this would be the u.s. code that allows u.s. military troops to train and advise, in areas around the globe. so he tried to be very clear, that this was not u.s., these were not u.s. soldiers operating under military authorization. you can imagine that didn't sit well with some members of congress. members of congress, tim kane comes to find. democrat of virginia comes to mind immediately saying that we need to reauthorize war, war resolution, if we are going to continue doing this kind of stauf round the globe. -- stauf round tuff around the. this was outside the scope of what they were authorized, the military. or believe general mattis they weren't operating under military authorization. >> the united states military forces operate under, a number of different authorities. for secret clandestine covert activities. you know, in actuality, i mean the members of congress have it right. the united states has been conducting missions that the military calls training or advise and assist or train and equip for, you know, 15 years n

the u.s. and cuba. two days ago, the trump administration announced a series of regulatory changes designed to partially roll back obama administration's strategy of engaging with the people of cuba. a few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with a moribund economy and a demographic challenge in a relationship with the united states that is rapidly deteriorating as a result of president trump's policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u.s. diplomats. in fact the diplomatic drawdown , in havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of visa services in havana prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in today's discussion. nevertheless, to help us make sense of what has happened and assess what the future might bring for cuba and the united states we are privileged to , welcome to the dialogue three distinguished friends and colleagues with decades of experience working on cuba. to my immediate left, emi

the u.s. president and the vietnamese president walking down the steps there. we're going to be bringing you live those question and answers by the two leaders. now, the u.s. president has praised his relationship with the vietnamese leader and said how much progress they've made over the last few years and that was apparent to see. it's going to be interesting what questions, of course, the u.s. president in particular is asked. let's listen in. >> ladies and gentlemen, members of the media, the presidents are now announcing a press briefing on their talks. >> translator: we both shared the views that the bilateral relations has scored substantial results over the years delivering enormous benefits to the people of both countries. during president trump's state visit to vietnam, vietnam and the united states issued a joint statement pledging to further deepen the vietnam-united states comprehensive partnership on the basis of mutual respect for each other's independence, sovereignty, territor

but also the u.s. side. will it matter for turkish relations if there's this revelation of turkey's complicity in sanctions busting? i think you sort of said turkey would not be the first country to do business with a corrupt state. the u.s. has done so meanty of tim. does the revelation of turkish corruption matter for the united states? >> i guess i'd give two answers to that. one specific and one general. the fact this corrupt country was in fact iran i think really will matter in that there is even before the most recent election in the united states, before trump came into office and afterward certainly one of the are approaches that turkey has used for the united states is to present itself as a potential ally to america in confronting iranian regional influence in the middle east. now, this from the outset might have been a tough sell. certainly turkey's response to the qatar crisis didn't necessarily convince anyone in washington that turkey was going to be a strong supporter in any future confrontat

he said the u.s. has suffered trade deficits because japan trade has not been fair, nor has it been opened your interestingly, he did praise and auto-parts maker in japan, which in october announced a billion-dollar expansion of its tennessee plant in adding 1000 workers. on the other hand, honda, toyota, many japanese automakers have big plans in the united states. this is what donald trump said , try that, he said building japanese cars in the u.s. and set of shipping them over. that is not too much to ask, is it? in fact, the japanese automakers have a hundred 50,000 u.s. employees. some of the math is odd. he would like to see some of the barriers come down to u.s. products here. david: help us understand what is next couple what we are watching for the next few hours or so. he was just getting down from his car at the palace, at the guesthouse, he will be meeting them for after that. what will be happening after that? stephen: bilateral negotiations with the japanese perhaps getting started or pu

u.s.-turkey relations. whiphe house minority talks about how do we address the opioid epidemic. today's "washington journal,", we look at u.s. involvement in afghanistan by getting your reaction by phone, facebook, and twitter, and we sit down with john sopko, the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction to talk about the latest report. ♪ host: good morning on this monday, november 27. congress is back for what is expected to be at least three weeks of work. some are calling it a year and -- year-end sprint of work. president will be meeting with congressional leaders early this week to talk about all of it. at the same time, plenty of news from overseas, including one headline that says "victory or failure in afghanistan? 2018 will be the deciding year." that is our focus for the full "washington journal." should the u.s. stay or leave afghanistan? if you think the u.s. should stay, call (202) 748-8000. if you think they should leave, (202) 748-8001. we have a separate l

