i believe the u.s. use that time to prevent the israelis from entering into that combat mission without taking great steps to remove civilians from harm's way. sumi: can i ask you of how much we saw today at the um, the u.s. not vetoing this resolution, how much do you think that has to do with domestic politics? we saw the republican congressman michael lawler say the biden administration is putting democratic party politics above u.s. foreign policy interests and the safety and security of israel. what do you think of that? frank: obviously, president biden is under some pressure domestically. i think that is reflective. i think also, the isolation we have experienced from the rest of the world at the united nations did not sit well with the biden administration. there were a number of different factors that led to that. the main point is we are trying to send a strong message that we want to see a cease-fire and prepared to take actions to back that up. it is interesting that president trump came out

the u.s. abstained, sparking outrage from israel which wanted the u.s. to veto the measure. we will speak to craig mokhiber, a former top u.n. official who resigned in protest over israel's assault on gaza. but first to london where a british court has put the extradition of julian assange on hold until the u.s. provides more assurances about how the wikileaks publisher will be treated in u.s. custody. >> today's decision is astounding. the courts recognize that julian is exposed to a flagrant denial of his freedom of expression rights, that he is been discriminated against on the basis of his nationality -- an australian -- and that he remains exposed to the death penalty. amy: we will hear from julian assange's wife and then speak to the british mp, former labor leader jeremy corbyn. plus, a judge in new york has decided the first of donald trump's four criminal trials will begin april 15. we will speak to pulitzer prize winning journalist david cay johnston. all that and more, coming up. wel

it was the u.s. hat destroyed the criminal justice system, destroyed the rule of law in honduras and now what act like it is the rescuer on horseback to convict this man that the biden and trump and obama administrations also ported. amy: and we get a report from gaza. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel is continuing its attacks on gaza as palestinians mark the first day of ramadan. the death toll from israel's five-month long assault has topped 31,000. health officials in gaza say at least 27 palestinians have starved to death due to israel's ongoing blockade of aid deliveries. over the weekend, five palestinians died in northern gaza as a pallet of food a question to death after a parachute failed to open. the united states has begun shipping parts to build a temporary port off the coast of gaza to increase aid following president biden's announcement during his state of the union address last week, but many gr

the u.s. take care of the gun trafficking in haiti. this did not happen. eventually, because they were supported by politicians, they had the money to functiothey usd extortion to get money. no one has control over them anymore. that is how they ended up controlling the capital and the judicial system. it is veryyou end up having thes controlling the capital. host: there is a man at the center of that that is quoted often. he goes by the nickname barbecue. who is he? guest: barbecue was a police officer. he was closely allied with michelle martini. qth in. barbecue was made by members of the government as a way to make sure he could keep the population in check. he controls alerts for the slu . many of the members in the gangs wereic people closely aligned with the police. the support he was getting where the official members of the government. it is not just one that came out of the slums. these were police officers working of behalf the martelly administration. they empoweredlu them to becom

anchor: the u.s. landmark lawsuit against apple, closing -- accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the smartphone market and crushing competition. it is the third time apple has been sued by the u.s. justice department since 2009. apple says they will fight the lawsuit vigorously in court. here is michelle fleury. >> more than a billion people around the world own an iphone. for many of them, the appeal lies in how easy it is to use features like imessage, apple pay, and the apple watch. but a lawsuit filed by the u.s. justice department and 16 other states accuses the company of blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features on its iphone to support its dominance in the smartphone market. >> apple charges as much as nearly $1600 for an iphone. but as our complaint alleges, apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal antitrust law. consumers should not have to pay higher prices becaus

the u.s. being the only member to abstain from the vote. he also talked about how the u.s. will cont to bring the release of hostages who have been held since 2023's october 7 attack on israel. and answer questions on the u.s. mexico border. this briefing runs about 30 minutes. mr. kirby: good afternoo everybody. today, as you all know, we abstained on the u.n. security council resolution calling for a ceasefire in gaza until the end of ramadan and the lease of all the hostages. our vote does not i repeat does not represent a shift in our policy. we've been very clear, we've been very consistent in our support for a ceasefire as part of a hostage deal. structured and the resolution acknowledges the ongoing talks. we wanted to get to a place where we could support this resolution. but because the final text does not have key language that we think is essential, such as condemning hamas, we couldn't supporit. though because it does fairly reflect our view that a ceasefire and the release of hosta

