Council i welcome you to this Public Affairs program. You honored to have us our guest david, his presidency of International Committee where he oversees humanitarian relief i know the name resonates with most of our audience. If you want to learn more please take a moment to read his bio which was handed out when you checked in. Today he will discuss refugees. Its also the subject of rescue, refugees and the political crisis of our time. It is about our duty to strangers. The crisis may no longer be frontpage news, its ongoing and global. The fallout this is only part of the outfield. The fact is, refugees are fleeing countries from afghanistan to somalia, the seeking shelter and wondering how they will survive. Theres always been refugees. This seems to be Something Different about what is happening. In becoming not only a human enormous humanitarian crisis but a political challenge theres moral questions, issues that we care deeply about. David offers a roadmap of a widespread refug
To this Public Affairs program. We are extremely honored to have as our guest today, David Miliband. David is the president and ceo of the International Rescue committee. He oversees both agencies humanitarian relief operations and the Refugee Resettlement and Assistance Program in several american cities. I know that the name David Miliband resonates with most of our audience. But those that want to learn more about our guest, please take a moment and read what was handed out to you this morning. Today he will be discussing one of the biggest issues, refugees. In his recent book entitled rescue. It is he says, about chadwick while the refugee crisis may no longer be front page news, make no mistake, it is ongoing and global. While the followup from years of civil war top system list this is only part of the refugee issue. They are being afghanistan and somalia, and doris can be on here seeking shelter and wondering how they will survive. Swhile they have always been refugees, those wh
This hour europe is down a little bit. Were giving back just a little bit today after another great session but descent session yesterday. You can see if youre not listening on the radio, were down about 40 points on the dow jones. The nasdaq is going to benefit from the great numbers from google. It benefitted earlier this week by netflix and has i wouldnt say diverged from the other averages but certainly been much stronger than a relative basis. S p is down less than a point. In europe, there were green arrows after what has been a pretty good week and since last week when the feeling that this would be resolved favorably in terms of greece started and seeped into the markets. France. The only index at this point up but upright at a fifth of a point. Asia this morning is better with japan higher. The hang seng higher. And what were watching closely is shanghai up sharply. Up 3. 5 in a snap back. Crude continues to be on the weak side. Now down under 51. Next stop potentially under 5
Weatherwise. Few issues on the roads. Lets turn to david and karen. At least the roads are dry and clear right now. They are staying that way today and for the next couple of days in all likelihood. Satellite right now shows you cloud cover well on the other side of ottawa and toronto and pittsburgh and we are looking at sunshine coming up over the horizon a little bit later, even these clouds out in western pennsylvania that tried to develop late yesterday are now falling apart. Its chilly out there once again, similar to yesterday. 45 degrees in allentown, maybe a few degrees milder. 47 in reading. 48 degrees in trenton. 54 in philadelphia. 49 in wilmington. 58 in cape may. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. 54 degrees under the sun at 7 oclock and then up close to 70 by noon. And a high of 75 around 3 oclock or so before we dip back to 67 degrees by 7 oclock. And if youre dressing the kids for the bus stop, obviously it is a chilly start and some suburbs about 46 degrees as they are
For a second time this year. We have world coverage here on daybreak asia. We will be live in tokyo later in the program to talk with Japan Airline accepting bitcoin as a payment method. Of course, we are watching the fed decision. The other story out of the capital was the shooting of a congressman during baseball practice. We will have a live report a little later in this program. This is daybreak asia, live and asiambergs u. S. Headquarters. I am betty liu, in new york where it is after 7 00 p. M. It is after 7 00 a. M. Here in hong kong, i am shery ahn. We have seen the fourth rate hike after the financial crisis. Expected. H not surprisingly did not get a huge reaction from the market. Betty not a huge reaction at all. We made up some of those losses right after that said decision. Of course now there will be lots leaf reading on when the next set hike will be and when it will unwind their Balance Sheet. That will be the topic that dominates the conversation around the fed. I want