To dateline london. The conversation has already begun. Im jane hill. This week we ask was anything achieved at the World Economic forum in davos . What do the british chancellors comments there tell us about brexit . And the situation on the syria turkey border what is the us going to do about its muddle in the middle east . My guests this week henry chu, Europe Bureau chief of variety. Eunice goes, the portuguese writer and journalist. And the british political commentator and author, steve richards. The french algerian journalist, nabila ramdani. Welcome to you all. We start in the swiss resort of davos, where donald trump was the first us president to attend the World Economic forum for 18 years. His presence attracted an enormous amount of attention, just as he likes it. But was there just a shade less protectionism in his speech than had been anticipated . Youd have thought the gathering was all about trump. Of course, the worlds political and Business Elite was there too. Emmanu
Question. Is that it . Done with the dips so buy the dip . Its going to be another very big day. It was certainly a big night. The president upbeat. Positive. Reaching out for bipartisan deals on immigration and infrastructure. Much of his state of the union speech outlined the economys success. And a cbs poll showed 75 of the tv audience approved of that speech. The democrats, angry and and silent throughout. Nancy pelosi and schumer sat on their hands and looked frankly resentful. How will the american policy look storming out of the chamber when the crowd chanted usa, usa . The president looked good. The democrats did not. By the way, moments from now on this program the treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin Varney Company is about to begin. Trump since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses. Many of them thousands and thousands of dollars per worker. As tax cuts create new jobs, lets invest in Workforce Development and lets invest in job train
Police investigating the deaths of three teenagers who were hit by a car in west london on friday are trying to establish how many people were in the vehicle. The Cabinet Office minister David Lidington urges the conservatives to come together amid growing rifts in the party over brexit. Hospitals in the afghan capital, kabul, struggle to cope with casualties from a suicide bombing that killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others. Water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine in paris following some of the heaviest rain for a century. Now on bbc news its time for dateline london with jane hill. Hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. The conversation has already begun. Im jane hill. Thanks very much for being with us. This week we are asking was anything achieved at the World Economic forum in davos . What do the british chancellors comments there tell us about brexit . And the situation on the syria turkey border what is the us going to do about its muddle in the
Flat. R yen now we had seen it move lower throughout the session but were off the lows of the session and is vix is what everyone watching. 45 is how were trading on the vix. Thats like a quadruple from what we saw last week. Modestly higher. I was interested as to why we didnt see gold spike more. To be about equities and commodities kind of taking on the chin. Raises the question whether its fundamentals or technical. Well be die jekting over the next two hours. For the first take, there are three top stories. You have equitys and what is the fed going to do . David . Were joined by Michael Mckee, Bloomberg International correspondent and the reporter bloomberg news. What happened with the dow yesterday . Ill pull up a screen that tells story of two days in one chart here. One on the left is what happened on friday when we had those out about jobs. The one on the right is what happened yesterday. Michael, what does this tell us . Tells us that we saw return Inflation Expectations ear
To dateline london. The conversation has already begun. Im jane hill. This week we ask was anything achieved at the World Economic forum in davos . What do the british chancellors comments there tell us about brexit . And the situation on the syria turkey border what is the us going to do about its muddle in the middle east . My guests this week henry chu, Europe Bureau chief of variety. Eunice goes, the portuguese writer and journalist. The french algerian journalist, nabila ramdani. And the british political commentator and author, steve richards. Welcome to you all. We start in the swiss resort of davos, where donald trump was the first us president to attend the World Economic forum for 18 years. His presence attracted an enormous amount of attention, just as he likes it. Was there just a shade less protectionism in his speech than had been anticipated . Youd have thought the gathering was all about trump. Of course, the worlds political and Business Elite was there too. Emmanuel m