Francine good afternoon if you are watching from asia. This was a couple of days after the news from the saudi attack on the infrastructure of saudi aramco. Bank raised its benchmark rate to 1. 50. They had flagged they would raise rates. Wereeason why people questioning whether they would do it is because the World Economy is more uncertain than a couple of months ago and you see a lot more dovishness from the ecb and the fed. Toit is quite difficult raise Interest Rates in this kind of environment. Eurodollar at 1. 1, and because it has been a very big week in oil, we have a look at the oil price. Norwegian krone on the back of raised, having a significant move to 9. 85. , we speak to the governor of the norwegian central bank. Dont miss that interview just after 10 30 a. M. London time. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in your city. New sanctions against iran are coming. This is from President Donald Trump in response to the attack on a key oil facility. Michael pompeo
Former President Donald Trump, courtesy of florida 24 news. Youre watching cspan three. It is a day history will remember as the 45th president of the United States faces a 37 count federal indictment on i am dewalt her. Saying this is special coverage of the arraignment of Donald John Trump. That arraignment now about an hour away especially will have a producer inside the courthouse bringing you history as that history is made. President trump arriving at that federal courthouse just moments ago. We have Team Coverage taking us through this important day. National Political Correspondent alex miller is outside the federal courthouse. Deputy political director joe st. Georges just above it. Our political director, Andrew Rafferty, with us in atlanta. National security correspondent Sasha Ingraham is in d. C. White house correspondent haley bullies in bedminster new jersey were from President Trump will appear tonight. Got a full house here, ready to talk about. Days lets begin with ou
Then lose the confidence of the jury. Special live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial continues. Right now. Thanks for watching. Ill see you back here in three hours s youre watching Cnn Special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps first Criminal Trial. Im wolf blitzer, our nations capital, laura coates is outside the manhattan Courthouse Worth today Michael Cohen laid out once again today the who, the what, and the why behind that payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels. He detailed two jurors how the Hush Money Scheme continued after trump became president of the United States talking about a February 2017 meeting he had with trump. And then Trump Organization, chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and a set up how trump was going to pay cohen back for the hush money initially paid Stormy Daniels, laura yeah. And wolf cohen also described the fallout after the fbi raided his properties back in 2018, describing what cohen testified would be his last conversation w
Im stephen sackur. This hardtalk programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My about the world we live in . My guest psychologist and writer Steven Pinker thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, isa his new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven by reason and science. How convincing are his reasons to be cheerful . Theme music plays. Steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. This idea of the enlightenment is very dear to your heart. Can you briefly, if you will, catch for me what you mean by enlightenment enlightenment the. The first of the intellectual movement of the second half of the 18th century that put a premium of reason as opposed to authority, tradition, doctors, on science, on the attempt to explain the world by t
Im stephen sackur. This programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven just how convincing are his reasons to be cheerful . Steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. This idea of the enlightenment is very dear to your heart. Can you briefly, if you will, just capture for me what you mean by the enlightenment. It refers to the intellectual movement in the second half of the 18th century that put a premium on reason as opposed to authority, tradition, dogma, charisma, on science, on the attempt to explain the world by testing hypotheses and on humanism, on the wellbeing of individual humans as the ultimate g