when you have the u.s. tightening or when a central bank is tightening and another one doesn't you will have people go into the dollar, into the currency of the bank that is tightening. you are not seeing that here. if that is not happening, you will not have a stronger dollar is a headwind and the fed can keep hiking. it will not necessarily de-balance the economy. jonathan: i want to turn to alan higgins in london. it is always great to catch up with you. it has been for too long for you and i. bunds two-year versus u.s. treasury two-year. north of 240 basis points. my question is whether the federal reserve can continue going alone from here and if that's right can continue to get wider? alan: nice to talk to you. we can continue to go wider. for fixed-income investors who don't undertake risk they can't catch all that spread. if you hedge it out with fx forwards, you will pay circa 160. you don't capture all that spread anyway. for a fixed income, it is less wide than it may seem. the ecb is on hold doi

the u.s. is not seeking to weaponize space our goal is to work with all responsible spacefaring nations to ensure a safe secure and stable space environment the us air forces x. thirty seven b. which has spent almost two years orbiting earth its purpose is classified its mission is classified its budget is classified. then you've got the various kinetic bombardment and global strike projects that the pentagon is reportedly pursuing they'll probably see that there was a peaceful to sue piece for the pentagon the space budget was doubled last year from five to ten billion and next year it's going up this year's budget increases the eighteen budget proposal increases what the air force is proposing to spend on space by twenty percent and we're shifting to space as a war fighting domain just think of the message these sends ready said arms race. washington has been urging to pull shia militias backed by iran out of the country now that they're and the isolation is over the u.s. congress is current

to consolidate power u.s. president donald trump has voiced support for saudis leaders tweeting i have great confidence in king solomon and mohammed bin saul man the u.s. air force says it's investigating how it handled the criminal records of the gunman behind sunday's church shooting in texas twenty six people including children were killed when former chairman devon patrick kelly entered their church and opened fire zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has fired his vice president emerson and. the garbage action removes one of the leading contenders to become his successor his wife grace is now the front runner ninety three on the garbage has been president of zimbabwe for almost thirty years. liberia's presidential runoff election has been definitely persona by the supreme court less than a day before polls were due to open it follows allegations of fraud from the party that came third in the first vote last month it's been for spain and indefinitely those were the headlines i'll be back with more news in th

economy and so the u.s. critics people like yourself are ungrateful unappreciative of that relationship well first of all fifteen of the terrorists who attacked us come from saudi arabia is one of the largest export hers of violence and non pluralism to the world there are ties between saudi arabia and terrorist groups so to argue that they have been a voice for peace or a strong ally is very questionable i think what they say is that they are a counter to iran and they are a counter to iran's dominance in the middle east and that's usually the argument they make and i just don't view the u.s. in gauging in balance of power politics as something that is help why do you think the u.s. is so close to. not just decider of all of the gulf kingdoms none of them democracies is it just a need for cheap oil and gas or is it something else is it something more i think it goes back to the kissinger view of. balance of power politics even in europe and we say if there is a rising power we need to check that rising powe

the u.s. and cuban governments met regularly and engaged on a number of issues and ultimately signed almost two dozen bilateral agreements and these agreements have some issues, such as law enforcement information sharing, cooperation on health, and designating sister, marine protected areas, these are wide-ranking discussions on a number of issues. and so i say this time last year, we're on a pretty steep, steep part of the line graph in the upper direction. and more than anything, those two years of rapid progress toward normalization proves that the u.s. and cuban governments can cooperate and that their cooperation can bear fruit and i think that's important. it wasn't a sure thing that this cooperation could bear fruit. if you look ats last three years, we've seen that that affected this. this week, everyone's aware and michael just mentioned it, that we've had a downward tick on the line graph, with the release of new regulations governing cuba sanctions. the treasury department and comm

