this is bloomberg. ♪ g. ♪ tominda: i am haslinda amin -- amin.king the trump-kim talks, the second one in eight months. let's get the first word news with the rosalind chin in hong kong. >> president trump says [indiscernible] tempora down expectations at his second summit with kim jong-un. pres. trump: speed is not that important to me. i very much appreciate no testing of nuclear rockets, missiles, very much appreciated. >> kim answer to question to u.s. media for what is thought to be the first time ever. he said while many are skeptical of the meeting, he feels confident something good will happen. it is too early to tell, but i would not say i am pessimistic. now, i do feel right have a feeling good results will come out. >> new data shows more signs of stress in the u.s. economy, the latest data fell for the third month running, missing estimates and recording the lowest value since 2016. manufacturing pmi came in at 49.2 compared to 49.5 in january, missing forecast ticket stay at that level. nonmanufacturing remains an expansion, that wou

tom: haslinda amin in hanoi, thank you.cularly in asia , the euro back out to a stronger 1.14. on the dow, we enter march tomorrow. i am noticing a change in the german ten-year yield, it is finally higher. point, ap one basis higher german ten-year yield of the last three days. francine: we did have a couple of data points from europe. were down.eneral disappointing manufacturing data out of china. gold and yen climbing, european stocks down. we saw quite a bit of pound strength over the last few days, 1.33. with some ofegin the activity you have missed overnight. here is the president ian hanoi. -- in hanoi. we do not have that now. my fat finger went wide of the button. i will go to the news report from "the new york post." i do not know if mr. trump has seen his copy, but i thought this was a public good as we brought in martin schenker. image to capture the bipartisan reality of mr. coco. -- mr. cohen. marty: his testimony did not change anyone's mind. if you thought he was a virtuous truth teller, he did well. if he i

let's head back to haslinda amin handling -- in hanoi.till to come, the ceo of rio tinto joins us for his first interview. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haslinda: economics, finance, politics, this is "bloomberg: surveillance." let's get back to all the action on the ground in handling. -- in hanoi. , all eyes on the dinner, are they expected to endorse what has been agreed on? >> that is the thing. it is a social, but not really social when you have the secretary of state, the highest government aid to north korea. the people attending, if you look at the list, it is mike pompeo and north korea's top envoy. these two have been at the forefront of negotiating what exactly denuclearization looks like, so it may not be such a social dinner after a. there will-- after all. be talkll probably about what they is ecowas and whatever denuclearization actions they might take. . before the dinner is the one-on-one with trump and making peoplet is nervous because they think trump might just make concessions. >> it is making people nervous, if you go back

for the annual african union summit or wanted president because amin who is the head of the aid you will pass the baton on to egypt and president tal sisi who will lead the blog for the next year. you're watching news coming to you from berlin stay tuned for a w. bush just like a show your front row seat for in general and soccer and get a taste of all the action from this weekend's games so far byron were handed a golden opportunity to get their title challenge back on track could they take advantage against inconsistent. highlights from that and the other games for match day twenty one coming up on the going to sleep with chris harris and. american evans team from all of us in the newsroom thanks for watching. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word emerge from the group. he coaches in germany to learn german and why not come with him all morning on your mobile and free shots the d w z e learning course you can speak german maybe see. some. action rooted in vision. to. really know their stuff.

japanese prime minister shinzo amin nominated u.s. president donald trump for the nobel peace prize last autumn only after receiving a request from the u.s. government that's according to the asahi newspaper the record followed trump's claim on friday that he had nominated him for his efforts to ease tensions with north korea. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saul mon has begun a tour of asia in the pakistani capital islamabad after his arrival he signed investment agreements worth some twenty billion dollars pakistan hopes the deals will provide welcome relief for its teetering economy prince mohammad as leader due to visit china and india. search teams in zimbabwe have recovered twenty four bodies from a mine that was flooded after heavy rains eight people were rescued from the tunnels near the town of douma west of the capital harare rescuers are continuing their search saying up to seventy gold miners are trapped after a dam wall collapsed. at least nine people have been killed in a fire that swept through a crowded slum in the ban

