yousef: two hours away, dubai and abu dhabi 10:00 a.m. local time.et me show you the moves that mattered in the last trading day. s o 1%f.s up 3/10th important to point out some of these financials putting pressures on the abu dhabi index, specifically the national bank of abu dhabi losing 5% after those results. putting pressure on banks and energy stocks. utilities offering strength in terms of positive sentiment. egypt extending losses. quite a downturn, down 7/10 of 1%. with the turkish lira, we got a factorst the underlying faced geopolitical risks and rising global interest rates very much in place. all of this with turkish shares at a 20 month high. let's check with the first word headlines from around. >> the white house says it is putting everyone on notice for posting ballistic missiles. michael flynn says tehran's actions were in defiance of the security council resolution passed after the 20 team deal. -- the 2013 deal. that is disputed by the eu witnessedtrump has the swearing in of former exxon ceo rex tillerson as secretary of state. v

to abu dhabi for the latest on the crude market.come a great deal of drama and we speak to the former finance minister, george papaconstantinou, as euro area finance ministers meet in brussels. plus, london house prices post their biggest annual decline in five years. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is the european market open. let's check in on the markets. in terms of individual names on the move, there you go. the market just seems to be in a bullish mood. we wait for the fed minutes later this week. who cares if you have the second-biggest deal on record actually falling apart? two days on, it is toast. nejra? nejra: we have seen bullish markets overall, but the bulls are pulling back when it comes to unilever. the stock rally 13% on friday. kraft, rowling is low on news of that potential deal, which would have been the biggest deal in the food and beverages area. kraft heinz is pulling out of the $143 billion merger after it got pushed back on unilever. what i find interesting is according to people with knowledge of the matter,

we discussed that, india with abu dhabi commercial bank.his is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: middle east" live on bloomberg tv and radio. i am yousef gamal el-din in dubai. i am shery ahn in hong kong. a mostly positive date good let's get the details from juliette saly. we are seeing that regional index rebound after two days of losses led by japan. we had that industrial output falling for the first time in six months, but also dollar strength following robert kaplan's comments that the fed needs to move sooner rather than later, lifting the dollar, weighing on the yen. the yen snapping three days of losses and leading the overall index higher. ,ong kong flat, a whole out exchange is still under pressure after the fall on disappointing profits yesterday. have a look at the h-share index , set to round out february with its best month since august last year, and index on an absolute tear. we will watch the japanese bond market later today when we hear from the boj. there is speculation from boj may come the throu

r, abu dhabi, had debt incidences. they tried to bring liquidity from outside into the systems.ad a real pressure building up. those bond issuance is help put cash back in the system. you saw anything of the pressure. the deficits really are here to stay. for the stronger countries you will look at less than maybe 5% of the coming year. for saudi, it is expected at 10%. the situation is still quite tight. but even if bond issuance is become a regular part of the funding situation first sovereigns in the region. >> the eye of the storm is the banking industry. how much will better margins from potentially higher rates help as these upset the challenges in flipping provisions and liquidity and so on? >> all banks everywhere are looking at higher rates. that is definitely a beneficial thing on the assets side. it is moderated or balanced by increases in the funding cost on the liability side. corporate's tot expect more on their deposits and higher funding costs. the net net may not have that much of an impact. and you are seeing an incremental rise in problem loans. compared to th

in abu dhabi, we expect interesting numbers from the company. .n saudi arabia, up low volumes, pressurereport sales were car weakening in egypt, the lowest 45-6 years. kuwait had been standing after the massive selloff and profit taking, 20% in less than 60 days. that market taking a break. shery: thank you. let's check in on first word headlines from around the world. francisco's court hearing on tuesday, considering the trump administration's appeal to reinstate the travel ban, saying that the decision to suspend the ban was "vastly overbroad." the european central bank president has criticized donald trump, saying rolling back financial rules would be worrisome. to the european parliament, mariota drug he hit germanyinst claims that is taking advantage of an undervalued euro. >> the european central bank has not intervened in the foreign currency market since 2011, and that as part of the intervention to stabilize the yen. rishaad: the aussie dollar reserve bank of australia cash rates on hold at 1.5%. the decision was foreseen by 27 of 28 economists. it eases the impact of slower ec

