Hour. President trump is heading to a wisconsin. Well bring you any major headlines this hour. The split screen you will see all day, President Trump expected to sign one of the biggest accomplishments of his presidency as nancy pelosi makes her move on capitol hill. Iran cracking down announcing arrests in the downing of the ukrainian passenger jet as protests rain in the streets of tehran for the fourth day. The latest demand from demonstrators. Ashley fox Business Team coverage of course. Gerri willis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence following latest on trade at the white house. Edward, lets begin with you. Reporter ashley right now the chinese trade delegation finishing up meetings with American Business leaders. This trip was not just about signing for the chinese. It was telling American Businesses that china is open for business, come back and do business in china. Now i spoke with the Senior Vice President for the u. S. Chamber for asia, charles free
Also this morning, the massive firestorm in australia. That country expecting the worst fire conditions yet. Police have been telling us to get out right now. Thousands forced to flee their homes and now america sending in help. Preparing for prison . Actress Lori Loughlin reportedly hiring a prison expert in case she has to serve time if convicted in the College Admissions scandal. How is she preparing . Mysterious sightings. Swarms of drones spotted in the sky. Theyre right here coming. Thats another one. Law enforcement investigating as cowboys suit up for a space invasion. And a new years eve proposal. The first the elation, then the deflation when the ring falls through a grate. How new yorks bravest saved the day. And good morning. We begin with the latest in the highstakes standoff between the u. S. And iran. Heres what we know. Nearly 24 hours after the drone strike that killed the notorious iranian general qassim soleimani. President trump speaking out for the First Time Since
Should the u. S. Role be as the unrest continues. This is about an hour and a half. [inaudible] so my name is patricia, im at the International Republican institute where we implement programs that are focused on responsive governance across the middle east and across the world, but i work on the middle east. So today we will talk about irans influence in the region and iraq in particular, in the context of ongoing demonstrations and how iran is working to destabilize iraq, as well as the evolution of u. S. Foreign policies towards iraqs government. First, i would introduce our distinguished panelists and provide some overarching remarks before turning it over for discussion. Your mic is not on. Can you is it on . Okay. Good now. So first to introduce our panelists, michael whom you all know is a senior fellow at hudson, a former Intelligence Officer with over 28 years of experience working on security, terrorism, Counter Insurgency in the middle east. Hes spent considerable time worki
Are slowing down, the Manufacturing Sector in this Country Contracting a little bit. To the wall street journals Jillian Melchior who follows this very closely. Our own susan li as well. Susan, one thing surprised folks with the china data, this was not something to be expected and were seeing more and more data like that, less ominous than thought. Now stronger than thought. Reflation as well in the month of august. I love to remind people that china is no longer just a manufacturing hub. Services like here in the u. S. Account for more than 50 of the economy now. So it is not cheap factory floors. If you go to shanghai, beautiful skyscrapers, really fast train this is very positive, especially for an economy that saw the weakest growth in 2years. Neil one of the reasons why the futures was up. Hang seng was up 4 . It owed itself as well to the talk that they will meet some of the protesters demands. Well get into that in a second. Couldnt you flip it around, say Better Things look fo
Across the nation heading into 2020 election. First up, here is what is new at this hour. Melissa Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stage this hour in aspen must be nice following President Trumps comments saying the social Media Company and others should be sued over bias allegations. Well bring you his comment the moment the event begins. That is Mark Zuckerberg. Well have much more from miami as 10 democrat candidates take the stage to kick off night one. Well speak with the Dnc Communications director as well as the miami mayor, what we can expect to hear. Tensions continue rising in iran. The commanderinchief telling fox business, quote, i hope we dont have a war with iran. Well tell you where we stand now. We have fox Business Team coverage keeping track of todays stories. Edward lawrence is live in japan ahead of the g20. Jackie deangelis is standing by at the New York Stock Exchange and phil flynn watching oil and gold from the cme. Lets kick it off with edward. Reporter melis