This institute of the international affairs. Here the texas a m university. I would like to welcome our special event tonight with kim, she will speak in a recent book black waves. In the 40 year rivalry that and reveled cultural religion in the middle east. I actually spent the reading weekend reading. I could put down. If you have not read it, i am sure you will try to get the book if you have not already after this evening but i would urge you to read it printed it is absolutely fascinating. It is very well written print is a narrative flow to it is very troubling i have to say but thats part of the book i think. I would like to announce unfortunately that are event in todays with them best or dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to conversation had a family emergency. I was lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Kim is an emmy awarding journalist and writer who comes from a middle east for bbc in the financial times. Reported from
Asking or followup, you mentioned twice we have 26 bringds just a few minutes left in this discussion, you can see the remainder on our web site cspan. Org. And we are looking at the u. N. Drone strike that killed iranian general Qassem Soleimani and why the Trump Administration acted against him. Welcome. And thank you for joining us today for this important and timely discussion focusing on the implications regionally and internationally of the recent developments, and escalation between iran and the United States, and the killing of Qassem Soleimani. As you know, on january 3rd, an american air strike ordered by u. S. President donald trump killed the top Iranian Military commander Qassem Soleimani. Iran responded by attacking two military bases in iraq that host American Forces. The last weeks have seen sequence of violent events and escalation both before and after this Major Incident with varying degrees and impact. Today, we seek to discuss the implications on three levels. Firs
Does rbc have to say about the sell off and jp morgan is boosting the annual fee for one of its most popular credit cards. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Stock futures pointing to more gains at the opening bell following yesterdays turn around the s p around record levels as well it did set record interaday highs. Up another 18 points implied today. The dow up by 153 and 60 for the nasdaq looking at the bond market yields are rising off of the lows we saw in the wake of general Qassem Soleimanis killing. 1. 874 twoyear 1. 58 as well going worldwide. After seeing a rebound innizia you can see a lot of green on the screen nikkei in japan up almost 2. 5 nearly 1 gains for the composite index as well. Lets spin that over to what is happening in early european trading. I dont see any red on there up 1 . Same for the ftse in the uk and for the dax in germany oil sinking 5 as tensions cool off for now. Crude oil for u. S. Based benchmark, wti up one qu
Foreign affairs committee, ted yoho and Gregory Meeks. Later we will hear from the director of iranian studies at Stanford University. At Stanford University. [video clip] our Great American forces are prepared for anything. Appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. Host from yesterday on u. S. Action toward iran. He discussed the killing of the iranian general and announced sanctions and vowed iran would never possess a nuclear weapon. This is the washington journal for january 9. Our first hour dedicated to your trumpts about president the administrations actions. If you support it, 2027488000 is the number to call and tell us why. If you oppose, you can do so at 2027488001. Perhaps you are not sure at this point, 2027488002 is the number to call. You can text us your thoughts at 2027488003. And you can cspanwj post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. A 10 minute speech about yesterday from the white hou
Rooney in as he left the baghdad airport. This is a tweet from the state news agency that shows a missile leaving a launchpad, the eye iranians say one of the targets was the all asad military base which houses military troops. What happens now is a question on everyones mind . Is this attack over and how will the u. S. Respond . Benjamin hall is live in amman jordan with the latest. Benjamin. Good evening kennedy and for five days now since that it that killed Qassem Soleimani we have been waiting to see how iran would retaliate for his death. And theyve been talking about ever since then. They have said very clearly that politically and militarily they will respond they will attack the u. S. Military. A number of them had also said that they wanted to shed american blood. These early reports do suggest that no americans have been killed today and that is a critical. Because President Trump always said that the red line would be the death of american soldiers. We saw that when he reac