And after an intense gun battle sudans military puts down a revolt and members of a despondent spicer. Irans president says u. S. Troops in the middle east are not secure and should leave the region along with other Foreign Forces a son rouhani once again called on the u. S. To return to the 2050 nuclear deal washingtons departure from the deal in 2018 heightened tensions between the u. S. And iran a setback joins us live now from the reagan capital so i said the president rouhani has been speaking in tehran about the future of foreign troops in the region what was even saying. Well it was a very wide ranging speech or statement this morning and he spoke about the insecurity in the region he blamed the United States for that insecurity he said why are you putting the iranian people under so much pressure and in the face of that pressure what iran needs to do is have maximum unity but he said that because of the insecurity in the region and speaking specifically about the sustentation o
Plus. The u. S. House prepares for an historic vote on impeachment send it to the senate trial against the president. And install Major League Baseballs cheating controller see claims another high profile victim the Boston Red Sox farm manager alex cora to his role in the sign stealing scandal. Has begin this news with iran where the president is calling for us and all other foreign troops to leave the middle east in a televised Cabinet Meeting house on rouhani said american troops are not safe in the region and for the 1st time runs leaders also warned european soldiers may be in danger because i will. Stop making mistakes return to the way we are ready return and choose a path that leads to the stability and security of the region an american trooper today is in secure and tomorrow the european soul. Germy faced the same in security letter stablish security we dont want insecurity in the world we want to get out of this region of course not by war but by wisdom lets walk a path that
Thats the center of jack smiths case. Donald trump is not being prosecuted for lying. Hes being prosecuted for the deliberate and criminal steps he took alongside his six coconspirators to stay in the white house and the quote, unlawful means they pursued to subvert the results in several key states. After the election, in michigan, the indictment noting this, in a private oval office meeting, with the States Senate majority leader, donald trump raised a false claim of an illegitimate vote dump in detroit. The Senate Majority leader told trump that he, quote, had lost michigan, not because of fraud, but because the defendant had underperformed with certain voter populations. Prosecutors then say trump brought his false vote dumping claim to his ag, who told the former president what happened in michigan was, quote, the normal vote Counting Process and that there was no indication of fraud in detroit. The very next day donald trump say this, made a knowingly false statement that in mich
Eurodollar, 1. 20 two. A lot of the conversations today will focus on the dollar. Im looking at gold for a second day, down a touch. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, we talked doing business in italy and natural gas. Later on, we also speak with margaret from the World Economic forum. She joins us to talk global risks. Plus, janet henry talks trumps first year with us. She the global chief economist there. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra the u. S. Secretary of state offered a sobering assessment about the possibility of war with north korea. Madeillerson said advances the situation very tenuous. He was speaking in vancouver, where top diplomats gathered to explore new ways to enforce sanctions. North koreans know our channels are open, and they know where to find us. But a sustained cessation of threatening behavior is necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly ready to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution to the Security Threat it has
I appreciate members participation during yesterdays igs session. I was glad to hear everys initial thoughts. However, a number of issues were raised yesterday that in my view warrant some additional responses. First at characterization of the bill as a massive tax cut for the rich that particular claim was repeated by almost every minority member of this committee. The problem with that claim is that its just not true. The joint committee on taxation a nonpartisan congressional scorekeeper has concluded not only does the bill maintain the current level of progressivity in the tax code but the largest tax cuts in terms of percentage of income will go to middle income earners. I understand that the districtsal analysis is inconvenient for the democrats who are committed to the narrative that republicans intend to give the socalled rich a huge tax cut. But jcts analysis shouldnt be ignored altogether. Secondly, there was the repeated claim supposedly placed on jct analysis that the bill