this at the six largest company on the abu dhabi exchange.s what the ceo had to say in terms of possible m&a. >> my wife keeps asking are you merging with the how allow -- the -- bank? if we talk about mergers in general, there is a lot of discussion on mergers on if they produce values or not. it is a shareholder driven issue. common sense says if the pie a shrinking thing capacity has to shrink. mergers are basically an adoption of capacity in the banking system. sometimes driven by a desire to grow your efficiency, and there are some costs that come from mergers. i don't think mergers would improve. there is no evidence of that throughout his city. but i do see an opportunity to through the mergers. it is a cost of an approach. it reflects a view of the market that is not very bullish. what are your plans for international expansion question mark you were considering indonesia, morocco, jordan, where do you stand on your global ambitions? beenr ambitions have founded on a very strong vision of what we can do as a bank in the banking indust

i spoke to ceo -- a ceo and abu dhabi. we developed for infantry vehicles. production of those infantry vehicles we use to be selling continue we modernizing and the technology is very popular. >> absolutely. asia. in southeastern also in northern africa. russia is currently undertaking it in syria. it has demonstrated our capabilities of this technology. our aircraft and aviation technology has proven to be quite effective. our missile group also. it was advertisement free of charge. they were responsible for our sales. in closing,spoken, there is prediction of great growth in terms of revenue. can you talk about where you anticipate that growth coming from? >> the biggest part is weapon sales. 70% of the company we have mostly is a defense company. and 30% of ministry of defense russia as well. we also realize that this will so that is whyr is,025 our objective according to the strategy we to make theed, other sales up to 50%. final question. is for theportunity investors in russia? >> we don't own the whole defense industry. we have some other big holding

let's get more with tracy alloway live from abu dhabi. give us some context on the comments.racy: he basically said that tweeting had become "very fashionable." it was a lighthearted response about a serious subject. you will remember the thing that prompted donald's tweed from february 2 was this iranian ballistic missile test, and that resulted in fresh sanctions from the u.s.. continuesions issue to rumble on, both in washington and in iran. republican senator lindsey graham saying the u.s. congress was looking at a way to explore fresh sanctions strategies without necessarily needing iran to violate that nuclear deal, so certainly as serious an ongoing issue. shery: also, he was talking mightgulf alliances that the affected. which gulf alliances might he be referring to? tracy: that is an excellent question. he was talking about doing things like a regional dialogue, maybe some joint investments, modest steps that could lead to something more serious. the only country he names , but ically was oman think it is safe to say that i ran faces an uphill battle in developing ne

. >> reporter: then a phone call from their family member from abu dhabi. >> i have been waiting for this for two years. >> reporter: how are you feeling now? >> a little relief. i still am the type that needs to be accomplished to the end. so tomorrow will be the truth, truth. >> reporter: the attorney for the family say they believe they have crossed a big hurdle, going through a preflight clearance at customs clearance in abu dhabi so they presumably won't have to do it again when they land here in new york at jfk tomorrow. >>> one year ago tonight, a fire ravaged a north totown home. sanford ran back in to try to save his father. his father survived but sanford died. >> reporter: family, friends, even firefighters gathered tonight for a vigil. i just want you to see that there are balloons in front of the home, and if you look up, the windows are still boarded up, the home is under construction, and while that fire may have happened a year ago, they feel like it happened just yesterday. sanfo sanford harlin, one year ago today he rushed back into his burning home to save his fath

he had a press c0 nfe re nce abu dhabi over the weekend.ess conference and he said that manny pacquiao will be fighting in the uae next. not only has that press c0 nfe re nce the uae next. not only has that press conference caused confusion, but this tweet has as well. it appears manny pacquiao is destined to fight someone, but we're not sure who it is going to be. hadn't he retired? this was the great debate. he fought a floyd mayweather in the richest boxing bout in history. after that, he felt he had one more fight left in him. he went on to fight left in him. he went on to fight timothy bradley. after that he was supposed to retire. he came out of retirement to fightjesse vargas. now it seems manny pacquiao wants another shot. 67 professional fights now, manny pacquiao. 59 of those winds. he clearly has his eyes on another. jeff horn was thinking it would be him. who knows?m another. jeff horn was thinking it would be him. who knows? if you find out, let me know, john. we wa nted we wanted to show you this. it is a unique celebration we