anomaly for u.s. president but perhaps not so much for mr trump never a dull moment he had me get thank you very much trast. lebanese former prime minister saad hariri has said he will return home from saudi arabia within days in his first televised appearance since his shock resignation last week and we re told future t.v. in riyadh he is free to travel as he wishes in response to claims from zalman lebanon that he was being held against his will he announced his resignation in saudi arabia last saturday saying he fears there was a plot to kill him but he hinted in his latest remarks that he might rescind his resignation. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is on his first visit to catalonia since dismissing it succession of government he's offering a stark choice kits are persists and next month snap elections or there will be drastic consequences he arrived in the region just hours after hundreds of thousands of pro independence administrators took to the streets of barcelona getting them to chang

think the u.s. has been taken advantage of. i think u.s. corporations able to hijack u.s. trade agreements because advisors to the negotiations that happen behind of us doors with the rest shut out, so now we have trade agreements that basically have protection for corporations, like the tribunal at the heart of nafta, can attack domestic laws in front of a panel of corporate lawyers who can order up taxpayers to compensate compensation for unlimited sum fist they think any domestic law or government undermines new agreement ights they manage to go into a trade agreement. those agreements and wages they ave, floods of imported food, etcetera, are changes that we need in trade agreements. happened with the asia trip, basically a lot of lost have a ity because we bunch of trade agreements that aren't working. we have rules of trade not anded out for raising wages creating good jobs and on the president's trip, he literally the countries of the tradeor 82% deficit and didn't get new agreements, instead made deals chinese government investment funds and chinese government-owne

how zarrab violated u.s. law and now they are being tried for in u.s. court. to make it against the law for us business wthis was a bilaterl trade. up to a point i think it's worth acknowledging where this is coming from. it's a vast sweep of the financial sector does have a unique ability to make our national interest into a matter of universally enforcement law. that only goes so far. the point is worth mentioning and this is where the problem really goes back to how the akp approached this issue this 2012. they may not have agreed with the united states laws. they may not have agreed with the united states sanctions against iran. they made it clear they did have concerns about u.s. sanctions against iran. however at the point when these sanctions were put in place at the point where people in the tu turkish banking sector knew these laws were in place, they were aware of the consequences of breaking them. at that point the decision to go ahead with this scheme, the decision amongst member s of th turkish government were taken against the actions were agains

is a program created by the u.s. congress twenty seven years ago it allows immigrants already in the u.s. to temper we live what they legally if they can't return to their home countries where there is no path to citizenship countries like el salvador have had their status renewed so yes we get this video for more. online members of congress have been tweeting a collective show of support in the last twenty four hours morning extension to the t.p.s. program which has multiple deadlines in coming months nancy pelosi the minority leader for the democrats in the u.s. house of representatives tweeted t.v.'s recipients have been contributing to local economies mation wide for years ending at what cost the u.s. dearly representative louise good yet as says we should not take hundreds of thousands of documented immigrants who are working illegally and push them into the black market on top democratic leader in the house to me hoyer tweeted this photo urging donald trump to extend t.p.s. activists have also been trying to ra

welcome back u.s. president donald trump said better relations with russia would be key to solving world crises like syria and north korea speaking a day after the apec summit in vietnam we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an asset to our country not a liability getting along with other nations is a good thing not a bad thing believe me a formal meeting between the russian and u.s. presidents have been highly anticipated but it never happened apparently due to show julian problems nevertheless the two leaders did briefly catch up on the summit sidelines and they released a joint statement on the situation in syria. they confirmed their determination to defeat islamic state the president also agreed there can be no military solution to the conflict in syria also they said a final political settlement should be found through the geneva

u.s. president in more than 25 years. he will be holding a news conference this hour with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. and of course we will bring that to you live. >>> but first, horror and disbelief in texas after a shooter killed at least 26 worshipers during a sunday church service outside of san antonio. the 14-year-old daughter of the pastor among the dead. the suspect is 26-year-old devin patrick kelley. he was found dead of a gunshot wound in his car after a brief chase. now he was discharged from the u.s. air force for bad conduct overcharges of assaulting his spouse and their child. this shooting happened in a small tight knit community of only a few hundre people. this is how some residents faced the terrible news. >> and be with us here as we learn to deal with this in the days to come. i'm sorry. >> we're also getting a glimpse of what the inside of the church looks like. this video was taken a week ago. it's another service, not the one in question. we don't know i

