Hassan rouhani is now here in paris, continuing his landmark tour of europe. And, more cases of those ecovirus of the zika virus have been diagnosed in europe. Controversy over how to diagnose and combat illness thought to have caused thousands of birth defects in babies in brazil. She was one of the bestknown faces of Francois Hollandes government, but outspoken Justice Minister Christine Tamara has cleared Christiane Taubira has cleared her desk. Delano dsouza brings us up to date. Delano sometimes, you need to fight for what you believe in. Sometimes, to fight for what you believe in means you have to go. Words Christiane Taubira used to describe why she is stepping down as frances Justice Minister. Parliament in france is discussing a key divisive constitutional reform. It would see convicted terrorists stripped of their french citizenship. Taubira vehemently just opposed it. Taubira i quit the government over a Major Political disagreement. Type chosen to remain loyal to myself i
Target. Lets bring in kerry. Why has it been this is the third profit warning . Things just arent getting better. If you add up all the downgrades, its almost 1 billion euros. So not looking good. They raised 4 points yesterday two of which we know which is the strike, they also said that theyre seeing some softness on long haul which is the reason they did the first downgrade. They also said theres a pension cost that theyre not going to get. Then fuel. Fuel is dropping but we havent seen a benefit from it yet. So that is also not coming through for them. Management telling us why 2015 is going to be a better year . Theyre being a bit cautious. When it comes to theyre going to be pushing back some plane deliveries. So 777s. Their 2016 deliveries. Its interesting to connect that up with the fuel issues. So fuel, the prices dropping, you are less in need of these efficient planes. So theyre taking a bit of an opportunity. Its interesting to see people discussing fuel and what thats goin
And some data just came out on german business climate. The ifo german bit climate coming in at the estimate 104. 5. The number coming in at 105. 5. Slightly higher than what we saw in november and in line with estimates. The German Ifo Business sentiment came in at 105. 5. Why do we care about this . Germany, of course, is europes largest economy. Given its high exposure to russia, German Economy has been showing signs of weakness over the past couple of months. The recent zew survey did come in higher than expected indicating a improvement in Business Sentiment. Were looking at the euro slightly higher trading at 1. 2332. Lets bring in simon, who is joining us now to get your reaction to this german ifo number. Does this surprise you . We see this, the zew and the pmi data lately. I think mainly the main surprise is that theyre shrugging off the surprise coming out of europe. The most open economy, 35 export to gdp ratio. Thats a little bit of a surprise. And is this one reason, give
Speaker of the house of representatives the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2016, the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 15 p. M. 1 clop 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. Roybalallard, for five minutes. Ms. Roybalallard i ask unanimous consent to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roybalallard mr. Speaker, the primary responsibility of congress is to keep our nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 25th fiscal year and the department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The department is trying to fulfill its mission under the uncertainty of a continuing resolution set to expire in 18 days. Last week the department of Homeland Security submitted its fiscal year 2016 budget bu
Basis. Harris however, now, senator minority leader Chuck Schumer is refusing the republicans of refusing to follow their own standard after the death of Antonin Scalia in 2016. Senator schumer you would think after the republican held to keep open the vacancy they would have the decency to apply their own rule when the same scenario came around again. Harris chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live in the press Briefing Room where things are set to begin momentarily. John . Good afternoon, harris. There are a couple of republicans who agree with the minority leader Chuck Schumer that the decision should be left for the next president. But 51 republicans say they are on board for a vote before the election. So now it comes down to a matter of timing. Can this all get done before november 3 . In an interview today President Trump said he is close in his own mind who his nominee will be. He believes that there time to get that person through before november. Listen here. Pres