inthe u.s. persists [indiscernible] the sanctions without understanding its rival, the administration will have to take the responsibility for ensuring catastrophe. mind that thed dprk nuclear strikes and capability will be strengthened and developed at a rapidly high-speed as long as the u.s. nasty nickelolicy, or threat and blackmail and pressure. thank you. >> now we will take questions. since the time limitation, we will take a few. i would like to hope you to focus on the topics and i also beld like to remind of your -- brief introduction before questions. let's go ahead. >> on behalf of the u.n. association, we thank you for this opportunity. i would like to ask about an issue that is in the news regarding cyber attacks. we understand that a 17, 18 panel member was hacked by someone pretending to be another member of the panel and there is some suspicion north korea is behind this is is the [indiscernible] we do not have an opportunity to ask you so you hope you can give us some reaction t

so a u.s. national was defined as free to enter the united states, free of immigration restriction, and u.s. nationals were granted the protection be of the u.s. military. but there are very few other rights that were extended to nationals. so, for example, u.s. nationals that came in the u.s. could be denied employment by the federal government because in a series of cases it was made clear that nationals were not eligible for employment with the u.s. government. so the gonzalez case is really a turning point here because by say 1904 the united states is now legally bound to admit puerto ricans entering through new york. and this would, by extension, apply also to filipinos. so the original promise that some in congress had made, you know, that we would be able to control the effects of our colonial policy overseas and limit migration proved to be untrue in this case. and once puerto ricans are arriving as nationals, they are still though subject to xenophobia of all kinds. and we see this esp

the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. issues relating to the settlements. will be u.s. take a stand on the two-state motion and if so, what? will follow sequel the visit and how will he be discussing what is a very tense situation at least at the underlying level between israel andpalestinian authorities what is happening in gaza. for israele problem of what is happening in egypt which is equally important to the united states. a problem of economics and stability. also a tangible impact in sinai and the gaza. where you have a low-level conflict but one that is not getting better, is getting worse will stop you have the problem of what happens, and it will happen fairly quickly, if you liberated andally driven out of its pseudo-capital in rocca. that may mean it faces a significant and very different extremist radical somewhere on its border area. there also is the fact that during all of these conflicts, the has full has steadily built up its missile forces. effectively rearmed and gotten better cap

the u.s. role in the world, and national organization and treaties as well. he joined heritage after a decade at yale university where he served as associate director of international security studies. he is also an adjunct proffer of strategic studies in the strategic studies program at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. please join me in welcoming ted bro van. ted? >> thanks very much, john. welcome to the heritage foundation for this event on brexit, u.s.-uk trade area and of course the british election announced yesterday to be held on june 8. we're frequently told that support for free trade in the world -- in the united states and the west is on the wane. this is certainly not true in the united kingdom. i was fascinated to read that one of the conservative parties' central appeals in this newjust-called election is that being out of the european union means that britain will "be free to strike trade deals with old friends and new partners all around the world." so w

it wasn't approved in the u.s. so she and a number of other families imported the drug from overseas. it cost about $1,200 a year out of pocket. it got a new price tag, $35,000 a year for a patient in the u.s. weighing about 55 pounds. >> $35,000 per 25 kilograms, it's pretty aggressive i would think. >> ptc therapeutics said it represents sustainable pricing providing access to eligible patients in the united states, including continued investment in du schens. the drug's cost may be more than $35,000, if patients like her son weighing more than 25 kilograms. >> my son is probably on one of the highest doses, nearly 50 kilo grams a day. >> she estimates the cost at more than $100,000 a year. she's concerned her old system of importing the drug is going away since it is now available in the u.s. earlier this year a private drug company called marathon pharmaceuticals acquired rights to it and took it through the fda approval process. it set the price of $89,000 in the u.s. generating an immediate outcry from the pa

the u.s. has a massive trade deficit with germany and they play part -- and they pay far less than they should the nato. he says it is very bad. the u.s. but it will change. there has been speculation the president is going to shake up his white house staff and his communications director has quit. he served in the post for less than three months and has been working with press secretary sean spicer. the dictator of panama, who was ousted in a u.s. invasion, has died. manuel noriega ran the country from 1983 to 1989. the u.s. accused him of rigging elections, having ties to drug traffickers, and ordering opponents killed. he was arrested in 1989 and spent 22 years and u.s. and french prisons. he was 83. golfer tiger woods said medication, and not alcohol, led to his arrest for driving under the influence. jupiter,rested in florida, and spent four hours and jail before being released. he blames an unexpected reaction to prescription medicine and underwent a fourth operation on his back in april

