owing back to the u.s., the main point that u.s. economic fundamentals are looking good, growth may slow relative to 2018. it will still be higher than the euro or japan. growth, 2%th 2.5% core inflation, 3% wage growth. they are data dependent and the data will be good and keep hiking. overall, global economics will be weaker next year. we spoke with paul krugman overnight. we are playing a sound bite. i would be positing and tell we have a clear sequence of inflation numbers above 2% at the minimum. i think 2% is too low a target. i think 2% is too low a target. if you try to make that argument to the feds, they go crazy. >> as a market participant, it is confusing if you look at the bottom markets and it you look at what the fed say. we have gentlemen like you to move against the grain. what data point should i be following? as a growth, inflation, what is it? the wage story. that is the key story. with all due respect, the fed inflation toor materialize. it has to be in the forecast. the forecast is based on where the label mark

twenty summit the u.s. president tweeted something like this he tweeted that the chinese were willing to substantially reduce tariffs on imported cars from the united sates at the time we didn't get a confirmation by the chinese government which raised concerns and doubts on the trading floors what to make of those tweets of the quality of those messages from the u.s. president if the reports now are true if the government in beijing is really working on those tariffs that it would mean that really the two sides are not only talking with each other but that some substantial effects are coming out of those talks you keep using the word substantial but is it because i mean washington wants to china to completely change the way it does business. oh well that's true of course the u.s. have said that they find a lot of things in the way china is doing business to complain about and it's obvious that this would only be the start of a very long process but if you talk to people here on the trading floors they resp

the withdrawal of u.s. troops is also called the other nations involved in the coalition offguard britain for its part said it continued to view i asked as a threat. and britain is not alone friends too is convinced that the job of fighting i.s.i. is not finished here's what french defense minister flaunts polly had to say on twitter she acknowledged that islamic state are weaker than ever that they've gone into hiding and are fighting is insurgents islamic state of lost more than ninety percent of their territory she says they don't have the logistics they once had but she continues islamic state have not been obliterated nor have the roots we must defeat the last pockets of this terrorist organization with military force. so that's the view from paris let's go over to brussels now or d.w. is teri schultz is standing by terry any other reaction from european governments. yes well the other government that has troops in syria the u.k. also very much disagrees with president trump's decision we've seen the u

is the latest leader of a u.s. tech giant to face a grilling by members of the u.s. congress they're concerned about how the company collects data and some politicians accuse it of bias in its search services. also on the program the chinese and americans are talking trade again and there's talk beijing is making the first moving cooling down the trade war between the world's top two economies. and could wreck to put an end to london's booming restaurant scene britain faces a culinary challenge without all its new cooks. it's time for business on the w. and how you got to get us it's good to have you with us google is the latest u.s. tech giant to face a congressional grilling google c.e.o. who's on the beach i took questions from the house judiciary committee on tuesday they're presented if asked about how google collects data and whether it is politically biased in its search their fists they also want to know how the company prevents foreign meddling in the u.s. elections the hearing comes as google is under fire for a massive data breach that affect that a half m

the u.s. president seems determined to keep u.s. troops in iraq. but his visit last in just three hours on wednesday night to al asad airbase one hundred thirty kilometers west of baghdad provoked a strong reaction from some iraqi politicians and had to do. i think it is shameful for the iraqi prime minister to accept the u.s. president's invitation to go to the u.s. after his mockery of iraqi politicians and the iraqi government he entered iraq surreptitiously without any coordination and no respect for iraq's sovereignty i spent three hours celebration with soldiers if you to achieved a great victory in fact this visit is considered to feel rather than a victory. there are five thousand two hundred u.s. troops currently in iraq a lot less than the invasion sent to remove saddam hussein in two thousand and three more recently reinforcements were sent to help iraqi government forces defeat eisel fighters who seized large areas of territory iraqi commanders declared a victory over a year ago but pockets of fight still remain despite his long flight

the u.s. from some very low levels. that was led by the nasdaq. another one of those days, if you just saw the close you would think it was a boring day for the rest that market, but indeed there was considerable volatility. we came off of some very deep lows for the s&p 500 and dow to finish higher and the nasdaq to finish up three quarters of a percent. shery: i think the last couple of sessions we said the closing numbers were super boring, but if you go inside the trading session, it was nailbiting throughout the process. so how much of that is because of year and liquidity playing a part? -- end liquidity playing a part? david: there is some is going on right now. right now, a lot of investors theyrying to determine, are taking a look at what is the new economic reality. we had just a couple months ago, we had a major wire house and economists that were forecasting four or even five rate hikes by the federal reserve next year. now, we are talking about only one or no rate hikes at all in

