Be ready to plead guilty in the u. S. More on the cases that could see problemns. Citigroup and jpmorgan settling for 1 billion apiece. Mark welcome to countdown. Coming up today, a big day for retail and the u. K. Reporting earnings in one hours time. We look forward to what we could see in those reports. Manus japans economy expanded for the Second Straight Quarter after business is expanded. Let us get to shery ahn. First quarter into the next, good news. Shery good news in quite a bit of a surprise this morning in asia. Japans gdp growing in any revised 2. 4 from the previous quarter beating analyst estimates. Much better than the previous quarter. We saw weaker than expected growth at 1. 1 . It is how the corporate profit. Business is showing signs that will raise wages and start spending more there was a lift from the positive data at 1. 1 . Of it is the highest level it has been in 15 years. A weak yen has helped lifting stocks this week. We can see the yen has been weakening th
Closing at 4,218. This as investors fear further crackdown from regulators who are tighten irthing grip on beijings soaring markets. It was very toll avial and the emphasis of course was on the Greater China markets. Yes, we saw that action by the authorities in beijing over the weekend with a rrr and they cut it more aggressively than most in the market did expect. 100 basis points and the aim here is to encourage credit growth, to encourage bampings to to get liquidity going. Initially we did see a positive reaction. We saw china stocks up by 1 . They did reverse course and as you pointed out, down by 1. 6 at the close. Lets net forget as well that the authorities in beijing, the securities regulators are trying to take the steam out of the market rally. They clamped down on margin financing. Lets not forget this very staggering statistic, we have now surpassed the 1 trillion yuan mark. It could be a brutal one if it is corrected. That is probably the overriding factor here. That is
Was killed today right in front of the main entrance to city hall. The 67yearold woman was in a crosswalk when she was hit by a cable car style tour bus. The vehicle then ran over her as she lay on the ground. The woman was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where sadly she later died. The mayor says the city recently approved installing a traffic light at the crosswalk because of Pedestrian Safety concerns. City hall is becoming more and more famous. A lot of people were coming in, and whether its a sightseeing bus or tourist bus, we didnt want that, we wanted to lessen the chances of colliding. It didnt happen fast enough. The victim was a longtime employee of the controllers office. A woman leading a sightseeing tour through San Franciscos chinatown gave tourists a lot more than they bargained for. And now her racist rant is generating reaction that is reverberating all the way to city hall. Abc 7 News Reporter Alisa Harrington is live tonight in chinatown where a rally was jus
Playing the severity of the attack and questioning the involvement of russia, a fact that even his own secretary of state admits. This was a very significant effort, and i think its the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the russians that engaged in this activity. There are hopeful signs today that the country is moving forward. President elect joe biden going about the business of taking over, today unveiling new members of his team that focus on expertise and diversity. And a cdc committee moments ago approving a second vaccine for emergency use. The latest step in the effort to end the covid crisis. Moderna ready to send out millions of doses that cant come soon enough to a country dealing with record covid cases and overwhelmed hospitals. All of these patients throughout this section of the er have covid and theyre seriously ill with covid. Theyre not upstairs in the icu because weve run out of space upstairs. Coming up, ill talk to a doctor and nurse on the front
31, 2022. Welcome to washington journal. Our question is a third party or more needed in the u. S. . If you say the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. It doesnt matter what party. You can also send us a text. Tell us your name, where youre texting from. Were on facebook, on twitter and instagram at cspan wj. And it was the announcement this week by three former prominent democrats and republicans and published in the Washington Post and elsewhere their formation of the Forward Party. This is the piece in the Washington Post. Most thirdparties have failed heres why ours wont. In their piece, they say in a system that is torn apart by two increasingly divided extremes, we must reintroduce choice and competition. So is a thirdparty or more needed in the u. S. . We will hear from andrew yang and read more and some other views saying no a third party is not the way to go. Were joined next by bernard thomas, an associate professor of politics from the great state of georgia. Welcome t