and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. that i was concerned about because of known russian efts to suborn such individuals. and it raised questions in my mind whether the russians were able to gain cooperation of those officials. i don't know whether or not such collusion -- that's your term -- such collusion existed. i don't know. i know there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the bureau to determine whether or not u.s. persons were actively c conspiring or collude ing with russian officials. >> do you know the basis of that information you share would the bureau? what was the nature of the evidence? >> i think, mr. gowdy, the committee has now been provided information that relates to this issue. in terms of information that the agency shared with the bureau. and that is something that is appropriately classified. >> all right. and you learned that when? when in this chronology did you learn of the contacts between these o

. >> finally, if a u.s. president asked any intel official not to pursue an investigation, would you construe that as obstruction? >> i do not have the legal basis to determine what constitutes obstruction of justice. >> how would you react if a president asked you not to pursue an investigation? >> i have never been asked that, and if i was, i certainly would not follow such a directive. >> thank you. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. mr. turner, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. brennan in turning back to the exchange that you had with mr. gowdy, you stated -- and by the way, i want to also thank you, as others have, for the specificity that you provide to us. these are difficult issues and concepts, different standards, intelligence assessments, evidence. we've got, you know, the fbi, the cia. each of you do different jobs, and your expertise is certainly helpful to us to unwind as we're dealing with elements of this what we're looking at and what this means as we try to move forward wit

the u.s. election. >> i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there's no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always pick for myself and the russians. >> the president said he respected the decision to appoint former fbi director robert moeller to look into the matter, he also denounced it as bad for the nation. >> i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. so i can tell you that we want to bring this great country of ours together. i hate to see anything that divides. i'm fine with whatever people want to do, but we have to get back to running this country. >> the resident responded for the first time to a memo said to be written by former fbi director james comey, that claims that in a february meeting, the president asked comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn. did president trump say that? >> no, next question. >> the appointment of robert mueller to take over

look at how u.s. a city -- u.s. equity markets closed. down,nes index also nasdaq was of the outlier of .09%. let's take a quick look at what is happening in this part of the world. of the week of the week in the past, the last five trading days, let's chase him the key companies. retailers, losses coming from insurance stocks. level, we saw it being the best performer in terms of volume and activity. upside, surprising sales with earnings growth as the rapid earnings season. let's crossover. brent crude, $15.84 closing trade friday. a continuing build in this rig inventories. apparently it is another part to wah. what is driving that, it is the highest in almost three ar u.s. tenure paper 2.33 and the south african rand is barely below the flatline closer. l's check on the first word headlines around the world. reuters is reporting that the u.s. and saudi arabia have signed over $100ilon worth of deals ahead of president trump's visit to the kingdom on thursday. surpass $300 could billion over the next decade. reuters also said the u.s.

in europe and the u.s. they have expanded their businesses right after continuing to contribute to job creation. just two weeks ago, we have announced a contribution of $40 ade.on to the new fund of this is the initiative to introduce advanced technologies in the areas of environmental transportation and infrastructure. in order to develop quality infrastructure, there are $200 billion of contribution that have been announced previously will be activated within this year. i am the prime minister of japan. therefore, for me, it is japan first. however, be careful. listen to me. however. this japan, i mean, is a japan that can coexist and advances side-by-side with global prosperity and peace. since last year, a series of general elections and referendums have taken place in many countries, giving birth to new leaders. happened in, this the u.k., the u.s., italy, and france. last week, we saw it in south korea. it was a year where the attention of the world was glued to the choice of decisions of people of th

the u.s. they have expanded their businesses right after continuing to contribute to job creation. just two weeks ago, we have announced a contribution of $40 million to the new ade. this is the initiative to introduce advanced technologies in the areas of environmental transportation and infrastructure. in order to development quality infrastructure, the $200 billion of contribution that have been announced previously will be activated within this year. i am the prime minister of japan, therefore, for me, it is japan first. however -- however, be careful. listen to me. listen to me. however the japan, i mean, is a japan that coexist and site by site with global prosperity and peace, since last year a series of general election and referendums have taken place in many countries giving birth to new leaders. in g 7 alone this happens in the uk, u.s., italy and france. last week, we saw it in south korea. it was a year where the attention of the to the choice of people of these countries and to t

