to keep the millennia old hope that's peppered with young celebrities like chinese boy ben t. have boys. but the showstopper is a highly choreographed retains like this by twenty thousand shalimar performance. and for most people celebrating the lunar new year is about spending time with friends and family who grew up. and it's about food lots of it. hundreds of millions of people have traveled to be home for the feasts and festivities. hoping that this year of the pig will be a lucky one. and the end of the pig of course follows the yard of the dog for many owners of real dogs the attachment to their pet is still strong to let go off even off their death in south korea though one clinic is fulfilling the dreams of pet owners who want to keep their best around forever with money it seems like you can just buy anything. you can order three a six pack or even ten of your departed pet. in south korea at least death is no longer the end. for bereaved owners like kevin kenji the copied canines are almost as good as the original his picking his puppy is just a few weeks old. he says it's

to keep the millennial is hoped it's pipin with young celebrities like chinese boy ben t. have boys. but the showstoppers a highly choreographed routines like this by twenty thousand challis martial arts performance. for most people celebrating the lunar new year is about spending time with friends and family. and it's about food lots of it. hundreds of millions of people have traveled to be home for the feasts and festivities they're hoping that this year of the pig will be a lucky one. and a reminder of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour u.s. president donald trump is set to deliver his second state of the union address in washington a later he's expected to use the occasion to push for his controversial wall on the border with mexico to w. news will have special coverage of the event as it unfolds. here watching you when you still to come in d.w. a business africa monica jones will bring us the latest from nigeria where presidential elections could determine that country's economic strength for years to come. to that and a whole lot more coming up in busines

to keep the millennial is hope it's peppered with young celebrities like chinese boy ben t. have boys. but the show stop is a highly choreographed routines like this twenty thousand challis martial arts performance. for most people celebrating the lunar new year is about spending time with friends and family who grew up and it's about food lots of it. hundreds of millions of people have travelled to be home for the feasts and fist of a tease they're hoping that this year of the pig will be a lucky one was a quick reminder now the top stories that we're following for you here in his second fate of the union address president trump has called for an end to the politics of revenge saying that the state of the union is strong trump called on congress to support his former wall with mexico he also announced a second summit with north korean leader kim jong un to take place in vietnam later this month. news coming up in just a few moments it is business news but first off over what you have so far we're taking a look at the economic implications of the state of the union address the pr

ben bernanke, but he was a hero. he got t that helped a lot in preventing a depression, which really could have happened so i think the issue here is that the likelihood is much less of having that kind of a shock i don't see it as something that we need to worry about but on the other hand, i think the fed has to be vigilant and i think the fed not only has to be vigilant against negative shocks in terms of the overall economy in the u.s. and elsewhere, but also the possibility that running it at this high-pressure economy could actually mean inflationary pressures may surprise us. that happens, the fed has to get cracking and raise interest rates and that's extremely important as part of what central banks need to do. >> it's a big either/or. final question, sarah, who has a tougher job, yellen or powell? >> well, at the moment, it's actually powell, because he's the one in the seat. he is the one in the driver's seat. >> i'll rephrase who had a tougher hand as the fed chairman >> when they took the role >> it's interesting. i think, you know, that this president, actually, is making the role of the fed a little bit

and failed to show other publi public-interest bens would be offset by the merger substantial reduction in competition. the evidence sprint and t-mobile have presented shows the consolidating players with higher prices for consumers and you don't have to take my word for it. the economic analysis of knitted as much. the marketplace won't be competitive enough discipline to remain in national carriers the proposed transaction will eliminate the competition and choices for consumers and take at least prefer to pay more and it will lead to tens of thousands of jobs in lower wages for the workers that remain and will eliminate avenues to enter into the wireless market and finally it will harm small and wireless providers and subscribers for the wholesale and remember under the public-interest analysis the company's burden isn't merely to show that there is a lack of public interest. they must demonstrate specific public-interest benefits that would directly flow from transaction with affirmatively promoting opposition not merely maintaining or protecting the existing level. the companies have been shown that it would increase competition or be

t way the ecb has gotten themselves into a trap. we know the effect it has in japan so this is the issue central bankers are create i have we showed that under bens leadership during the crisis they'll be thinking this through, they're long-term thinkers and an independent able body that was important so this is my concern. we didn't move enough on the upside we're at a point where it's beginning to bite and there's not much to give back. you want to have money in your pocket and you want to cut rates to mitigate a down tournament inflation isn't the issue. would deflation be the issue in the future so we have the possibility of holding still for a while. we'll see what happens in the global economy and see if it infects our economy and we don't live by ourselves in the world so it's a high probability. >> i want to talk about the banks merger we've seen this morning, bb&t and suntrust creating the sixth biggest in the u.s. what's your take on that what do you think the regulators' take will be >> i don't know, quarrels is a very good leader on the regulatory side on the federal reserve. i presume this was well tested beforehand i presume there