and so, when he gets back to begins to ina, he campaign, to create this and he openly tells he amin newton family that wants to model his school in some ways off of the trinity durham, that was in north carolina. an institution that they were already funding. said, we'll have a rinity on one end of town, and we'll have my institution on the other end of town, and we can advanceether and really this entire community. over time, due to financial struggles, by 1923, the state of north carolina steps in and fund this institution. what's ironic about that when they took over, they changed the did not change the curriculum, and they did not change the individual who was institution. and so, what's important about historical arger scale, when we say that it's the first state supported institution of higher learning african-americans, liberal he , openly liberal arts, ever had the concept of being an a&m university or mechanical arts institution. liberalpenly supporting arts education in the deep outh, from 1910 throughout his life, and throughout the institution's legacy. legacy uld part of his b

haslinda: and i'm haslinda amin in singapore.der increasing pressure as she pushes back the deadline for parliamentary votes on her brexit plan. let's bring our rates reporter david kennedy, kicking the can down the road. bad forear term, not the pound. but is that sustainable going forward? david: i think assuming that can does get kicked down the road and the deadline gets moved, which seems to be growing consensus that it will be, there is a key vote on wednesday where the amendment is saying, we want the option. the questionpast, becomes how long does the deadline get moved for russian mark --? uncertainty would not be good. the eu is proposing to kick the can down the road 21 months. that is more positive because it is more time for a realistic option to be achieved, whether it is a new deal. it gives more time. i think it will help the economy. the key thing is what does the bank of england and of this? haslinda: have we been surprised by the resilience of the pound? down 10% versus the dollar and the euro, but not too bad.

live in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the union is asking for a 12% pay. the union is offering 8.5% over four years and hope that's an agreement can be reached soon. >> we hope this doesn't last. we hope that we can come to a resolution of this situation very quickly and we can get back to the education of our students. we support our teachers. we support the education that they provide our students. we know that they are the foundation of everything that we do here, and we want them to be fairly and justly compensated. that being said, we have to do it within our financial means. we are going into the next school year. we're making about $22 million worth of cuts. that's what staff has recommended. yes to balance what we can give the teachers, which by the way what we have to give our other staff members as well. because anybody in the union generally gets the same sort of raise that the teachers do. it's not just the teachers. it's all of our staff. aside from upper management. and so we have to balance all that we want and can give them with against wha

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has more. >> reporter: the sounds, the sights, and the smiles. >> this is my favorite parade. >> reporter: it can only mean one thing. san francisco's massive annual chinese new year parade has arrived. >> it's got lights, it's got noise, it's got community, it's got kids. i think it's a fabulous parade. >> one, two, three, happy new year! >> reporter: folks here are extra happy because it's a dry night. but it is very cold. just about everyone is bundlingbundlined up. they have to be if they want to enjoy the famous nighttime parade. >> i just wanted to watch the culture, how they perform and everything. >> reporter: others came beyond prepared, by making their own themed costumes, equipped with gloves and built-in layers. this couple spent 12 hours making their costumes for this year's parade. >> this is our third year. last year was the year of the dog. then before that was the year of the rooster. that was fun. >> reporter:rt their tradition. others are here for the more traditional ones. the golden dragon grand finale. there's nothing else l

in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> and look who else we saw at the parade, abc7 news reporter david bowie. he gave us a quick wave from the aarp float as it moved past. and lisa, we can see everyone bundled up out there. off to a mild start this morning. changes are in the way in terms of the forecast. >> most of us will have to wait a couple days to see the rain really get heavy, but in the north bay, the action begins tomorrow. so, as we look live outside, you'll notice that a lot of cloud cover here in san francisco. 49 degrees. a lot milder everywhere with low 40s in the north bay and in our east bay with 42 in san ramon. so, we're talking a couple of days of very rainy and windy weather on saturated soil. that means some flooding concerns, possible mudslides. we'll have it all for you next with my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, oakland school teachers up against the district. the negotiations under way today and how long the union is prepared to strike. >>> plus, the countdown to the oscars. >> we are just hours and steps away