the u.s. consumer probably will be the backbone for the entire u.s. economy. >> thank you. >> the average budget airlines as it posted profit for the first few years. the dublin-based carrier says it expects profits to rise further mainly due to a fallen deal cost. there's actually declined last year. that has attracted plenty of passengers. high occupancy contradicted to the good -- contributed to the good results. back over to sarah. sarah: we have some sports news to bring you. at the french open, there has been drama off the court. a player has been banished from the tournament after he tried to forcibly kissed a tv reporter. it was live, on air. meantime, well number one, andy murray got the better of hundred. thomas todd helton -- this 43-year-old led dortmund to victory. the club's first trophy in five years. the poor relationship with the club's hierarchy has cost him his job. have a look. >> thousands of lands attended the first training session of the season in augustst. had been bought and for 100 million euros in transfer fees. the team ha

u.s. department of justice reportedly prepares to sue the carmaker over its excess emissions. >>> burberry shares are in fashion with investors in early trade as the company reported better than expected underlying profit as a new ceo gets set to wear the pants. sent to where the pen >>> good morning once again, it's thursday. glad you're with us. let's get straight to the markets, see what the fallout from the white house drama continues to be. the stoxx 600 is still off by 0.5%. the dax seeing its biggest loss since before the trump election. the dax down 1.4%, the cac off 1.8%. the worst day in more than eight weeks. as you can see, we're extending that selling pressure on the markets. let's look at the sectors one by one. you can see autos are under pressure, off by 1.4%. this is mainly because of fiat chrysler given the u.s. investigation and the pressure on the carmaker. we'll get much more from nancy hungerford. utilities, household goods are the few out-performers. utilities up by

they have u.s. officials initials europe and arab countries all kwij this strange thing, all confirming that on january 11th and january 12th this year, which was less than a week after the intelligence community put out its report about the russian attack on the election. less than a week after that report came out, there was a two-day long meeting that was held in the see she will islands by madagascar. it was a meeting in the shashs for a representative for vladimir putin and an envoy from the trump administration. according to the post, this reporting first week of april, erik prince maintained at the time of that meeting that was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president-elect. he got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for vladimir putin. what did they meet about? what did they talk about? what took two days to get through? why did they have to meet in this far away place? who knows. matters of mutual concern to

. >> if a u.s. president asked any intel professional not to proceed in an investigation, would you consider that an obstruction? mr. brennan: i do not have the legal basis to determine what constitutes as of structural justice. >> how would you react if the president asked you not to pursue investigation? mr. brennan: i have never been asked that and certainly not what i follow it if were asked. >> i yield back. >> turning back to the exchange you had with mr. gowdy. you stated -- and by the way, want to thank you as others have for the specificity you provide us. these are difficult issues and concepts. different standards, intelligent assessments, evidence. we have the fbi, the cia, each of you do different jobs and your expertise is helpful to us to unwind elements of this. what we are looking at and what it means. as we try to move forward the -- with the investigation. you indicated that you saw, when asked about whether or not you as seen evidence of collusion or collaboration, you said that

the u.s. 10-year yield unchanged at 2.2%, dropping 10 basis points on wednesday to 2.3%, the lowest since april 19. ing. is fall there is less of a flight to safety haven assets today. its biggest gain yesterday since june 24. let's get to first word news. starting with the u.k., prime minister theresa may's conservatives are expected to unveil their party manifesto today ahead of the u.k.'s general election which takes place in three weeks. may will tell wealthier, elderly voters they will have to pay for promisen care and further controls at immigration by doubling the levy charge to businesses for hiring migrant workers. meanwhile, launching the liberal democrat manifesto, the party le ader place to give the british people a second referendum after any brexit deal had been finalized. >> it is obvious when you think about it. someone is going to have the final say over the final brexit deal. it could be the politicians or could be the people. i believe it must be the people. to japan where t

the u.s. president trump returns home to controversy. waiting for him at the front doorsteps, the latest over contacts between his son-in-law jared kushner and russian contacts. >>> and days after the terror attack, we'll have a live report. >>> and dozens of passengers stranded when flights were suspended out of two of england's biggest airports. >> that couldn't be fun. >> no, it doesn't look fun at all. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. ♪ >>> our top story, u.s. president donald trump back at the white house after an eight-day trip to the middle east and europe, but while he was gone, the political firestorm back home over russian meddling in the election grew even bigger >> to the heart of the controversy, his own son-in-law, jared kushner. you see the u.s. president, donald trump, video taken earlier as he returned to washington. as he walked to the white house with the first

