A bloomberg exclusive. We will be here with a ceo. Closing in on the luxury car leader. Andill see why Audi Mercedes are catching up with the bmw. First, our first a big story. Shares in air france are under pressure. The toughest forecasting over the past especially on the north american routes and asian routes. America. Ittle bit of lets find out what is going on. More of what is going on. This seems familiar. It is. About a month ago. They were saying the bases smaller capacity. A little bit different. The same issue. They are seeing a lot of pressure from the middle eastern carriers and expanding very rapidly and talk about the transatlantic. It is interesting to see if it will have a read over to British Airways and liberia. The one difference is ig operates out of london mainly. Capacity for mainland europe to u. S. Is up about 10 compared to 2008 pete and not as high out of london. You will have to see whether it is ig. Heathrow is limited. You have the 4 runways. Heathrow has 2
Rise. Can renziccommodation get from its Northern Partners . It will play in interesting way. To be a bailout, that seems to be back on the agenda. The chamber of commerce warning of the rate hike. The overall recovery and mr. N oona said less of his all of the debt. Matteo renzi looking for of theal accord at 2 meeting. Several companies definitely on our radar. Caroline will show you through the numbers. 12 quarterly drops. Air will be in focus. Klm is a profit warning. Depreciation. Billion and they said they would earn 2. 5 billion. They are facing competition. That is the critical issue from key players. Have probablyhey have a settlement on the agenda. Nonprosecution agreement for sanctions trading. It tells why useful half 1 billion. About 9 billion from a bnp. They are levied around the of eachf money sanction. That is the critical point. That is usually the difference between parabens and commerzbank. Flat. Ms of currency back to you. We will keep the equity markets. U. S. Com
Attacked the American Embassy on new years eve said to be reacting to air strikes on outposts in iraq and syria which they said were responsible for the death of an american contractor. He was asked about iran as he was about to walk into his new years party at maralago. Mr. President i dont think it would be a good idea for iran. I like peace and iran should want peace more than anybody. It would go very quickly. Before we begin our discussion lets get the latest on tonights developments from ali who joins us from london. Thank you for joining us. Obviously this caught a lot of folks in the media off guard. This news tonight trying to play catch up. Take us through what we know at this hour about this killing. They have confirmed that he was killed in iraq on the way to the airport. He is a revered figure in iran and it wouldnt be an exaggeration to say that he is the second most powerful person in iran after ayatollah khomeini, the Supreme Leader and developed a huge network of milit
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 1078 of the trump administration, and tonight this president is facing rapidly increasing pressure, both at home and overseas. The president has been spending his last few days at his resort in florida. His administration has been preparing for impeachment trial in the senate. But ithe turns out the trump whe house has also been working on a military strike against a prominent iranian leader. The Defense Department tonight has confirmed that the United States has killed iranian general Qassim Soleimani. Soleimani may not be familiar to many americans, he was the head of irans quds force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary guard. Iraqi state tv says a general and Iraqi Militia leader were among several people who died in a drone strike at baghdads airport. The defenses Department Said t president metook, quote, decisi defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel o
Trump, the Senate Leaders prepare to square off. Democrats hammer away at new reports accusing the white house of a cover up. Plus the president ial race gets more volatile as deadlines close and voting is weeks away as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Good evening. Day 1078 of the trump administration. And tonight this president is facing rapidly increasing pressure both at home and overseas. The president has been spending his last few days at his resort in florida, his administration has been preparing for impeachment trial in the senate. But it turns out the Trump White House has also been working on a military strike against a prominent iranian leader. Defense department tonight has confirmed that the United States has killed iranian general qassim soleimani. Soleimani may not be familiar to many americans, he was the head of the quds force, elite unit of the revolutionary guard. Iraqi state tv says he and a leader were among several who died at the airport. Th