On capitol hill, what is the anticipated first two questions going to deal with . Will it be regulations or his personal conflicts of interest . I was just outside the Senate Finance Committee Hearing room where a bevy of activity is taking place as we anticipate this hearing to get started at any moment. Already looking to define him as someone who is out of touch with the middle class. They even have former clients of one west bank and they will talk to reporters. Recruitedchin has other folks looking to argue quite the opposite and that he was able to help people particularly low income folks merger. One west the take away there will be a lot of pressure on his previous financial dealings. To marsha question blackburn, a republican, about how they will defend. Will come back to that and in a moment, thank you. Let me go to jim milstein. It sounds like they will talk character and so forth as opposed to actual policy. Does he get confirmed . We will see. Onhink they have the votes th
To brexit, we are joined by anna edwards in london. Two significant pieces of news. One really against the government and scotland and Northern Ireland will not get a say on the process. A this is a 97 page judgment handed down by the Supreme Court here in the u. K. Around 2. 5 hours ago. 97 pages here. The government will be trying to put something short and sweet in front of the u. K. Parliament. The lost their appeal at Supreme Court which means they have to put a bid in front of parliament. They will try to make it short so there is as little to object. O as possible heard from various parties in the houses of parliament that they will be looking to introduce amendments. That will delay the process. I just caught up with hillary from the labor party opposition. The timetable is still possible. That is what this is all about now. The timing and the softness and hardness of exit. Brexit. How many of the amendments will be able to influence just kind of brexit we get . The parliament
Lloyd blankfein saying that he could be great for that role. That is what you need to know. 1 trillion wiped out of bonds. That has only happened once in the last two decades. Joining us is andrew balls. He oversees more than 46 billion in assets. He joins us from london. Great to have you here. And unbelievable week and the bond market. Is the search for the yields over . Andrew unbelievable in many ways. You have seen a pricing of inflation in the u. S. , fiscal policy to be increased in the u. S. And the possibility of a pastor federal reserve. It all makes sense. You have to say there is a lot of uncertainty in the outlook. It is likely that under President Trump we will see more fiscal expansion in the u. S. There is a host of other uncertainties including trade. We have been expecting a , terming of risk premiums risk premiums, we are seeing that. There is a lot of uncertainty in yellow. Alix i am hearing from you that it is a dip. Is this sustainable at some point . Andrew you a
Right here in london with another very busy show. Facts been a busy week in with announcements and speculation from donald trump. The president elect plans to meet with mitt romney. According to a transition official. Mitt romney is a former critic of donald trump as being and is being considered as secretary of state. Continue his. Ge strengthening for a seventh time in eight days. That is my chart of the hour. Nikkei 225 entering a bull market. Up from its june lows. On that. Eep you posted with a little more than two weeks until the referendum in italy, and the primary elections in france, we also bring you the best of our interview with the former italian Prime Minister. Weekly brexit show, we have an exclusive interview for you, gina miller found herself all over the worlds newspapers. She took the u. K. Government to court. Ahead of the case reaching the Supreme Court next month, we speak to her about the brexit results, and what it is like to be thrust into the global media spot
With oil. Opec ministers are trying to salvage an agreement on production cuts as saudi officials are conceding they may not get a deal at wednesdays meeting in vienna. Crude now falling below 46 a barrel. Francois fillon clinched the French Republican nomination in a landslide victory. Everyone agrees that they spent less money and more time online. 20 overe sales are up last year. That is what you need to know at this hour. Julie . Julie a editor for energy and commodities joins us. , there have been these bouncing headlines around on not only the opec numbers themselves , but also on russia. What is the latest in terms of progress here . There are a couple of things going on today. And Venezuelan Oil ministers are flying to moscow, where they will attempt to persuade the russian government that they should also join in this deal as the largest producer outside opec and cut action. So for the russians have only offered to cap entries production. The most important intervention we hav