u.s. and south korea are holding joint naval drills in the region is being viewed as a powerful show of force directed at north korean leader kim jong un over his country's nuclear weapons program three u.s. aircraft carriers and joining several south korean war ships for four days of exercises saudi arabia has asked for an urgent meeting with the arab league to discuss allegations of military aggression by iran to iran denies supplying a missile fired from yemen into saudi a week ago it also says it has nothing to do with a pipeline fire in bahrain saudi arabia has described the fire as sabotage his foreign minister has blamed iran morocco's king mohammed the sixth has arrived in qatar to discuss the latest developments in the gulf political crisis the king was greeted by the town and been hammad dhani saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt have cut diplomatic ties with qatar those are the headlines next on al-jazeera it's inside story by for that. what does donald trump and really thi

and the u.s. is calling on the u.n. to act against iran after the firing of rockets from yemen into saudi territory on saturday a ballistic missile was launched towards riyadh from territory held by iranian backed rebels. and the u.s. state department is calling on saudi arabia to carry out its anti-corruption drive in a fair and transparent way dozens of prominent saudis including leading businessmen and princes were detained in recent days as part of an investigation led by the crown prince. now they deposed catherine president catalyst made his first public appearance in brussels and spain issued an arrest warrant his message now appears to focus less on gaining independence and more on regaining the country's strict autonomy from spain generale explains. his place of exile at the heart of europe catalonia used to post lead economist is using every platform he can to issue an election call to arms the word independence hardly appears. spain has carried out a coup de tat against the legitimate g

u.s.. although president trump says he is pulling the u.s. out of the climate acaccord, the trtrump administration will be therere o push coal, gas, a nuclear power. a number of mayors and governors , sayingng wee in b bonnm are e still inin. >> we are still i in as governo, university presidentnt from ngo, and d others that are committedo meeting america's obligations under the paris agreement. amy: we will speak with 350.org founder bill mckibben about the future of the climate accord, the latest catastrophes, and we will talk to him about his new first novel, "radio free vermont: a fable of resistance." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war anand peace report. i'm amy goodman. at least four women have accused roy moore, the republican nominee in alabama for a u.s. senate seat, of making sexual advances on them while they were teenagers, including one woman who says moore forced himself on her when she was 14 years old and he was 32. leigh cor

now another u.s. news the army's widening its recruitment fall by allowing people with a record of mental health problems to enlist in the armed forces kayla more pron as the story. mental health issues no longer rule you out of serving in the american army at this point according to documents acquired by usa today if you have a history of depression drug and alcohol abuse bipolar disorder or even a self mutilation you can apply for a waiver and join the u.s. military the decision was primarily creased availability of medical records and other dates which is now more readily available these records of the army officials to better document applicant medical histories what's more important if you look at the reasons that the army is having trouble recruiting new soldiers the number of waivers for marijuana use have increased as well chief of staff mark milley says that the army should be between five hundred forty thousand and five hundred fifty thousand but at this point it's only four hundred seventy

amy: in news on the u.s. war in afghanistan, the u.s. air force is on track to triple the number of bombs dropped this year, compared with last year. the major increase in bombing comes as the trump administration has deployed thousands more u.s. troops to afghanistan in recent months. by early 2018, there are slated to be about 16,000 u.s. troops there. the ongoing u.s. war in afghanistan is the longest war in u.s. history. meanwhile, the u.s. military has also sharply increased bombing in somalia in recent days. "the new york times" reports the u.s. has carried out at least five drone strikes since november 9, killing at least 40 people. from the pentagon claims are militants with our shabab. this comes as a new report from brown university's costs of war project estimates that the u.s. wars since the 9/11 attacks in 2001 will cost up to $8 trillion in interest payments alone over the coming decades. their report says the u.s. has already spent $4.3 trillion on the wars and that the u.s. will be paying trillions of dollars in interest

