the u.s.nd penalizes american workers. yvonne: political and business figures are shocked, elon musk with two u.s. roles. china and the e.u. say they are picking up the fight. betty: gunfire at a manila casino. please do not know if it is a terror attack or a robbery. yvonne: australia calls on beijing to rein in north korea. ,"tty: this is "daybreak asia live from bloomberg's u.s. and asia headquarters. i am betty liu, in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. breaking news out of south korea on first quarter final gdp numbers coming in at 1.1%. for 0.9%s were hoping estimate. relatively marginal beats. a year on year figures coming in at 2.9%. gdp setting the fastest face -- pace we have seen since 2013. we will see what the market reaction will be. big story this morning that happened the last couple hours, the stunning announcement from president donald trump. we saw classic donald trump come out. we absolutely did. at that overshadowing any news we are getting so far. in terms of

former u.s. president barack obama also issued a statement saying state industries and businesses would step up to the deal and honor obligations despite the current administration. anchor: let's check in with our man on wall street. what's the reaction to this situation? jens: on wall street, we saw new records all over the board, but that was probably not because of the decision of the u.s. president, especially from the world of business, there have been so many attacks within the paris agreement, so chevron or exxon, the big u.s. oil companies, they actually supported to remain in the paris accord. you look at the stocks of some of the coal players, like peabody, they even dropped on the decision. anchor: trump said that he's done this for the sake of the economy. will it provide a boost? jens: i actually doubt it. look at the coal industry. especially because the president mentioned it so often. the u.s. coal industry, roughly 65,000 people employed. in the united states, that is really not

u.s. military advisers with three american soldiers killed and seven wounded in twin attacks in the last two. thanks for tuning in you're watching our team to national just one eight in the morning here in moscow with you is. at the top story at this hour a terror investigation has been launched after a man detonated an explosive device at a brussels metro station no casualties happened porches are to do bensky has the details. police say that the man triggered a small explosion in brussels central station in the evening of tuesday night during what was essentially the rush hour in the station and there have been some pictures emerging from the scene they are unverified pictures but they appear to show a man engulfed in flames and that what we have been hearing is that that small explosion and this come from the police that the man was surrounded in that explosion some people say they saw the man and just before he let off his device he was wearing a rucksack we understand and also had a s

the u.s. led coalition says the downing of a syrian fighter jet came in quote self-defense however in the last month the coalition has already targeted syrian forces and the forces loyal to damascus five times let's have a look at where the attacks took place the plane was shot down here southwest of the syrian city of raka where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against eisel the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here in el tam near the training base the bands of on site at the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces has breached a complection zone and he said now we look at how this military escalation may be reaching a boiling point. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been and. let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog

doing that i think the u.s. is trying to become relevant again in the military equation in syria so that in the post isis phase of the syrian war in other words after isis is defeated the u.s. is a factor determining what the new syria will look like in other words the u.s. is trying i think to create its own zone of influence a sphere of influence inside the eastern part of syria that's the reason we're seeing these escalations by the u.s. military and speaking of that we know that the u.s. is a masking an intelligence gathering aircraft near syria on top of that a u.s. aircraft carrier is on its way to a port and is run i want to know from you how would you categorize israel's role in the u.s. war and syria the israelis are quite pleased with the war i mean as long as syrians are killing syrians as long as the different tendencies and factions are fighting each other on israel's border the israeli government is quite pleased the israeli government from the beginning has favored the breakup of iraq the. a coupl

because of that, for the u.s. to not be in an agreement that it helped negotiate is going to complicate things i think enormously on some other relationships for the u.s. just to walk away from that agreement. >> mr. scott, before we let you go, and quickly, there is a full page ad out calling for the president to stay in the deal, endorsed by companies like adobe, apple, blue cross/blue shield, facebook, and others. why do you think they're putting this ad out? what about other industries that might say, you know, pulling out of the deal is vital for their interests as well? >> well, you know, it's interesting. i was around when president bush decided not to put the kyoto protocol, maintain the kyoto protocol, and it's such a different era from that time in the sense that the -- there was a lot of push from the oil and gas industry, fossil fuel, many, many companies in this country not to be part of that agreement, in part because there were binding targets under kyoto, but also, it's just been a sea change in te

