Welalarmingspike in apprehef illegals at the border. Both sides of aisle kicking up pressure on impeachment, white house telling House Democrats it will not participate in an impeachment inquiry after administration pulled plug on its ambassador to eu, testifying before the house over ukraine. Leaving some democrats to cry obstruction. I am Melissa Francis in for elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. Melissa we have all angles covers, Edward Lawrence in washington, gerri willis on the floor of New York Stock Exchange. And lets kick it off with edward. Reporter two days of deputy level talks with chinese have concluded, focus now is turning to thursday, and friday, when two heads of trade team will meet to see if a deal can be worked out, the chinese upset this week, talking about what happened in terms of 28 new Chinese Companies added to entity list. For National Security concerns, also human rights concerns, some companies that Chinese Government has a huge ownershi
Hong kong recoils from one of its most violent weekends yet. Vandals attacked across the city. More pressure on president donald trump, he may be faced by a second whistleblower as impeachment drama moves on. Kathleen lets get onto the asian markets. A bit of an update on the u. S. On friday after the jobs report was good enough to make investors by more stocks. How does asia look this morning . Thana after that better expected u. S. Data ahead of the weekend, it looks like the focus for investors is squarely back on trade with the latest headlines saying the china side is looking to narrow the scope of discussion, not providing any positivity ahead of the talks. It is looking like asia trade will get started to a muted and mixed open. China and hong kong markets are closed in australia is on holiday, which is why we might see some trading. Last week, the nikkei fell 1. 5 . Osby futures fell last week. To the trade headlines, markets are digesting the hong kong protests dragging on as
There was much confusion this week about u. S. Policy toward kurdish allies in syria and to nato member turkey. President trump seemed to make a major policy shift by saying the u. S. Would authorize Turkish Military action over the border but later appeared to backpedal. We have more with two guests. Last year, there was the issue of the pastor held by the turks. The turkish economy went into a tailspin on the back of american pressure. This is a serious threat. The key to me is what is offlimits . In the previous statement from the white house, it seemed pretty clear that the u. S. Was saying we are not going to stand in the way of the turkish government doing what they want to do in northern syria. And now, he is saying yes, but if they do anything offlimits i have a difficult time interpreting what that may be. It seems that in the u. S. , trumps own allies in Congress Went up and said, hang on, these allies are key in the fight against the Islamic State, and the Islamic State is n
Lets just say the death toll i mean and its something you can really officially comment on but the fact that only 50 people have been confirmed dead but i mean from the devastation youve seen that death toll would surely rise. It really is tragic i mean any death is a tragedy but what were seeing is a lot of families that are wondering where their loved ones are and its going to take time for the authorities to to identify. And learn more about. What may end up being a really tragic that. You are from an aid group working with distributing that id tell me about that because from what ive read and seen its not so much the issue of is there the aid its how do we actually get it out to people because of the infrastructure which has been damaged. The logistical challenges here just staggering im here in freeport and there is no Running Water and many places theres no electricity in most places were seeing long lines at gas stations at petrol stations people are filling up tanks to take bac
Way to an ipo. Saudi arabia puts a prince in charge. Morgan stanley ceo speaking frankly about the fed. Ive support the latest fed rate cut and i expect they will do one or two more. But then, it is time for a pause. Managers apply unconventional wisdom to a changing financial environment. Corporateentgrade bonds are an asset class that provides more risk than return. Plain tot is pretty see that bonds are not a safe place to be. 17 trillion treasuries showing negative returns which is crazy. Its all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello, and welcome. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important Business Analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The tension between Boris Johnson and u. K. Lawmakers ratcheted to new levels on monday as the him stuck to his stuck to as the pm his do or die brexit plan. British parliament is about to suspend its operations for a month at the request of