By Flaunting His business value. That the scene as he makes his way to the court. We will take you back there live if there developments. We begin in the us, Wherejoe Biden Has said the us will continue to provide support for ukraine after further military funding was excluded from a last minute congressional budget deal. The temporary measure was pushed through to avert a government shutdown, but it doesnt include 6 billion in military aid for kyiv which is a top priority for the white house. Lets get the latest on this with our north America Business they pushed it to the wire, an 11th hour deal but a deal nonetheless. Well, look, it is a deal of sorts, and in the sense we are talking about workers being put, government worker, federal workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the condition down the road for another couple of weeks, they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the c
About workers, Government Workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the can down the road for a couple of weeks they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the clock resets and we start again. What it does, as you say, is fund the government, what it doesnt do, is provide aid to ukraine, and it doesnt address the keyissue ukraine, and it doesnt address the key issue for republican, which is addressing concerns they have about the border, and so i think that is the border, and so i think that is the debate, that is where it shifts to next but complicating all of this, ben, is the fact that now, you have the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, whose position, Leadership Role is under threat because one of the hard liners in the republican party, his own party, has threatened to try and have him removed from position. So, the talks, next time round, could be even more fractious than w
Welcome from our asian headquarters here in hong kong. Japans economy looking slightly stronger for the First Quarter. that one point figure looking in the bit better at better than economists were expecting. We broke the numbers last week. It was rising 1. 4 in the First Quarter from the previous quarter. Suggesting here that the Business Sentiments were stronger than previously thought. Slightlynsumption rise in the quarter. Theres still a lot of headwinds coming through for the japanese economy. When we talk about this current account balance, it dear thierry it quite a bit. That is weighing on japan. Pointing to some positive growth even after you subtract the first percentage point contribution from this leap year affect that we did see. This probe has been mainly driven by the fact that we do see this rapid reduction in real imports. That is not necessarily a good sign of good growth. Of course, with this sales tax ite being postponed now, lowers japans growth trajectory in 2016,
You live from bloombergs asia headquarters in hong kong, and streaming right here. Ts check the markets lets check the markets. To new zealand we go. Is pretty trading much flat, into negative territory. We are watching the kiwi right now, 69 u. S. Cents. This ahead of the rbnz decision tomorrow. Zealand interestrate cuts this week are waning. Investors see of 40 chance of government lowering the official cash rate. Coming down to the opens in australia, japan, and korea. Futures in australia pointing to a lower open as well. At 74ssie dollar holding u. S. Cents, this after jumping to ave or week i fourweek high. Numbers are home due out, so we will be keeping watch to that. Lets get to japan. Futures trading in chicago pointing to a higher open, a stronger yen, 107. 29, but we are expecting firstquarter growth takers out of japan later this hour. Analysts are expecting a slight transition upwards. We will have that breaking news when it comes out this hour. But it was the s p 500 inde
This day would finally come, this historic day, when the glass ceiling, the ultimate glass ceiling, would be shattered and she has done it. This moment is so monumental and pivotal. Im excited. I have a whole group to mobilize and continue to work. Tomorrow starts a whole new campaign and our agenda. I respect people that were involved with the sanders campaign. There was a lot of passion. There were a lot of great progressive values that i personally believe in. But we have to not just talk about our dreams. We have to make them a reality. And i know that Hillary Clinton has the ability to move things in washington, dc. In a speech last night, clintons rival vowed to ray main in the race through the next primary. Donald trump won california, new jersey, new mexico, south dakota and montana. Here are the results in the golden state. The republican presumptive nominee took 75 of the votes. Despite his huge wins, the Republican Partys population is down in california over the last couple