The hearing will come to order. Let me welcome you to the Senate Foreign relations subcommittee on asia and Pacific International cybersecurity in the 115th congress on behalf of the committee i apologize for the delay of the beginning of the hearing to the witnesses have been here time away from work and those attending the hearing today. The return of senator mccain was a very poignant moment for the senate. Its the most Urgent National security challenge in the United States and allies in east asia. The secretary said north korea is the most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security. The former commander of the u. S. Northern command stated Korean Peninsula is that its unstable point since 1953 when the armistice was signed. North korea conducted Nuclear Tests in a 24 ballistic launch. This year pyongyang has already launched seven Team Including a successful test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is capable of reaching alaska and hawaii. The policy of decades of bipa
The hearing will come to order. Let me welcome you to the Senate Foreign relations subcommittee on asia and Pacific International cybersecurity in the 115th congress on behalf of the committee i apologize for the delay of the beginning of the hearing to the witnesses have been here time away from work and those attending the hearing today. The return of senator mccain was a very poignant moment for the senate. Its the most Urgent National security challenge in the United States and allies in east asia. The secretary said north korea is the most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security. The former commander of the u. S. Northern command stated Korean Peninsula is that its unstable point since 1953 when the armistice was signed. North korea conducted Nuclear Tests in a 24 ballistic launch. This year pyongyang has already launched seven Team Including a successful test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is capable of reaching alaska and hawaii. The policy of decades of bipa
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee held a hearing examining north korea policy. Specifically on ramping up pressure against china. Acting secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs, Susan Thornton offered her thoughts to the committee. This hearing will come to order. Let me welcome you all to the fifth hearing for the senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on east asia, the pacific and International Cybersecurity policy in the 115th congress on behalf of the committee i apologize for the delay in the beginning of this hearing to the witnesses who have been here time away from work as well as those attending the hearing today. The action on the floor including the return of senator mccain. Ing a very poignant moment for the senate. I would like to welcome all to todays hearing. North korea has emerged as the most Urgent National security challenge for the u. S. United states and allies in east asia. Secretary mattis has said north korea is the most urgent hand dangerous thr
Because the ecb is trying to put a spin on things, saying that we see a recovery, and germany is feeling it. Were expecting a figure this is a big surprise on the outside. Tom absolutely, no question about it. Theres a real desire not only their but in the united dates to get better Economic Data into the end of april. Certainly, interview after interview is a tone of better Economic Growth; we did not hear that yesterday. Francine yes. At the moment, there is no Interest Rate hike christ in, and i wonder right type priced in, and i wonder if that will change. Lets get straight to the first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra thanks. The taliban has launched an attack on a Government Security agency. Authorities say it was a suicide car bombing in kabul. There are a number of fatalities and more than 200 wounded. The taliban says it is responsible. The militant Group Announced the start of its spring offensive. Dilma rousseff vows to keep fighting and impeachment process she considers
Labs. There were promises that her company is going to survive. From bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, we are about 30 minutes into the trading session. I want to head to the markets desk where julie hyman is. It has been a mixed bag of earnings. We are at the hyatt the market. Julie we are at the high this session. That is partly because of earnings, partly because of a rally in energy and material stocks. Those are the best performance rear watching today. The nasdaq is lower at the moment. The s p and dow are holding on to their gain. The dow extending gains from yesterday, a ninemonth high. The nasdaq was at the highest of the year as well. It had paired its declines for the year to less than 2 . You can see it is lower today. It is now down a little more than 1 on the year. The s p and dow are higher and that climb is building. We should point out if you look at the s p by a couple of other measures including its total return index which fasters factors in dividends or equ