the u.s. involvement in iraq in the first gulf war something that the u.s. preoccupation with iraq has continued really to this day both physically and politically so a lot on the international scene that is part of his legacy. just briefly he also came in for some criticism while he was president did he not. absolutely well while he was mostly known for his international work it was really his domestic agenda that brought him down as you mentioned he only served one term one of the few modern presidents has only served one term and it was because he's from a very. wealthy family and he was seen as somewhat out of touch with average americans and it was that sort of distance from the average american to him him coming from this tony in so far as america has nobility and noble family that evidently brought him down and was the subject of much criticism during and somewhat after his presidency ok my schweder in washington thank you so much for that. as reaction continues to come in from around the world let's take a look back at the life and legacy of george b

u.s. jobless claims fall to a six-week low highlighting the market, are investors underestimating the strength of the american economy? we will talk about that in a moment and landing at london's gatwick, major stake in the world's busiest single runway airport. after last week's chaos, what are the risks. let's show you what is happening. european markets are trading today in the stoxx 600 is down by 2.24%. brent is trading down as rail that we saw -- is down as well but we saw major rally. the news out of the united states is mixed. or is strong on the labor market but the confidence on the u.s. consumer is painting a negative picture. out what the story is for the u.s. markets. 1000 points up on the doubt yesterday. we are up now almost 2% and crude as well is driving down the energy sector. a 45now back down to handle and that is pushing all of the energy stocks lower. it was interesting because we were talking thing to ask if we hit a bottom. sectors and energy needed to outperform bu

the u.s. futures as well overseas. still pretty positive. futures .5% given the trade headlines. oil also catching a bit here today as well. currencies.t we mentioned the dollar as the safety haven trade for much of 2018. but the yen has done pretty well. in fact, the yen has appreciated for three straight years against the dollar. i guess you can say it shows how risk-averse these markets are. we can look at the japanese economy in general. relatively speaking, it could be doing a little bit better than the rest of the world at the moment. we are seeing that haven bid when it comes to the yen. some say perhaps we could see signals of that, given the volatility we have seen in the first half of 2019. and any change from the boj on qt and tightening as well. we have seen some signs of that. bond buying has paired off. su keenan now joining us with more. su: we start with china with plans to rein in lending by regional banks. the banking and insurance realtor commissions says those lenders, incl

if the u.s. were to fully pull out of afghanistan, i think that will lead immediately to the collapse of the afghan army that the u.s. has been training for almost two decades. again, these are very significant decisions with real consequences. the president is asserting himself. he can argue he was elected to do this in his in charge. the vast majority of the foreign policy and national security establishment in would see another way out on this. kathleen: these are just getting started. thank you very much for joining us from washington from our bloomberg news came. now we are covering a headline from "the wall street journal." aides are setting up a trump-powell meeting. it was believed that he was getting ready to fire the fed chair. subsequently, steve mnuchin, mick mulvaney, seemed to be chief of staff said, no, no, no, he knows he cannot fire jay powell. will have plenty more discussion -- we will have plenty more discussion. ahead, cryptocurrency -- can this rule just be growing pains? us

u.s. government shutdown this weekend is now looming a lot closer we find out why. inequality in the spotlight will tell you what one asian nation is doing to reduce its you wanting wealth to stay with us. whether online i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline when we felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has called best our legal protest i'll structed police to use force to disperse the crowds ever. has a voice and for votes and lots of different reasons what's different types of bricks join the global conversation on al-jazeera we're going to target adored by millions pakistan's most famous critic tim arrived as prime minister on a blaze of national celebration. now one hundred days into his leadership people in power asks whether delivering on promises will be as easy in practice as it was in claiming right now the nation is not feeling confident right all people are disappoi

james mattis quits as u.s. defense secretary his protest resignation coming off the donald trump announced troops from syria is also said to be planning to pull u.s. forces will understand so it's not going who will now try and control an unpredictable president this isn't just. hello and welcome to the program. it was seen as a measure of calm and stability in a white house swirling with chaos and unpredictability now james mattis has resigned as u.s. secretary of defense over a serious foreign policy differences with donald trump his departure comes as the president ordered a withdrawal of u.s. forces in syria and suggestions he'll pull thousands out of afghanistan too in his resignation letter to said he believes in treating allies with respect trumps announcement certainly took the u.s. his friends by surprise and left many wondering if the u.s. is a dependable ally we have lots to talk about with our guests in a moment but first mike hanna has this report from washington d.c. . like you here is the real de

