abe. so it really depends on, because we know that this election in april is coming, and it's all at the local level, and local assemblies, and those small districts gets hit worse by those public voters mood swings. so i would just say that. >> and then you have the summer upper house election as well, so there is really no good time, and then in theory, a consumption tax hike in the fall. so politically, you can see this is going to be tough to navigate, to find a window of momentum, so that brings me to constitutional revision and the upper house elections, the ldp and komato have a super majority currently as i understand it in the upper house. will they hold on to that super majority after the upper house election, yes or no? what do you think? >> my forecast will be no. they still will have a large majority, but not enough to have two-thirds. >> my prediction is no, and normatively, it shouldn't be. >> i agree with, i have to make the discussion more, much more interesting, but i can

abe specifically. but i also think you're right, that the trump moment has created a bigger opportunity, perhaps, in japan, not just mr. abe, than japan might have had otherwise. japan has always carried these positions. but, for example, the japan european trade pack, both sighs were dillydallying on that. but the trump moment opened up that opportunity for both sides that might not have come easily. the next prime minister i think now and i could be wrong on this, but my gut level tells me today that the next prime minister is going to have to be somebody who can walk and talk on the global stage. i think the days or the expectations when you can elect any prime minister and it's okay in japan are probably gone. and i don't see that out of criticism. you had some who didn't look like they were necessarily great statesman but become great statesman. but i think the expectation now of the prime minister of leadership in japan is going to have this added component to it. they don't have to be abe 2.0 bu

so in that context, what is abe to do? he has taken on a new challenge now with launching -- agreeing to launch the bilateral trade negotiations that are variously referred to as trade agreement in goods or u.s./japan trade agreement. so clearly there are some substantial gaps between the understandings and aspirations of the u.s. and japan an this is going to be a real challenge for him. there are questions as to whether the trump administration is prepared to adhere to the agreement that was laid out in the joint statement that this negotiation will be primarily focused on the goods side and particularly in agricultural abe liberalization, the tpp -- there is tremendous ambiguity about the disposition of services and other issues in this negotiation. a phased negotiation with agreements reached on a rolling basis, potentially with early harvests, or will this be a kind of intractable, challenging negotiation because of the different visions of two sides? and, of course, as we've discussed on an earlier panel, japan's dom

the fact that 3g capital owns the biggest stake in ab.eye there don't have reasons to believe that kraft are relevant to ab marginbut the culture of maximization maybe investors -- may lead investors to draw some connections. margin maximization is important because it is something that kraft heinz is being criticized for today. the strategy of growth acquisition pain in this m&astry, the more focused has done better than large-scale acquisitions. and the assets that ab inbev has could get about $400 billion and many would want to see that come down. vonnie: so many companies impacted by this today, not just campbell soup, but european companies. emma: the european food and beverage is set to have one of its worst days. it's interesting, looking back to kraft, kraft went after unilever an unsolicited bid. to reform and innovate and options. weeding out optoin vonnie: emma chandra with our stock of the hour, ab inbev. coming up, we will continue to follow the markets. a couple of guests that will navigate what is going on in washington all

also in the programme: talking trade in uncertain times — angela merkel meets shinzo abe as global economicensions rise. meet the tnt boys — the philippine sensation who've exploded onto the international stage with their drag and pop music. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8pm in venezuela where the opposition leaderjuan guaido has dismissed warnings from president nicolas maduro that the country's political crisis could spark civil war. pressure is growing on mr maduro — as more than half of the countries which make up the european union said they recognised mr guaido as interim leader. orla guerin reports from caracas. all eyes now on venezuela, where it's not hard to find scenes like this. the embattled president, nicolas maduro, insists his people are not paupers. 19—year—old anders would beg to differ. he only eats what he can find. translation: people don't throw things away anymore. before, they threw out everything — food, clothes, shoes. sometimes i don't find a thing. so i don't eat. right across the street, at the neighbourhood fruit and veg stall, ple

shinzo abe spoke earlier.onarch to relieve regretful bill english the chrysanthemum regretful bill english the chrysa nthemum throne regretful bill english the chrysanthemum throne in the 200 yea rs chrysanthemum throne in the 200 years that they have ruled and this is he and his wife, celebrating the 30th to believe there. in tokyo. in japan. he is due to abdicate in april. go for to believe. hello there. part one of the weekend was a bit disappointing across the north and the west of the country, thanks to a weak weather front that introduced more cloud and spots of light rain and drizzle. the best of the sunshine was across eastern england, where it was pretty warm, a top temperature of 18 celsius. now, for sunday, it looks like it's going to be another chilly start, but i'm hopeful we should see more widespread sunshine across the country, so i think part two of the weekend is looking better for most of us. now, this is saturday's weather front. no more than a bit of broken cloud first thing on sunday, wit