we don't really know where the u.s. stands on a lot of issues because the white house has been so engaged with a series of cascading fights over the last week. they will probably put out the fire at the last minute. there is only a week to go. there is a lot of the grim fatalism in europe about what is going on in washington. mark: the word impeachment is being used in all quarters. how is it going down in the white house? margaret: you are hearing it in some corners of washington, primarily among liberal democrats. this is still very much a partisan talking point, and it is only part of the democratic party you are hearing. a lot of democrats who want a more centrist reputation saying it is too soon to talk about that, that we need to get the facts now. the white house is looking more closely at republican responses, republican behavior. it may seem like a slight gradation, but to hear house speaker paul ryan say that good to thes to fact and they will be a thorough investigation seems like a tone, ahange in recognitio

ack u.s. market has pared b expectations on the fed as the market expects a lot less physical stimulus this year. jonathan: we had a paradigm shift earlier this year. the fed decided to leave the market. we are going to stop waiting for you to get ready and tell you to get ready. why has that happened? >> very good question. i think the market is still putting a lot of emphasis not on the central banks, which would like to talk about in our forecasts when we join you. the market has been focused on the terror risks. there is a lot of uncertainty around economic growth, will it be sustained, particularly with the softer data we had in q1? we also have risks around china. inflation has picked up in the u.s. the labor market is tight. wages are going to be rising. we think china is going to be able to continue to muddle through. that gives us a very good outlook for the second half of this year. biggest misss the price? is it treasury, spreads, dollar? >> we are largely pricing in our fed forecas

back in 2014 the u.s. military was on its way out, handing afghanistan security over to the afghans. u.s. troop strength which had peaked at 98,000 in 20-- 210 plummeted to $8,400. but now the pentagon wants to reverse that. it asked to add 3 to 5,000 more personnel. and for authorizization to send u.s. forces closer to the front lines, to back up afghan soldiers who are often overwhelmed by the taliban and dying in the thousands. here in brussels the u.s. has been trying to talk its nato allies into adding thousands more troops in afghanistan as well. but so far the reception has been cool. and as for the decision to beef up u.s. forces, it has been postponed until the president returns to washington. >> pelley: liz palmer in brussels tonight, thank you. today the pentagon acknowledged at least 105 civilians were killed in a u.s. air strike in mosul, iraq, in march. a 500 pound bomb hit a building to take out two isis snipers. the pentagon said today isis had explosives in the building and the secondary b

some former u.s. intelligence officials are raising big red flags about such a move suggesting it's disturbing and unprecedented. the president insists he has total confidence in kushner. new fallout tonight for mr. trump's overseas trip and his exchanges with crucial u.s. allies. german chancellor angela merkel saying europe can't completely rely on the united states and must fight for its own future. >>> a dramatic new security feature may be in the works. homeland security john kelly said he might expand the ban on laptops in airplane cabins to cover all international flights entering or leaving the country. and president trump now is condemning the deadly stabbings on a train in portland, oregon after being urged to speak out against the parent hate crime that happened three days ago. the suspect is accused of attacking three men who intervened when he allegedly yelled slurs at two young women, including one wearing a hijab. this hour, i'll talk with a democrat in the house intelligence committee

also, the u.s. president wraps up his middle east tour, saying israel and the palestinians are ready to reach for peace, but he does not say how to achieve what he has called the ultimate deal. and roger moore has died, the british actor won international fame playing james bond. he was 89 years old. ♪ brent: it is good to have a with us. tonight, police in britain have named in the man that blew himself up at a packed concert venue last night. 22-year-old salman abedi detonated an improvised explosive device at the manchester arena on monday evening. he died at the scene. the islamic state group has claimed responsibly for the bombing, which killed 22 people, including an 8 year old girl. it is the worst terror attack in britain in 12 years. [explosion] >>, god. correspondent: the moment when an evening of pop music turned into a nightmare when an explosion shook manchester arena minutes after a concert from ariana grande ended. panic spread throughout the crowd, children, teenagers and parents r

here's former u.s. ambassador to germany, john emerson on the president's credibility with foreign leaders. >> let's say we're going to talk more about this with the iran nuclear deal. let's say iran does more than what it typically does. they always walk right up to the edge of violating that thing and we have to pull them back. this happens on a weekly basis. it is a lot of work to kind ever keep that deal moving forward as it has been, which is good. but let's say they violate it. now, that was a six country deal, right? you had the chinese and russians and germans and french and brits and the americans negotiating with iranians and you've got the other allies, they like this deal. now president trump, who by the way spent a good deal of his transition denigrating the intelligence community and the quality of information they get and spends time saying that the press is the enemy and that anything he doesn't like is fake news, so now how is he going to go to his allies and say we've got intelligence