u.s. military. >>> plus, wall street whiplash. after taking a beating on christmas eve, u.s. stocks rebound with their biggest point gain in history. >>> and tragedy near the border calls for an investigation after a second migrant child dies in u.s. custody. >>> u.s. president donald trump is onboard air force one at this hour, after doing something he has never done before. for the first time in his presidency, mr. trump visited a war zone. for some three hours, the commander in chief was on the ground in iraq. there, he visited troops and military leaders and defended pulling out of syria, saying the u.s. can't continue to be the world's policeman. and he said he came to share the country's gratitude for, among other things, everything the troops do to keep america safe, strong and free. >> the other reason i'm here today is to personally thank you and every service member throughout this region for the near-elimination of the isis territorial caliphate in iraq and in syria. two years a

and junk she long u.s. prosecutors say they're linked to china's ministry of state security but that's something that chinese authorities didn't i. may find the association saying that the u.s. side is making groundless accusations against china on cyber security by fabricating facts and making up a story out of finney or that the u.s. is charging two chinese in the name of so-called cyber theft this move seriously harms china u.s. cooperation and is in essence extremely nasty but the u.s. is not alone australia britain and new zealand also say they were targeted in what they called a global campaign of intellectual property theft. as evidenced by this investigation the threats we face have never been more severe or more pervasive or more potentially damaging to our national security and no country poses a broader more severe long term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure than china. the alleged chinese hackers have been indicted although they're not in the u.s. a move that will only wors

well the u.s. is particularly upset about tariffs on u.s. autos going into china right now there's a forty percent tariff president trump says he believes the chinese will lower that tariff to fifteen percent advance the kind of thing the united states is aiming at here the president has a long bet that the u.s. is better able to weather a trade war than china its economy is more buoyant chinese the chinese economy is not quite in the same spot in the whole point about this from trump's perspective is he wants to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china he thinks that trade war is the way to do it but a lot of lot of economists will say the winner of a trade more is usually no one. hundred thanks so much talking of the u.s. president or he's reiterating his support for the crown prince of saudi arabia from told reporters he was standing by mohamed bin sunland despite the outcry over the murder of saudi journalist moussa shoji describe the crown prince as very strongly in power and director of the cia jeanne the house bill is due to brief lea

the u.s. government has partially shut down after lawmakers missed a deadline for proving a spending bill now president donald trump and congress could not agree on the five billion dollar bill for a border war between the u.s. and mexico the democrats say there are more effective solutions to border security but trump refused to sign a bipartisan stopgap bill to avert the shutdown. it was one of donald trump's most divisive election promises a wall running the three thousand kilometer length of the border between the u.s. and mexico to keep illegal migrants out of america trump still insists the wall is needed to counter drug smuggling human trafficking and gang violence. our great country must have border security we don't want people coming in that aren't supposed to be here the only thing that's going to stop that is great border security with a war or a slat beds or whatever you want to call it but we need a great barrier on his twitter feed trump says the fortification would be totally e

if the u.s. pulls out the kurdish fighters face a potential bloodbath from both isis and a turkish invasion, and the isis threat is likely to skyrocket with thousands of suspected isis operatives now in custody, possibly getting released to fight again. >> we have to be clear the highest concentration of jihadists anywhere in the world in syria. >> reporter: general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs and general otell, head of middle east operations, are now talking to allies in the region about what will happen next, but in are no reassurances to be had. defense secretary james mattis still has not issued the formal withdrawal order to the field, officials tell cnn. it should spell out a withdrawal plan, but commanders say it could take weeks, if not months, to get all u.s. weapons packed up and air shipped out of syria. if trump demands a speedy exit, the typical procedure would be to bomb the equipment and destroy it. mattis may be chocking up as a major loser in all of this. senator

the u.s. and china have agreed to hold off on new trade tariffs on each other after a working dinner between donald trump and she jinping on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit chinese media say the two presidents decided not to impose tariffs after january first when the u.s. was planning another two hundred billion dollars worth of levies the white house has called it a highly successful meeting shortly we'll speak to edge in brown in beijing but first you see a new human joins us from venice aires you see it this g. twenty was very much overshadowed by the jima and tensions between russia and ukraine but now it seems there were also productive trade talks between trump and she jinping tell us more. well yes the sayed least on the surface it sounds like good news but you have to look at the fine print in fact you don't even have to go too far additionally the the white house is praising the whole thing president called it an amazing deal or a breakthrough what it calls for however is basic

