British industry, saying he is not an enemy of free markets. Have a look at that manifesto. Have a look at the principal and the arrive at, investments in the future. Look at our plans and education. And if you wish, come and talk to us. Anna a very welcome welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe, our flagship morning show here in london. Manus breaking news coming through, but first, the red headline. Nikkei closes at the highest level since 1992, and with that anna japanese corporates reporting toyota will buy back 1. 5 of its shares for ¥260 billion. Also giving of guidance for the full gear, lifting operating profit outlook. That guidance moving in the right direction. A decent year in the United States, their biggest market, helped by good sales of the u. S. , by the weakness in the yen. That has been playing out across the industry. But they had to pay for it a little bit in the u. S. With higher incentive, which is why they were questioned about whether it would be upgraded guidan
Diplomatic efforts coming out. Now showing a negative vote then. The dow, s p and not fractionally lower this morning. We will talk about it. Plus m a on wall street. Bigger deals including energy sector. Details on the move to acquirer encore. As you can see, markets also opening under pressure. Part of that is the global tensions and central bank discussions. Taking a look at asia, mixed action there. As you can see the nikkei down by 4 . Hang seng in shanghai composite. Kospi down fractionally. Here at home, rethinking the war in afghanistan. President trump set to address the nation tonight on the future of our military presence in that country. Tune into fox business for special coverage of the speech 9 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. Eclipse day is finally here. Millions across the u. S. A. To take in the event and its costing Corporate America big time. It has to cost its productivity. That is coming up. Big game for Little League. Other parts and cardinals had the featured the s
Lord, infuse our senators with a spirit of humility. Enabling them to refuse to become legends in their own minds. May they ultimate v8 they cultivate esteem for others, seeking opportunities to practice the golden rule due unto others as you would have them do unto you. As they work to find common ground, give them your wisdom and peace. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Reid i was disappointed last night to learn the Supreme Court temporarily halted the implementation of president obamas coal power plant program. This was an especially stunning move by the Supreme Court, given that just weeks ago the d. C. Circuit court of appeals categorically reje
Missile threat from north korea. There is no Silver Bullet solution but it is clear that Congress Must play a proactive role in providing more robust tools to the executive branch to confront this threat. There has been a lot of attention on north korea in the weeks following north koreas fourth test. But senator corker and men gardner worked on this issue before it got this far. They came together with a robust piece of legislation. I want to thank you for your leadership. You are new to the committee but not new to addressing problems our nation faces and i want to thank you for that. I would like to thank them over many months to focus on the attention poised by north korea to develop a bipartisan bill. I want to single out senator cardin for the constructive manner in which they worked with our team on this important piece of legislation. Other senators made important contributions as well. Senator cardin i was just boasting about your effort here. The senate and congress and count
Facilities. One of the photos captures a reef late last month. It appears to show two radar towers and a number of tall poles inside the area shown in red. The researchers say the poles could be part of a High Frequency radar system. They say china can already monitor the northern half of the region with radar facilities on the paracel islands. A similar array in the spratlys could allow them to cover the entire area. Tensions between the u. S. And china heightened last week when officials in washington found an advanced surfacetoair Missile System in the paracels. The issue is likely to be high on the agenda when the Chinese Foreign minister meets secretary of state john kerry in washington. The threeday visit will start tuesday. We spoke to a former japanese air selfdefense commander for his take on chinas move. Translator the photos apparently reveal one of chinas steps to build military bases on reefs reclaim by the country. They may be trying to monitor surrounding areas. They als