betty: i am betty lou in new york.s and boeing to create less expensive, more efficient versions of their airliners. they want to add discounts to long-distance flights. the boeing carriers said it would be interested in buying a more efficient version of the 747 dreamliner. haidi: german regulators are keeping a close eye on china's hna group. they could come under more scrutiny if buying a stake in deutsche bank. investors must meet eligibility criteria for such investment. hna holds a stake in deutsche similar has had a purchase of shares in alliance. betty: a temporary reprieve from lenders and extension of a facility until the middle of january. there -- noble is struggling to avoid a default. they look to sell their oil business. the chairman expects to have a buyer at the end of the month. amazon is in the hunt for a second home, a massive second headquarters dubbed hq2. chicago and the memphis have raised their hands to play host. the plant will cost more than $5 billion, take 20 years to develop, and employee

betty: i am betty lou at the global headquarters in new york.efore we get to the great therviews, a recap of markets. we sell the dollar gain, oil markets higher, oil touching above the $50 a barrel level. that led to stocks rising. let's pull up the board to show where markets closed. the dow added on 40 points. s&p gaining. the nasdaq higher, as well. we continued to digest lots of news in the u.s. we will be watching economic numbers that are key for the market. haidi: we spent so many days talking about the weather, north korea, geopolitical risks. we are now focusing back on monetary policies and the macro environment. check out how we are setting up ahead of the data. new zealand, trading sideways, up 1/10 of 1%. the kiwi dollar at .7252. the dollar rising for a third day, expectations that may be a fed rate hike in december, pushing to almost 40%. we are taking a look at the opened in sydney and tokyo. sydney, a flat open. but watch for the energy sector, the job numbers added fewer jobs in august, 20,000. almost 28,000 we saw in july. wa

uh-oh. >> she's coming for him. >> i'm telling you. >> thanks betty lou marie. bet dbetty lou is coming for yo. all right. well, follow the fun and festive time. check out this event that happens in seattle washington. pumpkin growers gathering for the great pumpkin weigh off. pumpkins are judged weighed and prize money awarded to the winners. those are some pretty big gourds. no word on how much the largest one weighed, though. >> what plant food are they using. >> right. >> doesn't that bring back memories like your first tv job where you covered every fair. >> i'm sorry, i did that in washington for 17 years. but anyway, that's okay. [laughter] >> the 4h club, you milk the cow, milk the goat. >> right here in the dmv i did that, mike thomas for a very long time. >> good morning, mike. >> nice to see the pumpkins, though. halloween is what, like just a little over a month away. >> yeah. >> holiday season right around the corner. all right, ladies, check out our highs yesterday. reagan national 92 degrees, dulles 89, bwi 90. warmest temperatures here in d.c. in

betty lou marie gets the honor today. says she loves fox5 news. hello. >> hello.ple message for us this morning. pucker up tucker. we'll make sure he does just that. >> oh, i think it's time right now, tuck. >> ♪ >> are you asking me, steve? >> no, i believe. >> we need the jagger lips. >> we' betty lou. >> ask and you shall receive. that's the rule around here. we want to make our viewers happy. >> we don't have a camera. >> we better go right to it. 72 now in washington. warm and humid start to the day. winds are calm its going to be hot and for this time of year a humid afternoon although the humidity won't be july or august standards but it will still feel plenty warm with highs about that 90. a couple more days of heat and then we'll back it off by the middle end of the week and it will start to feel more like fall around here by next weekend. look at friday, saturday, sunday next weekend. a hot one today. 89. lots of water if you're outdoors for any period of time today. erin has been much more challenged with her work than mine this morning. >> and a new pr

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betty: i am betty lou in new york.round of talks have ended in nafta, without any breakthroughs. what about moving forward by the end of the year? the seniort is economist and director of trade and manufacturing policies that research for the policy institute. he joins us from washington. your piece is like putting lipstick on a paid -- what did you mean by that? robert: nafta is a set of rules designed to increase trade and investment between the u.s., mexico and canada. i think it is very difficult to achieve improvements in our trade with those countries, with the world at large, simply by changing the rules. in part, because the process itself was -- is flawed. there are hundreds of business advisors who work with negotiators and tell them what they want. most of what is in these agreements concerns roles regarding the right to invest, the right to increase profits. these sorts of things. that will have a fundamental effect on balance or trade in the u.s. or the loss of manufacturing jobs, which is what the workers

betty: i am betty lou, you are watching daybreak australia.orea's powerful nuclear test, activated over the weekend. the pentagon says it has the necessary tools to deal with any attack. president trump tweeting pyongyang has become a threat and embarrassment to its foremost ally, china. i want to bring in tom mackenzie. what does all of this mean for beijing and president xi jinping is hosting his counterparts from russia and india were the face is a slap in for president xi. he is hosting leaders from brazil, russia, india and south africa. this is the second time he has been holding a summit when the north koreans have taken some kind of provocative act, whether a missile test or a nuclear test. we heard from the chinese, they put out a statement saying the north koreans should move away from their wrong actions, they should stick to the security council resolutions. but we also heard an advisor to the state cabinet they north korea is becoming more hostile to china. we heard from an editorial in the state run global times suggesting more s

