The Prime Minister is already calling for a pardon. Response to accusations that turkey has given support for the Islamic State. Welcome to the program. Did the main suspect in the berlin truck attack have an accomplice in act oh German Authorities have detained a tunisian man. They say he had dinner the night before the attack. They want to find out if he knew about the plans or perhaps even helped him. They believe he may have been aware of his plan and possibly hated him. We think the suspect in question had known each other for a year. The day before the truck attack. We believe he may have known about the attack in advance but we can be absolutely certain of this. Cant be absolutely certain of this. We cant obtain an arrest warrant related to the attack. Berlin police are holding him in custody on grounds of welfare fraud. Based on a reconstruction of the root, investigators believe he shot the polish transport driver around 7 30 p. M. In the evening, half an hour before he plowed
Laura with just two weeks to go before he leaves office, president barack obama is battling to save a cornerstone of his legacy. Republicans now in charge of congress and send the white house say they will make repealing obamas healthcare reforms, or obamacare, a priority. The plan provided millions of uninsured americans with health care coverage, but it is fiercely opposed by many a problem republicans who say is unfair and recently increasingly expensive. Philip joins us live from washington. Republicans are keen to repeal obamacare, but they havent told us about an alternative. Youve heard on the campaign trail from donald trump and other republican candidates, repeal and replace obamacare. There is a promise from the Donald Trump Team that he will be signing executive orders on day one in the white house saying that he will repeal and replace the Health Care Overhaul that is a signature achievement for president obama in his first mandate in the white house. Repealing it is a litt
This is the second largest market in the world. Obviously when the president of the United States says something, everybody listens. Francine and building bridges. Theresa may prepares for her first meeting with the incoming u. S. President. What will the socalled special relationship look like in 2017 . This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua. With me this morning, hsbcs global chief economist, janet henry, and Stephen Isaacs, head of the investment at alvin capital management. We will speak to one of the city of londons is known economists, roger bootle. That is in half an hour. First to your markets. Chinas offshore yuan falling the most in a year to pair a weekly rally. Mexican peso climbing after the central bank sold dollars. European shares falling a touch. Asian equities next. The allimportant monthly u. S. Jobs report and oil declining a touch. Straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres sebastian salek. Sebastian the offshore yuan has paired its record weekly
Response to accusations that turkey has given support for the Islamic State. Welcome to the program. Did the main suspect in the berlin truck attack have an accomplice in act oh German Authorities have detained a tunisian man. They say he had dinner the night before the attack. They want to find out if he knew about the plans or perhaps even helped him. They believe he may have been aware of his plan and possibly hated him. We think the suspect in question had known each other for a year. The day before the truck attack. We believe he may have known about the attack in advance but we can be absolutely certain of this. Cant be absolutely certain of this. We cant obtain an arrest warrant related to the attack. Berlin police are holding him in custody on grounds of welfare fraud. Based on a reconstruction of the root, investigators believe he shot the polish transport driver around 7 30 p. M. In the evening, half an hour before he plowed into the Christmas Market on december 19. A short t
Im ayman mohyeldin. Breaking news. Former president bush has been hospitalized but is resting comfortably. He is doing fine, and his office says they expect the former president to go home in a couple days. Earlier this month, bushs office and his wife, barbara, who celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary, would not attend trumps inauguration due to his age. Donald trump is back at his fifth avenue place one of the last times before his inauguration. He had a black tie dinner packed with foreign diplomats where he boasted to large crowds planning to attend fridays inauguration. This place is surrounded tonight, but i want to thank you all for being here. We have Great Respect for your countries. We have Great Respect for our world. I also want to tell you, you know, so many people are talking about whats going on and now they Just Announced i think were going to have record crowds coming. Talk of record crowds kind of the Trump Transition Team is going out of its way to post social m