Their battle against proposed Pension Reforms its now the longest industrial actions that france has seen in decades and not soon but next it walking the British Royal family prince harry and Meghan Markle announced that they will step back from boyle duties but it seems they forgot to tell the queen will take a look at the war you know falwell. I bring it off its good to have you with us officials tonight are saying that they believe iran likely shot down the Ukrainian International Airlines Plane that crashed on wednesday the airliner was on its way from the iranian capital tehran to the ukrainian capital kiev i named u. S. Officials have told American Media that raney an air Defense Systems may have accidentally shot down the plane killing all 176 passengers and crew iran says the crew did not put a distress call out but did try to turn back before the plane went down and ukraine has sent a team of investigators to join the search for answers so earlier u. S. President will trump sa
France for decades. And the shock announcement in the British Royal family in was one tabloid chris calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announce theyll step back from war duties and spend more time in north america we talked the also off a book quiz got the inside story. Part of a warm welcome to you im. On the day after iranian missiles hit bases hosting u. S. Troops president Donald Trumps a basket of the United Nations a said the u. S. Is ready to engage without preconditions in serious negotiations with iran it appears to be a sign of the deescalation of tensions signaled by trump on wednesday but just hours after. Consider baghdads green zone with u. S. Government buildings on the katyn. Sirens rang out over the iraqi capital on wednesday night its not clear who was behind the rocket attack in the green zone a high security enclave where the u. S. Embassy is located there were no casualties but its a sign that some are still seeking revenge for the killing of irani
Liftoff confirmed for falcon that is spacex launching 60 more mini satellites for Internet Service just hours ago. This was the fourth launch for that falcon 9 rocket. Spacex now has almost 200 of these compact flat panel satellites in orbit. Two other batches were put in orbit last year. American Airlines Says its getting money from boeing one of the problems with the 737 max jet. The terms of the settlement have not been announced, but american says it will share more than 30 million of it with employees. Other carriers have also reached deals with boeing. The airlines lost millions of dollars in canceled flights and rescheduling. Turning now to a group of sailors who are happy to be home this morning after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean for more than a week. The crew was trying to sail from japan to hawaii when they hit rough waters. Abcs alina gomez has more. Reporter lost at sea and desperate for help. U. S. Coast guard video shows the moments before a group of stranded sailo
Tournament of roses association. Dina and americas new year celebration. On behalf of the tournament of roses and its dedicated 935 volunteers i want to wish everyone a happy new year and know it all. And to kick off our incredible array is the World Premiere of an original song. Exclusively for the rose parade by 19 time grammy award winner that is one of the most. Highly anticipated scenes of the parade. I mean just one open you thought it couldnt get anybody here comes at the to fly over. You can just hear it. Thats coming over us at about a 1000 feet altitude there is our booth right this moment, its so exhilarating what a way to get under us it for this moment. I get chills every single time what a great way to kick off this brand new year welcome to 2020 welcome to a new. Decade we are just so excited to share it with you, im lisa givens marks titus and welcome to the 131st rose parade presented by honda people even if past is doomed by we always say that ready to put that one in
Where we bring you todays market moving news from around the world. From hong kong to beijing to london to washington our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. Start right now with hong kong with the citys financial chief said the economys set to contract in fourth quarter. Jeff joins us from hong kong on the telephonement welcome. Give us an update where we are. And how the economys doing there. Jeff good morning to you. The economy is hoping to see some kind of stabilization in the coming weeks. But the damage has already been done in the third and fourth quarters this year. We have only just seen a relative easing in the protests. But we are a long way from having an all clear or any kind of resolution to the political standoff. That means that the tourists and the spending that are the core of this economy, they are not going to return soon. We may see stabilization but it will be lower levels. David thank you so much. Jeff black reporting from hong kon