The American Enterprise institute hosted this event. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Sorry for the brief delay but i think youll find that this is a conversation that youre going to find extraordinarily interesting. We are delighted to welcome today his excellency Sheikh Mohammad bin bethani, excuse my pronunciation, appointed minister of Foreign Affairs of qatar in 2016, and the deputy Prime Minister in 2017. He is responsible for all of the ministry of Foreign Affairs issues including planning, implementing Foreign Policy, and hes here for a series of highlevel conversations with the department of defense, the department of state, and the white house that we are looking forward to hearing all of the details of. Whats going to happen today, the minister will join us at the podium for a brief statement, then hes going to sit down on the stage with our resident or visiting fellow, excuse me, im getting your title wrong, is easier one, with our visi
It comes from the same route as democracy and autocracy is about a hook about the study of power. This is a study of Donald Trumps power how do you get it how do you obtain it and how does he get away with it . Its a system of enabling system between trump and congress and a system between the media that enabled him to create an audience and a system that involves the republican donor elite in the Traditional Republican Party and above all him and the core group of his voters within the Republican Party who enabled him to win the republican nomination. How do you respond to president comes fbi appointee saying that the memo he has read should be released could pose a grave danger to the country . Let me step back for a second. First of all let me tell you what this memo is and what this memo is not. What this memo is congress doing its job in conducting legitimate oversight over a unique law, fisa and if mistakes are made and individuals did something wrong than it is our job as the br
Washington journal. South america is our immediate neighborhood. For that reason, we have worked for a prosperous south america. We have worked for increasing the integration processes in latin america and the caribbean. Between loser ties and the pacific alliance. Countries make up a market of 470 Million People which accounts for more than 90 of latin american gdp. , is the constant continent where we wish to have increasing cooperation and increased partnerships for development. With europe, we have cultivated a longstanding friendship. There, we have worked to boost trade and investment. In asia and the pacific region, the most vibrant hub of the global economy, we have stepped up our relations with new partners and old ones. This has been our foreign policy. A truly universalist foreign policy. Form is thisersal General Assembly. We can benefit from the broadest and most pluralistic array here, we find the parameters that govern our respectful living together. Here, we shall becom
Assist anything. And the citizens will protect their country and bring those that are guilty to justice. Maria plus an emotional return to manchester for Ariana Grande. She honored her young fans killed in a terrorist attack two weeks ago at her cons are. Conserve. [inaudible] trade to her moving rendition of somewhere over the rainbow closedoublequote is there. A rift between both nations in four countries cutting diplomatic ties with guitar over claims the country funds terrorism. Airlines cutting flight. Oil prices rising this morning at 47. 85. Major indices coming off of record highs in the u. S. Now pulling back this morning. Fractional losses at the open. Dow industrials down sevenpoint. Nasdaq s p 500 fractionally lower. We see mixed markets. The dax index is higher. 160 points higher in germany. The ft 100 done a quarter s. In asia overnight, across the board as you see there come the worst performer china, shanghai composite down half of 1 . The Infrastructure Program now inc
We have a lot of news to get to. We will be speaking to ana botin in a couple minutes. Then, we talk about trump, animal spirits, the ecb. A lot is going on, if i am honest, tomorrow is thursday with the ecb, the u. K. Election, and james comeys testimony. Investors are taking a breath ahead of the barage of key events i was talking about. Treasuries are flat. They did climb yesterday on news china was prepared to purchase more of the notes. Stocks are a little bit mixed. Santander was down earlier and now is gaining 0. 6 . Lets get now straight to the bloomberg first word news. Twoa in iran at least attacks have reportedly taken place in tehran as gunmen targeted the parliament. At least one guard was wounded during the attack inside the national legislature. In a separate incident, a lone gunman entered a shrine of the Islamic Republic founder and opened fire. Theresa may has said she would be willing to tear up human rights legislation in the battle against terrorists. Jeremy corbyn