he will ensure that abe fortas will be confirmed. before johnson announces thornberry, he gets on the phone with several key figures. generally, when it johnson would call you, this was not a two way conversation. johnson was not soliciting information. he was basically encouraging you to think as he did. his first call goes to justice fortas. he wants to get feedback for who would be a good replacement for fortas as associate justice. johnson has already made up his mind and his job is to basically say yes. >> thornberry has -- she was congress, city councilman, state legislator. i think you will be awfully good on the court. from the standpoint of the liberal press, they will not give me a fair trial. the times are against me. they are anti-semitic. it is because i live in texas. that is the only thing they have against me. how will you rate these people one through five? from the standpoint of my practical problem and what i may want to do on all the other things. i have to have sure votes. i look at this not from your all standpo

my guess toast this morning as the managing director of abs investment solutions.s me from abu dhabi. the rhetoric is building toward the potential for a delay on article 50. in your mind, ryan, are we coalescing around deal, moreover no deal at all? what is your current brexit-ometer? >> well, i have to say that this object is starting to sound like opera, it's really funny. delay, there will be a no one has any interest in a no deal brexit, it is catastrophic for everyone. let's not forget the irish backstop, it's the worst outcome of the worst case situation, so no one really wants to go there. it's in the best interest of everyone to delay it. the deal, probably they will try to find him sort of a deal, and the parliament will probably vote for it. electionsative is new -- they aret think a bit scared of that. i think they can find some sort of deal. one ring that caught my eye is the volatility on the pound. 15% from the december high. the pound options are risking pandemonium by underplaying brexit chaos. if they don'tk, give anything to satisfy the brick dea

i was more interested in watching ab 2020. obviously was signed by governor brown late september, became law january 1. so although we do have done events at the county fairgrounds last year, i was interested in doing smaller, b boutique events. as an event organizer, as a minority business owner, i just wanted to give my public comment that i'm fully in support of this. i wanted to offer my full help to whoever would like, you know, my input to make sure that we do these responsibly, that we do them safe. again, my name is fernando alvarez, and i'm the director of vape lounges. >> we as an organization support this moving forward. supervisor mandelman, you made some outstanding points, but one thing that i want to add is so many of our outdoor events are perused by nonprofit -- produced by nonprofit organizations, and this will open up a stream of revenue that many of us need right now. we're seeing our city expenses going up and up with no end in sight, so we need this revenue source. additionally, we as an organization have

their abs have abs. [laughter] they have more muscles than a mollusk convention. if i had access to those washboard that would be doing laundry every night of the week. [laughter] smollet paid them 3500 but he makes $60000 per show so he is just cheap. [bleep] now these cases with the kavanaugh smear called journalistic ethics. intersectional studies. . >> the media everywhere is liberal 85 percent are registered to democrats. most are left of liberal democrat. then disappears faster than taylor swift's boyfriends. don't expect the emperor to tell you about it. the fox is known for eating peoples lunches. >> sean hannity and will eat smollet lunch every single second he will eat smollet lunch every single second spirit the president of the united states lead his lunch. >> i'm getting hungry. and then so smollet saw the media for what it was, suckers and i kind of admire it but if you're only mad he was used by us as fodder while missing the fact he made you look like a dumb ass then you truly are a lemon. [laughter] these moments have been piling up and they were

how many abs does the guy on the left have?abs from the other guy. so in the public eye, this story has moved from a hate crime against a popular tv actor to a giant hoax by a popular tv actor, but smollett still insists there was no collusion. >> who the (~bleep ) would make something like this up or add something to it? you do such a disservice when you lie about things like this. >> if the attackers are never found, how will you be able to heal? >> i don't know. let's just hope that they are. you know what i'm saying? like, let's not go there yet. let's, um -- i was talking to a friend and i said, i just want them to find them. and she said, sweetie, they're not going to find them. that just made me so angry. >> trevor: okay, either this guy's telling the truth or he deserves an emmy for that interview. ( applause ) because if all of that is just a performance, i don't care what he's lying about, you can't cancel him, he's too good to not be on tv! that's basically where the story is now. i don't know how it's going to end u

