Host we are talking now with leo shane, Capitol Hill Bureau chief of the military times. Thend us first about what senate is up to now. Is their big policy measure that sets the priorities and focus of the budget next year. We have a wide range of things in here. We have military pay raise, bonuses, troop levels, a wide ange of issues for the defense on capitol hill. Host how different is the senate bill . Almost 700 billion. We saw the house version is slightly less. All of these have a base Defense Budget well over 650 billion, which is what sequestration caps on us at. One of the things that has to be resolved is how to pay for this. So far we havent seen anything. Democrats say this is a great exercise, but it is ridiculous. We are not getting anywhere with this bill because if we were to pass this, we would see budget cuts across the board. They have not really presented a path on how this will become loaw. Host the senate was in session last week on this bill what are some of the
Were talking out with leo shane, a capitol hill sheath the future of defense programs is the topic. Remind us of first of what the senate is up to now. What is the Defense Authorization bill . This is their big policy measure. This is in conjunction with the appropriations bill. This is for the purpose of the budget for next year. We have a military pay raise, all sorts of bonuses, equipment a wide range. Measure forthe key defense on capitol hill, ill as well as with the appropriations bill. What else does the Senate Version have in it . At 700 billion. We saw the house version thats havetly less, all of these a base Defense Budget of over 600 billion, well above what the caps on are for the fiscal 2018. One of the things that had to be resolved is how to pay for this. We havent seen anything so far. Democrats are saying, this is great exercise, but its ridiculous. Were not getting anywhere. This, wee to pass would see budget cuts across the board. Pathreally presented a here on how t
Again and b. T. W. Watching aljazeera live from a headquarters here in doha also coming up on the eve of another independence referendum catalonia remains defiant Central Government in madrid tries to block the vote. The u. S. Navy send ships to help with the Recovery Efforts in puerto rico still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria plus. Im joined now in the richenda unit of the local hospital here in foxs bizarre where a new wave of refugee arrivals has brought with them more terrible stories of the richenda exodus from me among. The Iraqi Government is increasing pressure on Kurdish Regional leaders following mondays session referendum official results saying ninety two percent of kurds vote. Yes to seed iraq Central Government says the vote was illegal the parliament there has called on the Prime Minister body to deploy troops to the disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is managed by Kurdish Military units but officially governed by baghdad a b
Celebrations in kurdish cities but independence remains a long way off from the challenges to it are growing. On the eve of another secession referendum catalonia remains defiant as a Central Government in madrid seeks to block the vote. Russia says its as strikes in syria are targeting eisel but theres evidence of aliens in the line of fire. And a sunni cleric linked to a deadly shootout in lebanon that killed sixty eight faces the Death Penalty. Iraqs government is increasing pressure on Kurdish Regional leaders following mondays session referendum official results say ninety two percent of kurds voted yes to secede iraqs Central Government says the vote was Illegal Parliament has called on Prime Minister. Hider all or body to deploy troops to disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is managed by Kurdish Military units but officially governed by baghdad now body says the kurdish leadership must relinquish control of border crossings and oil revenues several Int
Rishaad indeed we should get some feelings on what is going on with the chinese economy, factory gate prices, cpi as well. Lets look at this breakdown. Negativears of industrial gate numbers, exemplified by this yellow line, then suddenly september last year, we went positive. Expecting 6. 4 . ,hat has been lifting inflation something seen as inflation to come in the pipeline for the cpi, the turquoise line. All against the backdrop of some dictating inflation or core prices in china, that is food inflation. It has gone into deflationary territory. That was september. The is all to be digested, and all of that ahead of the 19th Party Congress taking place in beijing. Singapore, taiwan, and malaysia have come online. Lets have a look at what has happened so far. Another good day for the nikkei. Sophie gaining. 9 percent, rising for a 10th straight session, building on 1996 highs in a key election week in japan on sunday. The stock rally in asia continues, higher for a seventh session. S