of investors,ion it seems like there have been a lot of inflows into the national bank of abu dhabi.are warming up synergies that could be created. tracy: will that be the major index event for uae stocks this year? >> we think the merger is potentially the biggest event that will happen on the index side. inflows continue and we have seen record highs. with a stronger dollar potentially, that story could come to an end. yousef: there seems to be a lack of conviction in terms of volume and the feedback we are getting from a lot of the traders we speak to. what will be the next catalyst for a dubai story? given -- dubai is the most diversified economy. what we are seeing right now, a shadow on the dubai story, the stronger dollar could mean slower growth and less inflows into emerging markets and dubai is the most correlated market. that is why there is little doubt. on the macro side, we think the story is solid. we like the uae from a fundamental perspective. incremental bid from investors because the uae is the most owned market by foreign investors. yousef: coming up, dubai releas

yousef: coming up, china's ambitions to play bigger role in the energy market stretch in abu dhabi.ousef: welcome back. chinese companies were big winners in the competition for stakes in abu dhabi's lawyer just -- largest oil [indiscernible] >> why did they pick a chinese partner? nunn natural petroleum the biggest producer in china. partners in asia already. they have japanese partners. they have korean partners. bringing in something like china , they are a massive consumer. their import will be growing as a production falls. they will soon be overtaking the u.s. as the largest importer. you get somebody like a state-backed chinese copy like this, they will have big pockets and big appetite in the decades ahead for whether demand is coming from. , their production is falling already, but they're looking elsewhere in the middle east. the dollar to have a large stake in iraq. this gives them another piece and i would be to help feed what is going -- peace in -- another dhabi to help feed what is going on. there are going to hold onto 60% of this project. has 10 p.m. to tell already

is bank of abu dhabi optimistic about u.a.e economy in 2017 year. ceo told us they are seeing only a modest increa in customer financing. the very fewng banks that had a positive net income in 2016. we've had the highest revenue growth among all banks and despite an 80% increase, we were 1%. to produce a growth of the interest margin for the bank and region -- baking region of a whole is going to be of acted. to sure you've listened janet yellen and she talked about increasing the interest rate in 2017. a half a percent increase in overall yield curve in 2017. some pressure on the interest margin. to second is the ability manage liquidity. one of the major success stories that abu dhabi islamic bank has as we have relied on our deposit base to grow. and saving account accounts relative to our total deposit base is the highest in the country. that in itself is the natural hedge we have against -- we are an islamic bank, we don't call it an interest margin, we have a different word for it. >> in terms of loan growth, the industry average for 2016 was

they're about to leave abu dhabi and arrive tomorrow in new york. we talked to the family as they anxiously hope for the best this time around. >> reporter: at the home in all allentown, they're keeping busy preparing food for a welcome they hope will happen. did you do all this last time as well? >> last time, it was a little less, why not have the chance because by 9:00, i got the call. >> reporter: the call that the relatives were turned back at the airport. after the president's executive order preventing citizens of seven countries from entering. now seeing a window after a friday night court ruling, they're trying again. >> you can hear it in their voice that they're so afraid that something might go wrong. >> reporter: they wait at home. >> is there a part of you that is nervous it's not going to happen? >> i'm still leerily. even though i'm hopeful and still praying, but in my heart is still anxious. i'm waiting for the next maybe half hour hopefully we'll know something. >> reporter: there's food to prepare. and then with a cup of syrian co

lift anza chief executive spoke to bloomberg in abu dhabi.a'sg part of lift success has been built on partnerships which made us the global number one aviation group and europe's number one airline. when we decide to partner, we choose carefully. i consider this the start of a new partnership with a huge catering and potentially cargo. his counterpart echoes the words about the further deal. >> our teams met today and there are a range of opportunities in cargo systems and information technology, how we work with other equity orders, so we are keen to continue that dialogue. mark: lift anza says it is interested in it cooperation with alitalia. we are five minutes away from the end of the wednesday session. stocks are rising today, the first day in for. the biggest gain on the stoxx 600 since november 9, the day after the u.s. presidential election. sterling against the dollar, solid pmi data and the euro down against the pound. with our bond board. have a look at where yields are trading -- all up today. the close is minutes away. this is bl

in this part of the world, two hours away from the opening of the emirates market, dubai and abu dhabiwe had a big day in some markets, starting off with dubai . that pulled the main exchange down. watch out for what is happening in saudi arabia, the firming up of oil prices, supporting sentiment, so petrochemical stocks in focus. egyptian stocks down 1.4%. up .5%.stocks watch out for turkish stocks, up more than 1.5%. shery: right, let's get a check of other headlines around the world with first word news. rishaad: right, though she the shares plunging, the company saying it cannot set a time for today's planned earnings release. to announceg ready the write-down of as much as six pain dollars in its nuclear power business. shares lower after the nikkei newspaper said it would not be able to continue. a two-month share decline has you were a $7 billion in market value. 6.9% inn china grew january, i had of economist thinking, but gains may slow in the coming months. rising,go, comparisons also beating the average estimate, some 2.5% in january. south korea's special prosecutor's offic

