Speakers this evening. Ambassador joel davis is a member of the wilson house Advisory Council. He was appointed on february 21st in in 2018 to be ambassador. Extraordinary. And plenipotentiary of the United States to the gabonese republic and to the democratic republic of and principe. He retired from the Foreign Service in january 2020, having served since 1987, and he joined, our Woodrow Wilson house executive or Advisory Council and it has been really a pleasure to have him on with us doing our diplomatic chats and of course tonight being a moderator for the discussion with mr. David frum. He is the author of ten books, most tropical trap trump apocalypse restoring american democracy. That was published in 2020. His first book, dead right, won praise from William F Buckley as the most intellectual experience in a generation and from rich in the New York Times as the smartest book written from the inside about American Conservative Movement in the national review. He was hailed for h
Dinner with foreign dignitaries. He says americans see what they want to see. Investigate a to tip that the Florida School shooting suspect could be plotting an attack. Killed 17 Jeff Sessions says the shooter that killed 17 people this week was a tragic consequence of the fbis failures. It failed to a knowledge on a tip to its hotline that the shooter had a desire to kill. Pentagon Watchdog Agency is raising new doubts about theress regarding 16yearold war in afghanistan. By the year 2017, the afghan an expanded its areas of control. It is too early to judge whether president s whether President Trump schools will push the government to reconcile. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Live from bloombergs World Headquarters in new york we are 30 minutes from the close of trading. Major averages for the moment are in the grain. Is7 whatd you miss . Scarlet special Counsel Robert Muel
Story here for stocks. We could look at a record close for the market the dow is up 63 but coming off its highs. Courtney reagan with stay closer look. The stocks falling a bit here as the dollar strengthens, like you mentioned, those comments from President Trump to joe kernen in davos. We have found some footing lets see what happens going into the final hour here not a repeat of what we saw yesterday when we saw this pretty fast fade around the european close time. Its the big m word thats being discussed as the main driver for this rally. Momentum thats taking equities higher there are commentaries coming out of the blue chip dow earnings, like caterpillar, and bellwether indicator like 3m we do have that phenomenon happening today. Caterpillar, 3m and Goldman Sachs helping to lift the Dow Jones Industrial average health care, materials, among the strongest sectors. And biotechs etfs, the hxb and bxi. The aerospace and Defense Group is hitting a new intraday alltime high today led
From around the world. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour would keep britain in a Customs Union with the eu, according to the partys brexit spokesman. Sir keir starmer told the Bbcs Andrew Marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. The Prime Minister is committed to leaving both the Single Market and the Customs Union. Shes expected to outline the governments position in more detail this week. Our Political Correspondent emma vardy reports. After months of uncertainty over labours position, now the party is moving decisively away from a so called hard brexit. It has been unanimously agreed, according to the shadow brexit secretary. Sir keir starmer said Jeremy Corbyn will announce tomorrow that a labour governments policy would be for the uk to enter a new Customs Union with the eu after brexit. Weve long championed being in a Customs Union with the eu and the benefits of
And, in half an hour here on bbc news, is seeing really believing . Click investigates deep fakes and software used to swap faces in video. Good afternoon. Labour would keep britain in a Customs Union with the eu according to the partys brexit spokesman. Sir keir starmer told the Bbcs Andrew Marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. The Prime Minister is committed to leaving both the Single Market and the Customs Union. Shes expected to outline the governments position in more detail this week. Our political correspondent, emma vardy, reports. After months of uncertainty over labours position, now the party is moving decisively away from a so called hard brexit. It has been unanimously agreed, according to the shadow brexit secretary. Sir keir starmer said Jeremy Corbyn will announce tomorrow that a labour governments policy would be for the uk to enter a new Customs Union with the e