the u.s. it would probably be this one. and then stabilization, acceleration. markets looking ahead towards the rear acceleration. haidi: when it comes to japan, mildly overweight on the back of common themes that have driven the rally so far. do you think there is going to be meaningful upside or downside from what the bank of japan does in terms of how it correlates to the yen and how much it has been a driver of this equity rally? willem: so, the rally in japan to me is much more than the weakness in the yen, and therefore much more than what is happening with the bank of japan. clearly it is a very important data point and our belief is that we are going to have in the wage negotiations at least as much as last year and therefore in need a normalization of the bank of japan's policy. we think they will start with the ending of the yield curve control and then the following month, a change in the policy rates. but i think it goes beyond that. it is basically this end of deflation which i thi

u.s. well-being, the economy. the u.s. has thrived. not just giving, it is getting a lot of taking. the industry and the jobs. that is the world that was created. essentially created at the end of the second world war is under challenge, a severe challenge. so, when y have china rattling its sabers, you see was happening in the philippines, the taiwan strait. china is rattling its sabers. russia is not. russia is fighting a full out war■k in europe as we sit here n beautiful, sunny washington, d.c. it is two years since they've been doing this. they aren wathey are spending 4r budget on defense and internal security. they are not putting it into hospitals, roads, education, they are putting it into the military they are putting into the what military shane. -- machine. we in nato are not up to speed yet, and we ha to realize, that china is rattling sabers and russia is fighting a waro s. created on its head. not the rule of law but the rule of brute force. eybringing us back into the dark ages. a time that no one would like to revisit.

the u.s. t, the executive branch, director ■haynes have emphasized the isse so much that it is impossible to ignore. host: what are the national security threats? guest: it's incredible the capability that technology unleashes. if you use an apprsary. the media, the fbi director has talked about surveillance capabilities. we know about the app can drop code into your phone. if your microphone looks like it is off, he could actually listen to everything you're doing, monitor all of your keystrokes. then there is the risk of pushing out algorithmshat push out content that is destructive. destructive to children. europe has actually had cases where they tiktok for pushing out content the children that was inappropriate. but even more so, in addition to all that, because i think the average user is going to say i am consenting to all this. i am consenting to tiktok to have this. i know thei[mit be listening, but i'm not really saying anything important. how do these apps connectsoftwas infrastructu

the u.s. deliver thousands of tons of food aid to gaza amid warnings of severe hunger. united nations says more is needed. in a surprise announcement, the irish prime minister says he is stepping down. mexico's president rejects a texas law that empowers state officials to arrest and deport suspected illegal migrants. ♪ caitriona: hello and welcome to world news america. the u.s. state department says secretary of state antony blinken will not travel to israel as part of his current trip to the middle east. he began his visit to the region on wednesday in saudi arabia, meeting leadership before he goes to cairo on thursday. from there, the secretary will go to tel aviv wihere talks will focus on securing the release of israeli hostages, issuing the defeat of hamas while protecting civilians, and you minute hearing aid to the gaza strip. there is no mention of the word cease fire in two separate announcements. relations have soured between president biden and israeli prime minister netanyahu. o

it is not in the u.s. the u.s. still out performs. u have healthcare that offers leverage of technology. europe and switzerland stands to perform well on the back of that. will it catch up and out perform the u.s.? valuation wise, it is more appealing. this is the market whereas we have seen valuation is not the main consideration. it is earnings quality and power. >> let's stay in the uk. you think the uk is under priced for easing. policymakers will make one pivot. talk about that. >> i think all of the central banks talking about easing this year and the one priced to do the least is the uk. even relative to the eurozone, the growth picture is suspect. inflation has brought base cases down. that is going to be the case in the uk over the next few months. we have themeasures of real-time price pressures. they don't show anything worrying with the uk inflation. that should come down in the few months. that should give cover to the ecb. >> that's not priced at all yet. only to a certain degree. that means you are bearish on pound/sterl