the u.s., but the u.s. vis-a-vis china. that's something we'll have more coming up on soon. tarun: let's open it up. in the back. questioner: thank you very much. i'm from the united states of africa -- [inaudible] -- i usually like to ask the last question. this is very important. the opening sin app sis that the gentleman did, he asked this. how the world sees the u.s. ow the world sees trump. we ask people, can you clarify when you say how the world? visaou referring to yoursy results from the -- your survey results from the political class of the country? and why would you say the world when those leaders are not the largest representative of the world? also, you need to understand this. trump is undermining, saab staging the geological foundation -- sabotaging the geelogical foundation of what leaders have experienced or followed over the last 70 years. so you have to look at it in those context. not doing unnecessary -- tarun: let's take one more as well and we'll answer those together. also in the ba

of the u.s. are first to democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with us that coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of but we can also confirm. according to. sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the part of the church was actually occurring airstrike against a convoy from are still moving from the town of. thirty kilometers east of the city and that the fighter jets in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia groups from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control or get control of the city or full of talk but i think there is more to that story and lots more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying. true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian army not to cross them and trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of a project force th

paul: it was a tactic into the end to the u.s. -- tepid the week in the u.s. looking at asia and new zealand, it is off 0.1% for the dollar. the dollar is a little weaker against the u.s. dollar as well. futures are pointing up, three points, flat. the aussie dollar slightly weaker. that new zealand-australia cross rates close to parity. that story will be coming up again. a gain inng a bit of the last session, but there will be questions with the sustainability of that later on with our guest. now we will get to first word news with ramy. has committed $19 billion to clean up failed banks in one of the wealthiest regions. banks have another lender taking over their assets with $5 billion. the european commission approved the plan, in line with eurozone state data roles. 150 people have been confirmed killed after a fuel tanker exploded in the project profits province. a number of victims will rise higher with local hospitals saying many survivors have extensive burns. that happened on the eve of eid. cia repeatedof the claims russia interfered in the u.s. pre

haley on u.s. priorities. >> the brookings institution held a hearing on the global perceptions of the united states. they focused on after are a, europe, asia and the middle east. this event is just over an hour and a half. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. my name is tarun chab ara. i'm a visiting member here at brookings. i'm excited to welcome you on america's global image co-hosted by brookings and the pugh research center. this year marks the third year running that brookings and pugh are co-hosting a public vent to launch and discuss their important regular survey data about america's place in the world and other pressing global issues. mazz of you are already aware if you glanced at the newspaper or checked your social media account this morning, last night pugh released latest edition of the global attitude survey which has been conducted since 2002. with this year's survey covering 37 countries and 40,000 respondents. all conducted after the inauguration of president trump

the u.s. coalition said the syrian fighter jet was shot down after it bombed opposition forces the pentagon also accuses the syrian jet of straying into a so-called de confliction zone according to a coalition statement syrian forces were forbidden from entering the area near the village of jadwin where the u.s. backed s.t.s. for syrian democratic forces are based however the russian foreign minister earlier rejected the use of the term de confliction zone saying the united states has drawn up its own by injuries without consulting other powers. i'm not aware of the day completion zones the pentagon is referring to maybe there is zones that have been established unilaterally where the coalition thinks that he will do whatever it wants we don't recognize such loans. as you know there are already discoloration zones that have been agreed on and established by syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate well the darning

the u.s. shoots down as syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no violence going on here as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian air force were fighting isis in the stronghold of raka now washington and moscow have locked horns in syria again focus has shifted and isis is probably breathing a deep sigh of relief while watching syrian fighter jets crash in flames on the horizon good job superpowers you're not so super slick well questions are now being asked wher

