thomas , ceo of axa.g the question on our mliv blog, when will london recover its pre-brexit vibrancy? will it ever? reach out to us on your bloomberg. shamik dhar is still with us. when it's your response to that question? shamik: there are lots of factors that are determining london's relative weakness at the moment. brexit is a key one but the property market i think has been overextended in london for quite him time for lots of other reasons. also, we have seen, you know, reduction demand from russia, china, the middle east, it, -- etc. on brexit, of course, next week is the crucial week. the 27th of february vote. i am interested in what the theet started pricing in at moment. it seems to me that of the three possible outcomes, delay, deal, or no deal, the market seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on delay. with some possibility -- reasonable possibility, of the deal going through. and i think that is right. i am just slightly nervous that we are may slightly underpricing the possibility of no dea

looking at axa. outflowsbarclays, and today. what is the story on axa? >> good morning.d morning, yeah. for the first time, they announced the results after excel. impact.r them, and at the same time, there were positive results across the board. most of the unit, health insurance, pmc revenues, life insurance and asia, overall there were solid results. the natural catastrophes were normal. it exclusively. for was a tough year natural disasters and that was seen in the result. one positive thing also seems to for the asset management business, the second part of the year, there was no deterioration in terms of money flows. goodlooks like a comparison with other rivals to the outflows. it is paying off the strategy of moving out of financial risks. thank you very much. barclays, what is the story? 30one analyst summed it up well. he said the earnings of barclays possibly good enough. that fits right in. these were in line with what analysts are expecting. division, revenue only declined by 2.5%. the other good thing is the ceo said the bank is looking to return capital to

for some we've seen one of the sport's biggest stars take to the slopes for the final time norway's axa lawns been both fought hard to the very end of the world championships in ariz sweden he narrowly missed out on winning a record third world downhill title at the championships he finished second by two hundred of the second behind his fellow countryman should still youngster. still goes home what was silver to go with two olympic and five world gold across all disciplines. i was just really focused because i was a little nervous morning to i wanted to pull off a good race so. super focused just looking out to know what was coming up me in front of executing my plan. in the finisher that was a more emotional because i mean when you're able to reason from a problem like this you got to be thankful because this is something for special as for the man and first place this is youngsters first ever world title to go with his olympic super g. gold from sochi four years ago and to make it more impressive he did it with a broken hand which he got on a training run in kitzbuhel in late january

let's get david -- david page from axa.ta we have seen in europe, is the ecb likely to back draft on its withdrawal? >> it is difficult for the ecb. the ecb stimulus has never really been about the strength of the economy. have seen good expansion in 2017. the inflation output -- outlook has remained positive. they closed qe not because they thought they were meeting there their inflation target, but they are running out of things to buy. we wonder whether negative rates does more harm than good to some financial institutions. even though we are seeing in economy that looks like it is back to trend and inflation outlook that looks like it's going to be subdued, we think the ecb is going to move toward removing negative rates. it would characterize that as not a tightening, but in normalization. -- a normalization. week, data continue to be we might see the pushback. we are expecting to see better sequential growth as we move into the first half of the year. that might keep the ecb on track for now. to be there are lines dra

nissan reverses a plan to build a new axa in the uk. sunderland plant, creating hundreds more jobs. the government says the decision‘s a disappointment. i've worked hard and the workforce has worked hard to secure it and it's a big blow to carmaking, to sunderland and to all of us, to have lost it. the changing market for diesel vehicles is a big factor, but the company says brexit uncertainty isn't helping. also tonight. wreckage has been found in the channel from the plane that vanished with footballer emiliano sala on board. the prime minister says she's determined to deliver brexit on schedule and will go back to brussels with new ideas. anger, and a search for answers, in the brazilian valley engulfed by mining waste. and aguero! and manchester city beat arsenal to narrow the gap at the top of the premier league. good evening. the car maker nissan has confirmed that it's scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4x4 in sunderland, reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan inste

10% said, "no." 90% said, "alexa, am i addicted to axa?"and applause ] next i asked, "how do se weight?" 59% said, "cardio workouts." 49% said"weight training." president trump said, "by making my doctor lie." [ laughter andpplause ] that's the best way to do it. >> steve: yeah, that's the best way. come on. add some height. >> jimmy: "just move it that a a little bit that way." >> steve: "just move i way." >> jimmy: "all right, you're 123 pounds." >> steve: "there you go." "d>> jimmy: this one asked you think it's okay to bring support animals on a plane?" 40% said, "sure. 5% said, "it's kind of weird." 55% said, "how is a peacock on a plane okay, but i still can't bring a freaking tube of toothpaste?" a [ laughter alause ] this peacock next to me. this poll said, "what do you do when your chips get caught in the vending machine?"id 50% "bang the side." 49% said, "try and knock it loose with another bag." president trump said, "declare a national emergency." [ laught and applause ] "where is the red button? there is no d button?" when they

provided to them and have indicated to us they will meet the payment schedule in accordance with the axa and we have teams from centcom and dla that are working to resolve that satisfactorily. >> and you have looked at other beneficiaries in your command to ensure that there aren't other areas where they are deficient in pain? >> we have.>> thank you.>> thank you. senator reid. senator. >> mr. chairman, i want to associate myself with your opening statement but with the fine opening statement of the ranking democrat on this committee. in particularly to thank senator reid for pointing out that the cost of getting it wrong as we withdrawal from both syria and afghanistan, i want to enter into record at this point mr. chairman an op- ed that appeared in the washington post on january 29 bite ambassador ryan crocker entitled, i was ambassador to afghanistan to deal with the surrender.". general, thank you for your service. just a follow-up on a couple of points. that senator reid made with regard to the $4 billion year contribution you are not quite sure that it would still be that amount,

have indicated they'll meet the payment ski squle in accordance with the axa and we have teams from sent come, from d.o.a. that are working to resolve that satisfactorily. mr. reed: and you have looked at other beneficiaries in your command to ensure there aren't other areas where they're deficient in paying? mr. votel: we have. mr. reed sprk thank you. mr. inhofe: thank you, senator reed. senator? >> mr. chairman, i want to associate myself with not only your opening statement, but the opening state thosme ranking democrat on this committee and particularly thank senator reed for pointing out the cost of getting it wrong as we withdraw from both syria and afghanistan. i want to enter into the record at this point, mr. chairman, an oven add the appeared in "the washington post" on january 29 by ambassador ryan crocker entitled "i was ambassador to afghanistan, this keel is a surrender." mr. inhofe: without objection. mr. wicker: general, thank you for your service. to follow up on a couple of points that senator reed made. with regard to the $4 billion a year contribution, we're not quit

the axa requires that they provide reimbursement within 90 days of notification. >> these are u.s. taxpayer dollars that they owe us, to put it most clearly, correct? >> yes, senator. >> and you mentioned, i may have misheard you, that there is the possibility of other instances where they or other countries owe us for similar kinds of expenses? >> i don't think we've identified any other. i think the question was have we looked more broadly across the region to ensure that we don't have this problem with others, and we are in the process of doing that, senator. >> you are reviewing -- >> exactly, to make sure that we have not had an oversight on this. >> and have you found any indications that there have been other failures to repay? >> i have not. i have not been notified of any thus far, senator. >> i'd like to ask you about the special operators, and senator ernst asked you a number of questions. can they operate as effectively from bases in iraq as they can from where they are located now? >> senator, i think our special operators are extraordinarily capable. you know, in the