Palestine jordan egypt and saudi arabia to inform them of his intention to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem to or from his plan has been met with criticism across the board the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying it will have dangerous consequences and the saudi king warning it will inflame the feelings of muslims President Trump is expected to announce his decision on wednesday after a six month waiver to delay the move expired israel claims that all of jerusalem as its United Capital while is jerusalem is seen by palestinians as the capital of their future state. Our position the position of president problem this is very clear and if. The American Embassy is going to be moved to jerusalem this is against the. This is this would be unacceptable for. If this happens it would complicate things. With an obstacle to the Peace Process maybe it will be the end of the Peace Process. Back from. A gambling ill get joins us live now from washington d. C. And k
This is what we are synced across the european stock market. A little bit of a lift. It is the first time that we are seeing stocks here in europe. We will get at robinson to explain exactly what is behind the latest move on bitcoin. We were talking yesterday about whether this was the end of the bubble on bitcoin. You can see the u. S. 10 year yields, pretty much unchanged. According to a lot of people, that should stay close to that 2. 6. Coming up, we talk markets and chinese gdp, then a little bit later on we will have an exclusive conversation with italian businessman about his new venture. Then well talk about brexit and the outlook for the u. K. Economy. Lets get to nejra cehic. Nejra Sarah Saunders has said President Trump will support the leadership plan for government funding. Speaker paul ryan is trying to bring reluctant conservatives on board. They are trying to avoid a shutdown by temporarily funding the government for 4 more weeks. Theresa mays hopes of solving withawing
Benjamin segal oversees nearly 300 billion in assets. Thank you for joining us. Lets start with the u. S. Dollar. It has been weaker. Is this the result of central foot off andtheir backing away from quantitative easing or does it have to do with washington . Its a bit of both, the central bank is unwinding and Interest Rates will go up. The u. S. Central bank, the fed, will be first and that would argue for a stronger u. S. Dollar. I think you are also seeing the economic recovery in europe which is driving european stocks and European Economic and. Eavily the companies there are feeling more optimistic. Therefore, the prospect for rate rises in europe potentially. , weink that combination have had some political dysfunctionality in europe around brexit in the elections last year. I think we had a little concerned there but as those concerns of bait and some political concerns in the u. S. , higher Economic Activity in europe, more Political Uncertainty in the u. S. Is taking the u. S
Then he had to fly home from the west coast to face the reality. Also. Spicing up the drama today, the Russian Foreign minister is in washington, with a trip to the white house on the itinerary. After the meeting Sergei Lavrov called allegations that russia tampered in the us election fake, accusing american lawmakers of damaging the political system. Plus. Is washingtons political scene more chaotic than ever, or does it just feel that way . We delve into the archives to our coverage from the past. Im katty kay in washington, clive myrie is in london. Christian is off today. In the firing of fbi Directorjames Comey, donald trump either showed strong and decisive leadership, or he demonstrated undemocratic nixonian tendencies. Take your pick. James comey had no idea his pink slip was on the way, and hed be shown the door. But mr trump says he has his reasons forfiring mr comey now, right in the middle of the russia investigation into his own Election Campaign. Hes used 139 characters o
We have the latest from the white house. Weve heard from the president of the United States and the Vice President of the United States, the pressure just a little while ago summoning reporters into the oval office where he was seated next to henry kissenger. The president addressing this that a question from a reporter asked about his decision to fire james come qul. Heres what he had to say. Why did you fire director come . Because he one doing a good job, simply. That is a much broader reasoning for firing james comey than was offered by the Deputy Attorney general who said in his letter released last night that he was critical of james comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email situation last fall. The president there offering a blanket explanation, saying comey simply wasnt doing a good job b in general. A sligt deaf rinse well ask about later this afternoon. Also, the Vice President was on capitol hill today, he was asked by Kristen Welker who in fact ordered this review