u.s. has more power over the price of oil and supply of oil. wti down 1%. 49.14. brent down more than 1%. 51.25. energy stocks were big losers during the month of may. as for the u.s. dollar. dollar was also a loser, almost down 2% that has helped a lot of the multinational earnings. better quality, better tone to earnings. let's see if it lasts. the dollar is firmer against the euro barely, 1.1175. unchanged against the yen, 1.1082. firmer against the british pound. gold prices, gold was soft during the month, down about a half percent. worst month for gold since december. had been marching higher all year long, giving a little back this month. it's high their morning barely. bitcoin prices, let's throw that in. because that was also a big gainer for the month of may. it is all the chatter right now. check out the price of bitcoin. >> extraordinary. >> continues to soar. it has gotten as high as $2,700. still, the crashes are painful. it is mostly higher for the month -- for the year, i d

if you look at u.s. history, every time we are dismissed, every time someone talks about the decline of the great american engine of growth, whether in the 1930's or the 1970's or beginning in the 1980's when japan was going to overtake us, every time that happened and the naysayers are out there, the united states economy comes roaring back. it's critical that we do this now. we have so many strategic advantages even relative to china with regard to our economy. so many of our challenges in my view are self-inflicted problems that we can solve. strong economic growth at least above 3% will more closely bind our allies to the united states and the asia pacific region. strong economic growth will help us rebuild our military which has been drastically cut over the last eight years. strong economic growth will be critical to tackling our challenges at home such as skyrocketing deficits and debt levels and crumbling infrastructure. and perhaps most importantly strong economic growth will enable us to view t

chris: here in the u.s.? kel rr?secretary kelly: we haves all the time but right now no specific threat. but that goes to the fact that we are over here and not over there. as at caliphate is being destroyed in syria and iraq, there are large numbers of returning fighters in western europe, and in many cases like this, like this guy that did this thing in manchester, he's a citizen of the u.k. in this case. he's a passport holder. i don't know if the u.k. had any idea that he was outside -- he was in libya, but i think he also traveled to other points. the point is, they have a real threat that's growing as fighters come back from the caliphate. i believe there will be more of this kinds of thing. the good news is all decent people, all decent governments, it doesn't matter if we are politically close to them, all governments for the most part are sharing tremendous amounts of information, passport-time information. aviation travel information. but people like this are below the radar. chris: i want to pick up on avi

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a quick check on the u.s. dollar as well. bond yields are down in the u.s. and the dollar also really took a hit after that retail sales number came out earlier this morning at 8:30 a.m. with that missing estimates, that is when the dollar turned lower. mark: up by 0.8% and it matters because we need to finish .04% higher or more today to finish up for the week, which would mean we are up for the third week, which would mean it's the best run's january. -- since january. it is better to travel that arrive in the wake of the french election results. the gains that we saw another stock markets took place between the first round in the second round. internet,united shares up by 13% today. the biggest rise since 2003. it agreed to take control of wireless operations to better compete with the likes of deutsche telekom. 20%ill boost its stake from , representing a 3% increase sch's last drilli close. they are combining operations that together have 12 million customer contracts. it creates the number for wireless operator in germany. plenty toto vivendi, take ove

and u.s. officials have said repeatedly that the presence of these assets are meant to send a message of deterrence. now telling us that controversial missile defense system is operational. and ready to intercept missiles that could come from north korea. >> to your point, japan appearing to change their military action in the region. thank you. >> another concern in the white house. president trump's decision to invite president duterte to washington was not planned. that's according to a senior administration official. the state department did coordinate the phone call between the two leaders and briefed the president beforehand. >> the white house defending the decision as part of an overall strategy to reign in north korea and defend america's security. trump believes a meeting is called for because.edu ter ta has a high approval rating in his country. the leader says he cannot make any definitive promise to visit the u.s. because he's currently tide up. >> president trump and russian pres

u.s. the french electoral commission is asking the media not to publish details. >>> also this morning, former trump adviser carter page telling the senate intel committee to ask the obama administration for his russia communications. he's got some very salty language. more on that in a moment, but this after promising to cooperate with officials. >>> and a new report from "the washington post" says that senior members of the trump transition team warned michael flynn about his contact with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. >> melissa bell live from paris here. so, melissa, help us understand the reaction this hour to those allegations from the electoral commission. >> reporter: well, what we're hearing are two different things really. first of all from the campaign team around emmanuel macron, this announcement last night that they had been the victims of this massive hacking operation with these many thousands of documents then published online. now, the trouble is that the timing of th