u.s. defense secretary jim maddest resigns of protest over trump's for broke troops pull out from syria it's letter of resignation a stunning rebuke to the president's policies and treatment of our lives and in the world just like that dortmund's and glove box because the last match take the head of the christmas break. and dirt bags are all ready it best to emerge and deep down some supporters joined in a single line at the stadium or look ahead to tonight's top at the top clash. with morning. yeah but. don't let her walk a welcome to the show everyone standish police have arrested at least eleven protesters during clashes in barcelona spanish media is reporting dozens of people have been injured in the violence the clashes broke out at a demonstration. organized by radical separatist groups were protesting a meeting of the spanish cabinet being held in the regional capital demonstrators have been trying to block word since early this morning but the cabinet meeting chaired by prime minis

hoping the u.s. will recognize their bids for asylum and that trying to make the best of a bad situation but there's also growing discontent at the group that organized the caravan from central american countries. like a christmas party for migrants stranded in tijuana a sign of generosity from cooks and volunteers in the mexican refugee camp. that it's hard to be so far from your family but this gesture of warmth and humanity helps people feel that they are welcome to guests and you know these migrants risked their lives to get to the u.s. but now that they're in tijuana they have to stay and wait until their asylum papers have been approved across the border this is the new agreement between the two countries advocates for the migrants criticize the approach. mexico was the most difficult part of the migration route to the border to the u.s. can be crossed in one or two days but in mexico they were on the road for thirty days and experienced violence kidnapping robbery and use. reducing the violenc

president donald trump says a u.s. china trade deal could happen rather soon he says baby is back tracking on auto tariffs shows it's hurting economically. our heartbreaks it is withering away the hopes of dutch flower growers. billionaire richard branson wants to make billions more with space tourism. and benefits all in let's do business beijing is backing down again somewhat it's a spending additional tariffs on american made cars and it's confirmed its first big purchase of u.s. soybeans since this whole trade war broke out the chinese finance ministry says it hopes china and the united states can speed up negotiations to remove all additional tariffs on each other's goods. chinese consumers will soon be able to afford cars from the u.s. again. beijing is reducing current import duties on u.s. vehicles from forty to fifteen percent tariffs will also disappear for a number of other u.s. products the regulations apply to the first three months of two thousand nine hundred one time agricultural products energy automob

the u.s. allies even members of the u.s. administration still reeling after president trump's decision james pays out his era at the united nations the lower house of the u.s. congress has approved a spending bill which includes more than five billion dollars for president trump's proposed war along the border with mexico and that means to get at least sixty votes in the hundred member senate to pass but it's not yet clear if that will happen a temporary funding bill must be passed and signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown let's bring in bill schneider is a political analyst and public policy professor at george mason university joins us live from los angeles bill good to have you back on the program so the house has now passed this temporary spending bill that includes five billion dollars for donald trump's border wall but that's never going to pass the senate is this just a window dressing exercise by republicans. yes republicans have control of the house now they will lose it in about two weeks when

i think for the u.s., what the u.s. might want to consider is proportionality of its reaction to china's problematic behaviors. china's policies have a lost problems. i think the chinese know that. there are also debates in china about what is the best strategy moving forward and i think it's also understandable that in u.s. society there has been accumulated grievance about china failing to fulfill their commitment, or failing to meet the international norms. but does that warrant a cold war? is that really the best answer that we can come up with? i do believe that where china has problematic behaviors, a more stringent reaction is warranted but does that mean that we are going to change how we define this relationship as throwing the baby out with the bath water? that seems to be the question the u.s. needs to answer. a question for china to answer is really, what is the best strategy, what kind of power china really aspires to be. i was thinking this analogy when we were talking about the missionary mission and i wa

the u.s. and china had called a trade cease-fire. but by tuesday, that got vaporized after word canadian authorities at the americans' request had arrested that chinese executive. wednesday, of course, the market took a hiatus for president bush's funeral. look at yesterday. the market clawed back, the dow was down 784 points, to close down just 79 points on better feelings. but then we have right now and today. we have been on top of the major market moves all week. one of our twitter followers wrote yesterday and i thought it was important to kind of articulate this. this twitter person wrote -- we can't show it, but we don't get into enough depth in the markets, that's the accusation, and that we at fox business are breaking out the cheerleader outfits when the market rallies but that we have quote, frowny faces when the market falls. i thought let me bring that to our traders because i get sensitive to these things. i'm very interested and i want our viewers to perceive that we're on the n

