The Longstanding Alliance goes back decades. Two very different attitudes towards china. Australia wants to get along with china and the United States. The United States and donald trump in particular see china as a rising threat. How you navigate that, what we get in the press conference on china is how the issue of china has affected the relationships the u. S. House with allies in the pacific. David as we saw in the opening remarks in the oval office a short time ago, there was a lot of talk about the longstanding close relationship between the United States and australia. Has the dispute the United States has with china put strain on the relationship between australia and china . It has. Australia has been asked to pick sides. It does not want to pick sides. At the same time, it is navigating its own relationship with china and questioning whether it has gone too far in being too cozy. We have seen some universities in australia question relationships with the Chinese Communist par
Move to snuff out cigarettes banning nearly all tobacco sales. A fortune and a Fortune Cookie. The winner of the jumbo Powerball Jackpot comes forward revealing the secret of his 344 million win. And the celebrity who crashed his brandnew 2 million sports car just moments after buying it and what happened next. Good wednesday morning, and thanks for joining us. Im janai norman. And im Zachary Kiesch in for kenneth moton. We begin with the socalled republican revolt against President Trumps plan to slap new tariffs on products from mexico. Overnight abc news learned the Trump Administration is now considering whether to declare a National Emergency to justify the tariffs, even Top Republicans are showing little support for the tariffs. One lawmaker calls them a tax increase that would wreak havoc on the u. S. Economy. This morning, there is a growing confrontation on tariffs between President Trump and his own party. Well, there is not much support in my conference for tariffs, thats fo
Cathay pacific. David qualcomm prepares to fend off the 100 you and dollar takeover bid, arguing the 100 billion takeover bid, arguing it undervalues the company. Yousef high and yousef gamal eldin. I am yousef gamal eldin. David a big weekend for you. Set the scene. What are we watching . You can feel this country is holding its breath. We also had a Ballistic Missile intercepted from yemen, a country looking for a crown prince who keeps surprising. Sweep, key political and business figures, including the 50th richest man in the world, alwaleed bin talal. 22 judge us. Plenty to digest. David have a look at markets. The oil story is part of this. Hey quick look across assets. The regional benchmark, the twoyear yield is what we are watching, 1. 61 . This is due to dovish remarks out of the boj. Your january contract on brent crude. Have a look at my bloomberg chart. The oil curve and what it signals about where we go from here. This is a measure of supply tightness. Unless have pointed
Well, you can see that green on live doppler 7 and much more rain is headed our way. But tonight its already falling in the north bay. And the words mudslides, flooding, and sinkholes are the last things a community thats already been through so much wants to hear tonight. Good evening. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. The north bay fires destroyed thousands of homes. Turns out it also melted critical plastic drainage pipes. Now those pipes are causing sinkholes and prompting road closures and a warning from officials tonight, have a plan to leave your home. We have live team coverage. Lets begin with abc 7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington live in santa rosa. Alissa . Reporter the rain is coming down in santa rosa which is causing a great deal of concern tonight. You can see barriers are up at crosscreek road. Thats because this area is closed to the public. Pipe underground burned away during the fire, which is causing a great risk. Just a month after fires devastated parts of santa rosa t
Join the discussion. On thursday, voters in the United Kingdom will decide if their country should stay or leave the european union. British Prime Minister David Cameron and Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn want the uk to to remain a member of the e. U. But some members of the party are part of the breck it is push, advocating for the uk to split from the european union. Watch the simulcast on cspan 2 and cspan. Org. Smithsonian institution secretary david skorten briefed legislators on plans to renovate the national air and space museum. He explained that at least half of the museum will remain open while the work is in progress. This House Administration Committee Hearing is about an hour. I now all call to order the committee on House Administration for todays hearing on the Smithsonian Institutions National air and space museum revitalization. A quorum is present so we may proceed. I welcome our two witnesses, the secretary of the smithsonian and the undersecretary for finance and