the u.s. that it would drive up demand for american made goods. we certainly are supportive of american manufacturers. however, there are many unknowns about the border adjustment tax. given the many significant economic uncertainties and risks associated with the border adjustment tax, the committee must evaluate its merits thoroughly and methodically. there are many very important questions that must be answered in order to evaluate the proposal. psi plowed the chairman for holding today's hearings do just that. for example, what will the impact be on consumesers. the retailers tell is that the cost of products like food, clothing and med sinl go up for consumeser by more than $1,700 a year. gas price cos increase by 35 cents a gallon. also been told that a 20% bat bat would increase heating costs for a new england family by up to 400 $ per winter. middle class families can't and shouldn't have to sustain these types of increases in consumer prices as a result of tax reform. is that a risk w

the u.s. department of justice has come to a settlement with the producers of the wolf of in assets related to the film. haidi: this is quite an extraordinary story, clearly still ongoing. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on that. saidg up, the st. louis president -- fed president calling for balance sheets calm. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: it's a 11:29 a.m. here in sydney. the local markets are trading to the downside for a third straight day. that's a view of the sydney house. a beautiful winter's day here. we are seeing downward pressure when it comes to aussie stocks having to decouple from the asian rally we had been. every sector accept materials and financials staying today.ove water the latest declines being driven by the poor outlook for commodities outtake in china. iron ore trading below $60 a ton for the first time since october.that is weighing on the broader commodities picture. i'm haidi lun here in sydney. marketabsence of capitals coming through from global m

in syria, u.s. led coalition r reportetedly raqqa kikilled up to 15 civiliansns, incling g two children on sunday. the syrian observatory for human rights had u.s. led airstrikes have killed 22225 civilians over the past month, including 44 children. amy: meanwhile, in yemen, the human rights group reprieve says u.s. navy seals killed five civilians during a raid tuesday night on a village. the killings reportedly began after a 70-year-old civilian came out of his home to find out what was going on and was gunned down to by the seals. the pentagon says the raid targeted al qaeda and that seven militantnts were killed. to talk more about how the media covers civilian casualties, we are joined by the cofounders of the intercept, jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald. the manchester model, should it be used for other victims of war? well, i mean, we know about the 22 victims, the horrific attack on the suicide attack in manchester as these tweens, mainly little girls ariana grande concert. we have learned

u.s.. dollaries and the broadly weaker across the board. money flowing into the annex. vix up. gold up. oil up as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am emma chandra with your bloomberg business flash. comparable sales analyst unexpected at a discount estimatesand it beat coming of a target some much-needed momentum. in refurbished more that 600 stores and introduced new store brands. american businesses will cash in one president trump visit saudi arabia this weekend. according to people familiar with the matter, the oil company will sign agreements with at least 10 american companies. among them, general electric, halliburton. the deals call for the companies to open manufacturing parts in saudi arabia and train local workers.in the u.k. , a completely privately owned bank once again. it was mailed out in the middle of the financial crisis. it has sold its last remaining shares. the treasury made more than $1.2 billion on its original investment.that is your b

if the u.s. can manage it well in order to make sure we are promoting the pro-alliance people than many issues can be dealt with in a quiet way. it is going to represent a setback for us in terms of being able to effectively manage the relationship. >> scott, you have written a book, or co-authored a book about korea and japanese relations. what do you expect tokyo-sole relations? i would like to hear views about sole-beijing as well. he has one major operation during the campaign and that is that he, and other candidates try to reverse the agreements. i think a lot hinges on how the south korean foreign policies and advisors in the moon administration decide the frame this issue. .... particularly for japan and china. the ally of korea speed to a [inaudible] acceptable to agree with the nation and its people. it didn't reach a settlement that satisfied those problems. so the problems continue to persist i think. both the past administration. therefore i believe the agreement -- >> what about in

not many people know that the u.s. consulate in saudi arabia was overrun by terrorists in december and nine people were killed. so, this left a permanent scar on the state department and particularly on our diplomatic security people. so when i arrived in 2007, i found a security environment that really reflected the events of the past and i worked very hard to change that. and we were successful in doing that. so, i spent a lot of my time as ambassador inside the ministry of interior. in fact, i would visit the ministry of interior twice a week for over two years. which gives you some idea of how much time and attention and focus we all spent on the issues of counterterrorism. and one of the things that came out of this interaction with the saudi government was the creation of something that is now called moi opm which was a basically a voint venture between the saudi government and the u.s. government to provide training and support to a 30,000 saudi man force that was being stood up to protect the oil and gas facili

