Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our 2 International Im sean thomas glad to have you with us we start with breaking news right here on our Team International a devastating explosion has hit lebanons capital beirut government Officials Say at least 73. 00 people are dead and around 3700. 00 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying buildings with a large radius. My. But we heard from 2 reporters in beirut. And owen hall the way they told us more about the fallout from the devastating explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blouse had was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it as lebanons here shima course theres no compar
Were these demonstrations over the Christmas Period targeted in small pockets or widespread . Dan mostly small pockets. Targeted at shopping malls in particular, looking to hit the retail sector, which has really been battered by six months of protests. We saw clashes at shopping malls. 20 people were injured. There is another rally tonight, in a suburban area of hong kong, and a couple over the weekend, all pointing to the big rally downtown on new years day. Matt what are the plans for that big rally, further protest . How organized is this movement . Dan the Group Organizing the een convening some of the largest rallies we have seen. There are various elements of the protesters. Siderganized side, the that tries to abide by laws, and then the frontline protesters, the ones lighting fires and battling the police, and a sort of work in parallel. On january 1, thats organized by a group that tries to get police permission. That is pending right now. We are likely to hear about 48 hours
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Abigail doolittle is with us. Lots going on in the market. On indeed. Ats going investors are not taking to pick up commitment. Small move for the major averages. Doubt, s p 500, and nasdaq, flipping between gains and losses. This is due to the choppy, jittery trading we have seen with intraday reversals to the downside. Investors are trying to make sense of what is happening with ,axes and other issues in d. C. Plus the yield curve flattening. What is the effect of that on the overall market the head of Technical Analysis at oppenheimer is saying stay the course. He believes we are in the second year of a bullish market trend. Lets hop into the bloomberg, because there is another view always. 53, thisok at g btv 20 is the longterm chart of the price to sales ratio on the s p 500. Typically we look at the pricetoearnings ratio, but this is more cyclical industries. It does not measure taxes and other issues. It is considered by some to be a pure measure evaluation. What were looking at
Guests. The first served as u. S. Ambassador to israel during his long and distinguished career. Joins us from hes coming to us from the white house. We do have excerpts here. Does the president understand how historic this could be . I think he has had those discussions with a lot of key officials. Rex tillerson to the vice is they have all weighed in on this in the weeks and months now. Some extent yes, but how does playing out in the region and how does after that speech, it will be a major factor. Paragraphsve a few with excerpts and talks about on the one hand, jerusalem has been a place where christians and muslims as well as jews have been able to worship freely. Israel of israel. What does that mean . We are not seeing to stations between western and palestinian aspirations for the capital. Important with those subjects and remarks. Way for thea president to finesse this without inflaming tensions in the region . If the diplomacy is created and the speech is nuanced, it could h