I hope that you send him a dozen roses today because he will not be there to receive them. And you have the armani story. Everyone on global wall street must be focused this weekend on the soap opera going on. Banking is think left, right, and center. And i have a chart looking at the swiss franc. What it means for the further negative. But first, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Begin with the coronavirus outbreak. It is getting tougher to gauge the true scope of it because china has provided the data that the death toll was lowered to less than 1400. Now there are more than 53,000 reported. U. S. Officials are stepping up criticism of chinas response. A stunning rebuke of President Trump from one of his most trusted cabinet numbers. William barr saying that tweets and remarks about going ongoing cases make his job impossible. Already vowed to veto a resolution to restrict his ability to wage war against iran. To be passed by the u. S. House, it
It is not only a big conservative majority giving a lift to u. K. Stocks, the pound is gaining, but this phase one, or at least something that feels like a phase one [indiscernible] we will not see extra tariffs on sunday. It is going to be a risk on mood to markets overall. I am delighted to be joined by a conservative party spokesman. What a win for Boris Johnson. What are the markets looking at . What will you deliver, as the tory party, that the market likes so much . What we will deliver is a degree of certainty. Weve got a working majority, and that means we can deliver a withdrawal from the European Union on the timescale that we set out, and we can get on with thrashing out a trade deal with the eu and investing in an infrastructure that will help continue the growth in the u. K. Economy. Francine if a Withdrawal Agreement goes through, do you have any idea when that could be . We will certainly start the process before christmas, and we will do so in a way that we can get thro
Illian. Has joke at the end it reminded me of churchhill as well. Do you expect Boris Johnson to try to emulate his idol . Will he try to boil down the middle now that he has such a big church and keep all of these voters with the conservatives for longer . Christopher well, i thought that was a most interesting part of his speech. In my opinion, perhaps the most effective was his candid and disarming, even charming admission that a lot of the voters who put him back into power with a large majority have him on probation. A very nice parallel with his election as the mayor of london when a lot of traditional labour voters supported him and they have now supported a conservative party. That, i think is notice also in the rhetoric, one nation conservatives. He remindednation, himself that that is the formula. What does that remind you of . , not labour,labour but new labour. That was the slogan of tony blair. Clearly looking to put a very personal stamp, which arguably could be churchhil
We dont see the clear offering offramp in terms of how either party is going to get to a point of having successful discussions to resolve it. Nejra and following dorian. The deadly hurricane continues to strike the bahamas, but the winds weaken. Its movements we are tracking its movements. Matt good morning from the german capital of berlin. All eyes are focused on westminster today. You are down there on the green with the cast of important actors in the brexit drama that is set to unfold over the next 58 days. Yeah, absolutely. What drama it is. This is a critical week that could see the u. K. Had for its third election in 4 u. K. Head for its third election in four years. Many members of Boris Johnsons own party are putting a bill forward to try to delay the, deadline to extend the brexit deadline to avoid a no deal brexit. If Boris Johnson does not manage to agree a deal with the eu, the Parliament Approves or does not manage to get no deal approved by parliament, then that extens
Westminster. Brexit, a pretty historic and tumultuous couple of hours we are expecting. The meantime, lets check on your markets. We are seeing market volatility, pound dropping lower today. Lets get the board up for you, pound at 1. 1981. There is a lot of debate in the newsroom over whether that has to do with Dollar Strength or markets realizing an early election could mean an alliance among the ones who wanted a hardline brexit and increasing the chance of a no deal, but we are seeing a tilt to the market overall, a little risk off mood. You can see a little higher than usual at 10 higher and gold at 1530. Coming up, we speak to sir Howard Davies, a chairman of rbs as the prospect of an election surges. We will talk about what that means for the banks. Dont miss that interview 11 00 a. M. London time. Lets get to the first word news with Sebastian Salek. U. S. Areand the struggling to agree on a schedule for the next round of talks after watching a rejection of allaying tariffs. A