abe wanted to achieve the fta trade coverage ratio of 70% by 2018, last year. this was not achieve d. but still, this policy continues to be important. so to achieve it, japan has to forge an fta with tpp level member countries and the u.s. also and eu, which will be realized very soon. and then korea and china. so working with many countries continues to be quite important. now, for this audience, i don't think there's really need to re-emphasize the strategic importance of tpp. just i want to say that tpp was a high standard fta, including developing countries. so that was a very excellent attempt. even by including developing countries, very high standard fta could be achieved. and actually, tpp 11 has done so. also, tpp was intended to put pressure on china to further open up and to pursue further reform. so in the future, china could be invited to be a member of tpp. so in the sense that tpp was a very important instrument to encourage china to go through important structural reforms. mr. trump decided not to use that path. tpp 11 remains significant. tpp

they probably should have been 45 minute ab rated windows. and follow the code.it's -- and i ran that by another colleague at d.b.i. and i'm just getting his opinion on this. we didn't get this approved on this permit. we did it as regular windows. i think the young plan checker just missed it, but you know, they definitely should be 45-minute rear windows. the other windows that the appellant is referring to, in my opinion -- let's move it up a bit -- over in this part of the building, and there's one set back over here. well, they seem to be far enough away from property line that they don't need to be fire rated based on these plans and elevations. they're not part of this appeal. there was a permit issued by d.b.i. and completed. there was 16 windows, as you heard. the planning department don't have much of a say on the approve. d.b.i., whereas you can put in what sort of windows are historic. at the back of the building, we allow vinyl windows that are not on the property line and just at rear elevation. i think that's all. if you have any questions, i'm hap

so he wants to come up with a replacement for abe fortas as associate justice. he will have to make two nominations, rather than one. the name he is most interested in looking at is homer thornberry. here's a photograph of them. he knows him very well. thornberry had succeeded him in the house of representatives. johnson had been appointed circuitry to the fifth based in new orleans. the appellate court judge nominated by johnson, he is a former congressman. very friendly with southern politicians. with particularly friendly richard russell, the most powerful of the southern democrats. johnson senses thornberry is somebody who will appease these southerners. he will ensure that abe fortas will be confirmed. -- beforen announces johnson announces thornberry, he gets on the phone with several key figures. generally, when it johnson would call you, this was not a two way conversation. johnson was not soliciting information. he was basically encouraging you to think as he did. his first call goes to justice fortas. feedback for who would be a good replacement for fo

chancellor angela merkel is in the japanese cattle of tokyo, meeting with japanese prime ministers shinzo abe. in a joint news conference, both leaders stressed the importance of close trade ties in times of rising protectionism. merkel's visit comes three days after a sprawling trade pact between the european union and japan took affect. reporter: good friends are important, especially in hard times. that is winter -- that is what german chancellor angela merkel emphasizing during her visit to japan, a major ally in her call for free trade. their relationship is about more than trade. >> i am in japan for the fifth time. we have met 17 times already. we have always worked well together, even at international conferences. we have a long f friendship with 2021 marking 160 years of diplomatic relations for us. it is an incentive for us to work even more closely than --

shinzo abe again talking about getting women into work.ore menialjobs because they are stuck with so many of these chores. this one lady who is 38, she does 2a hours of housework a week and men do less than five hours. that is the disparity. let's quickly move on. many are hopefully having a break and not working because it is the lunar new yearand and not working because it is the lunar new year and china, is well as many other countries are celebrating holidays. give us your take on this. it isa holidays. give us your take on this. it is a massive event. today we have been looking at peppa pig. millions of chinese children have downloaded the film, because it is the year of the film, because it is the year of the pig. he had... sheedy! she has had a debut in cinema yesterday and the following for peppa pig its extraordinary. even our viewers elsewhere in the well, thank you very much. sarah in los angeles says she has done all my cleaning and chores so i can spend the lunar new year celebrating. enjoy. iwill see you year celebrating. enj

angela merkel meets shinzo abe as global economic tensions rise.