. >> said to amin, something along the lines of i'll take a million dollars off the cost of this pageantight now if you tell me if you've ever slept with any of the contestants and he said it smiling and amin went, interesting. and he said mr. trump i'll increase the fee by $5 million if you tell me if you've ever slept with any contestant. and everybody laughed. but i thought, hmm, this is kind of like a match made in frat boy heaven on some level. >> that was the start of a friendship that spanned years. and continents. and would ultimately land goldstone at the trump tower meeting. coming up -- >> happy birthday. >> donald trump in moscow with the pop star and the publicist. ♪ you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade. itin 30,000 precision parts. or it isn't. it's inspected by mercedes-benz factory-trained technicians. or it isn't. it's backed by an unlimited mileage warranty, or it is

abc7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> reporter: the driver of this mazda six seriescrashed into ten cars, including two antioch police cruisers. the chase that started in walnut creek ended with the suspect's tunnel. >> two patrol vehicles. i spoke to a few witnesses who said there may be six others that are involved, too, six other just passing motorists. >> reporter: police say the suspect crashed his car and then got out on foot and then ran through this passenger door. this is a cross bridge over to the next bore. but then he came back and jumped into a car with these european tourists who had pulled over because the suspect also crashed into them at some point. >> the maniac hit us from behind. and then we were driving on the side here and we were waiting. and suddenly, the guy came and tried to steal our car. we left. >> reporter: but since they ran out of the car with the keys, the suspect was stuck. and so, he ran up this small hill and into the neighborhood where he was arrested, but not before punching a contra costa county chp officer first. that officer i

terror on base chan mr amin must the game believes the israeli prime minister's comments have revealed his true intentions a pariah for iranian public opinion in fact that was a tongue twister revealing. exposing the true what you gratian of prime minister netanyahu that means he's just acting like your warmonger to try to call reach a coalition against iran and. laser war but dutch was trying to use just betraying is true motivation so that's why he's really pulled by the public opinion and socially exports need a national is. open and to study the public to get on to us and are angry because it is a threat at direct threats or revelations of water against solvent. you know top stories for ten in just a few minutes have an ati. the swarms of them so moving. and good news was before. much of those who heard it's a preview or. soon will. we will. move . move. move show you the snoopy do a little. good looking good. move just like most of these girls will give you food for good good good. good your dish will say look why do you do seem you want me to show the story dude you should go. th

amin aboushagor is a member of the labour party who thinks ruby chow is a liberal democrat activist.in the past, but doesn‘t know who he‘ll vote for in the next general election. elizabeth anderson votes conservative and is sad three mps left the party yesterday. tim perry is a floating voter who thinks a brand new political party would be a good thing. and elliot cohen who quit the labour party over his concerns about anti—semitism. and we‘ve also got two commentators with us — grace blakeley, who writes on economics and is broadly supportive of jeremy corbyn‘s and his policies, and sonia sodha who writes for the guardian and welcomes the new group. we are hoping we will be joined by one of the independent group of mps but i‘m not holding my breath frankly. anyway, welcome to you. elliott, would you say you are politically homeless right now?|j was politically homeless right now?” was until this week and i now feel the independent group have given me some hope, that there is a group of mps who want to bring us back to an age where politics is about friendly disagreements and about b

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. >> reporter: attorney tahir amin runs imac, an organization crusading against what he calls patent abuse. they find the top 12 grossing drugs file each average 125 patent applications. >> this is the most egregious example. this drug has the most patents out of them. >> reporter: humira's original patent expired in 2016. but drugmaker abbvie has filed 247 versions on the drug, meaning while cheaper similar versions are available in europe, here in the u.s. humira is the only option. a vice president from abbvie's promoting its lawyers success in promoting exclusivity on a recent investment call. saying you've seen us execute very nicely with our legal strategy. while the company has dropped the price of humera in europe, here in the u.s., it has more than doubled since 2012. in a statement to nbc news, abbvie says our discoveries have approval for ten serious diseases. patents encourage and reward the significant investment we've made, and we are focused on balancing the need for continued investment in the next generation of medicines, while also ensuring affordability and access