how far with the u.s. go? >> we can say the u.s. en supportive in every way and has shown that it takes seriously these agreements, but it is dangerous to think that we will run to big brother. that is not the way we treat it. we do this for ourselves because we feel that we have to and it is not at the behest of the u.s.. >> how confident are you the u.s. is willing to go to war with china? how far is the u.s. prepared to go? >> i really -- to take a step back from that question, that is what we want to avoid. we want to do everything to avoid that situation. this is not -- this is not poking the bear. we are to do the opposite and keep things manageable, to continue dialogue at every level and we have initiated those dialogues. so that is what we have to continue because lose there are many volatilities in the region. >> philippines president speaking with haslinda. watch us live and catch up on past interviews on the terminal or dive into any of the functions we talk about. this is for bloomberg subscribers only at tv . this i

softer inflation print out of the u.s. leading to the goldilocks rally ending up side we have seen broadly or today for u.s. stocks. what is the next level for this, do we cross the red 14 five, does 140 provide support for dollar-yen? seeing strength for the japanese currency weighing on the equity story. brent down .5 of 1% and iron ore taking a big hit amid concerns not enough support is coming here for the real estate sector in china. let's get more details on how the asian markets are faring with avril hong standing by in singapore. what is sending out to you? avril: we have a number of things to want back. standing at the most is that gdp print debt of japan because there was an upward revision. what investors are focusing on is how the japanese economy avoided a recession, a technical one, and that is building the case for the boj to exit negative rate policy. that is implications cross asset , and taking a look first at what we are seeing at the japanese currency. it was strengthening, putting pressure on the equiti

in the u.s.. id what is it mean for what the bank of england might do, the ecb. we've got a good indication from the bank of england yesterday that they are at the end of their rate increase cycle. when the first rate cut will come in the u.k., it still looks like it's likely to be after the summer. francine: it's clear that the ecb and fed telegraphed when they will go and may be by how much, they also said they are data dependent, are they clear when the bank of england will go ? >> you don't get a sense from the fed. obviously the market would look at the dot plot, which is what we look at when the fed makes announcements. it's very clear there is 325 basis point cuts expected in the u.s. and this year alone. the first one likely to come around the june 11, 12th meeting. also the u.s. is in a different position because the growth has been so strong. they could probably wait a little bit longer before they start to cut. coming across the ecb and the bank of england, the european and the u.k. econ

the issues the u.s. china around de-risking both for national security grounds and also economic security related to supply chains, these are not going to change from the biden administration to a second trump administration. it is also important to understand there is concern within the u.s. business community about what has been taking place inside china in terms of the regulations around national security and constraints around the free flow of information they need to make good business decisions. many factors are playing into what is going on inside the united states so to some extent the election will be one important factor but i think underlying -- the underlying factor in u.s. politics today what the congress, the u.s. business community, are easily as important as any kind of transition you might see from biden to a second trump term. haidi: perhaps the tender has been more stable but the policies have been -- the tenor has been more stable but the policies have become less so. there are trade

therefore the u.s. ican people are very generous there is a lot of money to support haiti. they've been supporting haiti for lon t americans. the u.s. government of the hatred has for haiti has n jeff. not giving haitians the r thems. can also decide there is a fear about haiti. moreover, i think what happened as you mentioned and spent with the lobbies to other influential members off the community. and hear the haitians and members of the society. we know the elite in haiti does not want to pay taxes. they do not care about investing in the country. all he does is really■= not reay investing for the rest of the people.■ the haitian people are hostage right now that is what we have a crisis. >> the centers for customs and border protection tells us over 163,000 people migrated out of the country in 2023. the for 2024 so far 85000 people. what does that mean for those leaving the country iná&■ states? it works every time haiti is in any means necessary. they leave on boats, by land or any way they can fi

fourth, the u.s. should engage with china and clear the way on military ai risk and then fifth and finally, the u.s. should prioritize intelligence gathering and analysis on an assessment of chinese military ai capabilities, which i said are evolving quite quickly. i will wrap it up there. you go for your attention and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify about how the chinese military views the prospect of generative ai for manipulation and on the evolution of cyber enabled influence operation efforts. i am honored, as a former commission staff. i want to make three key points. first, generative ai has the potential to revolutionize cyber enabled influence operations and supercharge maligned ability to undermine the democratic process in the united states and around the world. the key breakthrough is the dramatic improvement in authenticity and scale at a lower cost while also reducing human labor requirements and the probability of detection. sec

