A 100 taliban prisoners on monday the government is moving to free under in the hopes of persuading the insurgents to extend ceasefire. And the match that could decide this seasons good as the race the leagues top clubs but you can boost your class tonight bring us big. Time for welcome to the program millions of children around the world are facing a surge in violence forced labor and early marriage due to the Coronavirus Crisis thats the warning off leading childrens Aid Organization world vision and a new reported estimate that lockdown measures put in place to protect people are actually putting Vulnerable Children at greater risk. Schools out in ivory coast this was march since then hundreds of millions of boys and girls around the world have been lost. No classrooms no playgrounds and nowhere to run. Charities are warning that the very measures meant to protect them could see them fall victim to violence. Like 12 year old could be in bangladesh whose father is out of work. That h
Treasury yields rise as u. S. Jobless claims drop. Is creaking aine milelong allegations of cheating. Saudi arabia moves forward with a volatile deal. David david and amidst those headlines, we are just getting a kind reminder was, i dont know if it is early, 50 right now, but it has been a relatively good week, even considering the pullback we had. Gold, 1721. Lets put it this way. A moderately soft start to the session, a third of 1 . , give ores trading take, a 10th of 1 . Jobless claims were below 2 million. We are looking ahead to the jobs report later today, 19 Unemployment Rate is what we are expecting. Have a look at the currency markets with the dollar, the weakness in the dollar up about 12, 18 hours back has really been your top theme as well. Strengthe seeing some coming through a lot of these asian assets. Have a look at where we are on euro. 90. Ling back up about we are up eight days on the euro until right now. The ecb outlook increasing the that roughlyending until abo
Stalling, the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, this as the white house is still blaming beijing. Elon musk scoring a win in his battle with california really Alameda County getting green light to open alameda factory after orders to stay close. Futures are searching for direction. This after markets gave up early gains over concerns about a possible spike in coronavirus cases, that leading to a selloff yesterday. Uber looking to take over grubhub in possible all stock deal as food demand surges during lockdowns. More controversy in the Michael Flynn case, a federal judge delaying a decision on the Justice Departments move to drop the case against the former National Security adviser. One programming note, tomorrow, do not miss marias sitdown with President Donald Trump. Latest on getting america back to work, more stimulus, china, the 2020 race and a whole lot more, you dont want to miss any moment of it right here starting at 6 00 a. M. Eastern. Meantime mornings with maria is liv
Status of u. S. , u. K. Relations. This is about a half an hour. Thank you so much for joining us. If you havent already signed up to my weekly newsletter, its free and you can sign up at mrpolitico. Com, global. And its my pleasure to introduce the new British Ambassador to the United States, karen pierce. Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Its such a pleasure to have you here. Weve got about 30 minutes of a chat now and well get to our questions as well during the conversation. If you havent sent them already, post them on twitter u. S. Ing askpolitico. Weve got great ones rolling in. And ambassador, i wont spend most time about policy, but were in such strange times i thought maybe we could ask questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border stuff first. Youve got experience in the u. N. And conflict zones. Thinking about to all of those eras, whats changed from when you start you had out in diplomacy . W
Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Host host it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want us to spend our time talking about policy. Time, in such a strange thought we could ask a couple questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border context. You have decades of experience at the u. N. , you have worked in the u. S. Previously in conflict zones. Thinking over all of those errors, what has changed from when you started out in diplomacy . Wow. That is a big question. Not much has changed actually. That sounds dull. And it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about implementing people and explaining your point of view. Skill hasou