what is important right now is the meeting between shinzo abe and angela merkel. the summit and they both agree that they want to head off a no—deal brexit that could rattle their respective economies. both leaders are the most outspoken defenders of the international order being shaken by brexit and the us— china trade war. their two—day summit in tokyo explains days after japan and european trade union agreement came into effect, removing essentially all of the tariffs. she and so are they stressed that a no—deal brexit should be avoided and wa nts no—deal brexit should be avoided and wants the effect onjapanese companies and the economy to be kept ata minimum. companies and the economy to be kept at a minimum. as for angela merkel, she said she would do what she can to avoid disruptive brexit. she brought topics from different companies including siemens and bayer. she was also meeting emperor peek ito and his son. —— akihito. she soundly she is having a very busy agenda. happy new year. with china celebrating the lunar new year from today, the world's second b

merkel in tokyo, the german chancellor due to meet shinzo abe just days after a landmark trade deal between just days after a landmark trade deal betweenjapan and the european union came into effect. sears on the brink. the future of the iconic us retailer decided in new york ba n kru ptcy retailer decided in new york bankruptcy later today. welcome to this monday edition of asia business report, i am sharajit leyl asia business report, i am sharajit leyl. later today, the leaders of the world's third and fourth biggest economies, japan and germany, are set to talk trade politics and business and doing fashion during her 2— day visit to tokyo, angela merkel is expected to meet prime minister shinzo abe and the emperor as well is that crown prince macro way —— naruhito which comes just days after a trade deal between japan and the european union came into effect. actually, angela merkel comes with two hats to japan... apologies, we seem to have some trouble bringing you that interview and will try to get it to you in a little bit. meanwhile, the future of sears will be decided in a new york

japanese economy. 0verall, shinzo abe in terms of stimulus for the japanese economy.bly further upside there. in other news, making business headlines out of the uk, the food industry, bayer has threatened to stop cooperating with the uk government. a letter to michael gove says they are too busy trying to stave off the impact of catastrophic no—deal brexit. struggling uk department store chain debenhams is understood to have secured a cash injection of more than $50 million. the fresh funding would help the company by extra time as it battles to secure a longer term deal with lenders. the uk gambling industry can breathe a sigh of relief as horse racing in britain will resume later today. race meetings had been shut down for the last six days following an outbreak of equine flu. a total of 174 racing sta bles ha d of equine flu. a total of 174 racing stables had been placed in a lock down. let's have a quick look now at the asian stock markets and how they are faring in mid—morning trade. the nikkei 225 up by 14 points. the all 0rdinaries also up in positive territor

but it puts abe, too -- for him to have mentioned it.ed for 50 years after the decision is made. it's got to make domestic politics a little awkward for him because he doesn't want to be seen as a tool of the united states. it's something that china could exploit. it's something north korea could exploit. this is everything this administration seems to be doing is not necessarily in our best interests as a nation and our security. >> well, on this broader question, then, of course the rift between the u.s. and traditional allies in europe, we were talking about that in the last segment. you saw the reaction to mike pence there. also pence. the fact that there were democratic and republican members of congress who went to munich for the security conference to basically deliver by their presence almost a re t rebuttal to sorts, governor, i wonder within the republican party, one of the stories of donald trump's rise it seemed to me was that there was more sympathy among republican voters for his view of those alliances than maybe there wer

two—day visit to tokyo, german chancellor angela merkel is expected to meet, prime minister shinzo abeand crown prince naruhito. let's go to our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes who is following the story. this arrival of angela merkel is hot on the heels of the eu and japan's signing off on their big trade agreement anyway, isn't it? yes, it is. her trip is being advertised by the government has getting together with the japanese to form what they are calling an alliance of multilateralism. you might ask, well, what on earth is that? it is really germany and japan, i think it is being driven by angela merkel herself coming up with an alternative to this sort of threats to world trading, to the old world trading system. which are represented by the trump administration. and it sort of trade nationalism. and the rise of china. which may people here injapan, and i think elsewhere in the world, believe doesn't really play by the international rules. angela merkel sees a like—minded ally in the shape of prime minister should as a wave, these are both big trading economy cini to g

german chancellor angela merkel has been meeting the japanese leader shinzo abe injapan to talk aboutrade as global economic tensions rise. among the topics are the us—china trade war and brexit. and this story is popular on bbc.com: the american hip—hop rapper 21 savage has been arrested by us immigration officials. they say he's from the uk and overstayed a visa when he came to america at the age of 12. you're up to date. stay with us. and the top story in the uk: nissan will have to reapply for millions of pounds in government funding, after scrapping plans to build a new model in the uk. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. happy lunar new year. we look at what the year of the pig holds for the chinese economy and who will benefit. google down. the search giant's parent leaves wall street forecast, but its shares fall in after—hours trade. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to this tuesday edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. with china celebrating this festive season from today, the world's second—biggest economy has virtually ground to