the u.s. the u.s. partners will share the same approach they need to deescalate the situation by creating the so-called deescalation zones we need to provide to them. parish military situation they should not be trying to stake out a specific territory of syria which is undermines its territorial and integrity and sovereignty. for the ukraine crisis. and your question on the normandy for group again we have the minsk accords. we've been hearing reports of new ideas but we believe. really doesn't make sense the minsk accords have been approved by the un security council the a very specific the non-ambiguous and they just need to be implemented and we hope the normandy for group will relaunch its activities and we will draw the attention of our foreign partners including in france and germany to this fact they subscribed to these accords and again they have a lot of leverage over kiev authorities and we hope to we will be ready to. do our share. so you would. like to ask this question first and foremost

u.s. during the first world war and what life was like after they arrived. this interview is about 10 minutes. >> when did immigration from the middle east, the u.s. -- to the u.s. began in large numbers? >> it really began in mass numbers in the 1880's. the majority of these migrants were ottoman nationals coming from the ottoman empire. between 1880's and the first world war, about half a million ottoman subjects came to the americas. about 200 thousand of those people were in the united states, and about half that were syrian arab immigrants. before the 1890's, american immigration officials did not really disaggregate between ottomanclasses of subjects coming to the u.s.. everyone was ottoman, but in 1897, they changed the classification scheme to allow of an understanding ottomans. one of the sticky notes was that each of these categories was understood as racial category in u.s. immigration law, so that sort of created a new hierarchy whereby syrians were understood to be fundamental

they got this, and he gave them access to u.s. citizenship. in 1917, that law was expanded in order to make it so we could draft large numbers of syrians and lebanese by calling them something other than ottomans, even though legally, they were still ottoman nationals. the result of this is that 10,000 ethnic syrians are listed isted in thed -- enl; u.s. army and were ultimately deployed. >> can you speak to how they were treated in the army or overseas once they were deployed? >> i could speak to what they felt or what they thought. many of the people, many of the syrians who fought in the u.s. army believed they were doing this as a new americans, and in 1918, many were given instantaneous u.s. citizenship as sort of -- in thanks for their efforts, right? they are new americans and are proud of being americans, but there is simultaneous emergence of being proud of being middle east and, where we have these syrian troops who are patriotic americans and that is why they are going to france, but they also believe this is the war that will liber

you have a senator in the u.s. saying that the u.s. could block arms sales. >> the u.s. bring a lot of pressure to bear, they have the military base there. sidesas seemed to take with saudi arabia. tillerson has taken a more neutral approach. it extremely well. a lot of the comments he made have been very pragmatic, very middle-of-the-road and we can see the pressure he is exerting their. we are seeing some u.s. senators come in as well. i think the u.s. is stepping up its role and perhaps may be the one that can get these sides to come together. were they to comply with all of those demands completely, isolateld effectively saudi arabia. i think this is a ambient claim. tillerson asked the saudi's to spell out the demands of qatar. we are in the early part of a process to try to resolve this crisis. >> rex tillerson was saying that , unlessld be the base that is impossible to fulfill, does that even make sense? >> these are claims that they that walk back, it is some are great. it could be the basis for a negotiation. themselves,he bands i don't see qatar complying with

breaking news an r.t.a. a u.s. fighter jet shoots down an armed drone belonging to produce syrian government forces it is the third syrian aircraft downed in the last fortnight also in syria straightly suspends all combat missions within the u.s. led coalition as tensions escalate between washington and moscow over the downing. and video emerges online appearing to show firefighters in disbelief at the scale of the deadly tower block fire in london we gauge reaction to the u.k.'s government's response. then yeah. that's the front that. they can spend three hundred seventy on. a welcome good evening you're watching international it's just turned eight o'clock here in moscow and we start with breaking news today because the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet is downed an armed drone belonging to syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was armed and advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region. as more. so the pentagon has con