we are two hours away from the start of trade in the emirates, dubai and abu dhabi.pixed picture, gains and by .25%. weaker blinds for the most part. saudi arabia benchmark tadawul energy stocks under pressure, industrials as well. foreign investors in focus could let's cross over to first word headlines with sophie kamaruddin. sources in washington say president trump is proposing major defense spending increases and cuts. two white house officials tell us the outline could come today for the president to address congress tuesday evening. steven mnuchin and says the budget want touch programs such as social security or medicare. u.s. governors have been told that millions of americans could lose their health coverage under republican plans to replace obamacare. briefedulting firms state leaders at the weekend. i around 20 million people gain coverage under the aca, that channels billions of dollars to the state. the white house says president trump nobody to lose coverage. the south korean constitutional court holds its final hearing today on the impeachment of pres

from the reaction of investors it seems there's been a lot of inflows into national bank of abu dhabiso not as much as expected from f.g.b. which seems investors are warming up toward that merged entity and the synergies that could be created by this move. >> is that going to be the major index event for u.a.e. stock this is year? or is there something else that could happen? >> we think given the lack of development we think the merger is the biggest event that's going to happen in the year, your going to see it on the index side. inflows continue and you've seen record high ownership limits, i think with stronger dollar potentially that could come to an end. >> where is the dubai-abu dhabi story going to go from there? it seems to be a lack of conviction at the moment. why is that? what's going to be the next catalyst for the dubai story? or is the fact that donald trump is so aggressive in pushing back globalization casting a shadow? >> given as your pleeves guest mentioned, dubai is the most diversified g.c.c. economy and given that it has links to emerging marks be it trade, avia

we see abu dhabi with gains of 1%. thethere's a jump of 3% in stock.ook at what is happening in saudi arabia. performingthe best sector. egypt up and .6 percent, finally bringing that series of losses to an end. and finally a quick note as well on what is happening in terms of the key currency indices. take a look at that will strengthening .3 percent. the egyptian pound is strengthening, the u.s. dollar line, and again also some interesting moves in the south african rand. tracy: we are going to be talking emergency market -- emerging markets currencies later in the show. let's check in on first word headlines around the globe. here is doubly humphrey. here is dudley humphrey. >> thank you, tracy. mike pence in his first foreign policy address since becoming vice president said the u.s. would be unwavering in its commitment to nato and president donald trump would stand with europe. he also said that the u.s. would demand russia honor a deal to end violence in eastern ukraine. the euro'sel said valuation is out of control and s are to blame for german

great britain's mark cavendish has won the greenjersey at the tour of abu dhabi, after finishing secondn the final stage. stage four was a very wet affair, 27 laps around the yas marina grand prix circuit — it was always set up for a sprint finish. cavendish was beaten to the stage victory by the australia sprinter, caleb ewan, but he'd accumulated enough points to hang on the the green jersey. portugal's rui costa won the race overall. meanwhile world champion peter sagan won the second one—day classic of the season — the kuurne—brussels—kuurne race — but there was a good result for welsh rider luke rowe, in the black and blue of team sky, who finished in third place behind sagan. barry geraghty is out of the cheltenham festival due to injuries sustained in a fall at kempton yesterday for that he has ridden the winner at the last 15 festivals but he suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung. he was due to ride a horse trained by mcmanus. more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. next, meet the author. sara baume has written a novel that deals with one of greatest conte

qatar, abu dhabi, saudi arabia had those jumbo debt issuance is.you had pressure building up, helped put cash back in the system, so enzi easing of the pressure, but the deficits are here to stay. for stronger companies, less than 5% in the coming year, but for saudi, the deficit expected at 10%, some of the situation still quite tight, but ultimately bond issuances will become a regular part of the funding situation for sovereigns in the region. of the storm eye is the banking industry, how much will better margins from potentially higher rates help banks offset the challenges, including provisions, the quiddity, and so on? all banks everywhere are looking at higher rates, so that is a beneficial factor on that ist side, but balanced by increases in the funding costs on the liabilities side, so you would expect corporate's expect more on their deposits, expect higher funding costs, so net-net, the higher rates will not have that much of an impact. with regard to profitability, you are seeing an incremental rise in problem loans come of it nonethel

