am lindsey francis is broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight spanish stocks take a dive as the government there says as it sets activate article one fifty five for the first time in history to exert control over the region of catalonia also china has blocked social media apps such as the encrypted messenger program whatsapp and it comes just as the communist party's nineteenth congress kicks off in beijing we bring you update on the proceedings there and your wife my system can now be interrupted and your information read and manipulated using a tool called my guest explains how it works and what you can do stand by far right now. i. mean there's light after tensions were renewed over the spanish region of catalonia as embattled bid for independence by midmorning the benchmark ibex thirty five index led point seven eight percent to ten thousand one hundred ninety four spain's government is set to trigger article one fifty five which would take away catalonia as local powers after its defiant regional president refused to give up his dem

and that's just this week alone d.c. scenes next year than ever we're going to try to find out what's going on on this edition of. politicking on larry king quite a week in washington republican stalwarts bob corker and jeff flake u.s. senators from tennessee and arizona respectively have announced they were in time it's rather than go through with a ring primary battles back home both have exchanged shots with the president on twitter and.

at the cuban embassy in washington d.c. so there really wasn't anything that foreign minister bernard rodriguez was going to say to secretary tillerson that was going to change the mind so it was a fait accompli. so do you think this is being kept under wraps by both sides on purpose we're talking about the sonic attacks expelling of the diplomats we're not getting a lot of sound bites i want to say from either side are the best and the word sonic attack for a lot of people is just a foreign concept we try to explain it in the media but we're not getting a lot of specifics updates on the investigation and explainers do you think this is being kept under wraps on purpose by both sides. both governments are clearly trying to not let the unknowns become so combustible that there is no coming back from it you've got all of that going on and then you had the two diplomats from the cuban embassy in washington that works in may the trump administration said nothing you have these attacks beginning during the end of the obama admin

time once the francis has been broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. coming up big coin has split introducing gold coins it's the second fork in the crypto currency this year the price at that point but it has now recovered somewhat we explore what this means for the future of the crypto currency and china could set a new way to prize oil in the coming months if you want would be a major step toward removing the u.s. dollars dominance in oil markets also the rich and poor in america saw their fortunes converge for a large amount of the twentieth century but now they're divergent my guest explains how this topic standby starts right now. behold the birth of gold lying jack allowed the c.e.o. of like a sick is the man behind the move he created a code that creates a four or a split in the coin blocked chain and tuesday his group pull the trigger on that code the idea is to decentralize bitcoin use moving it away from a small group armed with powerful computers it allows more users with less powerful computers to opt in to the encrypted digital ledger con

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tobar second five pm in washington d.c. i'm on your parm hell you're watching are to america we begin this evening with that horrific news out of vegas dozens of people murdered hundreds injured after a man opened fire on concert goers.

and radio host so great to have you down in d.c. with us yesterday but it's great for you to join me now after we've got a vote on something right off the bat what's your take from this vote it was close to sixteen to twelve it was close because twenty republicans voted no in a protest vote and from what i hear a lot more republicans who voted yes did so just to move the process along look the main feature of this is that it's the senate budget as was as is they they voted they passed it and this now enables the senate to pass tax reform with just fifty one votes they don't need the sixty vote threshold so that was the main thrust of this however in the process they did adopt a budget here that fiscal conservatives aren't too happy with so there was a lot of you know downside on that if you are true fiscal conservative but let's focus on the tax issue here the reasons why twenty congressman voted no all levon of them from new jersey and new york as we have talked about has now become come to be known as salt state and local taxes th

access so most consumers they're going to be ok the things i'm concerned about is look we're in the d.c. area how many buildings do you walk by pull out your phone and just pull up your i phone or whatever it is and look how many wireless networks are out there you've got tons of them so you've got the government buildings you've got other businesses they've got thousands of wife i access points that they have to protect now all i got to be able to do is get close enough to one if i run this attack against it then i can actually the entire network so i'm not too worried about consumers but you think about just in the d.c. area right here how many people have wi-fi networks all of these now are affected ok so it's not so much someone want to look at your spring break pictures in a starbucks. have we become overreliant on technology and what i mean by that obviously is we have but lazy. you know what we have we're getting into a society now to where we have traded security and privacy for convenient. and it's also a behavior of a lot of people don't care they don't care look i was telling

lindsay francis is boom boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight a very busy day for big business here in washington and i'm not talking about new deals testimony was heard on capitol hill from the former c.e.o. of equifax and the current c.e.o. of wells fargo in separate scandal cases affecting millions of people around the world do you exchanges got heated. cuba seized fifteen of its diplomats expelled from the united states as the relationship between the two nations struggled under economic sanctions accusations of physical attacks and travel warning also my guest weighs in on how tax fights are set to affect the little guy we take a look at what we face heading into the tax reform debate. must start right now. he may be out of his corner office but today former equifax c.e.o. richard smith had to answer for a massive hack at the credit monitoring service equifax before the house financial services committee on capitol hill the breach compromised the personal data of one hundred forty six million americans while he ran it on july twenty

local news in washington d.c. with barbara harrison and i got to read the prompter of like the local stories and you know local news is always like horrific lead in the water kids being kidnapped and i was reading the news to get like a demo reel and i could not stop laughing and i realized i can't be serious comedy is how i process pain i was so worried that if i got healthy i would just be boring and more boring i can really go out and say it i mean my life is way more boring i'm not in the same like chaotic you know concert is the state of adrenaline i think so.