they violated u.s. law, now they are being tried in u.s. court. beenurkish response has what right does america have two make it against the law for us to do business with iran? this was a bilateral trade between two sovereign countries. why is this in violation of u.s. law? i think it is worth acknowledging where this argument is coming from. certainly the united states does have the unique ability to make our national interests into a matter of universally enforceable law. ronhis was paraguay and i -- iran, he would not be facing trial now. that only goes so far. the point is also worth mentioning, a problem goes back to how they approach this issue in 2012. they may not have agreed with united states laws, at the time they made it clear they did have concerns about u.s. sanctions. at the point when the sanctions were put in place where people in the turkish government and banking sector new the laws were in place, they were aware of the consequences of breaking them. at that point the decision to go ahead with this scheme, to support reza zarra

media likes to slam trump doesn't really matter if the u.s. media slams trump because trump is the global negotiator and cheney is cutting deals with china and other countries around the world does it really matter what the u.s. media thanks this point then. i don't think it does i don't think it does or the chinese or the the policy makers shared that there was a a good article that came out by a professor from renmin university who said. and also an advisor to the chinese you know leadership he said china is no use united states is the divided states and you have to realize what we're dealing with and he went on to mention he said the pro establishment elitists and united states their criticism of the president trump is is completely irrational and non-logical and we have to view that from the perspective that was quoted in the even in the china daily here in english so but it's quite interesting reaction yours yeah i guess if americans want the benefits of the china trade they have to stop they they they they objection asked are they the fo

u.s. once they come to the u.s. they will add to 500,000 groups all over africa being kind of like american -- african ambassadors to the united states and ambassadors to africa who are supporting and developing and expanding this relationship. i think this really has been a very good program. >> will the gentleman yield? >> absolutely. you just described yali, which i would agree with you 100%. yali is being cut? >> it is, 50%. but the areas -- we're getting 700 fellships this year as opposed to 1,000. we're still going to continue to develop the fellowship programs and center out in africa. that's the issue. >> if i could just chime in, we have had a fair amount of interest from private sector companies in contributing to yali, especially regional leadership centers in africa. hoping to mobilize resources in the coming years. we have 5 million programmed for leadership centers for '18. >> mr. castro. >> how is the moral at the state department? you don't have to answer. i can ask you another question. last year th

the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions. our correspondent kerley niche and more is on the story for us. -- our correspondent kerley niche a morning. is this man credible or is he not? carolina: apparently we have seen at least three -- the words we just heard come after his statement this year also in the investigation into russian meddling in u.s. elections last year. sessions denied once and again he had key medications with anyone connected to the russian government during the 2016 elections. even of the attorney general began saying, my story has not changed, today his story changed. they very moment he said he did recall the meaning with george papadopoulos. this happened after the court records reveal that mr. sessions not only was part of a meeting but he was even leading a meeting discussion -- discussing his russian ties and discussing sending up a meeting with trump and vladimir putin. saying one thing and then recalling a different thing makes the statements impossible plausible an

three u.s. aircraft carrier strike groups, the reagan, the theodore roosevelt and military exercises just off the korean peninsula. it is the largest display of u.s. naval strength in the western pacific in a decade. if there was a conflict with north korea they could launch a fighter jet off the carrier once every 20 seconds. but of course they then have to get all the fighter jets back on board. this is how they do it. >> all of this together, the whole u.s. military, sends the message that we are ready to defend ourselves. >> rear admiral mark dalton commands one of the strike groups. he says having three carriers that the support more than 200 aircraft, is a rare training opportunity. >> does this more closely milling a real life conflict situation, a war time situation? >> the more strike groups that you can get together, the more complex it is. and, and, so we get training value out of that. >> but these u.s.-led which views them as rehearsals for an inflation and calls the latest drill re

