Where we visit the countrys only 13. We kick off our show in ghana in the capital to be precise like many other countries the corona crisis has crippled ghanas economy and its not just the National Economy thats in trouble there are many who rely on their family members abroad to send them money but because these relatives have now lost their jobs they dont have anything to send back home we met a student who lives in a household of 10 people and who now has the find a way to make ends meet without money from abroad. In moments like this bright and his severance can afford to not. Buy the last couple of months have been hard writes families facing a financial crisis parents moved to new york so they could make enough money to support their children in a crown. Usually the sent home 500. 00 us dollars a month but right now we can send anything. That 21 year old student talks to his parents regularly over the phone. Rang the last time the sentiment was in march before the long. And used
Lets get to some of todays news from our washington and new york teams. I want to return to trade tensions between the u. S. And trump president responding to questions on implementing the phase one trade deal amid the coronavirus pandemic. We signed the deal. I heard that too, they wanted to reopen the talks to get a better deal. China has been taking advantage of the United States for many decades because we have people in this position, sitting in the oval office that allowed that to happen. I am not interested. Alix Kevin Cirilli joins me now. Walk me through. Kevin good morning. This comes as the president has increasingly attacked china politically speaking, and raised questions about chinas response to covid19, including Senior Administration officials. From an economic standpoint, the president saying not so fast as it relates to u. S. China trade tensions. Democrats with the newest round of economic stimulus, i spoke to the undersecretary of Economic Affairs who said the Unite
Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
Says deserve a fixation it is already widespread as madrid fails to implement effective laws against climate. Was colder welcome to the program its a market debut and one with authority one and a half percent of saudi arabia went up for sale on its domestic stock market it was enough to make the state oil giant the most valuable publicly listed company in the world even if interest outside the gulf states was much lower than the saudi leadership had hoped the record breaking i. P. O. Provides the oil rich kingdom with urgently needed cash. This is what it looks like to launch the worlds most valuable company on the Stock Exchange for the 1st time. Saudi aramco pride and joy at the Saudi Arabian royal family kingdom has gone public to made its long awaited market debut in riyadh on wednesday. Fanfare to nearly pre trading the shares reached 9. 39 each that was enough to hit the 10 percent cap on day the price rises he values the company at almost 1. 00 trillion dollars still short of cr
Eurodollar at 1. 109. If you look at government bonds across the world, they are actually advancing. This is on the back of german and chinese data. The focus is now on trade. But there is one stock we needed to look at a little bit more. 6. 1 afterining interim results. They have a new partnership with tencent. Well have more on the sector with burberry gating 6. 1 . Gaining 6. 1 . Up next, we talked to the silver lake cofounder about investing in tech. But for now, lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Boris johnson is back in Campaign Mode after a difficult visit to floodhit areas of Northern England where his response was criticized by local residents. In a speech at a factory which makes london taxis, the Prime Minister said getting brexit done would trigger a wave of investment. Jeremy corbyn, meanwhile, said he would not allow a referendum on Scottish Independence in his first term. Bloombergs latest poll average puts johnsons conservatives 11 11 points ahead of