We will check the mood live in beijing. Not politics daunting markets, the outcomes not exactly the results we were expecting. We are going to be delving into the in depth in the next few hours. I want to take a quick look at a close in the u. S. Market on friday. Not surprising that after a fed meeting, continued concerns over what was coming out of the u. N. , tensions with north korea, there was about a mixed close. You can see that the dow was just down ever so slightly. Flat, fractional gains in the s p 500 and the snp s p 500e up. Not a lot of direction for us. We have a lot hanging when it comes to the big week in washington. Centralbank speakers set to speak, as well. New zealand not a whole big reaction to this weekends election when it comes to stocks. We are continuing to see the kiwi dollar, 7310 weakening from the third of desperate 3 the surprise outcome here as we look ahead to those Coalition Talks. Australia, we are seeing teachers up about seven point four the excess
President plans to step aside library at a likes a new leader, 20 candidates in the running to replace the president also, france racing for its biggest strike over the president s plan to eliminate 120,000 public jobs. More coming up in business. A frightening new report from greenpeace says frances Nuclear Reactors not as prepared as they should be in case of a terror attack. First, our tip our top story live from paris. Police in spain have closed off a park surrounding the Regional Government in catalonia , ahead of what could be a declaration of unilateral independence from their tonight. The catalunya president has yet to say whether or not he will do that when he addresses the parliament around 6 00 p. M. Local time. Today, he met with his cabinet in a closeddoor session. Nine days ago, catalonia voted for independence in a disputed referendum. Over the weekend, 350,000 people turned out againstst independen. We have more on the mounting pressure coming from all sides of the deb
This is v. W. News a live from berlin a decisive moment in spain separatist crisis catalonia as president is set to address the Regions Parliament today will he declare independence or come back from the brink. Also coming up fast moving wildfire said devastate California Wine country at least ten people have been killed and Authorities Say that number could rise around twenty thousand residents have been evacuated including hospital patients. Plus as part of our weeklong series on what it means to be gay in todays russia we meet a tall young like young woman tells us about her coming out in a country where the Gay Community is under growing pressure. And Emmanuel Mccall brings a french accent to the Frankfurt Book Fair which spotlights right before frankel for. Literature this year the french president open sea events together with germanys chancellor later today finally. Granted iceland are celebrating in the way that they are famous for after their National Team qualified for its fi
Power. How cyber, robots and space weapons change the rules of work. The American Enterprise institute hosted a discussion about the authors and military analysts. This is about one hour. [inaudible] [inaudible] this program is being recorded by cspan so we need to start at 530 and and at 630. I apologize for cutting off any moments of brilliance on their part or yours because of the timing. My name is john and im a visiting scholar here and coauthor with jeremy who is at the other end. This book, striking power by yourself before supplies run out, thats a joke. Supplies will never run out. Were pleased to have with us our two co panelist and commentators. You have their bios in front of you mr. Lewis is a fellow at the center for Strategic International studies which is almost nextdoor and a long background in this issue is just complaining about the ms. Kelly has a ground and Cyber Security issues. Were grateful to have them with us. Can you briefly describe some themes of the book.
[inaudible] [inaudible] this program is being recorded by cspan so we need to start at 530 and and at 630. I apologize for cutting off any moments of brilliance on their part or yours because of the timing. My name is john and im a visiting scholar here and coauthor with jeremy who is at the other end. This book, striking power by yourself before supplies run out, thats a joke. Supplies will never run out. Were pleased to have with us our two co panelist and commentators. You have their bios in front of you mr. Lewis is a fellow at the center for Strategic International studies which is almost nextdoor and a long background in this issue is just complaining about the ms. Kelly has a ground and Cyber Security issues. Were grateful to have them with us. Can you briefly describe some themes of the book. We will hear first from rich in the engine and the will have 20 or 25 minutes for your questions and answers and discussion. Let me welcome all of you to our building i cannot think of a b