. >> in guerneville, lisa amin gulezian. >> amy hollyfield is on the road to guerneville right now. she'll join us at the top of the our with a report sniefrnlts money schools are closed this morning. we've posted a complete last. 13 school districts or schools have decided to cancel class. the closures are due to flooding or other storm-related issues. >>> the sonoma county of education says additional closures will be announced at 6:00 this morning. you can find an updated list of closures running on the bottom of your screen on the ticker or going to abc7news.com. >>> let's get another check of the weather. a very big concern right now. mike? >> let's talk about the rivers as i promised. here you go. we've got the flood warning that starts in -- it already started at 4:15 this morning. i thought we went on at 4:00 this morning. thursday, about 80,000 people with the napa river. here's the latest just updated. nearly 26 feet u it's going to crest at 8:00 a.m. at 26.6. moderate flooding like during the last atmospheric river two weeks ago. where we have the major issues, the russia

reporter lisa amin gleeshian has the latest. >> they're clearing out. this u-haul is packed tight.up to get as many valuables as possible out. this storm could ruin brian petting hoss. >> i'm going to be out of business for a couple of months. it's going to be a big loss. >> they expect it to rise to 47 feet. >> if it comes up ten feet, that puts it in this neighborhood. >> that's why glenn hurley is leaving his guerneville home. but not before raising as much as he can off the ground. including his new washer and dry dryer. >> i have a flat bottom boat and two kayaks. just in there for storage but now they're floating. >> for the first time, it's evacuating the cold weather shelter and moving the homeless and anyone who needs help to the santa rosa pavilion. large buses were brought in to move as many as 100 peole. >> it's going to be dangerous out here. nobody will be getting

the country but it is being blockaded by activists who believe that profits are less important than aminis unique environment you can't drink gold or you can't eat galt you can't just bury gold you need pure environment for life. what happens next for the mine goes ahead all the activists win the battle lies in the hands of the new prime minister nicole pushing and. it's a decision that could affect the future of his administration and threaten the ecosystem and even the fate of one of the world's most imperiled animal species. tiny landlocked all mean year is the oldest christian country in the world. blessed with rich soils it is also considered to be the birthplace of wine and even today agriculture forms the mainstay of the economy. the magnificent mind ararat where many believe the remains of noah's ark will one day be found is the national symbol. today the mountains of armenia like the fabled on remain a refuge for many endangered animals the hunting ground of the world's rarest big cat the koch asian leopard of which there are estimated to be only ten left in the country. this un

i guess is that some of these folks have stalking horses amine the latest we heard is former attorney general eric holder might get in the race well obviously you know served in the obama administration interest you know we have julian castro in the race he served in the obama administration we have bait o'rorke out there possibly getting in seen as you know a new obama type and so there's a lot of exciting people here and i would certainly suspect that some of these folks are tied to these candidates bernie on the other hand is not tied to any one and bernie is tied to the ideas that he's been espousing for well over forty years whether you agree with his ideas or not that's another thing to discuss but he's been consistent with those ideas now you mention a green new deal in that's certainly a huge issue in politics and not only in america but around the world the climate change and the existential threat that this poses but i wanted to ask you about another issue that seems unique to america and seems like there should be some urgency around and that is the life expectancy of ameri

