Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. If you are getting ready to kick off new years eve celebrations, were not seeing a lot of that in risk assets today. Quite a number of markets, bear in mind, are close today, including japan. We dont have the cash treasury trade either. A little bit of red on the screen. U. S. Futures perhaps pointing to a stronger open. A stellar year for Global Equities in general, the best year since 2009 the best year since. Fx, a fourth down day for the bloomberg dollar index, all the g10 currencies gaining against the greenback. Dollaryen, seeing yen strength at 108. 69. Euro near a 12month high. Butslipping a little today oil is heading for its best year since 2016. In china, a little optimism, even though it may not lift the market. The gauge of chinas Manufacturing Sector held steady in december, evidence the worlds secondlargest economy is stabilizing. The outlook for new export orders expanded for the First Time Since may 2018. On the trade front, deleting w
Fighter program. As i have consistently said, the f 35 Program Remains one of my top acquisition and sustainment priorities. Earlier this month and our last press briefing i made a commitment to come back to you when we were ready to announce the next f 35 contract. Here we aare. The f 35 Program Milestone authority alongside abwe are here to announce the u. S. Department of defense and Lockheed Martin have made tremendous progress and now have an Agreement Regarding the lot 12 to 14 Production Contract. This is a historic milestone to the f35 enterprise. As the f35 is our largest taxpayer investment and will form the backbone of the u. S. And allied fifthgeneration inventory for the foreseeable future. Anf in the joint Program Office are laser focused on driving cost out, quality up, and achieving timely deliveries of our capability to our war fighters. With respect to ontime delivery weve exceeded the total aircraft quantity we delivered to the war fighter last year. We have a 96 per
As the f35 Program Milestone authority, alongside Lieutenant General eric fick, the f35 Program Executive officer, were here to announce that the u. S. Department of defense and Lockheed Martin have made tremendous progress and now have an Agreement Regarding the lot 12 through 14 production contract. This is a new, stark milestone for the f35 enterprise, as the f35 is our largest tacair investment and will form the backbone of the u. S. And allied fifthgeneration inventory for the foreseeable future. A s and the joint Program Office are laserfocused on driving cost out, quality up, and achieving timely deliveries of our capability to our warfighters. With respect to ontime delivery, we have exceeded the total aircraft quantity wepe delivered to the warfighter last year, and we have a 96 ontime delivery rate, a tremendous improvement from where we were last year, with an average ontime delivery rate of 64 . On quality, while we have made progress, there are still significant opportunit
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Swalwell i will withdraw an offensive word. Mr. Collins ill withdraw my point of order. Mr. Swalwell may i have 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. The chair controls the time. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. Does the gentlelady wish to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee im prepared to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Mr. Collins i withdraw my point of order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman withdraws. Mr. Swalwell we have an opportunity today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a mexican judge cannot be fair because of his heritage is racist. Saying immigrants from mexico are rapists is racist. Telling four members of the body to go home because of where you believe they are from is racist. There is racism coming out of the white house. There is racism coming out of the white house. So where will you
Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A top vatican adviser, the popes chief financial adviser, is most senior catholic and the highest ranking vatican official ever charged in the churchs sexual abuse scandal. Earlier this morning he addressed the allegations. Im looking forward finally to having my day in court. Im innocent of these charges. They are false. The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. Australian Officials Say there are multiple complaints against pell. Seth doane is in rome. Good morning, seth. Reporter good morning. In this very elite group of leaders in the Catholic Church is an elite group. Cardinal pell is at the very top, close adviser to pope francis. This morning he appeared sullen, quiet, reflective, and he talk about the relentless what he called character assassination against him over what he referred to as matters that have been under investigation for at least two years. He also told us this morning that he has been in regular contact with pope