and you know maybe the u.s. government might some point give assurances that he won't face the death penalty but so far the u.s. government has not given those assurances and even if they do that would not preclude him facing charges which could land him in prison for thirty to fifty years and that is of most would be a most just punishment for person an organization that he is part of who simply published published information which also have been in the public from the get go . the chief financial officer and daughter of the founder of chinese based smartphone giant away has been arrested by canadian authorities he's now facing extradition to the u.s. over alleged violation of sanctions on iran the man threatens to reignite a trying to war between washington and beijing which had shown signs of easing kenneth to the details. while on december first when it was announced that a truce had been reached between president xi of china and president trump after their meeting in argentina there was an uptick on the gl

the u.s. government to china as well as itse its companies that they need to abide by certain international standards and stop with what washington believes are unfair trade practices. huawei issued a statement about meng saying the company has been provided very little information regarding the charges and is not aware of any wrongdoing by ms. meng the spokesperson added huawei complies with laws and regulations. the u.s. has always argued that huawei is a national security threat the chinese government has also reacted strongly condemning this arrest the embassy in canada called it a gross violation of human rights the foreign ministry also just hours ago demanded her immediate release. some u.s. business executives here that i've been speaking to say say they are fearing retribution. they say they're concerned that president xi jinping will not want to look weak, that because of her status china is going to want to have her back. so they may have a tit-for-tat treatment at this stage. >> su

thisis is music to the ears o of u.s. soybean farmers. china has been one of the u.s.'s most important agricultural customers. farmers held on to their crops. now traded blossoming again since china started importing soybeans. chinese consumers welcome the move. >> soybeans are one of the most important products that china imports from the u.s.. there is a big domestic demand. reporter: the trade dispute has weighed on china's growth, as the latest figures show. in november, retail and industrial production fell well short of expectations. the new economic cease-fire between the world's two largest economies gives both sides the opportunity to find additional win-win solutions. javier: earlier we talked to our financial correspondent in frankfurt and asked her if we have this good news, why aren't markets rejoicing at -- yet? annette: that is just a tiny fraction of what they used to buy. it is a symbolic move by china. it is a no means by the end of the trade dispute. that will determine whether the stock markets will change track again. a lot of the worries weighing o

also, the u.s. regulators are telling, meanwhile, the united states secretary of treasury, steven mnuchin, he's been told there's nothing out of the ordinary happening with the markets. treasury secretary mnuchin previously had been citing the volcker rule, high frequency trading as an issue with volatility. he came out with a statement saying that he contacted the six biggest lenders in the united states to see how their liquidity positions were. we're now getting breaking news that overall u.s. regulators are telling secretary treasury mnuchin that there's nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to the markts. we'll keep a close eye. meanwhile, political turmoil is keeping markets on edge. earlier on bloomberg, money managers and strategists weighed in on the d.c. drama. take a listen. >> it's unlikely that powell would get fired. that would be unprecedented, and nothing is off the table with trump. but it would be unprecedented, and it would have severely negative implications, because one woul

the u.s. is steady. with opec in the example, you have 28 billion barrel build year on year. 20 million of that has come from iran. it comes down to the distilling down to country level and tank level, to be able to look at where are the draws and where are the builds. that is the interesting thing we have seen in the past few months. going back to the fall around september, we were looking at an incremental continued build. there is a big delta that is developing here from a latency effect. you can either trade off of that well or have an exposure. we have seen that pattern, these divergent builds versus draws and to be able to help people distill that down. alix: does a 1.2 million barrel a day cut next year do it? andy: that is the important question. that is one element of the supply-demand story. you had opec cut by 1.2 million barrels per day. you have other things going on as well. on the negative side, there are headwinds regarding demand. worries with threat of trade wars, how robust is emerging

the u.s. army central commander in the middle east michael x. garrets went to riyadh's to urge the saudis to conduct a thorough investigation. donald trump told fox news that the saudi let's coalition in yemen didn't know how to use an american made bomb in the attack. and the un security council called for a credible and transparent investigation into the incident. we call on the saudi led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the incident what we want to see is a stop to the fighting where we want to see is stuck to the humanitarian suffering what we want to see is a halt to civilian casualties members of the security council. met and heard that briefing from the assistant secretary general on the recent attacks inside which resulted in large numbers of civilian casualties including children they expressed a grave concern at these and all the recent attacks in yemen. can be. managing a decade in a lot of. them are near. and know at the heart of. the media to. lea