the talk with president moon and tomorrow with prime minister abe at think will be very helpful. today i am thrilled to sign a new order taking the next step to create the united states space force, so important when you look at defense, when you look at all the other aspects of where the world will be someday, this is the beginning. it's a very important process. first i want to recognize our wonderful vice president mike pence, who serves as chairman of the national space council. thank you, mike, great job. i also want to thank acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan, who is with us, secretary of the air force heather wilson, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general paul selva, an executive secretary of the space council dr. scott pace. they all believe in the space force very strongly as i do. it is the future. it is where we are going. whether we like it or not, that is where we are going, in space, that is the next step and we have to be prepared are our adversaries, and whether we get along with them or not they are up in space and they are doing it and we a

al, we remmend abe-bed gaens ere you n put frh soil t gi you cro that are not tantnted wh ththatoint.. whawewe've e trd to d dis help with the comninity tfirsrst educe e themecauausthey t confused aboutyou knowisis clime change p polital ise.e. is reaeal?e juststry to gi t them e fafact then n try to shohohow th can be advoceses forow w we apt toto th c clima. tucker: if we n't do mmethg, al this s auty of newrleans tat everody loves, trists co down to ee, th' be l lking at jt water.hat's it. wiwiiams: thplan we'e've releled on believes that wcan figh water, d d if y' everereen toa a beacwhenen tre's a ripdde a youou tink yoyo can fighwateter,ou w willearn tht t youillll le thatatattle. wagger: with climate adaptati plan, ou have wet systemnd a dryystem, s wheyou neeto liftater ou you cado that, t when you need tlelet thwater in you calelet thwateter throu that syemem inttheese canals a c circute it arnd the city. wiiaiams: memeansome p pple might wa p pastere e an thinknk h, yeah. it'jujust orgrorown grass." no. it's lolow-lng ararea at h hasertainin vegetatn n in ithatat ithe perft

abe wanted to revive tpp after mr. trump's withdrawal. the data in the table is old but even though japan has been integrating with many other asian countries in terms of people's movement, trade, or indirect investments the role of china for that matter has become very important and the economic relationship with our okay continues to be important but you realize the u.s. are very important economic partners. for outbound international tourism and trade and direct investment. the u.s. is there economically, in japan. mr. abe came up with a kpi key performance indicator with regards to fda strategy. mr. abe wanted to achieve the fda trade coverage ratio of 70% by 2018, last year. this was not achieved, but still, this policy continues to be important. so, to achieve it japan has to forge an fda with tpp 11 member countries in the u.s. also and you which would be realized very soon. and then korea and china. so working with many countries continues to be quite important. now, for this audience, i don't think there is really need to reempha

their abs have abs, they have more muscles than a convention. i would be doing laundry every night of the week. smolett paid them 3500 bucks to pull off stunt yet he makes 60 grand a show, forget he's a hoaxer he's a cheap -- and i icknow who should teach it. >> the media everywhere must be liberal not just in the u.s., in the u.s. 85% journalists are registered democrats. that's a fact. so the facts are of what you just stated, most are left or liberal or democrat. >> talk about speaking truth to power which is why no one covered itt but us, because when the news embarrasses the news industry, disappears faster than taylor swift's boyfriend. once the emperor's new clothe is exposed, don't expect to tell you about it. >> sean hannity is going to eat jussie smolett's lunch. >> the president of the united states is going to eat his lunch. >> i'm getting hungry. [laughter] >> so that's the concern, we are going to dine on smolett,f no, lemon, we are dining on you, you believed it because you believe all trump supporters are racist, you served a pur

prime minister abe understands that and that's fine. yes, sir, please, back there. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. do you think the next meeting could be soon or might take some time? >> i can't tell you. it could be soon or might not be for a long time. i can't tell you. it may be soon, but it may not be for a long time. i could have done a deal today but it would have been a deal that -- it would have been something that i would not have been happy about, and mike would not have been happy about. we had pretty big options but felt it was not appropriate and we want to do it right. yes, in the back. in the back. yes, ma'am, please. >> reporter: icb news. at which point did it become clear to you that you wouldn't be getting a deal here in hanoi? the language from the south and kim jong-un was positive last night and this morning and therefore was it a mistake --? >> no, i think the language was good throughout. the language has been good even now. i don't go by language, and we have had the toughest language in the history of di