u.s. out of the paris climate agreement in which nearly 200 nations pledged to fight global warming. the president says he is ep open to northbounding a new deal that he says would be fairer to americans. growing oppositions. there were objections to the president's move within the would you say, the cabinet and the president's own family. major corporations and dozens of u.s. mayors have already signaled zma. what will the real impact be? investigating sessions. lawmakers confirmed cnn reporting that they're investigating whether the attorney general jeff sessions had another secret meeting with the russian ambassador. and they revealed they asked the fbi to look into possible perjury. putin's denial. u.s. intelligence are will said the election meddling trail leads to the kremlin but russian president putin says his government isn't to blame. now he says patriotic russian hackers may be responsible. i'm wonderful blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news in a and a stunnin

u.s. india bilateral trade stands at less than 1/5 of the u.s.-china $648 billion bilateral trade relationship. india is america's ninth largest supplier of imported goods and 18th largest export market. the world's first and the world's sixth economies respectively, we had hudson at hudson-- we institute believe there is significant room for growth. the u.s.-india relationship is an important one here at the institute. our salvation program directed by the former ambassador has been active on the u.s.-india trade relationship, the u.s.-india defense relationship, and the u.s.-india-japan trilateral relationship for some time now. i was very fortunate to be honored to be included in the briefing with prime minister modi during his last visit to washington. we are honored today to have the cochairman of the congressional caucus on india, the representative from north carolina here to offer keynote remarks. i will introduce him momentarily. we also have the excellent panel moderated by an ambassador who will be joined by the president of boeing ind

u.s.conomy. the unemployment rate a 16 year slowerntrasting with forecast hiring and wage growth. they don't obsess over one number. and then count down to elections in the u.k., polls show prime minister theresa may will likely fall short of a parliamentary majority, meanwhile, jeremy corbyn attacking the prime minister for her response to america's paris accord exit. and speaking of climate, everyone from world leaders to reacting to present at all trump's decision to leave the paris accord. we examine the global fallout this hour. we have a look at where european equities are trading right now 30 minutes until the end of the friday session. stocks arising across europe for a second day, up over the week. the first weekend for as well. the ftse 100 at a record high. by .5% today, up to levels we haven't seen since last september ahead of the big one, the ecb meeting on thursday. bonds, commodities, and cbs is your final three columns. volatility, how's it looking ahead of the u.k. electi

u.s. forces are behind the shooting of three civilians in mid week including two children we hear exclusively from the victim's family and get reaction from eyewitnesses. the gunman with extreme anti republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the u.s. the speculation that the tense political situation right now in america could have been his main motive. why good morning it's not i am here in moscow this sunday mornings kevin zero in welcome to the weekly our thirty minute round up of the big stories of the last seven days from ati international and first the presumed death toll of the huge blaze that torched the grenfell tower in london now has reached fifty eight people that's the latest number released by police but they expected to rise further to the fire broke out early wednesday morning and swiftly engulfed the twenty four storey residential block. wal. mart. tragedy and the government's response to it moreover spoke fury amongst the british people protesters in the capital of b

the fact that the u.s. appears to have not only preempted a chemical attack but is already prepared how it's going to respond such an incident occur is being seen as a worrying development to the russian side and a lot of this has to do with concern over the u.s. being perfectible to repeating past mistakes russia's foreign ministry in its latest statement has issued a reminder to this respect we know that the bush administration falsified the facts about weapons of mass destruction in order to justify military aggression against iraq this deeply concerns us and this comes just two days after a phone conversation between russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson during which love are obvious that to have urged the u.s. to exercise restraint in its actions saying that washington must prevent provocations against syrian government troops but it appears that that war didn't have much of an impact the u.s. claims to have information that shows the syrian president is prepari

u.s.conomy is doing fine. update --loomberg his upbeat about the u.s. economy. meanwhile, the u.s. weighs stay with the paris agreement. >> the prime minister cannot be bought. so why should you? by othera may slam leaders. the election one week away. data.ng it is the final reading for the month of may. the preliminary estimate and 57 is where we are right now. a shows it is expanding at pretty hefty rate. here's what is happening to european markets. we've had five consecutive days of decline for the stoxx 600. euro rising yesterday. german 10 year years old is 30 basis points. crude is rising. datad show stockpile climbing for an eighth consecutive week. trump willt donald announce his decision on whether to leave the harris climate agreement or not. he is leaning towards quitting. meanwhile, china and the european union commit to the pact. according to a statement, the two -- may's decision to skip and event -- televised event her night was seized by rival. he announced he would appear

the latest u.s. threat to use military force against the saying it is unacceptable becomes after the white house claims damascus is preparing to chemical weapons in syria.