the u.s. wants to accomplish in the middle east and the war on terror, but the relationship is conflicted certainly. mohammed nilou has more. how did the president's decision to arm the syrian kurds undermine, perhaps loom over this meeting today? >> good morning, dave. yeah, it's certainly going to loom over the meeting in a big way. look, you have two world leaders with similar personality traits, but with policy, they're very far apart. turkey's president erdogan is going into this meeting with two goals. the first is to convince the united states to stop arming and backing kurdish groups on the ground in syria. the united states is backing them to help topple isis. turkey considers some of those groups terrorist groups and wants that to start. the u.s. wants them to extradite fatah gullon and turkey wants them extradited because they say he's behind the failed military coup attempt last year. two very big demands. it's unclear whether the trump administration is willing to concede to eithe

the u.s. government, the problem is the dissemination to the russians. >> woodruff: what is the damage done here potentially? >> you know, i think there are a couple of concerns. you know, you worry first and foremost about potentially compromising sources and methods that allowed us -- that have allowed us to gather this intelligence over a period of time. my understanding is that this is sort of a stream of intelligence that's been useful over quite a period of time, so i think that's the first and foremost worry. the secondary worry is you compromise a relationship wan important ally. >> woodruff: i'm going to read back to you what you quote in the story and you're quoting h.r. mcmaster, the president's national security advisor. he said to you that, at no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were not already disclosed that were not already known publicly. >> yeah, i think that's right. i think the worry is, by sharing this intelligence with the

the u.s. government, the problem is the dissemination to the russians. >> woodruff: what is the damage done here potentially? >> you know, i think there are a couple of concerns. you know, you worry first and foremost about potentially compromising sources and methods that allowed us -- that have allowed us to gather this intelligence over a period of time. my understanding is that this is sort of a stream of intelligence that's been useful over quite a period of time, so i think that's the first and foremost worry. the secondary worry is you compromise a relationship wan important ally. >> woodruff: i'm going to read bck to you what you quote in the story and you're quoting h.r. mcmaster, the president's national security advisor. he said to you that, at no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were not already disclosed that were not already known publicly. >> yeah, i think that's right. i think the worry is, by sharing this intelligence with the

u.s. on the right rate path? the market seems confident, but will consumers support the case? theill ask charles evans of chicago fed in an exclusive interview. to the program, everybody. we are less than half an hour to the european open. let us have a look at what is happening on european futures market. we will be a little bit starter at the start of trade. the ftse 100 could be a bit of a laggard this morning. m&a this morning and france. a little bit of oxide coming -- upside coming in from the cac and the dax. gmm function, in better perspective. we are standard deviations away from standard moves. we have the chinese market up by .6%. it dropped off the far left hand of your screen. that was a standout performer because as you can see from the index picture, which features a some of the asian equity session, the australian market, for example, the general move was down. negative risk-off session and a slight move higher in gold. as i said, china in that trend of moving higher this m

it is up to the prosecutor, the u.s. attorney or u.s. attorney general to make that, and nobody on the democratic side would go after him to say, do you think you were acting within your authority in july to have made on your own determination a decision that does not belong in the hands of investigators? we don't allow the police to make the decision whether or not you're going to be charged. that is up to the local prosecutor or the u.s. attorney. >> jenna: that brings us back. timing is everything, hillary canton, former presidential candidate saying just yesterday making national and international news, blaming the fbi again for her loss. then you have director comey previously scheduled to testify and here we are talking again talking about the past. the american people, though, do have the fbi and a president that we hope are working efficiently on our behalf. how do you think those events of the past are hanging over either the administration or the fbi and impacting us? >> the democratic narrative is that hillary clinton did not

is u.s. economic outlook looking worse because of its uncertainty over tax and infrastructure policies while europe is looking stronger 's larryg to black rock fink. >> it is consistent to believe that or there is a belief in the marketplace that we are going to 's the second quarter. when i -- what i hear from businesses is it is not happening. sophie: global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much. let's talk the rate path in the u.s.. softbrainard has said inflation could cause her to reassess the way forward for monetary policy. between some tension signs that the economy is in the neighborhood of full employment and signs that the tentative progress on inflation may be slowing. if that tension between the progress on employment and the lack of progress on inflation process, it may lead me to reassess the expected path of policy in the future although it is premature to make that call tod