if they do mostly in the u.s., the u.s. data as we know is weekly. that's a clear signal to the market that they are holding up their end of the deal with these opec cuts. some of the other markets they export to our monthly or some, not at all. are targeting the u.s. to make sure they send a clear signal that those export cuts and opec cuts remain in place. remain? kawa mentioned that we serve it out from the american association of individual investors and it showed most of them are getting more bearish. data, take a look at the the share of investors remain bullish on u.s. equities fell to about 21% in the most recent week, down from 30% in the previous week. the share of investors who were bearish rose to 49% from about 30% in the previous week. that's the highest reading we have seen since april 2013. , the lowests down spread since 2015. like to look at this mixed signal we are being sent by the market. whether we look at e.m. or industrials. these are two segments of the markets that are sensitive to global growth, considered cyclical. right n

u.s. government shutdown will continue after house republican said they did not plan to schedule any votes for friday. there was no sign of any progress to fund the departments that closed after funding ran out. president trump tweeted that most federal employees were losing pay because the closure were democrats. japan factory output dropped in november, the sixth contraction in the last eight months. businesses are trying to navigate the u.s.-china trade war and the slowing growth overseas. showedon data for tokyo the price gains slowed, while japan's unemployment rate rose fractionally. ofomberg has been told one china's most powerful trading companies has been suspended and losses on that's related oil prices. sinopec confirmed the suspensions and said they were related to "work reasons." analysts say the market is closely watching for the scale of the loss. sinopec tumbled 7% thursday. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and

u.s. rejects the syrian trees claim it's entered man bridge after the kurds call for help. to dad as a volatile democratic republic of congo braces for a munch delayed election. and turning scraps into holiday meals how prove ian chef is helping the poor the malnutrition. free foreign tourists are among the dead or four people killed in a roadside bomb attack near the giza pyramids in egypt at least ten others were wounded when a tour bus was hit south of the capital cairo the attack comes as egypt's vital tourism industry struggles to get back on its feet of the years of political turmoil and violence whole challenge jan reports. egypt security services quickly cordoned off the area where the roadside bomb exploded the improvised homemade bomb was placed near a wall on more u.t.s. street in a district near the giza pyramids the dead were part of a group of fourteen vietnamese on a tour bus being driven around historic sites because in the. fall of the most important think is to provide me

ah look i think ultimately the winner and the loser are u.s. companies and u.s. workers and u.s. consumers let's remember tariffs are sensually a tax which is why they are generally disliked not only by economists but really by policy makers on both sides of the aisle and so each one of these tariffs is making products more expensive here by the united states that's affecting companies that's affecting workers and that uncertainty is really baffling to u.s. companies here because they need long term certainty in order to make decisions so to the extent that this truce holds the winners are companies and consumers but there's a lot more that needs to be done in the triggers name romer line you are surely rumors in movies alone done clearly good beijing. healy's a negotiating team from americans a good idea. well look mr white house or certainly is one of the experts in terms of chinese trade issues and certainly from the united states' perspective that's a good thing the challenge though is that he has been very hawkish in his trade. positions he's been one of the once that's been

that would put the u.s. administration in a delicate position because the criticism of the past administrations has been they have allowed china to engagelk the process and in endless negotiations. the other possibility is if it is attractive to both countries to make enough symbolic progress , to allow them to declare peace and safety the issues have been solved, they should be able to do that. the key thing to keep in mind is it would kick the can down the road. how significant are the concessions we have seen down the road on energy and agriculture? we have china buying u.s. pork again, but that is a reaction to the swine fever outbreak. i don't think we have seen much of anything so far. this is an agreement to begin negotiating. some of the purposes of agricultural products will restore previous access it already existed but was curtailed in response to tariffs put in place. the real game is yet to be begun. shery: how positive is it the bullish signals went beyond tariffs, and we have heard from the wh

u.s. troops. while on the ground in iraq, the president thanked the men and women for their service and said he has no plans on removing them from iraq at any time this time despite abruptly announcing last week that he was pulling troops out of syria. we have fox team coverage tonight. tomlinson with more on the progress being made in the fight against isis but we begin with correspondent ellison barber from the north lawn of the white house. good evening, allison. >> good evening, bret. the president is on his way back from his unannounced trip to iraq. he is set to make a second stop at an undisclosed location before returning her to the white house. >> under the cover of darkness they boarded air force one and made their way to iraq west of baghdad. roughly three hours on the ground visiting with troops stationed at the airbase. if president trump gave a 20 minute speech to cheering troops. >> we came to share our eternal gratitude for everything you do to keep america safe, strong, an

living u.s. presidents for him former sitting next to each other the trumps the obama's the clintons. what picture did that pay to. put definitely painted a picture of the reverence for the office of the president the fact that you have these five people and their wives many of whom are could not be more different in their in their political visions for the country but still sitting there paying tribute to this their predecessor the man who really was the lady the last political generation interrupt you there because we're just going to listen in now as we have been there is the gun salute that's being watched for the former u.s. president let's just listen to. well you can see that you've been talking to people today in washington i mean how do they see the legacy of george h.w. bush. was a legacy that's become shall we say a little bit softer in hindsight especially given the very divided era that the u.s. finds itself in now but talking to people on the streets especially the people who were w