time when the frances is broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight more european airlines are in trouble passengers have been stranded employees taken off the payroll as air carriers struggle to stay aloft and the unrest between catalonia and the spanish government has not wound down with spain threatening economic turmoil at the push for independence continues and my guest former u.s. trading commissioner bart chilton joins me to talk about the effects of the recent hurricanes on u.s. jobs and some new developments coming out of the u.s. treasury which could see a change on the wall street standby starts right now. european airlines are in trouble last month britain's fifth largest carrier monarch airlines came to a screeching halt. much to the consternation of passengers literally about to board their flights at airports around the world flight three seventy five from tel aviv landed in manchester at three twenty nine am on monday october second by four and monarch and now it's the airline was insolvent minutes later the government proclaim

i'm with the francis is the bus broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. coming up millions of ransomware attacks have cost billions of dollars have to break into a network still sensitive information or freeze operations and then run away with cash or crypto currency my guess explains how and why this is skyrocketing also we take a look at infrastructure hacks canadian officials have raised the alarm and they're not alone it's a growing problem worldwide also joining us live from hong kong former u.s. attorney commissioner bart chilton joins me he is the keynote speaker at fin tech this week we get the latest on how tech is disrupting the finance industry. just starts right now. thousands of people from around the world have headed to hong kong for fin tech week fin tac is basically a technology in the financial industry everything from mobile banking all the way to ai investing it's organized by next change the financial networking site former u.s. trade commissioner bart chilton kicked off the event but the keynote speech he joins us now from hong kong

hi lindsey graham to buck rogers asking around the world in washington d.c. coming up amazon is shifting gears yet again it's been granted approval to operate as a wholesale pharmacy in. that number is growing though my guest explains how this is shaking up the industry and the ruling communist party in china has in shrine of the country's aggressive trade initiative known as belton road we give you a look at just how ambitious this plan actually is and in catalonia voters and the region's president are at odds with one another as well as the spanish government weeks after the vote for independence from spain was reached and his government is taking strong measures to keep the region from separated by the start right now. bail has been set at one million dollars for a deal you are opioid medication maker facing fraud and racketeering charges amid a national opioid addiction crisis john kapoor the founder of insist there appear dicks and a group of his colleagues are accused of offering kickbacks for physicians who wrote large numbers of needless prescriptions

francis is the boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight cuba is set for even more sanctions from washington as relations between the two nations slide we take a look at the island and its boil and what it means for its future also millennial are falling behind houses cars families these are hallmarks of adulthood in generations past we explore why these are harder for millennia old to attain now and a big point is going crazy two thousand and seventeen has been a breathtaking year for the currency some governments are taking harsh actions against its trading others are welcoming it open arms my guest former u.s. attorney commissioner bart chilton explains it all for us stand by the boss starts right now. according to british conservative m.p. daniel hannan the u.k. would be bringing something new to the table by joining the north american free trade agreement between the united states canada and mexico this comes during the lead up to the fourth round of nafta talks recently in canada prime ministers justin trudeau entries from a w

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and lindsay francis is being bused broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight master card business to business face is set to take advantage of the quiet harry block technology that will cut across the middle man and tear down those borders of cross border transactions and this second fortune five hundred company to do so in just days also german carmaker b.m.w. has confirmed its munich offices for the subject of an unannounced inspection by antitrust regulators and we'll talk about the cone zone president trump's director of the national economic council gary collins says clearing houses could be a risk to our financial system is he right unpack it for you standby start right. forum wells fargo's foreign exchange bankers are fired as both regulators and the company look into shady practices in the investment banking arm wells fargo is no stranger to lawsuits arbitration and committee hearings recently the bank's new c.e.o. was questioned on capitol hill over a separate seven year long sales practice scandal which saw employees open customer accounts wi

lindsay friend the bus broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight a deadly shooting in las vegas leaves at least fifty eight people dead and gun stocks go up we take a look at an all too common trend on wall street also britain's monarch airlines was its fifth largest carrier it's shut down as of today stranding one hundred ten thousand passengers finally my guest tonight take a look at how artificial intelligence may lead the way to stopping cyber attacks room just starts right now. fears of gun manufacturers traded higher today after a mass shooting at a las vegas concert on sunday left at least fifty eight people dead they often spike following large shootings as investors anticipate the violence will lead to greater gun sales. four percent to fifty three fifty and american outdoor brands the parent company of smith and wesson rose three percent to end at fifteen sixty seven also all and which owns winchester ammunition hit an all time high of six percent to thirty six. and the euro declined and spanish stocks took a slide as investors re