the u.s. is crowded so let's move out and explore this early cycle behavior. are we early cycle because banks are doing maintenance cuts? i do not know the answer to that. that is a new theme that is developing. jonathan: i know this week is exhausting so let's get straight to it. equity futures positive .1%. yields lower. down three basis points on the 10 year. 4.2375. we will catch up with bob michele, bloomberg's alex webb, and peter oppenheimer of goldman sachs with u.s. stocks cruising to all-time highs. u.s. stocks posting another record heading towards the biggest week of gains this year. bob michele running the soft landing continues to unfold everywhere with the tail risk of re-acceleration or contraction looking equally balanced. what is the biggest risk? fed policy error. either they cut rates too soon or too late. bob joins us. what is the biggest risk out of those options? bob: that the soft landing continues to unfold for the next 18 months and people are still stuck in cash. ever

the u.s. dollar is rising above all of the g10 currency pairs with the euro is lower because of the dovish tongue. have a look at what is happening with bitcoin, we pair some of those gains come up by 2%. $71,670. we have had some research notes out following bitcoin. some bullish content. we are entering a whole new bull cycle for bitcoin is what one analyst wrote. ed: i am looking at social media stocks in the context of tiktok. tiktok is owned by bytedance, the most valuable private company. the discussion is turning, will tiktok be banned in the u.s.? who is that good for? analysts point to meta because of how analysis -- analogous instagram is to tiktok. who might buy tiktok's u.s. operations if they are forced to divest? rumble is one of the names to the downside, this more conservative social platform. as you know, it has been soaring in recent days after his ceo said we could talk with tiktok about a cloud partnership, looking at tiktok's operations. there is no catalyst today but it is

the u.s. rgeon general discusses teen mental health with our student reporting class. >> this is pbs newshour in the west. >> migrant crossings that the arizona-mexico border have remained high this year. in the nevada joins us. what is the situation on the arizona border where you are? amna: it is interesting, all the focus is on texas, but it has been arizona that has had one of the busiest sections across the country. border patrol logged 50,000 apprehensions last year. more than 1700 today. the numbers across the entire stretch of the southern border are down slightly from those record highs. there are more migrants trying to make more dangerous crossings. jeff? geoff: you reported yesterday on how diverse the migrant population is. is the same true along the u.s. border? amna: never in my life did i think all my language skills would come into play on the u.s. southern border in this way. i've met people from bangladesh, guinea, guatemala, ecuador, from nepal, molly. i'm able to communicat

and the u.s. government said 1.1 million people, half of gaza's population, face catastrophic hunger and starvation, and that famine is imminent. negotiations are resuming here in qatar. among the proposals, a six-week truce in exchange for 40 hostages. lester? >> richard engel in doha, thank you. >>> to that alleged hezbollah bombmaker caught crossing the southern border who said he wanted to travel to new york. julia ainsley is following this. julia, what more do we know? >> reporter: border patrol says the lebanese man was caught earlier this month crossing illegally near el paso. 22-year-old basel bassel ebbadi said he was with hezbollah and wanted to build a bomb and was headed to new york. officials i've spoken to said it is highly unusual for someone to voluntarily disclose that information. we don't know if ebbadi was on the u.s. terrorism watch list. over 160 migrants crossing the border last year were on that list. it's been a major criticism of biden border policies by republicans. ebbad

so people once the u.s. my occupies buford and people including the cumbie people who i've talked about are finding any poibht■/ to get to buford. if they're inland they're coming on foot. they're also there are lots rivers running through the area, including can be there were people making basket boats and floating in baskets. ten, 20, 30, 40 miles to get to buford. literally risking tir lives, building rafts and floating on these with their children and their elders. you know, to get to buford. these people of them are first going are going be taken downtown. and we would call it today. right there. needs are going to be assessed. people who can would be given work assignments, people who might have actually been from the sea islands going to be taken back to the sea. people who couldn't work are going to be given shelter. clothing, etc. so if in modern sense we would think about this as a refugee situation and historians actually call all of these sort of freedom seekers who are liberating themselves, incl

in the u.s. we have growth looking strong, inflation still above what the fed would like but it is trending down. does the u.s. actually look like a market that needs stimulation and using? could we see more repricing? henrietta: it is absolutely improving from a growth perspective. but we are at levels on the short end that are pretty restrictive. it really handles inflation coming down. you could have this growth environment that continues, but the rates environment needs to reflect what is going on from inflation perspective and you need to keep and i out on real yields. real yields are positive on the rates side. paul: i want to wrap up on what we heard from the boj last week. it was a momentous move. but slow seems to be the watch word for the bank of japan at the moment. what do you see as being the next move and when will it happen in terms of the next change to rates and the unwinding of that enormous balance sheet? henrietta: absolutely, it has taken seven years to get to last week. that