betty: from bloomberg's global headquarters, i am betty lou in new york, just after 8:00 p.m.as made a decision on iran, but refuses to say what. rex tillerson is due to speak in just a few moments. diving up a deal. google may buy assets from htc to bolster its growing hardware business. you know, it has been a central-bank bonanza, right? going from the fed to the boj, the fed marketing that it will be reducing its balance sheet month. we saw a little more of a hawkish tent to the fed despite inflation still stubbornly below the target of 2%. some sizablew moves when it came to the dollar, strengthened the most in a month. the people we were talking to this morning were quite surprised by the strengthening of the greenback. could be favorable for the boj to decide in just a couple hours as well. we are ahead to the speech from rex tillerson speaking about the iran deal. is the president going to quit, stand by it, or add new constraints? that is the key question coming up. in the meantime, let's get to the first word news with paul allen. paul: president trump says he has ma

betty: and i am betty lou. i love how people have game to that out.eople putting bets on as to whether brexit could reverse. in the meantime, a lot of bets on what we will hear tomorrow from the fed. that is the market staying relatively calm or at least not moving much before the fed news conference. the dow up 40 points. still has the slight bullish tent. level, above that 2500 1/10 of 1%. the same for the nasdaq. a slightly higher open in asia. haidi: mostly calm, volatility slumping. we keep talking about these indices pushing into the record highs. we saw that again with the s&p. bound,s of being range this is the tightest range for the s&p we have seen in decades. not a lot of motivation, strong motivation ahead of the fed, the boj. kiwis head tohe the polls this weekend. we saw the kiwi dollar one of the strongest to gainers among the slumping greenback overnight. .25%.stralia up the aussie dollar kicking up above $.80. best performance against the u.s. dollar. chicago-nikkei futures, a little weakness. but what a strong comeback from the monda

. ♪ ♪ >> this is daybreak asia, i am betty lou in new york. >> i am haidi lun in singapore.ting that northrop grumman is nearing the purchase of this company. this is a deal that could be worth more than 7.5 billion dollars. a deal could be announced as soon as monday. it's sort over 50% over the past year. minutes, anst few australian board has ruled that cbs is free to vote on its over take. they already agreed to sell 10 to cbs. >> this is despite continuing opposition from partner -- western digital. resistanceces because the bank route now includes several competitors. coming up on the next hour of daybreak asia, we will speak to the chief agent -- asia-pacific baader.ta -- klaus this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ today, but trading at their market signaling a positive open, shrugging off hurricanes and geopolitics. >> north korea topping the agenda as world leaders gather at the united nations. kim jong-un on saying he will achieve his nuclear ambitions. >> shinzo abe may call snap elections. it is a big week for central banks, led by the boj and the fed. sluggish inflation. >> th

i am betty lou in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in hong kong. you're watching "daybreak asia."news, we see the jobless rate coming in at 2.8%. pretty much in line and the same rate we saw in the month of july. this is the month of august, these numbers. jobs to applicant ratio the same 1.52, a slightly tighter labor market. but pretty much flat. overall household spending was interesting. we're swinging back to positive territory after that fall in july. 0.6%, althoughg still missing estimates of 0.9%. inflation seeing uptick when it comes to the national cpi. but we are seeing upside, 0.7%. betty: fresh food prices have pushed up inflation numbers. that might cramp some household spending. the hope really is that that tight labor market will turn into wage growth. we have not quite seen i get in japan. but that certainly is the hope as those numbers continue to tighten. in the meantime, let's get to first word news with courtney collins. trump's tax plan has seen it increasing to the federal debt -- deficit. they predict it will widen the budget gap over the next decade. that

. ♪ ♪ >> this is daybreak asia, i am betty lou in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man in seoul. not going to long. in singapore. vishnu, thinking for joining us. they call this a massive show off. take a look at what we see today. does it make you change the whole mentality? are think markets bifurcated in a sense. they are not what prepared for an adverse outcome. there are two reasons for this, one is a little bit of historical perspective. whenever we have seen geopolitical tensions due to north korea, they ratchet up. there is a bit of experience from that. equally, they also realized that even as world leaders get more alarmed with the nuclear tests, they are not aligned, there are many falsehoods within the stakeholders who do not want direct conflict. markets are honing in on the bottom-line almost a little crude they. that is what they're looking at, the fact that there will be no conflict. they are getting on with the traits that will earn them some money rather than incur some costs. right, it seems to be the common we are hearing overall is that nothing has completely

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