Moines register, thas a gd indicar of how the caucuses willo in that state. Donald trump has 5 points aad of ted cruz. Hillary clinton 3 tshead bernie nders. Theyre basicallyeck andneck. We hav full coverage and analysis for youhis morng. We begin wh cs Hallie Jackson covering the republican race from desmoines. Halle, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. For donald trump this poll represents a 15pointed turnaround sin september. Nearly half of likely caucusgoers sayve n the be convinced to change their minds. If they , its ted cruz tha could stand to benefit the most. Flying high for now, its donal trump on top, the day before the caucuses in iowa. Where the lat poll sho he leads ted by 5points. The n were s good for me, whichmappy out. Rorter but trumps acknowleg tuout will it all doesn mr if you dont caucus monday. Reporr his closest rival here, t cruz, says he has volunteers ming 20,000 pne lls tootential caucusgoers. Wereust wanting to know if we can count on you to caucus
John dawson is having a look at what is going on for the nikkei. What is really driving sentiment . We are seeing one of the biggest gainers driving that. Looking for direction from the fed with regards to quantitative easing. Central banks really directing the money. Taiwan, malaysia, you see both waiting to open. We are also watching for the opening of hong kong. Very important, the stock story of the day is li kashings empire. He goes back to the top of the rich list. He is having chung ka holdings incorporated. This, prices on friday. Friday in the u. S. , when they open today, we will be following this. These stocks will rise. Not my words, the investors. Those are the three stocks to follow. [indiscernible] opening for australia, it is really quite interesting. Financials, tech, consumer goods, all rise. Overall, that is the impact today on australia. Clearly, the chinese open and also the hong kong story. Thanks for that. We are watching this with zeb at the moment. Li kashings
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. Speaking out against city wide surveillance. The heated Council Meeting in oakland. Airline passengers say it was like a roller coaster. Several of them were injured during severe turbulence on a flight that started in San Francisco. And two siers killed in tahoe. Why some say their deaths could have been prevented. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Good morning. It is day, february 19th. Date im james fletcher. And im anny hong nine passengers were injured here we are still waiting on the vote on the oaklands controversial surveillance project. The Oakland City Council plans to decide whether to create a network of surveillance cameras across the city. No i the city Council Listen to Public Comment all night last night. More than 80 people signed up for Public Comment in a packed city council chambers. Many were carried signs and others were masked. It was clear that most people in the audience were against the plans to open a domain aw
Can ask the former secretary of defense for president obama, leon panetta, and both of them that. Aid if we could recruit allies like andey, like the kurds, others, iraqi soldiers for them to be the boots on the ground, we should do that. Of the matter is we in america have capabilities wet no one else has, and if dont stop it there, that we defending ourselves here. Your time is up, sir. Canf course, john cornyn say he wants boots on the ground since this crisis started. Doingsay our president is right by bombing them to degrade them. And before we put boots on the and end up like another iraqi war, we need to have a firm policy vision, a plan, we need to decide what our goals under the middle east. Its a domino effect type of we dont need to create another big war. But if we have a good plan i military to our take care of them, because they are a threat to our country. Question. Funding forpport noncitizens for tuition for Higher Education . Maam. Okay. [applause] cornyn, from all th
Now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. As the global effort to control covid 19 continues, so arguments about culpability for the spread of the virus intensify. And at the heart of the story, china, where the outbreak began. Did the Chinese Governments impulse to cover up the truth cost the world dear, or did beijing respond with admirable determination . Well, my guest today is chinas ambassador in london, liu xiaoming. Is china the villain or the hero of this pandemic . Ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you to be with you again. We are delighted to have you on our programme at this difficult time. Let me start, actually, with a very simple, direct question do you accept that covid 19 has its origins in china . It was first discovered in wuhan, but i cant say it originated from wuhan. You know, according to many information, many reports, including bbc, it can be everywhere and anywhere. You know, it can be in aircraft