition bill has grown louder and the government has shelved it, but not completely scrapped it, and that is why these protesters are out there in front of this parliamentary building. So lets turn oh our anna coren. She is following all of these developments for us live from hong kong. And anna, as weve been covering this, the protesters keep ramming that reinforced glass door with that steel framed trolley, and they appear to have actually penetrated a hole at least there, which has gotten the riot Police Inside very edgy, indeed. So they seem to be getting close to their goal. Yeah, they certainly do, rosemary. Were looking at those live pictures with you. They have been ramming this trolley, this steel cage for almost an hour. These are images that we saw earlier of them ramming that steel cage. So it has been going on now, rosemary, for almost an hour, and those riot police, they are still insi
Well, it is relatively calm in hong kong now just hours after a second record breaking protest in a week. This was the scene sunday. Organizers say 2 Million People flooded into the streets to call for the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill. Police say it was just over 300,000. Opponents fear the bill will lead to dissidents being sent to Mainland China for trial. Protesters are also demanding chief executive carrie lam resign. Prodemocracy activist joshua wong was released from prison monday. He was the face of 2014s occupy movement. He immediately joined this protest. Hong kong people, we will not keep silent under the suppression of president xi and the chief executive carrie lam. Carrie lam must step down, otherwise i believe in the next few weeks, before the 22nd anniversary of hong kong transfer of sovereignty, more and more hong kong people, not only 1 million or 2 Million People, will come and join our fight until they we get back our basic human rights and freedom.