installed by u.s. workers, using u.s. materials, under u.s. supervision this time. so at least those top floors of the embassy could be made secure. they did, however, just pop those new top floors on top of the old infected base of the building that we let the russians build for us. it was a ridiculous 25-year saga, that embassy. today, andrew higgins, moscow correspondent for "the new york times" reports on a new decision that has just been made about that embassy of ours in moscow, a decision made by the u.s. state department, under secretary of state rex tillerson. according to this new reporting, the u.s. state department has awarded a no-bid contract for security at the u.s. embassy in moscow, it's a no-bid contract, $2.8 billion contract, awarded without competition. that security contract has gone to, quote, a private russian company that grew out of a security business cofounded by havladimir putin's former kgb boss, a veteran spy who spent 25 years planting say gents in western security services. quote, security guards at the american embassy in moscow and

military bases serves as a result stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial dispute there china laws but to tear came into power and now he just said he basically said i don't want to fight over this when china pushed to territory by announcing it would develop islands just outside the philippines maritime borders the brash filipino back down what do you want me to do declare war against china he said i can't we will lose all our military and policemen tomorrow we will be destroyed as a nation so you know if you just return to the negotiating table and just did they're doing deals because. you know people want to just move forward in progress they don't want to get stuck into a conflict over little pieces of land as you point out it's a waste of time for the u.s. to lecture any culture on human rights with the president does your complex or as you mentioned biggest

u.s. leader and president xi jinping tout their new chemistry but does the show of friendship mask a lack of progress on trade and north korea also coming up. the worst famine in decades the u.n. warns that millions of yemenis risk starvation after a saudi led alliance tightens its blockade on this war ravaged country or get a firsthand account from the un's humanitarian coordinator in yemen's capital. and could this man be germany's most prolific serial killer a former nurse already serving a life sentence is now suspected of killing more than one hundred patients. plus the common a week killer that has the european union and abide member states just can't agree on extending a license for the insecticide wife's eight protesters worried about the health risks are accusing the e.u. of cozying up to the companies that produce it. on leyla iraq it's a pleasure to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump is wrapping up his visit to china he renewed calls on beijing to ramp up economic pre

the u.s. is not because they can only step out three years from now, so we have to make itt concrete. who is paying, and the green bonds, for example, the clean technology bond, who is taking which steps? little boring,a but it is important because we have to keep track and see where we are in the future. melinda: christopher springate, a skeptic might say we are talking about this for years and years and years, and the projected level of temperature rise, the projected level of sea level rise, remains far too high. say,topher: the skeptics why have such huge conferences? the fact is, it is a truly global challenge, and a truly global issue. it is something that all of the globe's nations have to agree on. i think the key thing to understand is that fighting climate change will only work if everybody is on board. that is why this conference is actually far more important than it appears. if you go back to 2008, the conference in that year failed to do this they do work ahead of in 2009,hagen s

the idea that the u.s. trustee's planned withdrawal will allow other nations to also weaken their commitment to the paris deal. by the global carbon project shows global carbon dioxide emissions are once again rising after flatlining for three straight years. these findings -- earlier hopes that earlier co2 emissions had peaked for good. at this year's climate conference, african negotiators, activists, and youth are particularly vocal about the need for urgent action to mitigate the most devastating effects of climate change. the consonant is expected to suffer more from climate change than any other on earth. many african countries are already feeling some of the worst effects this summer, flood and mudslide killed more than 1000 people while extreme drought has left millions of people at risk of famine in kenya, somalia, and ethiopia. to talk more about this is negotiations and environmental movements across africa, we're joined by kumi naidoo, south african activist and the former head of greenpeace. he

i think the u.s. is an even more interesting question. why is the u.s. tends and 30's so resilient? having it traded all my career, one of the hardest things to get right in fixed income is the 10 year treasury. when you think you get it right, the formality is discounted. if you like the 10 year treasury, they know that the fed look at the two and two and a quarter and they are done. we do not see much higher at tens or 30's. imf saying it is a fantastic investment, but the 10 year and 30 year knows, that is what we would say. lisa: i love the idea of martians coming down and looking at european data and deciding what is happening. i would be very confused on many fronts. i would say europe is dealing with what the u.s. is dealing with not so long ago. it is a goldilocks scenario, just to use the jargon of the time. growth is accelerating but it is not that great. you're not seen that much wage presser. the ecb is continuing. jonathan: typically with rates as low as they are and yields, you have a decision. you go further along the curve, or you go further along the risk curve, whi

