Discussing enough what the Standard Chartered bank and hsbc is doing where they are saying they are going to agree to whatever with new security rules of hong kong. How big a deal of this in your london . Francine well, it was quite a big deal when they announced it. I think you and i spoke to stephen engle. He reminded us, it goes to show may be the influence that beijing has on some of these companies if they want to have licenses in mainland china. This is actually quite difficult to dig into the deep root of it. Now, we understand that there is a backlash from investors. Just yesterday, we had o aviva, one of the biggest investors in a lot of these banks, saying it is decisionable with the of hsbc and Standard Chartered, it is uncomfortable about the banks decisions. Tom absolutely fascinating what we see their. We have got lots of coverage through this hour and on through bloomberg surveillance. Theill be joined from school of chicago, the former leader of the central bank of indi
Veterans of those wars. And at 9 00 a. M. , National Museum of American History director on womens suffrage and the 19th amendments centennial. Host morning. Its wednesday, february 19, 2020. The democratic primary candidates will debate in las vegas and they will be joined for the first time on stage by former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg. President trump is offering alternative viewing in the form of a Keep America Great Campaign rally in arizona. Campaign 2020a question to begin the washington journal today. With the nevada caucuses this weekend and the South Carolina primary 10 days away, we want to know what you think the role of voters of colors will be this election cycle. Phone lines, black voters 202 7488000. Hispanic voters 202 7488001. All others 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on wj. Al media at cspan you can also send us a text message this morning. Include your name and where youre from. As can start calling in now we take you to this story from the Washing
The west african nation for more than 50 years. And tyson fury have a way to be a much anticipated rematch well hear from both camps. Thousands of people are being screened in towns and cities locked down in several countries as the world races to contain the coronaVirus Outbreak that killed more than 2300 People Health officials are now worried they cant trace the origins of hotspots appearing around the globe the infection rate is slowing down in Mainland China where the outbreak began more than 76000. 00 cases have been reported but numbers are surging elsewhere at least 5 people have died in iran which now has a total of 28. 00 cases some pharmacies are running out of masks and Hand Sanitizer in europe a dozen northern italian towns are effectively in lockdown after 2 people died and at least 58 people were infected many of whom had no direct link to china and south korea has recorded an 8 fold jump in cases in just 4 days with 433 infections most of them linked to a church and a h
And after tuesdays votes, which candidates will survive . Joe biden and Bernie Sanders join us this morning, plus our powerhouse roundtable. And we are seeing more cases. We will see more cases. Coronavirus continues to spread. Sinking stock markets among new fears for its longterm impacts. Trump expands travel restrictions. Attacks democrats. This is their new hoax. Our guest, Health Secretary alex azar. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. Announcer from abc news, this its this week. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, the new coronavirus continues to spread. Almost 90,000 cases across 60 countries and 6 continents. The first death reported in the u. S. In the state of washington, where they declared a state of emergency. Amid concern that the virus has been spreading there for weeks. Well have more on that coming up. But we begin with the race to the white house and joe bidens comeback l
A significant drop in new Coronavirus Infection to me breaks a piece and province. And business groups in canada want the government to stop a protest which is shut down the Railway System over a controversial pipeline. Nowhere is safe for civilians in the province that was the message at the United Nations as the Security Council met for a briefing on syria the u. N. Says almost a 1000000 people have fled since the start of december thats the biggest displacement in the nearly 9 years long conflict there being squeezed into ever smaller areas that turkeys border under her rendition conditions the uns humanitarian chief told the council at least 100 civilians have been killed so far this month in and ground strikes 35. 00 of those victims with children the presence of turkish soldiers is complicating the fighting it live and neighboring provinces along with russia was sponsoring a cease fire and the u. N. Special envoy is calling on them to find a way to deescalate the situation mike h