Plus no easy way out stick around a virus crisis is making life even harder for the millions of people have fled venezuela and the countries hosting them is the u. N. Doing enough to help with getting some answers from the u. N. High commissioner for refugees. Welcome to the program a passenger jets with about 100 people on board has crashed in pakistans Southern City of karachi authorities said the plane approached by state drunk Son International airlines was on route from lahore. 320 came down in a residential area just moments before it was due to land. A spring in the sheen abbas is a journalist based in islamabad apparently the plane crashed into a residential area area what more can you tell us about that place. Well were thinking told that this is where the denture areas look it is very near the airport and it is highly congested heavily populated and witnesses said that they saw the. First hit immobile tower support ashed into a roll out the im so that is what witness is authe
Whether we are any closer to a phase one deal between the u. S. And china. The s p 500 hitting another reluctant record, i would call it, and u. S. Futures on the front foot. The euro study. We sought strengthen steady. We saw it strengthen against the dollar yesterday. 1070 right now. General concern about growth in u. S. Stockpiles, meaning it is trading at 56. 96. Coming up, we speak to the managing director of the fund,ational monetary Kristalina Georgieva. Dont miss that. Markets pushing down the 10 year treasury yield last week. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Today, the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry start again. The u. S. House Intelligence Committee plans to hear from 8 witnesses this week. They are examining if the president lied to special counsel robert mueller. This comes as President Trump says he is strongly considering testifying in the investigation. The u. S. Reversing its stance that Israels West Bank settlements are illegal. The move is a big pol
President of colombia here as our special guest, president uk. Hes not pensively with washington, d. C. Hes been here for 14 years off and on and he got some of his graduate degrees here from American University and George Washington university. Hes trained as a lawyer and is working as well at the Interamerican Development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural area and also special advisor to the president of the bank on colombia. He was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in augus. He will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. We will go and tell exactly 9 30. Everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then asked the question, not a long statement. That would be appreciated, and one question per person would be appreciated. Okay, its my honor to do
Test test test test test test test test test test test test. O. To address problems as they arise and to report to the two president s. Essential is a green bilateral strategy and action agenda and then setting up the concrete working arrangements that are going to allow us to carry out Law Enforcement and capacity building. If we can do that, we can generate good confidence and good results working together between mexico and the United States. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, ambassador wayne. Let me start with a round of questions and ill turn to senator feinstein. Let me just ask you about the last comments you made, ambassador wayne about cabinet level individual. Are you talking about a president ial envoy of some kind that would be focused on mexico and Central America in this region or did i misunderstand you . I know its similar to the idea you put forward. I was thinking mainly in the u. S. mexico context that you need a senior enough level group to get the attention of al
To my knowledge, this is the first time weve had a cabinet member address the drug caucus, and i think the circumstances of even the last few days, make this especially appropriate that we hear from the nations top diplomat on this important topic. Obviously the rising global narcotic epidemic is inflicting the highest rate of casualties. In america alone, more than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses im advised since 2006 mexico has seen 150,000 people murdered we are to when it comes to the International Drug trait. Reflecting on those numbers, it made me think about other National Efforts terrorism emanating from afghanistan, obviously the war in iraq, and the idea we would somehow lose 70,000 and not consider this mart of National Emergency is really staggers. We hope to turn that around. We want to take a holistic approach, as well as expand treatment from those suffering from substance abuse. Today well focus on supply to prevent them from reaching our borders. The current effec