you say u.s. stock markets are looking overvalued >> i didn't use the expression overvalued, i think, because as i said, that's always difficult to clearly identify. but certainly the cyclicly adjusted price to earnings ratio is way above historical averages in the u.s., though one can read analysis showing that partly this can be explained by the evolution of some fundamentals, and also by the decrease in interest rates which explains those valuations, but nevertheless, that in comparison and the low volatility point to the risk we are talking about risks, not something that necessarily will materialize. >> in other news, president trump has nominated marvin goodfriend to the federal reserve board of governors if confirmed the professor and former fed economist will fill a fourth seat on the seven member board following the departure of gel b janet yellen >>> senators in the u.s. have begun debating the details of the tax overhaul bill as they inch closer to a vote. momentum is growing after two

the international atomic energy agency latest report so u.s. undecided is isolated but has a huge influence for example european banks are still reluctant to do business with iran because of punishments by the u.s. treasury so a lot of president travelers are split on the agreement but u.s. has a huge influence and a second iran i'm sorry to answer some as i would just cut across the there at running out of time i do want to get to syria what what is the hope that a between these two countries are about syria i mean that that's the context of issues you know iran's and russia's support for syria is controversial they are the only reason in our bashar assad is still in power and in syria is because of iran's russia's support and frankly there is no forseeable signs that the other side of this conflict the us turkey the arab states are backing the opposition and iran and russia have been adamant that bashar assad has to stay in power but as islamic state is pushed out of syria the next step of what happens in syria whether bashar assad will have

on the other hand, others say this is not about the u.s., the u.s. is doing just fine, it is about the rest of the world, which is falling apart, they are all coming here to buy the safety of u.s. treasuries, can get those yields up, they are basically two extensive right now, treasuries are, because the rest of the world still so uncertain. yvonne: certainly the case, especially with the boj, japanese investors got to look for yield elsewhere. they are heading to u.s. when it comes to treasury, china as well. we will continue to watch the yield curve. we have breaking lines coming through with earnings, as well. quarter income, it was a miss. 822 million singapore dollars, the estimate was for 1.1 4 billion singapore dollars. what -- quite a sizable miss. we will watch those headlines. or talking about the allowances for credit and other losses, that came on -- came in at 815 million singapore dollars. betty: just quickly to remind of how we traded on friday in new york, we were mostly higher, driven by some pretty good numbers in the jobs market. i

and from the u.s. ambassador a direct plea to china to exert greater economic pressure on its ally and neighbor we need china to do more president called chinese president xi this morning and told him that we have come to the point that china must cut off the oil from north korea that would be a pivotal step in the world's effort to stop this international pariah but no such pledge from china instead it called again on the u.s. to explore a freeze for freeze scenario in which north korea would slow its missile program if the u.s. and south korea lowered their military posture on the peninsula this position supported by russia in the booklet with what we proposed a solution based along the principle of suspension for suspension which in visions of d.p. r. k. stopping missile tests while at the same time the u.s. and south korea decreasing the scale of their military exercises this in turn will pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongya

u.s., the keystone pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in south dakota. >> it is something we have been saying all along, everyry pipele is going to spill, is going to leak. amy: we'll speak with tom goldtooth of the indigenous environmental network about the spill and his new report on carbon trading. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are reporting from bonn, germany. back in the u.s. on capitol hill, republican lawmakers are moving closer to pass a sweeping $1.5 trillion tax cut that largely benefits the wealthy and the nation's largest corporations. the house passed its version of the bill on thursday by a vote of 227 to 205. 13 republicans joined democrats in opposing the legislation. the massive tax cut was approved without the house holding a single hearing. hours later, the senate finance committee approved its own version of the bill but it is unclear if the republicans have enough votes for it

japan and the u.s. must take leadership in closely collaborating with the international community to enhance pressure on north korea through all possible means. i agree with president trump that we welcome china strengthening her pressure over north korea, and it is incumbent upon china to play even greater roles to let north korea relinquish nuclear capabilities. we -- north kr before this press conference, president and mrs. trump were good enough to meet with the members of the families of abductees. i would like to render my heartfelt gratitude for their listening to intently to what the family members had to tell them. until the day when all the families oh -- embraced their loved ones in their own arms, until that day my mission is not complete. i am sure that the families -- i have renewed my resolve to work in full force to seek the resolution of this issue. i have decided to take our own additional sanction measures in our efforts to seek the solution of the nuclear missile and the most importa