haidi: all right, haslinda amin.ek when it comes to chinese monetary and political development. we will look at the national people's congress as it kicks off. we will have coverage in daybreak and in the bloomberg china open, coming to you from beijing and hong kong. guests including from deloitte. u.s.-china's bit business councils -- and the china met asset manager. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: lenovo's third-quarter profit talk to the highest estimate on record, revenue thanks to its computer business and recovery in smartphones. our editor joining us from hong kong. talk us through what drove lenovo's results because when we talk about strength in the pc market that is a rare thing. we are seeing some of the early fruit of what they call their intelligence transformation initiative. the managing is stabilized costs . it is important. a big part of what drove this outperformance is declining component prices, stuff like memory and storage. a lot of it had been factored in. you saw a rally in the stock sumerday but

for baruch rock amin what's happening now is a religious and historical homecoming under the protection of the israeli army they're just doing their job to try to keep the tension. down because without them it would probably be much more terms so that we see that we see them as the positive presidents a few meters away a very different perspective run the gate has seen her home and her freedoms ever more constricted for the last two years by reinforced fence and a gate that soldiers can look at any time we used to come and go now they have to say to some constantly ghosts we say prisoners are in prison but we did a larger one twenty five years on from one of the deadliest days in the israeli palestinian conflict its legacy is undimmed in the daily reality of hostility disposition and division are a force that had grown in the occupied west bank while iran has accused the united states of hypocrisy after it emerged that members of the trump administration sought to share nuclear technology with saudi arabia the white house pulled out of the landmark twenty fifteen new kid deal with iran

. >> let's get over to our chief international course london, haslinda amin.t field. it caught everyone by surprise. >> you know, you didn't catch everyone by surprise. they have been waiting for this for the trial of the century, and now we have to wait longer. the delay came last-minute, around 5:00 p.m. yesterday on the eve of the trial. already this trial has been delayed, it is way behind time. criminal trials in malaysia are meant to happen within 90 days from the time charges are dispensed. and has been seven months, we still haven't seen the start of the trial. delayed,the trial is the more he will benefit, a sense that he can recover his reputation. there's also a sense that if it is so difficult to find the maybe,e, then perhaps, the scandal is not as deep as alleged. we know that he has been trying to delay his trial, is lawyers have been trying for months, and he has succeeded. now he faces 42 charges, but for this particular trial, it involves only seven, dealing with 10 million ringgit, transferred to his account through a unit 1mdb called frc in

amines for border security. >>> the sharks looking for a win in vancouver put them in first place in the western conference, and joe thorton get another nhl milestone. joe has the historic night and the rest of sports, next. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. >>> mark is off tonight, joe is here. we have the warriors tearing up the league and we have the sharks, best record. >> is a good night for you when the sharks when. they are playing their best of the year, that is been perfected in the standings. they wrapped up a four-game canadian road trip in vancouver with mike to petro making his debut for the canucks. it did not work out so well. just a minute and four seconds in the game. takes the pickup and the net, the sharks scored three goals in the first period for a 3-one week. ea

of that moment has haunted me forecades and although the disclosure now pains me immensely what i amin fe no way compares to the shock virginias of color may be feeling. this conduct is no way reflect of the m i have become in the 40 years since. he did admit he once painted his ce to mimic michael jackson in a dance caucus. the black caucus just one of many groups to demand he vezine. new lawmakers willing to comment. still trying to t absorb latest shock wave to hit here. >> i'm still considering the facts. justgo need to learn what'g on and ask people not to rush to judgment. let's settle down and try to be consistent in our approach. >> hare to set down, though, a lot of members reeling from this latest news. d we are expecting some time probably yet today, some kind of statement from the legislative black caucus. as f attorney general mark herring, he has already stepped >>e as cochair, a post he held there. hank you, julie. >>> new to that sex assault allegation haunting lieutenant governor justin fairfa >> today fairfax issued a new statement and so did hisse ac erika gone lez c

you know, churchill having an amine like after the first world war. thank you. >> yes, it was a question really in september and october of 1922 that brought down lord georgia government and it was a really went to the heart of what it british empire was going to be about because the government lord george churchill and others wanted to ensure that turkey stopped at the provisions of the fair treaty which were very harsh and if people could support it, the government, we would have possibly gone to war with turkey, which no one wanted to do after the end of the great war, so others such as andrew law really brought on the government in order to prevent this from happening, so with a going to be a continually pugnacious power as was put in a letter to the times or were we going to stand back and effectively except the declining power and what we call the carlton club meeting made it clear it was going to be the latter. >> gentleman in the bow tie. >> high, thank you for coming. thank you for doing this and everyone at the churchill center in christophe

