You can come and see all of our rabbis wasted. [laughter]. And speaking of things that drive us to drink, a few weeks into the new year year and decade, the reality has set in for us all. For now undeniably in 2020, approaching one of the anticipated and polarized american president ial elections of all time. The 2016 elections results were shocking to many of us. It seemed that we didnt know our country, our communities, or even her friends as well as we thought we did. The aftermath had people questioning peoples deep rooted values. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back in dc to make sense of it all and to share his perspective of how the polarization has been growing roots for decades. And why we are polarized. He asserts that american political system isnt broken but rather is working exactly as it was designed. Aezra klein shows us how disastrous results are Building Bonds to pull us together. The editor at large, vox cofounder ezra klein and executive producer on the
Frozen in time and i. Thought it was a basketball battle in los angeles with le bron is a lakers full of shorts against the clippers we have that and more christmas n. B. A. Action coming up. Iraqs president says he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters. Is refusing to designate the nominee of an iran backed parliamentary bloc in a letter to parliament barcella said out of my kin list to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name assad danny as a candidate for the next Prime Minister or president saleh has been trying to find a replacement for. Who resigned as Prime Minister last month his decision to quit has done little to calm protests demanding a complete overhaul of the sectarian political system this wave of demonstrations started in october but there were similar scenes last year over the sign compliance many say theyve had enough of corruption unemployment Poor Public Services and a low standard of living hundreds of people have die
A lot of red on that board. These are modest moves. Market turmoil. Someone tweeted me that. Futures arent up a half percentage point pull out the market turmoil boards several headlines out of beijing overnight. Chinas exports rose imports are higher than expected chinas trade delegation arrived. We are learning more about the purchased targets that china would agree to at the phase one trade deal signing telling us china will commit to increase purchases from 32 billion over two years china will also pledge to buy an additional 80 billion 53 billion in Energy Supplies and 35 billion of u. S. Services over a twoyear period but will only only cost them half as much they are no longer a currency. You missed the other piece of information. They are allowed to no longer a currency manipulator. They arent going to do that was there a quid pro quo there has to be not a coincidence. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said yesterday, china has made enforceable commitments to refrain from the c
2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have trees that blew apart. Dozens of tornadoes in mississippi, louisiana, and alabama. The same system causing major problems across the middle of the country. Severe weather is responsible for deaths. The danger is far from over as the storms push east. Significant icing will cause major problems. A major showdown is coming to a head. Hes being impeached for doing the right thing as president of the United States. Nothing to be defensive about. A mississippi death row inmate tried six times is granted bail. Curtis flowers was arrested 23 years ago. Im so excited. Boeing is temporarily halting the production of its 737 max jet. Work on the plane will stop in january. All that christmas came early for this Major League Players mom. The gift that keeps on giving. All i want for christmas is you has finally hit number one. All i want for christmas is you and all that matters it was a starstudded event for star wars, the skywalke
We have had six weeks of gains free u. S. And european equities. The longest run of gains like that in two years. The s p 500 hit another record on friday and we look to be on the front foot albeit in a muted fashion today. The seven that cut to day reverse repo rate in china which made the list in particular chinese equities. The 10 year yield dropping last week. We slid down from ed handel we had on november 7 and now back up basis point. What it will take to take us back up to 2 . A crucial few weeks ahead as weve had some positive news on andu. S. China trade talks Boris Johnson said all conservative candidates will back his brexit deal if he wins the december 12 election. Of course his party leading in the polls the moment. Coming up we will speak to u. K. Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Dont miss out at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. We begin with evaluation target for aramco with saudi arabia to add as low as 1. 6 trillion per thats well below the much touted 2 trillion. It would all