will join the u.s. lies to create a maritime corridor to deliver essential aid directly to gaza. in a statement from the u.k., u.s., eu, cyprus, and uae, said the humanitarian situation in gaza is dire. innoce palestinian families and children desperate for basic necessities. the corridor can and must be part of a sustained effort to increase thelow of humanitarian aid and commercial commodities into gaza through all possible routes. the plan is to establish a shipping route that would get aid from cyprus to gaza by c, working with the u.n. to coordinate and vify the flow of aid. efforts would be closely coordinated with israel's government. shipments would arrive by cyprus, where israeli security inspections will take place. the israeli foreign ministry spokesperson reacted, saying the initiative will allow the increase of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip after a security check, according to israeli standards. the corridor development follows president biden's announcement of the u.s. military setting

the u.s. media is covering israel's assault on gaza. we will be joined by the acclaimed broadcaster mehdi hassan who left msnbc earlier this year after his shows were canceled. then to tiktok. the u.s. house has passed a bill that could lead to the banning a bill that could lead to the banning of the social media app tiktok. >> it was potentially ban tiktok is a huge mistake because it does not do with the real issue which is social media companies of all types are actually targeting as for our data, exploiting our attention, threatening our democracy. instead of that, this act is just targeting foreign actors and playing a nationalism and xenophobia. amy: we will speak to ucla professor ramesh srinivasan. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in gaza, at least five people were killed on wednesday when israel bombed an unrwa aid distribution center in rafah, one of the u.n. agency's last remaining aid sites in gaza.

the u.s. upreme court unanimously ruled states do not monday have the authority to remove donald trump from the ballot under the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment, which was written to prevent civil war confederates from returning to government. the court's ruling came in -- after the state of colorado attempted to take trump after primary ballot over his actions inciting the january 6 insurrection. in the majority opinion, justices wrote, "states have no power under the constitution to enforce section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency." the court's three liberal justices issued a concurring opinion, warning. colorado secretary of state jena griswold responded to the court's ruling on msnbc. >> i larger reaction is disappointment. i do believe states should be under our constitution to bar oath breaking insurrectionist's. amy: millions of voters are heading to the polls today as 15 states are holding primaries and caucuses in what's known as super tuesday. in

the u.s. is not helping that narrative. so there was some recovery recently but it really doesn't have a lot of momentum at this point yet. so i think we will need to see potentially stronger intervention and more measures to see that trend become stronger to the upside in china. there is definitely hope for that but we haven't seen it yet. annabelle: that was katie kaminski at alpha simplex group joining us. still ahead, we get the outlook for renewables, here the stock picks and why they see u.s. new energy outperforming europe and china this year. first we look at what boeing's customers and pastors want from a new ceo as the top executive step down, including dave calhoun. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: bond ship -- boeing shares closing -- closing higher after sweeping overhauls. the ceo stepping down i thing end of the year, and the chairman will not be standing for reelection. bloomberg intelligence says the departures are positive development. a lot of changes, is this enough to satiate th

a flight to the u.s. turning back. what was seen leaking from the plane. and news tonight in that boeing case, the door that came off at 16,000 feet. the video of the, whoers working on that door erased. >>> tonight, the images coming in now, the massive landslide in los angeles. several homes damaged. residents evacuated. >>> and the new and major winter storm we're watching tonight. several states on alert. the warnings and watches already. denver tonight bracing for more than a foot of snow, up to 16 inches. and severe storms from texas all the way up to chicago. then moving into the northeast. rob timing it out. >>> tonight, the danger in haiti. the u.s. snow deploying u.s. marines and anti-terror teams to protect the u.s. embassy in haiti. armed gangs surrounding the capital, and the evacuations. including famous author michal bull, who wrote "tuesdays with more rui." what he's saying tonight. >>> back in the u.s., the college quarterback arrested tonight during spring break. >>> actress olivia munn revealing her personal battle with breast cancer ton