britain's mark cavendish has retained the overall lead after the second stage of the tour of abu dhabi stage and raised his arms a little early in celebration. before realising he'd been pipped at the line by germany's marcel kittel. dimension data's cavendish came in third to keep hold of the overall leader's red jersey. well, that's most of the sport. time now for international rugby union. let's go to inside six nations. hello and welcome, live, to broadwood stadium where we're preparing to look ahead to the third weekend of six nations fixtures. we arejust we are just north of glasgow and what will be a crucial weekend for the six nations. we are starting with scotland against wales. if you are wondering why we are here tonight it is because the woman's scotla nd tea m tonight it is because the woman's scotland team are playing well. —— playing wales. the under 20s are playing wales. the under 20s are playing later on as well. joining me to preview the lavatory championships is scotland all time record points scorer chris paterson. chris, what is from me too, what think? 0utstandin

has released a tax that they say were underreported, including low profile cases like an attack in abu dhabihen an american teacher was stabbed to death. and high-profile cases that were extensively covered like the san bernardino shooting and the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. jummy: speaking of the president, we want to go back to the hill where rollcall has begun for betsy devos. sam? sam: this just began in the last few minutes, after what we just reported, a 20 plus our debate with the democrats on the long, they were speaking one after another and talking about the disdain for betsy devos, if you will. and the big question is, will another republican vote no? that is what they are waiting to see. if that is the case, she will not be confirmed, even with the vice president being the president of the senate. we -- it will be interesting to see. it is happening right now. if you want to watch that, we are covering it live on our sister station, new channel 8. back to you. jummy: thank you for the update. right now, the search continues for a woman reported missing near great falls s

the four-day international defense exhibition got underway in abu dhabi.t is their middle east largest when the and it comes world wide web and straight had the highest level since the cold war. >> 1200 35 firms from 57 countries and more than 100,000 visitors. the international defense exhibition and conference is the largest in the middle east. this comes as demand for weapons in the region is under rise amid growing international stability. >> now with the escalation and the u.s., definitely, we will see those countries pay more attention. >> the united arab emirates announced on sunday that 21 deals worth more than 1.1 billion dollars with local and foreign companies. among the weapons on display here are fighter jets and armored vehicles used in the campaign in syria and drones in the saudi led war in yemen. despite falling international oil prices, ulf countries have increased their defense spending. among the largest military spenders in the world with the defense representing economy.f total state aretop exporters globally the west with a market sh

she's bringing her love of hockey - and the caps - all the way from abu dhabi. fatimah was discovered by team ambassador and n-h-l great peter bondra. he says her skills were so remarkable he wanted to introduce her to her favorite player. so she spent her wednesday practicing with none other than - aleksander ovechkin. its' not over for fatimah just yet. she will drop the puck at tonight's caps game against the detroit redwings. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. - winter weather advisory - rain and wet snow through 9am - cold & very blustery day (feels 20s) - pm snow flurries/snow squalls - warmth returns this weekend (60s) today: am rain and snow showers. cold and very windy. pm snow flurries/showers. highs: 35-40 winds: nw 15-25 g 35+ mph tonight: partly cloudy and cold. diminishing winds. lows: 19-23 winds: nw 5-10 mph friday: sunny early becoming mostly cloudy. cold. highs: 37-42 wi kidd o'shea in the now.. dakota johnson and jamie dorn-an slip back into the roles of anastasia steele and christian grey in "fifty shades darker." in theaters tomorrow.

and britain's mark cavendish has won the first stage of the tour of abu dhabi.rse runs entirely through the desert and not surprisingly it took cavendish over li.5 hours to get through. he's now 31 and rides for team dimension data and, after all those hours, passing the same sandy horizon, he won a sprint finish, ahead of germany's andre greipel and italy's niccolo bonifazio. they were phenomenal. i didn't really do anything. i was pulling the best position. if they —— if i lost, they should have sacked me. i was only third last year. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to the paper. good evening. before we hearfrom them, let's look at the front pages. let's start with the metro. it leads with the news that net migration has followed. the never features the dramatic picture of the waves whipped up by doris. the i top story includes an interview with michael gove. the daily express looks at storm doris. the times leads with a story about students. the guardian says that recent quality will be threatened within the forc