that eachount of co-2 u.s. individual emits in a year. 17 million tons versus one's chinese counterpart at 6.65 million tons. the decries have come hard, fast and wide. the head of goldman sachs managed to put out his first tweet. we'll talk more about the global reaction, the economic and the -- and does it matter to market? that's the question we discuss. global equities are rocking it out. hey're at 10%. manufacturing gauge in the united states of america three-year high. topix ripsghest, the getp, need a little more to the dollar higher. you need a jobs number to take the market up. let's talk about the counter side. everything is so great. what is holding this oil market back? i'll tell you what. production in the united states. the biggest loss for oil by the way in almost a month. pruck hitting the highest level since 2015. anyone who thought shale was near the peak reconsider. because production risers in 14th week in 15 weeks. gold is an event offer. we have got a risk. the fed, the market, more or les

the u.s. economy -- if you look at it objectively, the u.s. economy is doing just fine, not great but fine. >> our markets not pricing in that political risks, are u.s. stocks looking overvalued? are do not think they overvalued, trading at a relatively high models but look at earnings. i do not know the exact earnings numbers out of the last quarter but up 10%, 12% year-over-year. you have to look at the market -- the market reflects the future cash flows, not the past and the future cash flows suggestive of a growing economy. in that environment, people are surprised that market reached all-time highs but i would like to point out by definition, with the same model in a growing economy, every day you should reach a high, that is not a surprise but an expected outcome. the question is -- are we getting there because of the multiples have been inflating or because earnings expectations are growing? or because -- right now, i do not see tremendous upside without further confirmation of the earnings story. i do not see an overvalued market. juli

well the u.s. coalition said the syrian fighter jet was shot diane after it bombed opposition forces the pentagon also accused the syrian jet of straying into so-called d come election according to a coalition statement syrian forces were forbidden from entering the area near the village of judging where the u.s. back s.t.'s the syrian democratic forces are based however the russian foreign minister earlier rejected the use of the term de confliction zone saying that the united states has drawn up its own by drees without consulting other powers but i'm not aware of that a conflict zones the pentagon is referring to maybe there is own that have been established unilaterally where the coalition thinks leaking will do whatever it wants we don't recognize such loans as you know there are already discoloration zones that have been agreed on and established by syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate. well the dawning of the

u.s. forces of one hundred shooting of three civilians including two children in the country suite we hear exclusively coming up from the victim's family and we get reaction from eyewitnesses to. the gunman with extreme anti republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the united states with speculation that the tense political situation in america could be his main motive. good morning it's eight am here in moscow this sunday i'm kevin zero in welcome to the weekly our thirty minute round up of the big stories of the last seven days here on r.t. international and first the presumed death toll of the huge blaze that torched the grenfell tower in london it's no reached fifty eight people that's the latest number released by police but they're expected to rise to the fire broke out early wednesday morning and swiftly engulfed the twenty four story residential block. the for. the tragedy and the government's response to it his spot fury amongst the british public protest is in the capital o

u.s. over the recent downing of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. europe remains in gold and terror as another attack hits the belgian capital after a man detonated an explosive device at a brussels train station. this is how much is going to leave the survivors of. this makes to be shocking when you see. the u.k. government is heavily criticized anger at what people call the small sums allocated for the survivors of the grand felt our fire in london. thanks for tuning in you're watching r t international has just turned eleven in the morning here in the russian capital with you as. russia's foreign minister says moscow is waiting for a washington's explanations after the u.s. led coalition down a syrian army plane near the city of raka sergey lavrov also stressed that the pentagon is still treating various terrorist groups differently. for. the french we have sure the u.s. is really targeting i'm sure but we don't recall america bom

coming up to russia slams the latest u.s. threats to use military force against the assad government as provocative and unacceptable itself the white house's claim to moscow is preparing to use chemical weapons in syria. more trouble for the british prime minister short shrift over a billion pound deal with the. government as well as a slug from brusque.