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i amin watching -- i train mma, and that shot was a cheap shot, especially at the end.art filming? atat what point in the encounte? >> as soon as the gentleman -- i use that term lightly -- approached our table and begin acting very erratic, i feared for my own safety, so i started to record at that moment. >> sean: all right. did you try to defuse this? did you try to say -- i guess one of the posters he said, this is a maga country, i don't know what the trigger is for liberals and make america great again. walk us through the very beginning. what did you do, when did he start filming, and how many people were there with you? >> so i had the president of the club with me there, and we were talking to a new member when this happened. these two people approached our table, very erratically, and started cussing at us and that is when i knew that this was probably a troublesomew situati situation. so i pulled on my phone to start recording, and his friend, one of the gentleman that approached the table, smacked my phone out of my hand -- >> sean: but there were other w pe

in oakland, lisa amin ghoul easian, abc 7 news news. >> a scare at a performance of "hamilton" last night at the orpheum theater. here is a look at the scene friday night. a woman suffered a heart attack and a person nearby broke open an emergency defibrillator, setting off the alarm at the same time somebody reportedly yelled "gun" and people rushed out or ducked for cover. police say there was no gun, and that a gunshot heard at the time was just part of the musical. the woman who suffered the heart attack is in critical condition. three others are hurt including one person who broke a leg. abc 7 news was there the other day when another performance took place without any issues. >> when i saw the news this morning, i was thankful we hadn't come last night. >> all audience members will have another chance to see thehh bay, a ride share driver's unusual request ended with marin county deputies getting a pair of shoes with drug inside. the driver pulled up behind the deputies in sausalito, asking them to investigate a shoe box. he told them he got a ride request to a woman in san francisc

and their aminability to incorporating ours. we have our own notification processes that people can sign up for e-mail, text, twitter. so, there's a lot that we have. whether or not the most significant of precipitation-related challenges can float through that d.e.m. system is something we can explore. >> it seems to be it has a broader subscription network and people seem to pay attention to those. i'm not saying we shouldn't. i'm a big fan of you want people to come where you are, the most likely place to go is where people already are. and sometimes when you're on the train, you'll get a text message but you can't get on to your twitter account, for example. i think. let me see if there is anything else. [please stand by] [please stand by] >> so i got this question when we met two weeks ago and to sus sane -- sustain that level of physical presentation will be a challenge but to the extend we can't find another way to achieve the same goal it's our intent to leave them out there. >> okay. >> we're hoping through technology o

in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> and look who else we saw at the parade, abc7 newseporter david louie. he gave us a quick wave from the aarp float as it moved past. time now is 5:10. lisa argen tracking the accuweather forecast for us. >>> well, already seeing some changes out there, maybe a few showers well to the north in sonoma county, but we are also looking at a flash flood watch that's been issued for sonoma and marin into the early part of the week. but today, most of you will be dry. it is 48 in san francisco, 42 in san ramon, but anticipating a good deal of rain to come for the beginning of the week. i'll track it for you coming up. >> lisa, thanks. >>> oakland school teachers up against the district. the negotiations under way today and how long the union is prepared t >> we are just hours and steps away from hollywood's biggest night. i'm dion lim in everyone wants to be (cthe cadbury bunny because only he brings delicious cadbury creme eggs. while others may keep trying, nobunny knows easter better than cadbury!® do i use a toothpaste that whitens my tee