he spent thousands of dollars to get his family into the united states but his family was held in abu dhabi than 20 hours. they cited president trump's travel ban sent them back to tehran. >> you had big plans. >> i had a big plan. they took care of us when i was a baby. now it's my turn. >> reporter: customs agents had him sign this document while he was signing. >> application withdrawn. >> they said you need to sign it and they believed them. >> reporter: protesters have been pushing against the travel ban for more than a week demanding answers for customs. it's declared enough clarification to cause confusion reopening the door to visitors who have valid green cards and visas. a boarding document was issued for this 4-month-old infant with a heart defect scheduled to have surge surgery in portland, oregon, where the grandparents lived. the hugs look a little tighter. already happening in san francisco, minnesota, and los angeles, where just a week ago he was in tears after hearing his brother who he hadn't seen in three years was being sent back to iran. >> my brother. >> he was the fir

peter who is a former capitals all-star who was in abu dhabi saw her and was mesmerized. >> reporter:d it, posted it, and it went viral. the capitals invited her to d.c. and this week she saw her first nhl game, saw superstar alex ovechkin score a goal and then she met ovechkin face-to-face. it's a moment she'll remember for a lifetime. the next day it got even better. they skated together. do you feel like you're having a dream? >> it's better than a dream. >> reporter: she loves hockey so much that back home she even referees' men games. >> in my life two games before coming here, we had two fights. the first one did not end up well. i got punched in the face. >> reporter: but nothing deters her from her mission to tell the world, especially young girls and women how important it is to find your passion. >> find a goal and keep chasing it. >> reporter: set a goal and never give up. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> she is cool. >>> our top story. the justice department is reviewing its options after a federal court ruled unanimously not to continue president trump's travel ban. fo

after departing from an air base outside abu dhabi, secretary of defense jim mattis arrives on an unannounced visit to iraq this morning to discuss strategy for defeating isis. the major ground and air mosul is the last major urban center isis holds in iraq. the u.n. says up to 400,000 civilians could be displaced by the fighting. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: u.s. troops moved in swiftly sunday retaking the city of mosul, setting their sights on the city's airport. they dropped millions of leaflets warning people that the assault was imminent and calling on islamic state militants to surrender. prime minister al abadi announced the statement on television this morning. he said it's two-fold. >> translator: we call on our brave troops to start the push to liberate the rest of the city and to liberate the people from the oppression and terrorism of isis, he said. >> reporter: as many as 600,000 civilians live in the western part of the city. the assault is taking place conditions they've been living in. according to those who have escaped, basic supplies like food and water are scar

michigan learned the relatives en route to new york from abu dhabi. a week ago saturday customs officials at philly international detained them and sent them back home under the travel ban. the family is hoping for the best after court rulings that halted the ban. >> i'm still leery but hopeful and praying and in my heart still anxious. >> yesterday the family prepared traditional food to welcome their relatives they hope will come into the u.s. nbc 10 will be with them as they move through the court system. >>> using cash donations to try to sway pennsylvania senator pat toomey. they are use go fund me for buy pat toomey's vote for betsy devos vote. it represents money devos contributed to the toomey's campaigns. any money raised will go to charity. >> no to devos! >> this is an anti-devos demonstration in delaware county yesterday. hundreds of teachers, principals and parents were there. observers say vice president mike pence may be needed to cast the tie-breaking vote for the confirmation of devos. >>> not everything went tom brady's way during su

the relatives are en route to new york from abu dhabi. customs officials detained them and sent them back home under the president's travel ban. they're now hoping for the best at the court rulings that halted the ban. >> i'm so leary even though i'm hopeful and i'm still praying. in a way in my heart it's so anxious. >> yesterday the family prepared traditional foods to welcome their relatives who hope to enter the u.s. this time around. >>> as the family touches down, stay with "nbc 10" and the "nbc 10" app for continuing coverage of the travel ban as it moves through the court system. >>> happening today, the federal appeals court that upheld the judge's ruling will look over arguments in this case. lawyers for two states were saying the court would unleash chaos if it lifted the order that put the travel ban on hold. just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. if something happens blame him and court system. people pouring in bad. i have instructed homeland security to check people coming into our country very car