prime minister abe understands that. thank you, mr. president. nextu think that the meeting could be soon or might take? some time -- or might take some time? pres. trump: i cannot tell you. i would hope it may be soon but it may not be for a long time. i could have done a deal today, but it would have been a deal that would not have been a deal. it would have been something that i would not have been happy about, mike would not have been happy about. we had some pretty big options, but we felt it was not appropriate. we want to do it right. in the back, yes, please. this comeh point did clear to you that you will not be getting a deal here in hanoi? the language of yourself and kim jong-un was positive last night and even this morning. pres. trump: the language was good all throughout. the language is good even now. i do not go by language because we had probably the toughest language in the history of diplomacy, if you call it diplomacy, at the beginning. yes, we became very friendly. i do not believe there was any tougher language ever than th

honest abe, honest abs. the statue of our former president that is lighting up social media. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ heather: good morning from wet and cold times square. live shot, beautiful snow yesterday but the rain came. we will check the weather across the country coming up. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. thank you for starting your day with us. fox news alert. jussie smollett charged with a felony for staging a hate crime attack. he is due in court for a bond hearing in chicago this afternoon. he filed a false police report claiming masked men put a news around his neck, poured chemicals on him and shouted m aga country along with racial and homophobic slurs. of convicted he could spend three years in prison but his attorneys say he, quote, enjoys the presumption is of innocence. the charges come after surveillance video came to life showing a pair of brothers buying red hat and ski masks just hours before the alleged attack. those brothers questions by police claimed jussie smollett paid them. they say the actor needs to co

it was a good conversation, i will these speaking with prime minister abe of japan and we will be having a similar conversation. next week will be exciting, it will be the second summit am a a lot can come from it, at least i denuclearization hopefully. the sanctions are on. the relationships are very strong, and a lot of good things have happened. we have gotten her hostages back, there remains are coming back, vice president pence was in hawaii when the first large theyr had come and now have been identified, their family members have found out exactly what is going on and they have had ceremonies that are beautiful. that was an incredible event. when we were campaigning, so many people would say even though it was many years ago they would say is it possible to get the remains back from north korea so we have done that. there has been no testing of nuclear.missiles, or we are in no rush and a lot of the media with love to say what , nooing on, speed, speed rush whatsoever. we will have our meeting and see what happens and i think ultimately we will be very successful. when i became pr

. >> are you talking about abe like that? kidding. >> what would honest abe say about that? >> i don't know. >> we'll have some fun with it later. >> we certainly will. happy thursday, everyone. thank you for joining us. >>> we begin with the stunning turn in the jussie smollett case. >> his fans knew him as the entertainer on "empire" this morning, and an afternoon bond hearing on a charge as police say he lied when he claimed he was beaten in a biased attack. >> the charge came the same day the video surfaced of the two brothers that were arrested and released in the case apparently buying supplies used in the alleged hoax. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: chicago police have officially charged jussie smollett with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. smollett's legal team responding, they intent to conduct a thorough investigation for an aggressive defense. the twist comes when the brothers at the center of the investigation are seen on surveillance buying items allegedly used in a phoney attack the

prime minister abe understands that. back there. please. >> thank you. do you think the next meeting could be soon or might take some time? pres. trump: i can't tell you. it might be soon. i would hope it would be soon. but it may not be for a long time. i could have done a deal today, but it would have been a deal that would not have been a deal -- it would have been something i would not have been happy about. mike would not have been happy. we had big options but we felt it was not appropriate. we really want to do it right. >> at which point it become clear to you you would not be getting a deal here in hanoi? the language was very positive last night and even this morning. pres. trump: the language was good all throughout. the language has been good even now. i don't go by language. we have the toughest language in the history of diplomacy at the beginning, and yet we became very friendly. i don't believe there was any tougher leg whichever than that. ever than that. this should have been handled long before me and long before they had the power the

parliament, earlier today, shinzo abe praised president trump for how he dealt with north korea. and the japanese newspaper said somebody in the trump administration asked abe to do so. >>> and oscar-winning director, steven spielberg is pushing to make movies for theaters instead of streaming services. >> according to "variety," he said there's great writing. nothing beats the theater experience. last year spielberg was vocal against netflix not receiving an oscar nod saying tv shows deserve emmys. >>> the titanic is rising again, i guess, sort of. >> we are getting a new look at new images of the life-sized replica of the cruise ship being built in china. it was supposed to be finished in 2017, but in the words of the developer bankrolling the project, he didn't expect the ship would be this big. >> the new titanic will not set sail, we are told, but it will be a main attraction at a resort in china. another replica could sail from dubai in 2022. the chinese are sort of obsessed with titanic. they love leo dicaprio and that whole movie and song. i guess they are into -- >> jack