u.s. persons. they're not supposed to have their name revealed. michael flynn's name is the only trump-related name that is unmasked on the american side of these communications. michael flynn's name unmasked on the american side. but these calls and electronic messages involve other trump aides besides him. on the russian side, these are 18 different communications, 18 calls, e-mails, and text messages. six of them involve thrussian ambassador, sergei kislyak. that leaves another 12. the names of the other russians besides ambassador kislyak who are communicating with trump campaign last year, those names are all apparently being with held. all but one. the only other name being disclosed is victor. he is not just seen as putin's close friend. he's also his political emissary for all sorts of political matters. he's also somebody who has a personal history in terms of human rights that will curl your hair. what is that guy doing talking last year to members of the trump campaign during th

you have to register with the u.s. government if you're peddling influence for a foreign pow tpwher washington. flynn didn't do that. he cannot do anything that is going to put him where you wake up in jail. congress will be unhappy with him. it can look like a problem for his former boss but flynn can't do something that could end up with him behind bars. >> sandra: thanks for helping us keep up. >> bye. >> sandra: president trump's middle east mission topping the international agenda, but here at home there's a budget battle looming with medicade about to get hit hard. plus, a new warning from north korea after it launches yet another test. the plans it has for a new missile and how the u.s. is reacting to that. we are live at the pentagon. umbrellas!! you need one of these. you wouldn't put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half off. hidden in every swing, every chip,

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u.s. strategic relations with china, north and south korea and india and tensions in the region. >>> good morning. the senate armed services committee meets this morning to receive testimony on u.s. policy and strategy in the asia-pacific region. i'm pleased to welcome our witnesses and panel. viktor cha, the chair at international study, eric freedberg, professor of politics at princeton university, kelly -- help me. magasman, and ashley tellis -- i'm having trouble with my enunciation this morning. america's interests are deep and enduring. that's why for the past 70 years, we've worked with our allies and partners to uphold a rules based order based on principles of free markets and open seas and open skies. the rule of law and peaceful resolution of disputes. these ideas have produced unprecedented peace and prosperity in the asia pacific. but now the challenges to this rules-based order are mounting as they threaten not just the asia-pacific region but the united states as well. the m

u.s. presidential election. we previously knew about a lot of people with people having contacts with the russian ambassador and a few other russian possibilities after the election but in terms of during the election while the attack was happening, who were they talking to in russia? this is a new name. and he's kind of a big deal. the other implication of this new reporting is that apparently the trump folks still have not told us about what their contacts were with russia last year. how is it we are this far into this scandal and all of a sudden there's another 18 previously unclosed contacts that they never thought to mention before now. and we're only finding out from this new reuters reporting. that has been a consistent problem for the president in dealing with this story and this scandal. they keep denying things. that then turn out to be true. they keep saying we know everythi there is to be known and then more comes out. they start off by denying contacts between anybody in the c

the u.s. economy is showing signs of rebounding, after a lackluster first quarter. the labor department reports that employers added a net of 211,000 jobs in april, up sharply from the month of march. the unemployment rate for april fell to 4.4%, a nearly 10-year low. the strong showing could increase odds that the federal reserve will raise interest rates again next month. in somalia: a u.s. navy seal has been killed in a raid on the islamist militant group, al shabaab. it's the first american combat death there since 1993, when two helicopters were shot down in mogadishu. u.s. officials say the seal died on a mission supporting somali forces yesterday. two other americans were wounded. thousands of afghans turned out today to hail the return of a former warlord to kabul. gulbuddin hekmaytar responded with a demand that u.s. and other outside forces leave afghanistan. he rallied the crowd with a call for peace with the taliban, and he criticized the afghan government for its cooperation with

they added to aush and the u.s. the u.s. economy add 2d 11,000 jobs. ton employment rate drops to 4%. that's a level we haven't seen since 2007 before the recession hit. >>> they're urging trump to not pull out of the paris accord. there was a campaign to cancel the 2015 agreement. in a letter released this morning 2014 institutional investors say the mitigation of climate change is essential for safeguarding assessments. combine those investors control that $15 trillion in assets. >>> and "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" brought an estimated $142 million this weekend. guardians with its cast of intergalactic misfits opened 54% higher than the 2014 original hit. "the fate of the furious" was second at the box office followed by "the boss baby." anne-marie. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thank you, jill. >>> up next, doctors are finding new ways to deal with infants dependent on opioids. >> how this tiny mattress helps babies born dependent on drugs. i'm kenneth craig in worcester, massachusetts, with a look at the new study coming up. w