trump is back inn the u.s. after paying a visit to troops stationed at an airbase in western iraq, the first time he has met with serving personnel in an active conflict zone. he used the opportunity to defend his decision to withdraw from syria and to declare he would no longer accept it was the u.s.'s job to be global policeman. >> there will be a deliberate and orderly withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria. we will maintain the u.s. presence in iraq to prevent and isis resurgence and protect u.s. interest and to watatch over any potential reef formation of isis and to watch over and ran. we will be watching. look at thekes a motivations behind his visit to iraq. >> there had been pressure to troops basedmbat abroad, something trump had not done so far in his almost two years of his presidency. he went to the base on the western outskirts of baghdad, where he met around 100 special operations forces active in the fight against the islamic state group in iraq and syria. he wants an n increased role for u.s. tro

the u.s. and mexico are holding today talks on migration and washington the u.s. government is hoping to sign a deal to allow a group of central american asylum seekers to stay in mexico that's while their u.s. applications are being processed some of the asylum seekers a tier one as border have gone on hunger strike they're hoping their protest will put pressure on us all parities to hear their case for asylum and draw attention to their plight meanwhile mexico's new president has signed an agreement with his central american counterparts aimed at tackling migration that comes as al-jazeera has been told by asylum seekers that they're being illegally pushed back into mexico after reaching u.s. soil how does or castro reports from tijuana. from duras needs young people such as x.l. beneath this to stay at home if the country is ever to improve but the twenty two year old university student who was studying international law in sun poodle is instead here at a shelter for asylum seekers in tijuana mexico residents i was paralysed through the fear that a city in the

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u.s. and should it be described as a new cold war. coverage should begin shortly. >> good morning everybody and welcome to the wilson center. those of you watching the webcast live and in the future, which i believe includes my parents watching this in scotland and to our c-span viewers joining us today. we are delighted to have the wilson center ceo with us. i am thrilled to be a current fellow here at the will of -- at the wilson center. until earlier this year, i was based in beijing as the asia correspondent to sky news. i have been fortunate enough to look at this from both sides of the relationship. before that i was based in russia where my coverage was dominated by the ukraine crisis and the crew -- and the annexation of crimea. none of which as was as daunting as my knock on the door of the ambassador. the wilsonent to center, this is a caliber of theon you find yourself -- ambassador could not have been kinder and more generous with his time and expertise. they serve on the diplo

u.s. president john adams had a son who also became president so what can serve as a white house aide to george bush sr he joins us now by skype from philadelphia thanks so much joe my my condolences i believe you did work with the former president how will you remember him. not only. you were. president of the united states this. was. the white house. and in terms of more broadly beyond his staff how do you think he's going to be remembered in washington d.c. and particularly now by the political establishment given his his huge foreign policy track record. i think it will be very very finally very warmly for your side of the only get one term president of the united states but it was a time to believe pretty low to say he's going to be critical. of the pretty go crisis but with little loss of life. great humanitarian heart. you know we're going to war with you know to states and around the world. oh this is a public service and certainly there's a murder here in his lacey is he he did tr

>> in terms of nafta, the u.s. to get it ratified. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer saying they are going to talk about that next week. they are going to have new negotiations, but the tariffs remain in place for right now. justin trudeau, noting it in the signing ceremony, telling the u.s. president donald, we need to do something about that. >> the u.s. raising the bar ahead of the g20. expecting dinner with xi to be a success. a few minutes ago, markets cheered by the fact that the u.s. trade secretary robert lighthizer asked about it. he expects the dinner to be a success, but he did not say what success actually is. here is what he went on to say. in the part of the quote that gets left out that may mean a lot at the end -- there will be a positive dealing on behalf of both presidents. in terms of doing a deal, that is up to the president of the united states and the president of china. saying it is going to be a success but not saying what that is. if the two presidents came out and said it was a success and we are going t

five u.s. marines are still missing after two american military planes crashed off the coast of japan during a routine refueling exercise the plane's base the base that it would mean were carrying out scheduled framing when they collided midair off japan's southern coast two marines have already been met rescued. a former australian archbishop found guilty of covering up child sex abuse in the catholic church has had his conviction overturned and australian court ruled in favor of peter wilson's appeal and freedom from detention wilson was the world's most senior catholic clergymen to be convicted of hiding in the house which was committed by a pedophile priest in the seventy's. or here in germany and draws to a close today as chancellor of the machall steps down as leader of her conservative c.d.u. party whomever is elected to replace her the party conference getting underway in hamburg today could become germany's next chancellor we have this look at michael's eighteen years at the helm of th