for his part,, abe warned against protectionism, citing the usa and japan have had increasingly importantoles in protecting multilateralism. a country challenges. a rapidly aging population and a time -- digitalization. germany is japanan's i is trey parker in the eu. some 50 german copies are active in japanan the german chancellor is traveling with a business delegation eager to forge even more deals. brent: you're watching dw news. still to come, canoeing on patriots take down the los angeles rams. they took him a record equaling six super bowl title. we will take you through the rough and tumble of last night's game. first, here's another story from the united states. the pentagon says it is sending additional troops to the border with mexico. opponents described the move as a political stunt designed to create the illusion of a crisis. our correspondent travel to arizona and accompanied a border guard on patrol. alexandra: patrolling the u.s. mexico border, here in arizona, it stretches for more than 600 kilometers. agent daniel hernandez takes us to a remote part of it, protected by

prime minister abe understands that, and that's fine. yes, sir, please, back there. >> thank you, mr. president. shanghai media group. do you think that the next meeting could be soon or might take some time? >> well, i can't tell you. it might be soon, it might not be for a long time. i can't tell you. i would hope it would be soon, but it may not be for a long time. i could have done a deal today, but it would have been something i wouldn't have been happy about, mike would not have been happy about. we had some pretty big options, but we just felt it wasn't appropriate, and we really want to do it right. yes, in the back. yes, ma'am, please. >> at which point did it become clear to you you wouldn't be getting a deal here from hanoi. the language from yourself and kim jong-un was very positive last night and even this morning. so therefore was it mystique -- >> i think the language was good all throughout. the language is good even now. i don't go by language. and yet we became very friendly. i don't believe there was any tougher langu

i'm taking a look at in bed. -- ab invev.n they had to fourth quarter beat estimates. they are more bullish on the u.s. even though shipments that fall. -- did fall. it is global, not domestic. alix: beer is beer. david: the third story we are watching today is about technology. still with us, abhay deshpande of centerstone investors. this piece crossed late yesterday that there were a couple of tech stocks that didn't do so well. >> you had a couple different companies -- fitbit was down double digits following its earnings report. voxas another, booking.com, -- tech earnings had been relatively good leading up to this dismal series of reports yesterday. there are two trends that emerge. with fitbit, they are looking to make their devices more accessible. that means they will be cheaper. that will weigh on their margins. a similar theme at booking.com, ramping up their spending on advertising, trying to expand into home rentals. competition -- seeing competition from airbnb. with voxsure in europe and hp seeing lower demand

ab actually, you do. harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line.ify works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. gum detoxify, from crest. ♪ if♪ darling, tell me me, loveall the ways ♪ay ♪ ♪ tell me all the ways ♪ all the ways at the store, or to your door. target run and done. new johnson's cottontouch™ a wholwash and lotionre for newborns is born made with real cotton and enhances your gentle touch a new soft a new touch a new gentle new johnson's cottontouch™ (baby cooing) choose gentle >>> will you help me rescue my friends? >> you don't want to go anywhere near that system, it's ruled by alien queen. >> only the toughest you're going to get out of there alive. >> "lego movie 2" topped the box office at nearly $30 million, falling short of its $50 million estimate. "what men want" second with $19 million, followed by "cold pursuit" with $10.8 million, one of the lowest openings for liam neeson. >>> a big week ahead for wall street as investors are keeping a close eye on the u.s. and china as

prime minister shinzo abe seen falling down into a sand trab last year.turns out that two norwegian lawmakers have nominated trump according to reuters. we are not sure if trump asked them to, as well. >> he said i have nominated you i am asking them to give you the nobel peace prize. i said thank you. many other people feel that way, too. i will probably never give it. they gave it to obama. he doesn't know what he got it for. he was there for about 15 seconds and got the nobel prize. with me, i probably will never get it. so prime minister abe the most beautiful five page letter nobez prize. he sent it to them. prize. >>> for the very first time we finally have official factual findings in the crazy case of potential election fraud in north carolina's ninth congressional district. you might remember more than three months after election day they began the hearing today and it is extremely damning for the campaign of republican mark harris. here is how the executive director of the north carolina state board of elections laid it all out. >> we believe th

