i am francine lacqua. out of china, the top desk the economy is growing slower. industrial outputs also missed forecasts. the shanghai composite index dropped the most in three weeks. it is raised the perspective of more stimulus from chinese authorities as they try to push and the slowdown. as they try to cushion the slowdown. malcolm, what can we expect next from policymakers. we are likely to see a response on numerous fronts. we ve heard from the government last week that plans are to boost the fiscal response to the slowdown. today there were some tweaks around that. they are going to lower the capital requirements and some new infrastructure projects that will allow less of a down payment. roads, rail, projects. more monetary easing that can come in various forms. banks for reduction of rrr ratios. the downside on the deposit by inflation is picking up because of rising pork prices. that may limits go that may .imit scope it will be ongoing. effort to keep the yuan
aides will tell you that was a problem because they could never live up to the expectations. if you look at barack obama in that picture, it was sort of like, okay, let s do this, let s get to work. i have a lot i need to do. i m thinking about what i ve got to do over the next four years. very realistic. somebody who s established a real working relationship with his vice president. and i just think it s somebody who s sort of grown into that job and is ready to cement his legacy. whether that will be able to happen or not if you get health care reform in your first term and maybe immigration in the second, maybe that s as transformational as anybody can expect to be. do you think different man than he was four years ago? number one, in the bigger historical context, it is now common, it was rare in our history to have successive two-term presidents. is he different? this is a validation for him personally. when he won election four years ago, he made history as the fi
he was facing an uphill battle. a lot of people, including the republicans do not believe he has the experience of veterans affair and though he does have credentials as a doctor, he does not have the credentials to run something that brig. it s still a very fluid situation. right now the president says he s standing by dr. ronnie johnson and he s going to leave whether he steps aside up to ronny jackson. i heard the line where you have trump saying we wish to work on this new deal with iran. can you tell me what it is the president of the united states wants and what is it about this deal that macron that he d being to change? reporter: look, all we know is the line you just cited. there s no more information coming from the president what
this deal might be. the french president went into much more detail. he said don t rip up the current deal until you have something else. so keep the deal this is the french president laying out his argumen arguments, he said keep the deal an
you know who wants to keep the bond thing going on. yeah, okay, you re bond. i m bond, hi. no, it was it was great fun. thank you for that. we love you and the gma players. the tribute was great. we re going to have much more on the bond tribute last night. plus, an interview that we cannot wait to bring you with adele and all of the sizzling looks that we saw firsthand on the red carpet. too many to talk about right now. it was a lot of eye candy. just really fun to be out there. it was. we also have a lot of other news to get to. including the blizzard. but we want to start out with the best from the oscars last night and josh. what a night to remember. an evening of triumphs, tears, and special returns. and an endearing tumble by best actress winner jennifer lawrence. george spoke to her and anne hathaway backstage. but first, the highlights of hollywood s biggest night. argo. reporter: and moments later, its star, director, and producer ben affleck