Lets look at markets. We are not saying much. Coming up, you will hear from this man. Our interview on risks and Financial Markets. And Brian Moynahan on the state of the american consumer. Lets get bloomberg first word news. Frozen pork, pharmaceuticals, some reductions from china, not related to trade discussions, but part of beijings effort to support the claim it is opening its economy. Weekend, aa tense Police Officer pointing his revolver at protesters. U. S. , President Donald Trump asked about ukraine aid before his call with the countrys president. The heavily redacted emails were by the Nonprofit Center for public integrity. They show the administration ordering a hold on aid in our after the phone call. Bush fires burning out of control in new south wales. Died,st nine people have hundreds of buildings have been burned down. The fires of being stoked by record temperatures in the region. Guy the s p is up, bonds are higher, gold is gaining. What about next year . Is joining
People like. This is. The man who inspired the global ice bucket challenge that raised 200000000. 00 for new gehrigs Disease Research. Not in the u. S. The House Judiciary Committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump attorneys of both parties presented arguments for and against impeaching trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden as i was how did your castro has more. Fireworks inside of mondays impeachment hearing likely to last before the House Judiciary Committee draft articles of impeachment came not just from protests. But also republican members committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump are a sham. Was scheduled not to consider he made a ruling if you order to appeal him and was going to try to overturn the results of an election were not elected people to be gentlemen less than the witnesses were attorneys for both parties and though the facts were the same tha
The best performer across europe and in the cac 40s sanofi after it said it would give up on diabetes and some Heart Research , and would concentrate on cancer research. That has that stock higher. Barclays lower 1. 7 . That has the european stoxx 600 down about 0. 5 . The ftse 100 down 0. 5 ahead of the election in a couple days. The british pound up 0. 2 . We are joined by christian lawrence, rabobank Senior Market strategist. It is baked into this market . Christian i think its fair to say that a conservative majority is pretty much baked in. The real surprise would be if we didnt see that emerge, so if the conservatives get a minority or if the opposition were to win, but i think that is very unlikely. For me, the major risk is that we could actually see a correction to the downside if the market is disappointed by that number of seats for the conservatives. Alix is that a gradual vonnie is that a gradual move to the downside, or could we see com some kind of got movement . Christi
Low currencyhe volatility. The british pound is stronger, but very fractionally, up 0. 2 versus the u. S. Dollar before the election. Incremental moves on trade. Lets get to the latest now. Bloomberg reporting that u. S. Tariffs set to take effect on sunday will be delayed, according to chinese officials. Meantime, House Democrats said they will back the usmca trade deal and are planning a vote next week. Rep. Pelosi there is no question that this trade agreement is much better than nafta, but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration. Vonnie House Democrats declaring a win there. For more, lets bring in bloomberg trade reporter shawn donnan in washington. Todays developments on the trade front, how incremental are they . Shawn i think we got one really important big step on usmca. It is a remarkable day in what is a highly partisan washington, when we see a bipartisan agreement on a trade deal. Trade politics are always t
Killing scores of people and knocking out power water and communications. Residents are still recovering today. Id also caused multiple offshore oil spills. Active pipelines and platforms where the source of some spills, while a banded ones with no identifiable we wear this earths of others. I attributed identified from space, following a weather event since the government started tracking leaks and spills using satellites almost a decade ago. We shouldnt view this as a oneoff event or a freak accident. There are thousands of oil and gas structures in the gulf, including riggs, platforms wells, power cables and thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline. All posing environmental and safety risks. Some of this infrastructure is active and some is abandoned. But it is all aging in a growing concern for communities and wildlife impacted by spills, and also taxpayers that may be forced to pay for its eventual removal. As Climate Change super charges storms in the gulf, more powerful wind