so again, we've got abe. we've got teddy. they're all dressed and ready. pitchers and catchers reported last week but today the whole gang will be back together. ri gt? isn't thad? oh my goodness. and warm weath. this means it's on the way.nd anthonyrey turner arrived early taking that battingpr tice in west palm beach. a full team practice tomorrow and games start this weekend. remember, opening day just 39 days away, guys. that's march 28 before we let you go, a big question for you. you ready? okay. are the nationals go ipg to go all the way to the world series? okay. okay. and who's going to w m thet race -- oh, oh, oh. i could n't get the question t. okay. all right. abe, teddy, we are going to work this out. thank you foroming in. give me a high five. high five. great conversation. i love the way you talk on and on and on. okay? yeah. let's keep it going. david? >> i feel like youarried that conversation there. but you look like pocket size compared to them. >> that's what i like st. >> all right. ank you. mr. president, mr. president, thank you. >>>

we talk to that member of the nbc family ab out his brush with that devastating blow. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. everyone.vening, two new accounts of the investigation swirling around ha president trum him firing back tonight. former acting fbi director amccabe doubling down about the investigation he says was oped on president trump, telling nbc news he told congressional leaders l about it, and no one objected. but as the president was blasting away at mccabe's credibility twitter today, "the new york times" was out with a story of its own about something it reports the president asked of his recent acting attorney generou. peter alexander has details. >> reporter: president trump tonight is denying the explosive "new york times" report that saysstate year he tried to put his own appointee in charge of the investigation into those hush money payments during the 2016 campaign. >> i don't know who gave you that. more fake news there is a lot of fake -- there is a lot of fake news out there. no, i didn't. >> reporter: "the times" reports the called nt matthew whita

the japan times looks at the claim that japanese prime minister shinzo abe nominated president donald he did praise the us president's efforts to defuse the north korea nuclear crisis. the financial times leads on the closure of honda's uk plant. the move, which comesjust over a month ahead of brexit, could see the loss of about 3,500 jobs. and the south china morning post looks at what beijing hopes to be china's answer to silicon valley. a document unveiled on monday outlines plans to turn hong kong and 10 neighbouring cities into an economic hub. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. shamima begum, the teenager who left the uk to join the islamic state group when she was 15, has told the bbc, she never intended to become a ‘poster girl‘ for the terrorist organisation. now 19, and with a two day old baby, she says she wants the uk's forgiveness and to be able to return. she's been speaking to our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. underneath her black dress, she cradles her two—day—old son. only four years have passed since she left britain, but that's a li

. >> to prevent deaths lucky this one, ab 47 was at week. it would add a point to a license of anyone caught on a cell phone while driving, something chp officers see often. >> like maybe putting your makeup on while you're driving, eating. >> starting this week, highway patrol will be on high alert. >> have the maximum amount of officers out on patrol, enforcing distracted driving and educating the public and what you can and cannot do while you operate a vehicle. >> carrie hopes with her story, less drivers will be distracted. and if approved, ab 47 will turn into effect january 1, 2001. >>> this afternoon, we learned new details about a deadly officer-involved shooting in vallejo over the weekend. police say they did find the handgun at the taco bell where the suspect was killed. today vallejo police say the gun was reported stolen from oregon. it's described as a fully loaded 40 caliber with an extended magazine. officers say they found the man unresponsive in a parked car in the drive-through lane on saturday night, and saw the gun in h

of an interpol red notice against his name which was requested by bahrain but given that hakim a lot ab had asylum status in australia that notice should never have been granted the red notice was granted on the same day that had received a thai visa raising suspicions about the thai government's involvement the foreign ministry in bangkok said it didn't notify bahrain about the footballers' plans but as the case dragged on the pressure on the thai government grew after a trip to bahrain by the thai foreign minister hakim was freed bring in end to an ordeal that shouldn't have been allowed to happen wayne hay al jazeera bangkok the champions the returns on to their rejuvenating manchester united will host paris in the last sixteen first leg when the draw was made many would have favored p.s.g. to win the star but united have some sectors in marino in the new man in charge. is on an eleven game hot streak with ten wins in a draw. we're given us the best possible opportunity on the way we've gone into this game because we're confident we've found. what kind of i found out what team we hav