Indicating it. We are a few days in december, and clearly we get no respite for the holidays. There is no question about that. An extraordinary 46 minute video from the president last night, hugely commented on in washington. Attorney general barr, you wonder how he gets through the weekend with the president. I agree with you, this french issue is not a small matter. Memory of if in the that macron decided to rip a page out of the textbook from 30 years ago. Francine we will have a lot more on the dynamics of europe and france, but lets get straight to bloomberg first written with with rickets with or take a group with ritika gupta. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer are backing a bipartisan stimulus plan. They see the proposal from house and Senate Lawmakers with a new round of negotiations. The plan calls for 908 billion dollars in spending, less than what democrats want, increased from the number being floated by Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. The u. S. Has had its deadliest d
The declines in technology and real estate shares on the stoxx 600 and then the Pound Holding on to declines we saw yesterday as figures show that the u. K. Economy contracted more than any other in europe in the Second Quarter. Plenty more of markets shortly now lets get straight will raise more questions over the governments handling of the pandemic. There are worrying signs the bounceback may run out of steam. Hard times are here. Hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their job and sadly many more will. But i will say to people, although tough decisions lie ahead for all of us, no one will be left without hope or opportunity. Up ina plans to bring tiktok in talks with the u. S. It is likely to take place as soon as this week. We are not certain what beijing hopes to achieve when bringing up the app. It comes just days after President Trump signed a ban on transactions using the app on National Security grounds. Protests in belarus. Protesters took to the streets to have
Saying. We are getting headlines out of the iea. It depends on what is happening in the middle east given what has happened in iran and the last 15 days. The International Energy agency saying the oil supply is a vulnerable as middle east tensions flare up. Ieas always good to see the thinking. You can see the brent. Stocks are gaining 0. 4 . We are we have to see and i will show you later that we have a tight range when it comes to treasuries and dollar pound. Significant one because there is more bets that the bank of england will cut rates in january i believe january 30. Coming up, we hear from the chief executive of allianz. Something you do not want to miss. That is coming up a little bit later. Lets get to first word news. Viviana we begin here in the u. S. , the house of representatives sending two articles of impeachment. It is the first step to begin Donald Trumps trial almost certain to end in acquittal. Chief Justice John Roberts of the u. S. Supreme court will preside over