i'm haslinda amin in hanoi.rump's motorcade is headed to the presidential palace in hanoi. he is expected to meet with the prime minister of vietnam. vietnam has played a key role in the summit despite the short time it had to put the meeting together and the u.s. has constantly said vietnam could be a model for pyongyang because of the similarity in the history of both countries. a similard go through war that split the country into two. segregated from the u.s. for about 20 years, but look at vietnam today. over the course of the years, it is one of the fastest-growing economies in asia. let's bring our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle, watching developments in hanoi. you are close to the presidential palace. what are you seeing? tephen: we are just down the road from the presidential palace. you can see right down there the security cordon and's really -- coordinates tightly secure. they kicked us out along with other journalists, but we are awaiting donald trump's arrival in the next 10 to 15 min

aminations back then required 60 foot threshold. a 60-votevery -- threshold. it was respected throughout and a thorough process to select qualified judicial nominees was in place. despite all of this, important federal positions remained unfilled, even though qualified nominees were waiting to be confirmed. to address this issue, a bipartisan super majority back then of the senate supported a temporary change in the rules. that is not what we are talking about today. the idea that we are facing similar circumstances is not quite supported by the facts. here is the truth: nominees or confirmed, some faster than we have seen in the last five presidencies. leader mcconnell highlighted the fact that senate republicans are closing in on the record for the most circuit court appointments and a president's first year in office. last year, president trump said we put on the court tremendous amount of great federal district court judges. we are setting records. that is a quote from the president. in addition to my service on this committee, i also serve on the judiciar

that is haslinda amin reporting this week from hanoi. lix: in the markets, you have geopolitical risk tensions percolating through asset classes. s&p futures off by five and weakness in europe with the dax the underperformer. look at the dollar-yen. they are off the load the session but that is one to watch. 10 year yield goes pretty much nowhere, day two of jay powell's testimony. you did see some buying across the curve and crude up by 2%. you do have the saudis coming out and saying they are leaning towards extending cuts into the second half of the year because oil inventories in the u.s. are brimming, ignoring for the most part president trump's tweet to opec, which is, guys, take it easy, here. he is not listening. david: i think you said, relaxed. alix: there like, no, we are going to extend the cuts. david: we are joined by michael mckee, are correspondent -- our correspondent. let's start with the big geopolitical story, which may not be in hanoi but cashmere -- kashmir. further deterioration in the situation there with reports

our chief international correspondent for southeast asia, haslinda amin.what to watch in markets this morning. here's sophie. sophie: more earnings on the radar in singapore. keep an eye night on the world's largest oil refiner. this after the company posted a 53% slump in fourth-quarter profits as it concluded that included an impairment provision. on china and hong kong with its earnings do. we are watching chinese and related stock and prospects of china buying more soybeans, corn, wheat. a round up of january data points do this friday. china expected to slow prices. later, better trade figures. inflation numbers are due at midday. this evening, taiwanese export orders on the schedule likely to have contracted for a third straight month in january. haidi: before we headed over to "bloomberg markets: asia," how markets are trading in the friday session. 225, not too much of a reaction to inflation numbers that came in. missing estimates 3.10 percent lower -- three points of 1% lower. in australia, downsides to some of the coal miners on the back of that

>> amin à >> it's our understanding that at least one briefing occurred between your decision not toecember 19 and six days later christmas day, is that correct? simple enough question, yes or no? >> mr. chairman, what is the basis for your question? >> i'm asking the questions, i only have five minutes, please answer yes or no. >> no, you are asking me a question, it's your understanding, can you tell me where you get à >> i'm not gonna tell you that enough time to get into that. i'm asking you if rethat's correct or not where you briefed in that time period between december 19 and christmas day? simple question, yes or no? >> if every member here today asked questions based on their mere speculation à >> nevermind. at any point, yes or no, yes or no at any point since that briefing have you communicated any information you learned in that briefing to president trump? >> mr. chairman, i know that there is a unique à >> it's a yes or no question. >> i'm sorry? >> have you communicated anything you learned in that briefing about the investigation to president trump, yes or no? >> mr.