Murdered in a targeted killing. And paris braces itself for more flooding as water levels are set to peak this weekend. Hello, welcome to the program. President trump has told business and political leaders that his policy of putting America First does not mean the United States will reject free trade agreements with other countries, but speaking at the World Economic forum in switzerland, he attacked what he described as unfair Global Trading practices. Heres our north america editor. Reporter wherever donald trump has gone in davos, the crowds have gone with him and wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. I hope to bring back many billions of dollars into the u. S. Its already happening and i think that will just continue. How much today . Probably a lot. And that was the theme of his speech. America first, yes, but an America Welcoming the world. President transfer trump i will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries shoul
Ms. Heitkamp mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection,so ordered. Ms. Heitkamp thank you, mr. President. Congress said our country desperately needs to have an honest, meaningful, transparent and bipartisan conversation about improving our health care system. You know, it shouldnt be a tall order, but around here things that seem common sense to the rest of the country are never simple. Instead partisanship too often wins. Weve seen that with the Senate Republican Health Care Bill. As it was crafted behind closed doors without allowing any democrat or the public to see it until it was a proposal. Its good news that the vote on the bill was delayed, but we must continue to have this conversation as the debate continues, because that bill was bad for north dakota. Only when we seek real Bipartisan Solutions do i believe that we will be successful in impr
Ms. Heitkamp mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection,so ordered. Ms. Heitkamp thank you, mr. President. Congress said our country desperately needs to have an honest, meaningful, transparent and bipartisan conversation about improving our health care system. You know, it shouldnt be a tall order, but around here things that seem common sense to the rest of the country are never simple. Instead partisanship too often wins. Weve seen that with the Senate Republican Health Care Bill. As it was crafted behind closed doors without allowing any democrat or the public to see it until it was a proposal. Its good news that the vote on the bill was delayed, but we must continue to have this conversation as the debate continues, because that bill was bad for north dakota. Only when we seek real Bipartisan Solutions do i believe that we will be successful in impr
Ms. Heitkamp mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection,so ordered. Ms. Heitkamp thank you, mr. President. Congress said our country desperately needs to have an honest, meaningful, transparent and bipartisan conversation about improving our health care system. You know, it shouldnt be a tall order, but around here things that seem common sense to the rest of the country are never simple. Instead partisanship too often wins. Weve seen that with the Senate Republican Health Care Bill. As it was crafted behind closed doors without allowing any democrat or the public to see it until it was a proposal. Its good news that the vote on the bill was delayed, but we must continue to have this conversation as the debate continues, because that bill was bad for north dakota. Only when we seek real Bipartisan Solutions do i believe that we will be successful in impr
Welcome to countdown. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. It is a big day for the bank. Hsbc profit falls 545 . We have seen the stock open portrayed in hong kong. They are planning a 2. 5 billion buyback. The removed the timetable. The headline, pretax trough it 3. 61 billion. Last year it was 6. 6 billion and the estimates were for 3. 9 billion. A recession potentially in the u. K. Impacting hsbc. If you want to think about it on this scale, since 2011 they slashed 87,000 jobs. That is a bank in restructuring. Downng in hong kong, 0. 75 . Anna this is from the thirdlargest bank. Net profit for the Second Quarter is 1. 1 6 billion euros. That is above the estimate of 994 million euros. The bank also telling us the gain they have made on the sale of euro state. That bank went deal went through. Many banks booked a gain on that. They are all but facing headwinds from the low Interest Rate environment. What will be key as we go through these numbers is the bread and butter of ban