Im executive Vice President of external affairs at the center for American Progress and i have the immense honor of welcoming all of you here today. As we all know Robert Mueller will appear tomorrow before members of congress to detail how the russian government worked to sabotage the 2016 elections and how donald trump and his allies sought to aid, abet and cover up this operation as seemingly at every turn. The president has lied over and over again, and claiming that the Mueller Report found no evidence of collusion and tomorrow the American People will hear what the special counsel actually uncovered. This time around those findings wont only be contained within the margins of the 448 page legal document but this time around the public will hear the fact directly from Robert Mueller himself. Facts which are utterly and unquestionably damning. The Mueller Report describes at least 37 meetings and 272 contacts in total between russia linked operatives in the Trump Campaign. Those co
Assault, will kyiv be impacted by the shift in attention to that escalation of conflict in the middle east . Well, my guest is olha stefanishyna, Ukraines Deputy Prime Minister for european and Euro Atlantic European and euro atla ntic integration. European and euro atlantic integration. With the fighting attritional and winter looming, should ukraine be concerned about the long term sustainability of the backing it gets from Western Allies . Olha stefanishyna in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Greetings from kyiv, indeed, good to hear you. Good to see, you steve. Thank you forjoining us. Madam deputy Prime Minister, let me ask you a very simple question does it worry you the world now has another deeply troubling conflict to focus on . That is, of course, the escalating war in the middle east . ~ h, escalating war in the middle east . ~ , ~. , east . Well, sadly we know very well when east . Well, sadly we know very well when massive east . Well, sadly we know very well when massive atroci
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Protesters tell leaders, welcome to hell. We have world coverage. Some harsh words coming out of germany. In seoul, Second Quarter profits should be coming up. Betty we are watching the g20 meeting in hamburg. We have will have insights for washington and across asia, what to expect from those talks and that meeting between putin and trump. This is daybreak asia, live from bloombergs usn asian headquarters. I am betty liu in new york, just after 7 00 p. M. After 7 00is just a. M. Here in hong kong. I am yvonne man. For markets, the stress has been in fixed income. Hawkish talk has brought stocks lower. Check out this bloomberg. You can see the tally what we saw overnight. Classes sold off, in tandem, for the first time in 10 days. This is the s p 500 etf and the treasury bond etf. Last time we saw these moves was 2013. Which has some wondering, is this the start of a taper tantrum . Betty which is exactly what the fed wants to avoid. Have been so careful to say the right things to the
Largely in the red you can see other than spain, lets call it even for the uks ftse crude oil also important to keep an eye on, given the moves last week the tenyear yield came off. Still working off a big employment number on friday. Well see if theres follow up to that and theres wti hanging right below 44 lets get to our road map this morning. And it starts with stocks. They are coming off a volatile week that ended in the green were going to take a look what to expect this week ahead of fed chair janet yellen appearing on capitol hill wednesday and thursday and secretary Steve Mnuchin said a plan to raise taxes for the wealthy to pay for middle class tax cuts is not being considered were going to discuss what should be expected, if anything, from the administration when it comes to tax reform. And amazon prime day is upon us. The deals start at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, but will they be big enough to boost the bottom line . Do they really need anything more im gearing up 20 , up 20 . Wha