I hope that you send him a dozen roses today because he will not be there to receive them. And you have the armani story. Everyone on global wall street must be focused this weekend on the soap opera going on. Banking is think left, right, and center. And i have a chart looking at the swiss franc. What it means for the further negative. But first, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Begin with the coronavirus outbreak. It is getting tougher to gauge the true scope of it because china has provided the data that the death toll was lowered to less than 1400. Now there are more than 53,000 reported. U. S. Officials are stepping up criticism of chinas response. A stunning rebuke of President Trump from one of his most trusted cabinet numbers. William barr saying that tweets and remarks about going ongoing cases make his job impossible. Already vowed to veto a resolution to restrict his ability to wage war against iran. To be passed by the u. S. House, it
600 gaining. A lot of the focus is on earnings and the economic backdrop. 1134. Ollar 1 it has fluctuated but is very arrangedbound. Rangebound. Coming up, the World Economic forum in davos. We bring you all the biggest names in banking. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. We begin with the new york senate approving Donald Trumps new freetrade agreement with mexico and canada. It handles the president and a major win ahead of impeachment. The overhaul of the agreement was a priority for mr. Trump. Mitch mcconnell called vote a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation. The white house broke the law in withholding aid the ukraine. Accordingting to an independent watchdog, saying the president should not have delayed money. This is a key part of the impeachment case against President Trump. , quoteg with them obsessed with the u. S. Trade deficit. This is according to bill hogan, saying americafirst policies are bringing about a priceless moment for global trade. This came
Bracing for the arrival they are the types he would actually of more violent weather. A strengthening storm, given the name fabien, see trump is caught up in a massive is expected to bring downpours witchhunt orchestrated and strong winds to parts of western by the democrats and indeed the fake europe. News media, and if he can get rid of this could quickly enough, hes got very good chances now on bbc news, its dateline london. Of being re elected. I think the shame of this whole impeachment process is that while it may be focusing somewhat on the dodgy foreign policyjudgment of donald trump, the democrats have made it clear that they are not hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. Really impeaching trump because of ukraine. There are more interested in the fact that they believe he is unfit to be president altogether. And this is one in an arsenal this week. Of measures that they have tried its almost christmas a moment to examine religion to take in order to undermin
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Its almost christmas a moment to examine religion and politics across the globe, starting with the citizenship bill that is triggering huge demonstrations in india. Its also the week donald trump became only the third american president in history to be impeached. Does that energise or damage his campaign for re election . My guests catherine pepinster, commentator on religion and politics, french algerian journalist nabila ramdani, Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news, and Political Writer and broadcaster jonathan sacerdoti. Welcome to you all. On 25th december, christians celebrate a life story that began with the birth of a baby in a stable and ended with his execution as a common criminal. The point being that god is often closer to the weak than to the mighty. And christianity, like the worlds other great faiths, preaches compassion and tolerance. But for 2000 years, politicians have often preferred to politicise reli
Stoxx 600 at a record high. On top of that encouraging news out of china. The pound, 1. 3363, getting a little bit of data with manufacturing. 45. 9 but it is still also indicating contraction. Lets take a look at a share price of electoral a come of , those are down. Mark carney will present the financial report. Thats from 5 00 p. M. London time and we should be a week away from the nomination of the new bank of england governor. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city. Boris johnson will appoint new ministers to his cabinet after his landslide victory in the u. K. Election. The Prime Minister will welcome 109 new conservative members of parliament to london. They will take their seats in the house of commons. Downing street saying the government will introduce a law to deliver brexit before christmas. That will pave the way for the eu divorce and take place by the end of january. The International Effort to rein in fossil fuel pollution stumbling after u. S.