the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoot your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian air force were fighting isis in the stronghold of raka now washington and moscow have locked horns in syria again focus has shifted and isis is probably breathing a deep sigh of relief while watching syrian fighter jets crash in flames on the horizon good job superpowers you're not so super slick tensions flared even further on tuesd

. -- the motor-u.s. a rally in bavaria. do you think that pushed him over the edge? >> don't forget that we have election time in germany, and is attempting to do with the candidate did in 2002, where he distanced himself from then president bush. it is popular in german to be anti-american, and the true surprise is that angela merkel tried to go this way. it is a reaction to trump policies. , it isn modern times popular to be anti-american. there were a few decades when the americans were the only thing standing between germany and soviet rule. what do you think about donald insistenceistance -- that they contribute more to nato? >> frankly speaking, objectively speaking and taking donald trump's personality aside, the true issue is that president trump is right. the germans as well as most other nato partners had in fact send someo step up, burden and defense payments, and nothing happened. they reiterated the promises, and nothing happened. in a way, donald trump is the primitive reaction to limited -

the u.s. led coalition said it shot down in iranian armed drone , one day after russia warned it was tracking coalition planes. is the third such incident in recent weeks. australia is suspending its role in the coalition as a result and in the fieldheap for de-escalation between the u.s. and russia over what is already a very dramatic conflict. let's go to our sports -- correspondent philip crowther in washington. has there been any reaction from the white house of our -- so far? philip: considering that lesson 48 hours ago a syrian fighter jet was shot down by u.s. fighter jet, i can take you back to what the u.s. at the end, which is that it would continue to protect its interest and continued to act in its own defense. this seems to be a case very similar to that one. what the pentagon is telling us is that this was an armed drone that was advancing toward coalition forces. those coalition forces, no exact description of them but the most likely scenario is that these are syrian democratic

by the latest u.s. threat to use military force against the assad government saying it is acceptable to the white.

do you think the u.s. wants to take down their star al assad or do you think that there's still a chance to kind of reconcile those ties well i think a couple of things are relevant here first of all we know that trump came to office with the intention of not participating in a regime change policy it made that very clear he was induced to shift his policy by we don't really understand why at the point of the country corn alleged chemical weapons attack. and then he immediately made a decision to carry out the tomahawk strike against the russian base in in syria now he's still taking that line publicly but certainly there is very strong reason to reconsider this in light of the consequences of really pushing that too far under the present circumstances so i think it's a very fluid situation at this moment and again i think it's really incumbent on the white house to reconsider its options in light of the fact that they really made what appears to me at least to be a very fundamental miscalculation and we h

strikes alongside the u.s. led coalition in syria as tension grows between washington and moscow over the us downing of a syrian jets. taking root. the pressure builds on the british prime minister after the country's fourth terror attack in just three months. twenty five pm here in moscow this is the world news with. international first for you australia has suspended operations as part of the u.s. led coalition in syria as tensions rise between moscow and washington with the details. looks like the reason why australia has decided to hold airstrikes in syria is because they no longer feel that the situation there is safe here's exactly what the statement said as a precautionary measure australian defense force strike operations into syria have temporarily ceased a decision on the resumption of a.d.f. air operations in syria will be made in june course but why is the situation there not safe because the agreement that was signed by us from russia back in october twenty fifteen the agreement that prevents any s

