really being driven by the europe,sector here in particularly it is interesting to see the u.k. data at the moment. the u.k. underperforming in terms of what we are seeing. we spend a lot of time talking about crude in the last hour, $54 20 nine cents, we are up by 1.3%. alix: let s talk about that blue suite, the first quarter runoff was called for were not warnock. georgia, i am honored by the faith that you have shown in the and they promise you that tonight i am going to the senate to work for all of georgia. no matter who you cast your vote for in this election. alix: democrat candidate jon ossoff s leading income and revulsion senator david perdue in the second runoff risk, but very close. minority leader chuck schumer will hold a news conference at 11:30 today. joining us now on the ground in georgia, emily wilkins. when do we get the results? right now we are seeing jon ossoff about 17,000 votes ahead but the reason you re starting to already see democrats celebra
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newsroom starts right now. our top story, u.s. president donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former attorney michael cohen. the president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top campaign advisers and russians. according to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. there are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. trump and his advisers have said mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. here are just a few examples. did you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. donald trump jr. put it all out today. did you he know the time that they had the meeting? no, i didn t know anything about the meeting. let s focus on what the president was aware. nothing. it must have been a very unborn meeting because i never h
Six months and then another six months of a sister thaafter tha out. and the u.s. is threatening more tariffs, but the presidents of russia and china are promising the opposite. vladimir putin and xi jinping were both at a bric summit this week, the leaders signed a joints declaration promising open and inclusive trading. for years china has sought better economic and military ties in africa and president xi is capping off an africa tour. for more on this, i m joined now from johannesburg by collin coleman, managing director for sub saharan africa and partner at goldman sachs. thanks so much for joining us. we ll begin with president xi jinping kicking off this year s summit, critical of the u.s. for escalating tariffs on foreign products. is the trade war hurting emerging economies, those of the
Dwarf the united states at this point. last question. are you more optimistic than pessimistic about investment in africa? it is certainly something that is attracting global attention. and as we enter into a renewed phase of african growth more toward ss 5%, i think we will sustain that interest. so, yes, i m optimistic about the if y future for africa. we thank you so much. collin coleman of goldman sachs, thank you for giving us your time. yet another powerful media figure is accused of sexual misconduct. details ahead. sexual misconduct this is not a bed.
Welcome back. south africa s new president is denouncing the inequality that haunts the company and vows to fix it. in his speech friday, cyril ramaphosa says he hopes to close the country s deep division and usher in what he calls a new dawn. he described some of the ways he would crack down on corruption and scandals that plagued his predecessor jacob zuma. still he warns south africa faces tough decisions to improve the country s troubled economy. let s discuss more about it with collin coleman at gold goldman sachs. thank you for talking with us. let s begin withld goldman sachs. thank you for talking with us. let s begin with ramaphosa