U. S. Defense secretary ash carter lands in saudi arabia final outside why fishermen in south africa damage their waters to feed an asian appetite. But we start in iraq where more than 20 iraqi soldiers and the fighters supporting them have been killed in twin Suicide Attacks. Now, i. S. I. L. Fighters are being blamed. It happened in the town of alcama, east of fallujah. 24 others were injured. 22 people have been killed after a series of explosions across baghdad. This is the moment when a car packed with explosives detonated and 14 died after a blast outside a busy clothing shop in a shia neighbourhood in the capital. Live to al jazeeras imran khan and we are getting an idea in the fallujah situation of how difficult it is for the Iraqi Government to route i. S. I. L. In the Anbar Province. Thats right, and you are seeing it in baghdad as well. Once again i. S. I. L. Fighters are using car bombs to great advantage. This pioneered and was something they could use against the Security
It is a bank holiday. A lot of the data in the u. K. Closed. The ftse is not trading today. I still want to give you a quick snapshot of whats happening across europe without the ftse 100. It is down some 0. 4 . Dollareuro is the one im keeping an eye on for the week. Maria draghi, the ecb president , refrained from talking down the euro. This is what im looking at. Im looking at dollar. Kuroda,peak to governor a fantastic interview by Kathleen Hays. Crude oil, 47. 43. We are seeing a Little Movement for gasoline prices. It could also impact the oil prices. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra in the u. S. , houston is battling unprecedented rainfall following the biggest storm in the history of texas. The down for has crippled the core of the u. S. Energy industry. Gasoline has surged to the highest in two years. The president of the cleveland fed urged her colleagues to look past recent inflation data and stick to their gradual pace of lifting Interest
Top democrats on immigration remains ambiguous. When will we get more clarity . Did something happen last week . We will see more reaction from the Republican Base once this daca legislation starts to move forward on capitol hill. Theyre already starting to see signs on the right that there will be a real fight against the president to deal with the democrats on that dasue. It would allow, if it continues about 800,000 young undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. Strict lets start on the republican side. We really have to Pay Attention to the kind of people and the kind of things that are said at town Hall Meetings this week. The house gop has the majority and they want to keep that. I was struck by how they articulated the different forces and how they are trying to navigate these forces. A they have an energized left kicause of President Trumpmp and they dont hav want to have that rowdy town hall for the next 12 or 13 months. We a we are seeing a left that is really energize
Political reporter for Washington Post. Since he was last on, he is the moderator of the Washington Week on pbs. Congratulations. In your Washington Post you wrote top democrat on immigration remains ambiguous pair went you expect we will get more clarity on that . Did something happen this week . Caller youll probably guest you will probably see it once daca has been talked about and it starts to move forward on capitol hill. You are already starting to see signs on the right that there will be a fight against the president s deal. Daca would allow, if continued, ut 800,000 on documented undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. Host house members are back in the districts. Lets start on the republican side. What are you expecting in the wake of these negotiations that we are seeing between the president and democrats . Not just on daca, but on the debt ceiling as well . Payt youll have to attention to the kinds of things that are set at town Hall Meetings for house remembers ho
Immigration remains ambiguous pair went you expect we will get more clarity on that . Did something happen this week . Caller youll probably guest you will probably see it once daca has been talked about and it starts to move forward on capitol hill. You are already starting to see signs on the right that there will be a fight against the president s deal. Daca would allow, if continued, ut 800,000 on documented undocumented immigrants to stay in the country. Host house members are back in the districts. Lets start on the republican side. What are you expecting in the wake of these negotiations that we are seeing between the president and democrats . Not just on daca, but on the debt ceiling as well . Payt youll have to attention to the kinds of things that are set at town Hall Meetings for house remembers house members. I was talking to a lot of house members at the capital last week and i was struck by how they articulated the different forces that are coming at them and how they all