Washingtons partisan battle. Joining us now is bloombergs chief content officer marty schenker. Many people thought this was an inspired choice. It ticks so many boxes. Just your sense of what this means for how washington is now going to operate. Martin i wouldnt describe it as necessarily inspired. It is an inspiring lee safe inspiringly safe choice because she is so wellknown on both sides of the aisle. I think she will have a relatively easy time getting confirmed. She is a traditionalist in many ways. She has been at the fed. Shes been at the white house. Shes a great believer in consensus. I think that is what you are going to need with the incoming treasury secretary. Alix nonetheless, it is the first woman treasury secretary, the first woman to lead the fed. This is definitely in that respect a boulder choice. However, how do the progressives feel about her . Marty i think they are very supportive. There is reporting out there that Elizabeth Warren was the person who recommende
Rally. You can thank the Federal Reserve for that. Is hovering above 1 , which is a good thing. They are launching qe. Well, they are not calling it qe. We are calling it qe. David let me put you on the spot. A question a lot of people are asking today, is the market down because of the fed or despite the fed . Some people are saying there are indications that the market is going to be down a lot, and he said may not have made a better. Taylor potentially, the two emergency rate cuts made people wonder whether the fed know something we dont. The fact that they came out sunday and they knew something they couldnt wait until wednesday, they had to ask sunday night, that potentially made markets nervous. On the others on the other hand, like you said, this is a medical crisis, so markets could have been down the matter what until we get that flattening out of the curve in the terms of the number of cases. David thank you for being here. For more on that emergency fed rate cut yesterday, w
From hong kong to tokyo, frankfurt, and washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. We begin with the escalating tension in the middle east after the u. S. Killed errani and general soleimani killed iranian general soleimani. Irans president Hassan Rouhani warned of retaliation. They will see the consequent as of their mistake not only today, but in the years to come. Our for the latest, bloomberg correspondent joins us from doha. Telus the latest from iraq and iran. Reporter in iran today, it was an emotional scene, with the Ayatollah Khomeini openly weeping as there were speeches around the burial ceremony for qasem soleimani. He was also joined by palestinian leaders in giving those speeches. In addition to vowing revenge, irans Hassan Rouhani said the country would leave the remaining drags of the nuclear accord. Also, a new Interesting Development with his iraqi counterpart. Of thesehat the blood commanders, also referring to the leader that was tra
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Breathing a big sigh of relief. Find out more with me after 6 00. Meanwhile in an exclusive gb news poll , half of you, our gb news poll, half of you, our viewers and listeners oppose a ban on petrol and diesel cars. Well bring you all the details in just a moment. The bank of england will decide today whether to raise Interest Rates for a 15th consecutive time. Well bring you all the analysis on what this means for all of us. And well have full coverage on gb news at midday. We can rely on our firm friendship king charles and the french president , Emmanuel Macron , to toast the uk and macron, to toast the uk and French Friendship at a banquet. Well have also the weather updates for you with alex burkill. Good morning. Whilst its going to be a sunnier day for many of us, there is still some showery rain and strong winds around. Ill have more shortly. Have more shortly. And of course, paul coyte will have all the support for us this yes, i will. This morning. Yes, i will. An nana disas