saying the u.s. military presence there is illegitimate but he says he hasn't seen any sign of a pullout six years of school soon the american forces have been present in afghanistan for some seventeen years and even a year they talk about withdrawing their forces but they are still present there we do not see any signs of american withdrawal from syria but we see that it is possible we are now on the trend of political settlement and we want to form a constitutional committee and syria as a no harder is in ankara force will be speaking to her and just the member first let's go to britain see who is in washington so she had what more are we learning about president trump's decision. this was president trump's decision and his alone made on tuesday we understand a great deal of speculation about the timing of this decision was us another attempted distraction for example he's just lost a major fight on the border wall one of his main campaign promises he's also had various legal problems that michael

u.s. trying to play for you tire of poker. used to. quip opec will review the year that was a new dawn shaping the global economy. currently would call on. new yorkers are very receptive. because it is such an international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al jazeera provides. welcome back. a reminder about top stories this hour a partial shutdown of the u.s. federal government has begun to politicians fail to end their deadlock over spending president refused to back down on funding for his border wall forcing congress to adjourn without a budget deal. two explosions in somalia's capital have killed at least six people and injured thirteen others suicide car bombers attacked a security checkpoint near the presidential palace and. nine people have been killed in sudan ensuring violent protests against the rising cost of food and fuel schools and universities are closed in at least five of the country's eight states the cities of. the u.n. security council has a

imposed so i think you know from a u.s. stand standpoint trump didn't get everything he wants but i think it's a pretty good deal and i think this could be a lot of pressure on democrats and republicans to get this done hey alex i want to ask you sort of a goofy question you know there is this issue with the name you know it's not nafta anymore it's a u.s. canada mexico a greek agreement i mean why is this such a big deal why not just continue to call it nafta or nafta to what you just said was what trump is calling it it's not what everybody else is calling it so everybody's got a name for it it seems and canada has its name the u.s. doesn't sort of mexico and trump thinks that what you just said is actually has the best ring to it but not justin trudeau just trudeau who has a very different name for it he's basically calling it the new nafta and then we have the canadian ministry of global affairs there say it's the canada us mexico agreement and then you have in mexico they did a little poll to see on twitter who what do

u.s. president saying he will cut funding for honduras guatemala and el salvador hughes also threatening to close the border with mexico u.s. border services have been under pressure since two migrant children died in their custody the head of the homeland security is traveling to el paso texas to get a firsthand look at the situation on the border gabrielle elizondo is there already and joins us live now so again a woman can you tell us. why the head of homeland security kristin nelson is expected to be here in el paso at some point today should be touring we're told some of the detention facilities along the border now she's not bringing any media with there she's not expected to talk to the media at all she's keeping her visit here somewhat quiet and that's because the policies for her. government agency i have really thrown it into the old migration process here in the crisis as you mentioned about two migrant children that died while in u.s. custody just this month alone and now we've

u.s. withdrawal from syria warning that it will create a new safe haven for islamists the french president tomorrow macron is also concerned saying on sunday he deeply regretted u.s. president trump's decision now the u.s. is also planning to have its troop presence in afghanistan after seventeen years of war in that country that analysts warn of the war on terror has not only failed to defeat al qaeda but is actually spawned the birth and propagation of numerous other extreme militant groups auntie's even if done off takes a broader look. over the past eighteen years u.s. leaders have named a multitude of reasons for its troops to be stationed fight and die in afghanistan . the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan this military action is a part of our campaign against terrorism nine eleven disfigured and reformed the global security order as ranks of u.s. troops moved into afghani

the u.s. had long backed this on the ground ineffectually essentially rolled back all of the territory the physical territory that isis had captured in the country and the territory that i said controlled had been rolled back it's widely agreed that tens of thousands of isis fighters still were remain in the country and in iraq which is why both depending on in the state department have said as recently as last week that the fight against isis is not over president trump however has declared the fight against isis over and demanded that the two thousand u.s. troops there who are aiding that kurdish militia be withdrawn which has created a sense of. you know insecurity among allies about how when when do you agree that a conflict is over how do you agree on what victory consists. is the groundwork being laid for either resurgence of isis or handing over power in the region to russia and iran what about those kurdish forces what becomes of them now because they've been so heavily reliant on the