mark cavendish has retained the overall league after the second stage of the tour of abu dhabi.age came to down to the usual bunch sprint, with kittel, ewan and mark cavendish all fighting for the win but it was the german who prevailed and took the stage byjust a wheel leaving the australian ewan slightly embarrassed as he started his celebrations just a tad early. more now on the by—elections. the conservatives have described it as truly remarkable event. they took the seat from labour, the first time a governing party has won a seat from the incumbent party for 35 yea rs. from the incumbent party for 35 years. here are the results. labour won the other by—election which was held in stoke central. these are the results. the prime minister arrived in copeland earlier to congratulate her new mp and this is what she said. labour were saying, we are going to win it. experts were saying labour would increase their majority, but all of you, the volunteers who went out day m, you, the volunteers who went out day in, day out and campaigned, you, the volunteers who went out day in, day

including a 2014 in abu dhabi when an american teacher was stabbed to death and others like the san bernardino shooting and the pulse nightclub attack in orlando. >>> police are looking for at ledged killer duo send out a new message to all the victims are women. >>> a lehigh valley gets in her car and make a startling discovery in her backseat. rachael: what are you going to do with the doormat? >> these are my place mats. >> under a $100. that's it. 10 minutes. >>> at least 19 people were dead after a suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the match stan supreme court. another 41 people were hurt. 10 are still in critical condition, and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> a manhunt continues for two suspects on the run that may be linked to several murdered down south, police are calling it a nightmare doubling the number of deputies on patrol. lana zach is following the fast moving details. >> police say that a murderous brazen pair were shopping at a wal-mart. >> we have reports from everywhere in the country. >> they are frank particularly trying to find the pair before

the red bull air race season has started in abu dhabi for the tenth year in a row.st race of his career after being disqualified last year. spaniard juan velarde finished second and in doing so claimed his first podium placing. a record—breaking heatwave in new south wales in australia has produced the worst conditions ever seen for local firefighters according to the emergency services. homes and livestock have been lost to the flames. as david campanale now reports, the biggest blaze has been near the town of dunedoo in the centre of the state, 350 kilometres northwest of sydney. ideal conditions are in place for these bushfires. temperatures in new south wales have soared to record levels of more than 45 degrees celsius. fanned by strong winds, the fires raging across the state, and here in dunedoo, are threatening homes and closing roads. more than 2,000 firefighters, many of them volunteers, are battling over 80 fires. the rural fire service in the state has issued a warning of catastrophic fire conditions, declaring this to be the worst day seen in the history

. >> reporter: peter bondra, forme capitols all-star who was in abu dhabi is a good will trip saw her was mesmerized. >> i said, "wow, what's this?" >> reporter: he recorded it, posted it and it went viral. the capitols invited her to d.c. and this week she watched her first game, saw alex ovechkin score a goal, and then... >> alex, nice to meet you. >> reporter: ...she met ovechkin, her hero, face to face. it was a moment she will remember for a lifetime. the next day it got even better. they skated together. >> let's switch sides. >> reporter: do you feel like you're having a dream? >> it's better than a dream. >> reporter: she loves hockey so much, that back home, she even referees men's games. >> and my last two games before coming here, we had two fights. the first one did not end up well. >> reporter: really? >> i got punched in the face. >> reporter: but nothing deters her from her mission to tell the girls, especially girls and young women, how important it is to find your passion. >> just put a goal and keep chasing it. >> reporter: set a goal, she says, and never give up. ch

. >> the national bank of abu dhabi delivered estimates that met -- delivered numbers that met estimatesment allowances fell from almost 120 million. the board is promoting dividend of 45 to fill the share. >> egypt commercial international bank posted results that met expectations. the lender said the outlooks for 2017 remains ambiguous citing recent macroeconomic developments in the banking sector. >> russia and european officials have weighed in on iran's missile launch after the u.s. announced and amended in emergency meeting of the security council. iran dide confirmed have a missile launch testing on january 29. and we unacceptable wanted to bring that and do it urgently. iran looking at these missile launches? what is the legal framework of whether it is or is not allowed to do that. have a military program which is a solid defense program. what is happening now is looking at the legal framework around that. it is important to know iran's missile program was not part of the nuclear deal negotiated with european and u.s. countries. it is creating some issues. that is a resolution t

here with us, tracy alloway in abu dhabi. crude is rising in early trading.st be disappointing, given what we have heard about this level of compliance. what's out of sync here? tracy: that's right. these headlines about 90% compliance with opec production cuts, and yet we saw a drop in oil off the back of those on monday. futures were down about 1.7% at one point, the biggest drop in about three weeks. i have seen three good explanations behind the reason why we haven't had more excitement about those headlines. one is that optimism was priced in to the oil price already. you remember we had a strong rally back in november, when they first announced it. oil has been trading in a tight range since then. the other is that some investors are still skeptical about these self-reported opec production figures in particular. you mentioned saudi arabia in your intro. the third reason is that we are back to this old tension between the opec production cuts versus u.s. shale production. we have seen production in the u.s. come back much more strongly, inventories have