of the pace of u.s. growth. -- fallingbig loser by limited customers, fear they will fear -- pay most of it in your backs. haidi: president trump salutes india's intervention to their exports -- >> returned to china, we will be live. we are about 29 minutes from the start of trading. moment despond connect -- perhaps announced in the next few minutes -- today indeed. look at this chart. just give you an idea of what is going on, this is a look at gp tv space for 29. 429, chinese government bonds versus the u.s.. this has been widening of late -- between these two. if you have a look, they seem to be stuck -- widening thomas to your last week. thecasting analysts -- possibility of this gold connect -- that we could actually see demand come in for these chinese -- china sovereign debt. course help yield going down, perhaps actually closing that gap with the united states. something to watch out for, haidi. >> absolutely. we saw another thing when it comes to u.s. treasury demand overnight. as a continues t

now between u.s. and russia forces operating in the airspace over syria to prevent any sort of incidents as you can imagine this air space is very dense with so many different countries so many different groups involved in any sort of mistake and misinformation really can lead to unthinkable consequences and in this case of this being shot down according to the russian military the u.s. has not informed russia off the decision to shoot down this syrian jet through the existing communication channel at the same time russian jets was also operating in the area and as a result of this incident russia has decided to hold off cooperation with the u.s. military in syria and this sort of military information blackout could potentially be a disaster waiting to happen here's why. any aircraft belonging to the u.s. led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems. was an act of self-defense. know th

in the u.s.-china relationship, keeping it happy, healthy, good, lowering tensions, of avoiding conflict, avoiding confrontation has become an end in of itself in u.s. strategy. the result is what i would consider to be endemic risk aversion in the u.s. china relationship that it is created an environment for chinese assertiveness, liberalism. the biggest threat in asia today is not the fact we are in the brink of great power war, but chinese hegemony, sphere of influence. in asia id order which china will win by not fighting. i think this risk aversion, when we center our strategy about avoiding war is leading us down a dangerous path, and we ought not to avoid that potential outcome. the last thing i will say as it relates to tethering our strategic lens around this issue or avoidance is there are very important aspects of the u.s.-china relationship. an economic competition is getting fierce. ideological competition is getting fierce. institutional competition that is getting more fierce. that

states, u.s. companies, from meeting emissions standards and i think they will. >> are you surprised, bob iger, i sat down with bob iger, asked him about his role on the advisory panel with the president. he's putting that advisory panel, what do you make of the high profile moves from ceos? >> a lot of it is about public relations, do they want to tell their customers they favor pulling out of the paris accords? sounds like killing the easter bunny or something. nobody wants to -- nobody wants to fess up to that. but, again, i would just reiterate, guys, if you look at this treaty, it is a really flawed treaty. and by the way, the full senate would never approve this deal. >> as it stands today, no, i don't think you -- would not be ratified. >> we will continue this conversation next time. thanks so much. >> get a cup of covfefe and come back to us. >> the nba finals are under way. if the rest of the series goes like game one, this could be over pretty quickly. coy wire with highlights in the bl

the u.s., his doctor said he suffered severe brain damage. it wasn't clear exactly what caused it. otto had spent nearly a year and a half imprisoned in north kore north korea. he had been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for, according to the north koreans, stealing a propaganda poster. the world watched his tearful confession. he was wearing a jacket that made it home to the u.s. with him. here is his father speaking to reporters last week. >> i am able to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his confession. i'm not confessing. i am speaking. otto, i love you and i am so crazy about you and i am so glad you're home. you're such a great guy. >> mark: >> otto's father praisd president trump for the role his administration played bringing his sean home. moments ago, the president released a statement. he offered deepest condolences to the family and said: "otto's fate deepens my administration's determination to prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes

the u.s. amy: oliver stone on vladimir putin. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. attorney general jeff sessions has denied colluding with russia ahead of the 2016 election, during a highly anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. sessions spent much of tuesday's hearing refusing to answer questions about president trump's firing of fbi director of james comey and whether trump had expressed concern to sessions about the attorney general's decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. this is independent senator angus king of maine grilling sessions about his refusal to answer questions. >> what is the legal basis for your refusal to answer these questions? >> of protecting the right of the president to assert it if you chooses, and are maybe ever privileges -- other privileges that could apply the circumstance. >> the president can't not assert it and you have testif