so now this case goes back to the u.s. court of appeals for the fifth circuit, with a nudge from some of the justices to move quickly, and that could mean this texas law could be back before the supreme court soon, perhaps within days. still, the white house tonight is saying that the court's order today will, quote, sow chaos and confusion at the border. david? >> david: but not over yet, as you point out. terry moran leading us off tonight. terry, thank you. >>> we turn now to that chilling case that made national headlines. a horrific racial attack in mississippi. tonight, two former deputies sentenced. part of a group of white officers accused of torturing two black men, shooting one of them and beating them. tonight, one of those officers getting 20 years in prison. today, the judge calling the crimes, quote, egregious and despicable. here's abc's faith abubey. >> reporter: tonight, two former mississippi sheriff's deputies sentenced for their role in the brutal and racially motivated torture of two black men. deputy h

that is the strength of the japanese-u.s. alliance is as important as the strength of the u.s.-united kingdom alliance. in fact, the growing friendship, the growing formal alliance of those countries is important not only for the people who live in each of those places but it's extraordinarily important for taiwan in particular. the biden administration deserves some credit for continuing that friendship. we think it should be even more robust and expanded and whether president biden wins a second term or president trump wins a second term, you can count on the heritage foundation to be not just advising but encouraging vehemently the continuation of that. we ought to be as americans, extremely grateful for the courage that the japanese have taken in mustering more money for defense for reasons we understand it's a difficult political situation for them but they are doing it and happy about it and i should say that i left tokyo to come back to virginia optimistic. i think we will actually avert war because in the near term, we in the united states although it's been very late i

the u.s. is now pushing for ceasefire deal in exchange for the release of hostages. blinken just wrapped up meetings with arab leaders in saudi arabia and egypt, where he said, "children should not be dying of malnutrition in gaza," adding "100% of the population of gaza is experiencing severe levels of acute food insecurity." the head of israel's mossad spy agency is meeting with cia director william burns and egyptian counterparts for talks around ceasefire in qatar. meanwhile, over 70 former diplomats, government, and military officials have urged president biden to warn israel against building illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and denying palestinian rights. the officials, which include clinton national security advisor anthony lake and other white house, pentagon, and state department diplomats say the u.s. should be prepared to hold assistance with israel. israel has killed at least 430 palestinians in the west bank since october 7, including 10 people on thursday alone. among

so, the perception broadly is that the u.s. s no longer got israel's back when it comes to conversations like this with the u.n. mr. kirby: no, that's just not true, ed. nothing could be further from the truth, quite frankly. of course, we still have israel's back. i mean, as you and i are spking, we are still providing tools and capabilities, weapons systems so that israel can defend itself against what we we agree is still a viable threat to hamas. again, no change by this nonbinding resolution on what israel can or cannot do in terms of defding itself. but, you know, the other day friday when i was up here, brian was asking me about, you know, how come it was okay for or or not okay for russia and china to veto a resolution that we drafted on friday when we vetoed similar ones prior to it. my answer then is going to be my answer today: because of the substance of it. the ones we vetoed didn't condemn hamas. this one didn't condemn hamas, which is why we couldn't support it. but we didn't veto it because, in general, unlike pr

the u.s. and japan, the government and industry are focusing on. >> ai is just so rapidly advancing. who knows where it will be in six months from now, compared to where it was just last year. last year there was no chatgpt. there was no zora last year. who knows in the way generative ai can transform not just our daily lives, but the communications and the structure that underpins and connects all of this as well. let me take a different perspective then. we have talked about how do we discuss these issues domestically? but as an organization that deals internationally, how do you make the argument internationally that those countries in particular need u.s. japanese and australian or other trusted vendor's technologies in the face of, you know, pretty strong competition, whether it is through diplomacy or even from a finance point of view? >> so, firstly, i would like to emphasize that the importance of the multilateral corporation is still important when we reach out to third countries. if m

nick: the u.s. lationship with saddam hussein evolved dramatically across the decades from the 1980s, when the u.s. aided his regime, to the 90s, when the u.s. sought to contain him and dismantle his program of weapons of mass destruction. and, of course, after nine over -- 9/11, the u.s. invasion and his death in 2006. using previously unreleased materials, the achilles trap, saddam hussein, the cia, and the origins of america's invasion of iraq tells the story of how saddam hussein and four successive u.s. administrations repeatedly misinterpreted each other. the author is steve coll. steve coll, thank you very much. you write that this book, in part, is about the u.s. failure to comprehend saddam hussein. and you write that u.s. thinking was often wrong, distorted, and incomplete. how so? steve: well, saddam's motives confounded us. they also confounded many of his own generals and his neighbors. but he took actions that just didn't fit into western logic and analysis. and so the u.s., particularl