and abu dhabi. thank you. we will tell you why singapore airlines is betting on higher oil prices despite the current weakness. >> first we get to our exclusive and rare interview with the ceo of the qatar national bank on why he is looking to southeast asia. we will ask about the implications of the new u.s. administration. this is bloomberg. >> qatar national bank eyeing southeast asia for a possible expansion as it tries to diversify. it's an interesting conversation we had with the ceo. runs one of the largest financial institutions in the middle east. here is what he had to say. as long as it hits our strategy, it fits into our requirement and criteria. we will look at it. we are not actively looking for acquisitions or targets. we are being disciplined in our approach to acquisitions. >> it is undergoing massive changes in terms of how the government allocates. what do you want to achieve? trying to leverage our network and trying to leverage the strong relationship between qatar and benefiting from the

. >> reporter: peter bondra, a former capitols all-star who was in abu dhabi on a good will trip, saw mesmerized. >> i said, "wow, what's this?" >> reporter: he recorded it, posted it and it went viral. the capitols invited her to d.c. and this week she watched her first nhl game, saw alex ovechkin score a goal, and then... >> alex, nice to meet you. >> reporter: ...she met ovechkin, her hero, face to face. it was a moment she will remember for a lifetime. the next day it got even better. they skated together. >> let's switch sides. >> reporter: do you feel like you're having a dream? >> it's better than a dream. >> reporter: she loves hockey so much, that back home, she even referees men's games. >> and my last two games before coming here, we had two fights. the first one did not end up well. >> reporter: really? >> i got punched in the face. >> reporter: but nothing deters her from her mission to tell the world, especially girls and young women, how important it is to find your passion. >> just set a goal and keep chasing it. >> reporter: set a goal, she says, and never give up. ch

they're from the opening round of the air race world championship in abu dhabi., incurring as few penalties as possible. you have to say it's quite a breathtaking spectacle. martin sonka of the czech republic won the opening round. that's all sport for now. you can keep up—to—date on the website, and i will have for you any next hour. 1a retired bishops have written an open letter to church of england leaders accusing them of failing to fully reflect the views of gay christians in an official report on the church's position on homosexuality. last month, the church announced it did not support gay marriage. the decision will be debated at the general synod later this week. helena lee reports. last month, the church of england decided its position on the divisive issue of sexuality. it followed three years of so—called shared conversations, and stated that "marriage should only be between a man and a woman." the church said all potential clergy, gay and straight, should be asked about their sexual conduct and their lifestyle. but 1a retired bishops have today expre

in dubai, abu dhabi. what a trading day we have had. some big companies under pressure. shares up 6/10 of 1%. losing tremendous ground over five percent. in terms of what is happening, we are seeing downside pressure. energy among the notable exceptions. take a look at that rebound. up 1.7%. >> will be talking about the egyptian pound later. >> thank you. the bank of england governor is not providing specific guidance of rates beyond february's inflation report. he said rate hikes could be faster or slower than the market expects. he expressed frustration about policy response to the brexit referendum. >> success is an orphan on this. the bank did take some serious steps to mitigate those. therehad not done that would have been macroeconomic consequences. it is important that we did it. we have to accept that we are never going to get credit for it. thelet: a new poll shows french president candidate is back on track to qualify for a run-up raise. three points to 21%. he was forced to apologize for hiring his wife and children on public salary. marine le pen remains a fr

his parents into the united states but on his way to los angeles the elderly couple was held in abu dhabi for more than 20 hours, despite valid visitor visas, customs agents citing president trump's travel ban sent them back to tehran you had big plans. >> i had being plans. they took care of us when i was a baby, now it's my turn. >> reporter: adding to the confusion, he says customs agents had his parents to sign this document. >> application to withdraw. they said you need to sign this. >> reporter: and they believed them. >> they believed them. >> reporter: protesters at immigration attorneys have been pushing back against the travel ban for monday more than a week demanding answers from customs and border protection. their efforts have created enough clarification to calm the confusion, reopening the door to visitors who have valid green cards and visas. emergency boarding documents were issued for this four month old iranian infant with a heart defect scheduled to have surgery in portland, oregon, where her grandparents live. the hugs looked a little tighter and seemed to last a lit