play there on wednesday francis to be about broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight it's time to plan for a cliffhanger since the bank of england two major financial firms this comes as brags that talks turn a bit stale and trying to seize major growth in tech stocks and start ups but are we seeing a bubble we take a look at this trend and my guess weighs in on that four point one trillion dollar budget the u.s. house of representatives has given us today stand by the bus starts right now. it's contingency planning time says sam woods deputy governor of the bank of england in a speech he has urged financial firms affected by britain's divorce from the european union to prepare for a cliff edge scenarios where there are no negotiated terms for a transition or an implementation period his forecast if christmas arrives with no negotiations reached on the topic he says diminishing marginal returns will kick in contingency planning is a sliding scale of increase commitment investment and momentum through time it is much more prudent and prosaic then hovering over

ones you frances is broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight president donald trump the long awaited policy remarks on the iran nuclear deal some people shaking their heads and others quite dissatisfied also japan's kobe still is in big trouble with its customers it's set to pay out big time after the company lied about the quality of its product and we'll talk movies and money in light of the recent revelations about hollywood sexual harassment will there be financial impact on the film industry which rejects billions of dollars in the economy will bust open the box office books take a closer look than by start right now. it's going bananas big going to hit a high of five thousand eight hundred fifty six dollars and ten cents on friday it's meteoric rise from around one thousand dollars to this in ten and a half months setting analysts and investors back on their heels now initial coin offerings were sternly turned away by the securities and exchange commission here in the united states but you pens financial watchdog greenlighted elev

i'm lindsey francis is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight's the international monetary fund releases its growth projections for two thousand and seventeen india thinks china is set to rise we take a closer look around the world also denmark it sets relax its laws regarding the sharing economy or at least create a few the government is warming to the idea of collecting big taxes on this new form of consumerism instead of running it out of town for lack of regulatory control also my gas former u.s. attorney commissioner bart chilton has the lowdown on taxes can washington get it. don this year he is set to tell us said stand by the bastar right now. here in the economy giants like air b.n. b. and uber could see the way paved for them right into the heart of northern europe the danish government has decided to stop fighting this change in consumerism and instead embrace it by adjusting its labor and tax laws according to the business ministry about one fifth of danes have either offered or consume the kinds of services provided by uber

high on wednesday francis is broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight to big businesses in britain demand a two year grace period to set up proper trade relations after the two thousand nine hundred break from the european union and credit card debt and delinquency is up in america income stagnates at the same time as we head into the holiday shopping season we take a look at what americans face and my guess like happened tony of the host of america's lawyer joins me to discuss a four hundred seventy million dollars verdict against johnson and. johnson it's been thrown out in california but the long and winding road of lawsuits continue as people claim that j.j. knew about cancer causing properties of its baby powder to stand by us for right now. china is after assets in australia chinese investors sunk one billion dollars into australian agriculture such as the lucrative wine industry last year that's up from three hundred million a one billion plus dollar investment is planned for the port city of darwin for a luxury resort by the end of the y

when the frances is being bossed broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight the meeting in moscow between saudi arabia's king solomon and russia's president vladimir putin produce some enormous deals in energy my guest tonight take a look at the implications for oil and gas also predatory lenders could soon feel a big squeeze on their businesses as lawmakers push for tighter regulations to protect consumers and more trade talks between japan and the united states are coming up we'll take a look at the topics that to dominate that agenda stand by for the bus starts right now. i. the global deal to stem the oil glut and raise barrel prices has been strengthened according to the leaders of russia and saudi arabia in the first visit of a ruling saudi monarch to russia saudi saudi arabia's king solomon and russia's president vladimir putin met in moscow they worked out a slew of deals including trade and economic cooperation telecommunications security weapons and oil agreements it's ushered in bilateral ties reaching a new level after decades of rivalry n

hi lindsey francis is the boss broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight the leaders of the world's two largest oil producers meet in moscow and the first visit by a reigning monarch of saudi arabia to russia it's a move to strengthen ties between the two we bring you the details on that also tobacco giant philip morris says it's not a smoke free initiative in the works down under but skeptics say it's just a bid to make money on more unhealthy habits is that true we're going to find out also billions have been affected by recent attacks i did yahoo and which actually is happy just keep getting in my guest explains why they're blocking technology could be the way forward for businesses and governments as they rush to prevent stand by us start right now. a bit of backtracking at the white house president donald trump says puerto rico's insurmountable debt may need to be quote wiped out and quote and then the white house budget director stepped into the breach trump statement caused audible gasps as people envisioned a giant bailout initiative but th

for the average american living in the hinterland away from new york and san francisco and washington d.c. and i'm sure you and i have both seen the effects of that across the country thank you so much for bringing this information to us dr mark norton senior fellow with the muses institute thank you. but no games are worth millions of dollars and lots of companies are looking to cash in on them however a one game developer in the u.k. is looking to take it to the next level the creator of two raider is helping to create a national agency for games which would function like the british film institute does instead of promoting the art of films and television it would instead help encourage and develop video games in the u.k. and may seem strange but it's really not video games are worth over a billion dollars to the u.k. economy and major companies like rockstar games has a branch there and king which created the super addictive candy crush sega mobile game is headquartered right in london. thanks for watching be sure to catch him on direct t.v. in the united states you can find us on the