Standard system. Its just absolutely critical as they trade in broader Economic Strategy in asia. We will go to julian and howard. Thanks, julie pace with me. I want to follow up on something or he said about g being less accommodating. Can you give us any ideas why any ideas why that is an administration thinking on this given they invested a lot of time and emphasis on having obama and biden in particular build a personal relationship with him . One of the fundamental conceptual flaws of the pivot has been a failure to assess the nature of chinas behavior in asia. I think there have been different views within the administration. Until recently there was a strong view that much of chinas assertive behavior in the East China Sea and South China Sea were driven by domestic pressures and nationalism by japan and vietnam provoking china. There has been another view by the pentagon which is that this is in fact part of a chinese strategy if you will to steadily assert more and more contro
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Have received 50 more pay. And the widely anticipated movie 50 shades of grey hitting the silver screen. Already breaking Box Office Records in europe. Could have a big valentines day weekend. Universal is part of the comcast family. In the meantime lets go to michelle with a check on the markets at this hour. Yeah lets take a look at the u. S. Futures following yesterdays 100 point gain on the dow and the nasdaq at a 15 year high. Strength in europe feeding into the u. S. The numbers suggest the dow would open higher by 33 points we want to bring your attention to the european markets. Theyre on track to end this volatile week on seven year highs. The german dax crossing the 11,000 mark after germany gdp numbers came in higher than expected. Greece however weaker than expected. Well talk more about that later. Shares of conagra tanking citing a strong dollar and weak sales. They are also appointing former chief Sean Connolly as the new ceo ceo. Kraft is switching up the ranks. Its cfo
Daughters of b. B. King think he was poisoned. And airborne, a tornado lifts a bounce house more than 50 feet with three kids inside. The dramatic images and a warning for parents today, tuesday, may 26th, 2015. And good morning, welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday. Matt has a morning off and boy what are they dealing with in houston and a really terrible situation. This is historic stuff. Flash flood emergency issued first time there. Roads and businesses closed. The Mass Transit System is shut down. It is a mess. Its our top story. You can see how bad things are in houston right now. Cars submerged, people trapped in homes and businesses as well. Its made the morning commute impossible there. We have the situation covered. We want to start in houston. Reporter this flooding is unprecedented and authorities now confirm one death overnight from someone who drove into high water on a road not unlike the one behind me. There were hundreds of rescues and some a
It seemed like a move, not real, but it was realy so hard to believe. Reporter te, kron four news return to pam although he was held captive for hours he doesnt have anything negative to say about the suspect. My experience with him was very good. I can treat come as a gentle man. He did not say a bad word. Or raise his voice. Even when we tried to run out. Grant were following breaking news in alameda county. Where a grass fire has grown to more than 240 acres. Its burning in the Altamont Pass area. Just northeast of livermore. Grant it started just after noon today. As two separate 25those fires combined. And then grew. Grant crews say the fire is 80significant wind helped the fire spread. Grant the cause is being investigated. Well keep you posted on the breaking news near altamont pam the warriors historic win over the rockets. Also served up a victory for oakland mayor libby schaaf she shows kron 4s Haaziq Madyun, what the mayor of houston will have to do after losing a bet over w