The pro democracy parties of hong kong showed up to the polls in Record Number and swept the board in weekend elections a stunning rejection of the citys beijing backed government. Also on the programme. Uber and out. The ride sharing app has been told its licence will not be renewed in london. It plans to appeal. And the priceless jewellery of augustus the strong, has been stolen from a museum in dresden, where the security was anything but. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. Michael bloomberg, the three term mayor of this city has announced he is running for president. The 77 year old is making a late entrance, but he has the money to make up for it. Take a look at this graphic. It shows you the tv ad spending by 2020 democrats thus far. And you will see, there is Michael Bloomberg, second in the list, and he has only just entered the race. Rather than trying to win early states, he will be focusing all his attention on super tuesday, whe
Official and we are on record high watch today. The s p seven points above an alltime closing high and the nasdaq trading in record territory as well today. Joining us for the hour is stephanie link from atiaa company. The market moved higher in the morning and weve sat there all day, upward bias because u. S. China trade headlines we have three reasons the deals that you mentioned early on, theyre positive for shareholder Value Creation but more positive in my mind because the ceos are showing they have confidence and they have visibility in spite of the trade tensions which to me is a very powerful statement thats one of the reasons for sure one area thats not getting a lot of attention, the german Business Confidence ticked up month over month its not back to july levels, i get it, but theyre making progress, right . And then of course the china talking about ip theft and being more friendly, more positive gesture. Who knows how thats going to turn out but those are the three reason
Up next, panelists talk about the whistleblower complaint against President Trump and the impeachment inquiry. Columnistgton post moderate the 90 minute discussion hosted by the brookings institution. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Inther you are coming in person or over the webcast, good morning and welcome to the brookings institution. We are very glad to have you with us today. I am the president of the brookings. Today glad to welcome you to this event entitled impeachment what happens now . Extraordinary moment for america. As for the fourth time in our history, u. S. House leadership has launched a formal impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States. Fors also a great moment the stakes are undoubtedly hide. Not just for this country but for the world as well. Constitution of the United States vests in the house of representatives the sole power to impeach a public official. While a further vest the constid States Senate the sole power to try all impeachments. Of ro
She is patricks daughter and tremendous supporter of our organization and this initiative from the beginning. I would like to thank sage publications. Sage in the publishing world is present eminent Publishing House and publish the title we run out of my organization. And they are the principal cosponsor of this lecture, having given just generous funding. So thank you to them. And thank you to the willard staff and to my staff at the American Academy. They have been terrific in getting all this started. We are going to have a brief time for question and answer after ambassador talk. It is going to be brief. There will only have time for several questions. And i would ask you to keep your questions to the point, do your level best not to make mini lecture of your own or position statements. Please wait for a microphone to come to you. We are very pleased to know that cspan is covering this today and we have our inhouse tech staff so wait to be able to be heard before you speak. I welco
Shots. May be a catalyst to move the markets. It is thursday, october 10 Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Here is how your money in the markets are setting up their day. Theyve paired earlier losses ahead of where they open down 28 points right now that doesnt really tell the story. Just a few hours ago, not the case a match of new headlines that changes dramatically. Look at this, headlines for the cost, big drop it looked like we were on our way. Then we started to get more clarity. So basically the novel all summer in a day we saw futures fall and come back in the course of three hours last night. Thats why youve got to watch cnbc or use the app all day long we are down around 28 points right now. 10year at 1. 58 there you go the headlines, they didnt impact asia that much. The nikkei inching two days up, one day down lagging in a lot of the markets. Starting to show another sign of life saw shares in hong kong rise not a h