threatens a french institution the baguette. we find out how many of the country s 35,000 bakeries will survive. good to have you with us. it s that time of year when the global elite gather in the swiss alpine ski resort of davos. the theme for the world economic forum is cooperation in a fragmented world, and top of the agenda will be the global economy which according to the world bank is perilously close to falling into recession . it expects the world economy to grow byjust 1.7% this year. what can the global leaders do who are gathered in davos? critics argue it s a talking shop that rarely leads to significant change in solving the worlds problems. brian coulton is chief economist at fitch ratings. brian, good morning to you. when we look at the official agenda for davos, the list is long. there is an awful lot to discuss, but when it comes to the state of the global economy, that will dominate, won t it? it economy, that will dominate, won t it? ~ , won t it? it
welcome to the programme, packed with dairy delights. but we first must talk about twitter. will he won t he? the question of whether elon musk would buy the social media network twitter. it has been a six month roller coaster since mr musk first made his offer in the middle of april. having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the worlds having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the world s richest man revealed he d changed his mind and intended to pull out of the deal. that sparked a legal battle over whether mr musk should be compelled to uphold his promise. now he says he will go ahead after all. a few hours ago he tweeted: it s understood this app would mirror china s wechat app, which combines social media, instant messaging and payment facilities. mr musk went on to say the twitter acquisition would probably accelerate the x app by three to five years. here s samira hussain in new york. it was only six months ago when elon musk agreed to buy twitter for $41; bi
you are asking for the opportunity to leave the new at least have the wherewithal and the confidence and the integrity to say i m going to tell it like it is. because i would hope again, i recognized but i m saying. people are probably chuckling and say that is not how washington d.c. works. well that s how it should actually work. don t call me baby girl. you call yourself a bigger. hey, i can say baby girl. [laughs] but you can t? i would say you are right. you are right though. that is how it should work and so we see some evidence i will believe it when i see it, how about that? i will believe it when i see it. i keep hearing people saying things are changing and things are backing weight, but we will see. in terms of coming up we will have more evidence of it. sure. all right baby girl. amen. [laughs] i you get a pass. i was going to say you sound like oprah, in the red dress and everything, i will see you tomorrow. this is don lemon tonight and we ve got a l
Michael cohen day two for him in the criminal trial of donald trump. The former president will be there. Expect him to make comments on his way in. Well bring it to you live. Big day and especially cross examination. Im bill hemmer. Tuesday. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Bill you would love it, really. It is an extraordinary just to see the psychology of everything that goes on around you. This is a twostory drab courtroom. Dana was it freezing in there . Bill it was warm. You can see the 18 jurors. Six alternates and in addition to the 12. You sit there six, seven hours a day. I thought it was captivating and riveting. Cohens best moments was after the break. Spent 11 minutes staring right at the jurors for the first time. Most of the time he is looking at the prosecutor. Prosecutor wants him to talk to the jurors. For 11 minutes he was explaining what jobs were offered to him by way of rinse priebus at the white house after the election early january, preinauguratio