the u.s. in wall street last night. i the end of the close yesterday losses of around 3/10 on the s&p. the nasdaq, here's the future set up when you look to the u.s., you're looking at gains. 5280%. nasdaq futures 18,500 45 pointing to gains. european stocks are on fresh eyes yesterday and the session. you are a 15% for european stocks in the last 12 months. flat across european futures, u.k. futures, ftse 100 futures -- futures lower. let's flip the board and look across asset with a focus on what's happening in the treasuries and in the yield curve in that conversation in the debate in terms of the stigma trade continues. 458 now on the two-year. a move lower by three basis point so far in the session. euro-dollar out what away. currently down. brent, $86 a barrel. it saw the biggest pop in prices , brent, yesterday in about a week. $86 a barrel. opec-plus, their decision as to whether or not to extend the cuts will continue to be in focus. go remains around these record levels, 2172 port --

the u.s. -- even as the minorities he wanted the u.s. to take israel's side increase and those who wanted to take the other side decreased in the first few weeks. we conducted another poll on this issue. what we found was much of the support that israel had gained had really disappeared and declined considerably to weeks later. obviously, there has been a lot since then. showing a partisan divide on this issue, particularly as the war went on in horror in gaza became clear. >> if i can stop you for a minute, i wanted to draw your attention to a poll that came out today to get some perspective on this. there have been times when they have been angry over certain wars or other incidents, but this is a new poll that showed many americans disapprove of israeli actions and only 36% approve. 75% disapprove. as somebody who has been doing this for so long, have you ever seen numbers like that? >> i have not. i have been studying this for decades. to some of them for the first time in the late 1980's.

when you go to the u.s. d look at what is driving the market or what has been driving the market, you will find the big tech stocks, the a.i. stocks like nvidia and those stocks are responsible for the growth. nvidia is responsible for 20% of the growth in the u.s. market this year and a lot of it last year. the concentration of the performance in the united states is a risk factor. therefore, i am prepared to buy less dramatically good stocks in europe as a way of diversifying that risk. i think it is what you are seeing really is a diversification of the concentration risk in the u.s. market which is leading to flows into other markets which may be more stately or elderly or boring, but contain stocks that do the right things. >> david, your views with the stocks appand valuations are different. you had a piece the last couple weeks saying the ecb hasn't killed the golden goose. has it? >> i think yes. the golden goose is the european economy. of course, it is not particularly golden, but it is a goose. the

the u.s. and that was a 5th street klein ahead of the peak u.s. driving season. and of course, we are watching u.s. treasuries as well in light of what we have heard from fed chair powell and that gives us something of an assurance to broader markets, right? treasury yields really being seen at risk of more flattening as we see that reaction continuing to play out and we are not just hearing from jay powell but from neel kashkari seeing two rate cuts in 2024. potentially just one but take a listen to what we heard in that congressional testimony. >> we believe that our policy rate is likely at its peak for this cycle. if the economy evolves broadly as expected, it will likely be appropriate to begin dialing back policy restraint at some point this year. the committee does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target ranch until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably towards 2%. >> let's bring in the managing director of investment strategy, ocbc bank. pe

the u.s. be withdrawn. firmware in the u.s.? sara: a lot of the religious right. samantha barry: i am irish and grew up in ireland, and i was so proud to grow up in a country that finally gave women back there access to reproductive= rights and i wrote that i was terrified i lived in a country that was taking it away. where is our standing globally when it comes to this?■0 we see france today, as alexis brought up, i want to use the exact language because it is so empowering. they enshrined into their constitution guaranteed freedom■ for women to have an abortion. the rest of the world, most of them, seems to be going forward and we are going back. how does that affect our standing in the world? jennifer klein: it is really a concern and i hear that when i go to the u.n. and speak with representatives from other countries and they say first of all what is happening over there, and second of all it does have ripple effectin i will say hopefully in the last 30 years, 60 countries have taken acti