To check up ony the barcelona updates. European stocks are dropping. Impact on some of the travel and leisure stocks. This after a terrorist struck a crowded street in barcelona exacerbating unease in the the mountingred by concerns over a dysfunction in white house. This is the dollar this is the bloomberg dollar index. 1. 3. Twoyear yields, bob corkers says President Trump has not yet demonstrated the characteristics needed to serve in his job. Al gore went further saying that donald trump should step down. U. S. Stocks suffered their worst day yesterday. , rex. S. Secretary of state tillerson and jim mattis says the reaction to north Korea Remains an option. Option has been endorsed by the president. This contradicts the comments from steve bannon who said earlier this week there was no such option. The u. K. Is prepared to give further details regarding its approach to brexit. According to three people familiar with the plans. The institute for Economic Affairs says a trade deal wi
Of the heart and bonnie tyler belts out her classic total eclipse of the heart to lucky fans chasing the eclipse, as it sweeps over the us. Good morning. Its tuesday 22nd august. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump says the us will fight to win in afghanistan, as he unveils a new strategy in the war against the taliban. In a major speech last night he said that he had changed his mind about withdrawing troops from the country. He also called on nato allies to do more. Our washington correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came to announce the intervention in afghanistan is going to ratchet up. But said it was for the right reasons. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live, or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. He announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be
This graphic. 59 degrees in half moon bay. 49 san francisco. 45 oakland. 37 mountain view. San jose 38. The inner east bay 33 walnut creek. North bay 33 nap off and below freezing in Santa Rosa Napa and below freezing in santa rosa. Inner east bay, 36 antioch. Alamo 32. 37 lafayette temperatures are up for many. Still very cold, but not as bad as yesterday morning for some of us. We are also dealing with a little bit of fog. Visibility looking good for most. 6 miles reported in concord. A little thicker right around the Sonoma County airport. Will find visibility down to about a mile. Were tracking visibility. It shouldnt be a widespread issue but i will keep an eye on it. For the afternoon a mild warm up coming the way followed by unsettled weather for the holiday we can. We will have more coming up. If you have to get on the roads it is looking good. Heres a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Things are looking just great going on in. Highway 24 lafayette looking good in both directi
This is looking at donald trump and vladimir putin, a topic that never seems to get all. It is counter intuitive. It looks at who is winning this game and who is likely to win this match. We see donald trump making this outreach to him that we have never seen a republican president elect, trying to cozy up to him in some sense, recasting that relationship with russia. What peter delves into is what is Vladimir Putins longterm game. His history is a zerosum game, by cozying things up, what is he likely to gain . Is theomacy, it Strategic Mission and outlook for the country that is important. You can try to have a personal relationship, but when you are dealing with putin, he will be thinking three steps ahead on the chessboard. Trump talksnow about his business and deal making history, but there is a salient point, there is no higher power to enforce political dealings rather than business dealings, so what can happen is anything. Megan putin does not have that much to deal with. His ec
And vladimir putin, a topic that never seems to get old. Megan it is counter intuitive. It looks at who is winning this game and who is likely to win this match. We see donald trump making this outreach to him that we have never seen from a republican president elect, trying to cozy up to him in some sense, recasting that relationship with russia. What peter delves into is what is Vladimir Putins longterm game. His history is a zerosum game, so if trump thinks by sort of cozying up, what is he likely to gain . In diplomacy, it is the Strategic Mission and outlook for the country that is important. You can try to sort of have a personal relationship, but when you are dealing with putin, he will be thinking three steps ahead on the chessboard. Oliver we know trump talks about his business and deal making history, but there is a salient point, there is no higher power to enforce political dealings rather than you know, business dealings, so what can happen is anything. Megan putin does no