the u.s. always has its propaganda, it always supports ngo's, u.s.-leaning ngo's. they have an impact on our hearts and minds, because that is an attempt to sway the public opinion, including during the election process. take the globe, and you can put your finger on any region of the world, u.s. interests are everywhere. i know this because i talk to leaders of other countries who just say they don't want to have a row with the u.s. but everyone says the same. what do they want? do they want everyone to bow down to them? we just begin out openly. it is not a secretive, covert operation. we just speak out. he says there is no evidence in us meddling with the count of the votes. well, luckily, it is good that he doesn't go so far as to blame us for that. he says he wrote a memo of his conversation with the president, and then he leaked it the a a friend of his to the press. it looks really strange when you were caught -- when you memorized your conversation with the supreme commander in chief and link it to the press. does it make him any different to mr. snowden? m

now u.s. investigators don't know yet if this is criminal organization hackers or if we're talking about government hackers, but they believe that the intent here was to create this rift between u.s. allies here in the region. we've heard from the qatari, we heard from the u.s. that an fbi team was cents. they working to get to the bottom of this. officials say they will make the findings of this investigation public once it's concluded. >> the pentagon, the state department have tried to remain neutral on this issue but the president of the u.n., president trump seems to be taking credit for nations deciding to cut diplomatic ties with qatar. >> reporter: and this is sending mixed signals to a country like qatar that is a vital u.s. ally in this part of the world, hosting about 11,000 u.s. troops based just outside of doha. the u.s. central military central command, former headquarters also here in qatar. you're talking about isis, the fight against isis, talking about coalition, planes to ta

u.s. is now producing. in the u.s. market, natural gas is still three u.s.. 2008. $12 in so the prices are low. nevertheless, we consider, that in the long run, the prospect for natural gas -- the prospects are very good. depending on the world, we see the coal declining strongly. we see oil declining significantly. and natural gas to keep -- to maintain its share in the global energy mix, will increase natural share -- will increase market share. , generation hydro will increase. gas will decline strongly. reporter: matt, that was the at the st. engie petersburg economic forum. see you in london. matt: thank you, eric shafter in st. petersburg. sophie kamaruddin. kicking off with barclays increasing the size of the state and selling in its south african unit. the london-based lender is equal to a 33.7% stake. it has previously planned to sell a 22% stake as part of a plan to shrink operations and bolster capital. deutsche bank is stepping up hiring for its asian wealth and management business. multiyear of its expansion to bolster a unit that has lost key e

in april, the u.s.defense system in south korea, and the chinese are not happy having the system surveillance capabilities in their backyard. china, north korea's only significant trade partner, has been pressuring the company and -- country and has suspended coal purchases, but the chinese are reluctant to push show hard as to risk the collapse of the north korean government. meanwhile, south and north korea have hundreds of thousands of troops deployed on either side of the border. here is the argument. north korea has a long history of escalating and even de-escalating tensions to broker economic and diplomatic concessions, which leaves the u.s. and the world in a tricky position. situations call for a carrot and stick approach. unfortunately, neither that carrot or stick has worked. what is left on the table is stronger sanctions, awaiting the downfall of the dynasty, or military confrontation that risks enormous casualties, but doing nothing is dangerous, especially considering kim jong un's errati

well coal is seeing a resurgence in three major economies in the u.s. is leading the pack the dirty fuel had a record decline last year but its recent rise has scientists worried that the effort to reduce global fossil fuel emissions will be hampered our teens alex were highly which is in toronto with the story alex what is spring the rise of coal here and abroad. well we've seen a lot of policy shifts happening you know with president donald trump who is talking about a call for a long time and it has been pumped up of the states by about nineteen percent over last year that means that not a poll being mined but really when you look at the whole equation the u.s. is just a fraction of really the big picture the worldwide according to b.p. last year coal production dropped by six point five percent but now the associated press says that up to me it's jumped by six percent that's one hundred twenty one million tons of coal being mined and now you know when you move these numbers around it seems like you know what maybe it's a little bit less a little bit