It is close to middle east unrest, but it doesnt worry in chapter investors in japan. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I am Tracy Alloway. Lau. i am angie that optimism in japan is what we are seeing today across the equities space. Topics rising to its highest level in more than two years after robust u. S. Manufacturing data. What he did was strengthen the u. S. Dollar, pushing the yen down and helping to lift the nikkei 225 above that 20,000 mark on. 9 . U. S. Dollar strength on a number just on e. M. Ncy currency. On e. M. Currency. The austrian dollar on . 77 against the u. S. Dollar after the rba kept rates unchanged. Tracy . Tracy lets take a look at what is going on in the middle east, starting with oil. Both brent and wti treading water but they did have a sharp fall overnight. We are going to be digging into those price moves. Take a look at what happened in terms of gulf equities. Edx index was the big story, bringing it to its hig
I think were ready to start. Thank you all for being here. Welcome to the council on foreign relations. Welcome to our guest, senator jack reed, Ranking Member of the Armed Services committee. From the great state of rhode island. Im jonathan karl, chief White House Correspondent for abc news. I will be presiding asking questions for first half hour and then take questions from all of you for second half hour. This is an on the record meeting. In fact i also want to welcome those cfr Members Around the nation, maybe around the world, participating in this meeting through the live stream. So thank you all for being here. Senator, reed, so much to talk about with you, but i want to start right with the perhaps the most pressing National Security issue, north korea. Just a bottom line question, as we hear, does the words we heard from the president and his team, about a military option. Is there realistically a military solution to the north korean crisis, short of an unthinkable war . If
Protest against spains to take control of the regional government. Hello again im peter dhabi youre watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up at the polls are open in japan where the Prime Minister shinzo up a six to become the countrys longest serving leader since world war two. The u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade of cattle. The last standing tall. Man a are. Also this half hour five former u. S. President s on stage together at a Hurricane Relief concert into. Catalonians president has accused the Spanish Government of attacking its democracy. It was the worst passed since the days of franco hundreds of thousands of people rallied in barcelona in support of cattle and secession under simmons as their. Street protest again in barcelona and i may just scale shock instead of indignation now but defiance in the air. If you expected such severe moves from madrid aimed at removing the Political Le
You. For those that arent, were certainly going to miss all of you and your questions. Its a busy day here at the white house like most days here. As you all saw, the president was excited to announce the Broadcom Limited is coming back to the United States, moving their company back here from singapore. Their ceo celted the president s economic agenda for once again making the United States the best place in the world to grow a business. He also noted that the tax reform plan, which was rolled out this morning, will make it easier for them and other companies to do exactly what the president has promised, bring back our jobs, bring back our wealth, and bring back our Great American dreams. This morning the president aplaulded the house ways and Means Committee for introducing the tax cuts and jobs act, which is another important step toward providing massive tax relief for the American People. Our entire administration is working tirelessly to make good on our promise to the working p
Very sad since were not going to get a lot of days lying thick together over the next couple of weeks since well be traveling, but for those on the trip, i look forward to seeing you. For those that arent, well certainly miss all of you and your questions. Its a busy day here white house. Like most days here. The president was excited to announce the broad come limited is come back to the United States, moving back from singaporement their ceo residented the president s economic agenda for making the United States the best place the world to grow a business. He also noted that the tax reform plan rolled out this morning will make it easier for them and other companies to do exactly what they president has promised. Bring back our jobs, bring back our wealth, and bring back our Great American dreams. This morning the president applauded the house ways and mean its commitow for introducing the tax cuts and jobs act which is another important step toward providing massive tax relief for t