vonnie: u.s. stocks are in rally mode today, but we start with breaking economic data out of the u.s.. julie hyman has that data. it is just out. existing home sales. 5.4 8 million is the figure on the annual pace, little better than estimated. we saw a little bit of a downward revision, but not a huge change either. again, seeing this number gain 2%. october is the month we are talking about the october existing home sales up 2% to an annual pace of $5.48 million. it says we start as a the effects of the various hurricanes fade, particularly across the south. we will keep an eye on housing numbers it already, seeing gains in u.s. stocks. all three major averages touching closing records. the nasdaq the only other three to also trade at an intraday record as we see strength on this day when we have a smattering of earnings reports to keep an eye on. that is one of the things helping boost the stock market. also in the case of the stock market, technology is outperforming. word aboutsay a volume. o

producers in the u.s. have not traded up with oil. you can buy a bunch of u.s. oil producers that are still negative returns for the year and wait for them to catch up with the positive returns it oil prices. you want to buy high-quality oil producers that operate some of the best assets and locations in the u.s. shale basin and have low debt, and all run by great management teams. anna: a lot of people are talking about junk bonds in the u.s. and the oil story crops up in that conversation. i have the 30 day correlation between the s&p 500 and oil. when oil goes higher, stocks are in the mood to go higher. at what lowok aroundprices have done, the world, it's been a great thing for economies. global demand for oil actually increased every single gear higher than what it normally grows. consumer demand and economies are strong. we think that is a good indication of where we are going. anna: thank you very much. up next, asian equities rising for the first time this week. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: holding the slide. asian stocks rebound and u.s. futures higher

relation -- afghan u.s. relations. for peace, stability, cooperation, in the asia-pacific in the world. the president's visit to vietnam for themomentum effective and stable development of the bilateral comprehensive partnership. i was president trump and members of the u.s. delegation a successful visit and i hope that he will have a good impression of our country and our people. presidenty thank mr. personally, and the american people for the warm friendship to what our country and people. toppreciate the great effort develop vietnam-u.s. bilateral relations. i would also like to thank american and vietnamese reporters were here today. thank you very much. invite -- may i now invite mr. trump to deliver his remarks? >> thank you very much. and thank you for your tremendous hospitality during my first visit to vietnam. it is a pleasure to be with you right here in hanoi. on behalf of the entire american delegation, i want to thank the vietnamese people for the warm welcome and to reaffirm the strong friendship and gro

u.s. and russia the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is in catalonia for the first time since the central government imposed direct rule over the region to travel to wasilla to campaign ahead of december's regional elections the spanish central government to solve the catalan parliament after it declared independence last month who praised efforts to honor spanish law about four hundred refugees refusing to leave a decommissioned prison camp on mannus island have had to build a makeshift fences from cloth to keep people out of new guinea has dismantled large sections of the fence of the foremost trillian run camp in a bid to force the refugees to leave or the men are refusing to move saying they fear man a silent locals could attack them those are your headlines inside story is next we'll see at the top of the hour. what does donald trump and really think about russian links to his election u.s. president says he believes that amir putin's denials but also except cia confirmation of me

u.s. president says he believes that amir putin's denials but also except cia confirmation of meddling is he trying to influence the criminal investigations that could lead to impeachment and paying lip service to moscow this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura. well the at home or abroad donald trump can't seem to shake off discussion about whether or not russia interfered in his election last year and this time the debate on russian meddling and manipulation is the president's own doing trump made contradictory statements whilst meeting world leaders at the asia pacific economic cooperation in vietnam that amir putin and appeared to accept the russian presence denial of involvement then trump told reporters he had full confidence in u.s. intelligence agencies of the cia said russia did meddle in the race for the white house i believe very much in our intelligence agencies now at the same time. i want to be able because i think it's very important to get alon