you re watching on youtube or you are watching on facebook live, we hope that you are encouraged to ask questions and unlike being here in the auditorium, you can actually ask them during our presentation and once dr. babb wraps up we ll ask him those. so, hope you are feeling creative tonight. it is now my pleasure to officially introduce dr. geoff babb. dr. joseph g.d. babb is a special forces lieutenant colonel currently serving as associate professor of history at the yooush army command and general staff college. dr. babb served as a china foreign officer where he studied in hong kong and beijing and in washington, d.c. at the defense intelligence agency and on the joint staff. he has written on the american military s role in china in volumes one and two through the join enter agency and multi-agency>e!-i lens. perspective on the operationaly environment and most recently wrote a chapter on the korea war in weaving the tangled web military deception and large-scale comb
lecture series which we do so in partnership with the general command and staff college department of military history. we ll have another lecture in december and continue into 2021. so we hope that you continue to stay tuned. for our lecture this evening it will run 45 minutes and whether you are watching on youtube or you are watching on facebook live, we hope that you are encouraged to ask questions and unlike being here in the auditorium, you can actually ask them during our presentation and once dr. babb wraps up, we will ask him those. so hope you are feeling creative tonight. it is now my pleasure to officially introduce dr. geoff babb. dr. joseph g.d. babb is a retired u.s. army special forces lieutenant colonel currently serving as an associate professor of history at the u.s. army s command and general staff college. dr. babb served as a china foreign officer where he studied in hong kong and beijing and in washington, d.c., at the defense intelligence agency and on
kong which has galvanize the beltway and the press. we will be seen much more of that, i m sure, through the day. statements by the administration, the condemnation. i will point out that the idea of will we see protests this weekend? francine: i m looking forward to catching up with selina wang shortly. let s get to bloomberg first word news in new york city. top hong kong activists are calling for protest. the national people s congress is expected to pass a legislation that would force for kong to implement laws active treason and subversion. for the first time in decades, china has abandoned the practice affecting annual targets for economic growth. instead, it will shift the stimulus focus with jobs. u.k. posted record budget aticit last month, standing $76 billion. there is an unprecedented amount of money to prevent the clash crash of the economy. an executive at oxford has recruited more than 10,000 people to take part. the u.s. has pledged $1.2 billion towards th
markets. it has been a wild ride this week. there was rotation on the back of positive news when it came to trade and then we saw stocks retrenching. a lot of the focus is on u.s. tariffs in europe. jean-claude juncker says that is not so. a lot of focus on data out of germany. you can see the u.s. 10 year yield at 1.91. coming up, the intesa sao paulo chief executive joins us for an exclusive interview in a couple of minutes. we focus on earnings and the banking sector. first, let s get first word news. the u.s. and china agreed tariff rollbacks will be a key part of any agreement, the big question, is a deal any closer to being done? donald trump s advisors don t sound certain. yet to be decided, the time and place for signing this potential packed. donald trump wanted ukraine to investigate joe biden, that was the message and it was clear according to one official. he says the words being pushed by the administration our investigation, biden, and clinton. special visashe
lift when it comes to european stoxx 600. i am trying to figure out the risk. we are entering another monday. again is at 105.48. gold is down. cold acting as a haven. gold is acting as a haven. coming up, we are live on the beaches where we are speaking to sell vini. here is viviana hurtado. viviana: tense week of protests and hong kong as violence intensified. onstrators but themselves the police responded firing tear gas. the clashes follow three days of demonstrations. they began friday. most protests were denied police permits. saudi a ramin: is posting a decline. exporterbiggest oil posted semiannual results. that is down from $53 billion a year. say it willcials sell shares in 2020 or 2021. this weekend, the opposition grabbing the moment the momentum. thangives him a bigger expected lead of 15 percentage points. posters have said he would have trouble overcoming the margin of over seven at the main election. that is in october. 32 people have been killed and 15 m