Employees dont report to work. And it does happen. The last one was in 2013. Well hear from the president first. If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently thanit should be handled a lot differently than it has been in the last long period of time, many years. If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. We are rebuilding the military, bringing it to a level that its never been at. And the worst thing is for our military. We dont want that to happen. Thats got more detailfrom dont want that to happen. Thats got more detail from anthony in washington. Lets get more detail. Were looking at a shortterm deal to extend funding into the middle of february. It has the passport the house of representatives and senate. The house can do it on its own because they have a majority. In the senate, it will take democratic help from a handful of democrats not outright blocking it from passage. The bill we ar
Abigail . Another roller coaster ride, earlier up more than 1 , and then down more than 1 . Right now we are down about 1 . The volatility we have seen all we continue. This started last week, major averages put in their worst Weekly Performance since january 2016, extending into this week. Lets see this fiveday chart of the doubt. This is monday, where stocks were holding in, and then all of a sudden at the lows, down 1600 points. Buy the did action, frenzied buying, resulting in wednesday being flat. Now we are whipsawed, but we just put in a lower low. That tells us the sellers are in control. Year, we had that big rally for the major averages, climbing , climbing, a slow melt up. We have seen lots of small swings on an intraday basis. February, look at these massive moves for the doubt. That continues to build. Volatility breeds volatility, so this suggests we are likely to see more of the same. In terms of the big names dragging, we are looking at highquality companies, boeing, 3m
This week, were discussing theresa may in china, we wonder how long president zuma can last. And what diplomatic can last . The American Writer and broadcaster geoff mcallister. A warm welcome to all of you. The eu is having trouble is understanding the uks decision. He said at transition period once britain leads the eu isnt a given. And the uk public decision to quit the Single Market means irish border checks are unavoidable. David davis said he was surprised with such comments. Ian, i am hoping you are the man. This is britains attempt to leave the eu. They have always been good at comedy and fast. We have really outdone ourselves. It doesnt have an agreed position in the next round of talks begin which is troubling the European Union. They have error in problems as well. There are a lot of moving parts in this, what is turning into a crisis. It is happening, it is almost a year to go until brexit. I suspect there will be some deal at some point that britain is not doing its reputa
Given, that the uks decision to quit the Customs Union and Single Market means irish border checks are unavoidable. The british cabinet minister in charge of it says that he was surprised by the comments after a ll he was surprised by the comments after all the work that was going on. Ian, i am after all the work that was going on. Ian, iam hoping that after all the work that was going on. Ian, i am hoping that you are the man to tell us and explain. Well, this was bittens attempt to leave. We have really outdone ourselves this time. What is going on is that the cabinet is split it doesnt yet have in agreed negotiating position in terms of what it must ask the European Union for in march, when the next round of talks begin. The European Union has its own problems as well. There are a lot of moving parts in what is turning almost into a crisis. But it is happening. It is almost a year to go until brexit. I suspect there will be some deal at some point, but britain is not doing its reput
Already declared his Foreign Policy and outstanding success. Already declared his Foreign Policy an outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much, its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that . And in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads that