brent: you are watching dw. we meet the chechen mother whose daughter left four years ago to fight for the islamic state, and she still has not come home. sad story there. the ongoing earnings season on wall street should make people happy. javier: there is bad news for some. more troubles at general electric are ahead. it posted a $10 billion loss, and a 5% decline in revenue last quarter. the performance was driven by a $15 billion charge ge took to cover miscalculations made by an insurance company last week. that leaves shareholders to fret even more about the masimo corporation, while already facing challenges in its power, capital, and transportation divisions. qualcomm will have to pay close to one billion euros in penalties to the european union. the eu's competition commissioner said qualcomm played apple -- paid apple to use its chips exclusively. that means the company illegally excluded rivals from the market. it ensured its own market dominance. you know the old problem with infrastructure problems

brent: what -- if not outright betrayal. brent: what about the role of russia?s erdogan have moscow's support? dorian: that is a big question. moscow has been playing a double game here. on the one hand, it has been happy to see this deepening row between nato allies. ankara has been gravitating toward moscow, causing alarm in washington. on top of that, moscow has been supporting behind the scenes the same syrian kurdish militia, the cause they see the syrian kurdish militia as an important force in the future outcome of syria. moscow will have in many ways to make a big choice, it ankara does go ahead and launch this operation. in particular, there a russian forces in this area which ankara is threatening to attack. on top of that, ankara will be looking for permission to let its planes cross into syria to carry out air support. until now, moscow has been reluctant to do that. moscow is facing a big choice and will be trying to calm tensions. it will be forced to choose one side or the other. brent: before we let you go, when you look at what is happening with

: i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. the first full working week of 2018 has begun and in germany they are hoping for a new government sin. the country's main parties have been holding talks with the hope of creating a new government. the social democrats and spd have been promising voters a fresh start after they scored horribly in last year's election. and there were children offering blessings for the catholic feast of epiphany. correspondent: a rare moment of distraction for angela merkel as she received a visit from the children's choir. >> what you have brought here today is god's blessing and for that i would like to give you my heartfelt thanks. correspondent: perhaps angela merkel felt she needed it because -- as she went into a second day for exploratory talks with the social democrats. they are looking for a different version of europe's future. >> europe must be one of the main topics no matter what the government looks like. that is why i hope angela merkel and i will be able to rea

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff.e begin tonight with the shooting death of the politician that is being called an act of terror. today, a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo was gunned down in front of his political parties office. his murder threatens to inflame ethnic tensions between serbia and its former province, kosovo. kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008, a decade after a war that killed 13,000 mainly ethnic albanians. it still views it as its southern province. serbian and kosovo officials have so far refrained from accusing each other of being behind the killing, but sererb's presidensaysys that the e killig was an act of terrorism. >> assailants opened fire as the politician arrived in his headquarters. he was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save him. he had been hit at leaeast five times in the c chest. the assassination occurred on the very day servivi -- serbia and kosovo talked about normalizing ties after a break of more than a year. the serbb delegation immediate

we will go to this year's consumer electronics show to find out. ♪ brent: i am brent goff.ight, the united states has welcomed high-level talks between north and south korea. the united states also says that it will work with seoul to ensure that pyongyang's participation does not violate sanctions over the country's nuclear program. the trump administration sent mixed signals, saying that pyongyang is trying to drive a wedge between it and south korea. guilia: for the first time in two years, negotiations between the borders. pyongyang confirmed that it will send 18 to the south olympics next month. -- that it will send a team to the south korean olympics next month. pyongyang and seoul agreed to hold talks to reopen a military hotline. >> the north and south have agreed to establish peace on the korean peninsula and seek reconciliation. south and north korea agreed that military tensions needed to be eased. in order to achieve that, both sides have agreed to hold military talks. guilia: south korea called it an important verse step toward improving relations. china urged

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us.ight, afghanistan reeling from another terrorist attack. suicide bombers and gunmen targeted a military academy in the capital of kabul. the islamic state claimed responsibility. the third terrorist activity in the city in a week and is part of a wave of deadly violence that also involves the taliban. correspondent: there's no escaping military presence on the streets of kabul. for the third time in days, attackers have killed people in the afghan capital. militants including suicide bombers stormed a battalion at the military academy and began an onslaught. afghans turning their fury on the government. >> look at what is happening to the station. when you are not able to control the current situation, it is better the security minister resigned. what kind of government ministry is this? you are not even able to secure the city. sandra: the afghan defense ministry said two gunmen were killed in the exchange of fire and two others were killed after detonating suicide vests. one other wa

: i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us.he two koreas are taking a step many hope will lead down the path of reconciliation. in the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea, representatives met today and agreed to march under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics. they agreed to set a -- send a joint women's ice hockey team if the ioc approves. it is a small step toward lessening tensions but it will not be the first time the koreas have marched together. at the 2003 university games, they entered the korean unification flag. since 2000 they have marched together at three olympic games. i am joined here to my far right by a korea expert from berlin, and next door to me on my right our sports correspondent. welcome. i want to start with you. we have been talking about this now since the news came out, but i will ask you again, why is north korea's leader using the winter olympics as an opportunity to reduce tensions or to have it appear that way? hannes: the most important reason for

brent: thank you vy much.ope francis made history by carrying out the first table airborne wedding. francis is on the visit to chillchile -- to chile. the ceremony was not prearranged and took place after he offered to marry two flight attendants who already married in a civil ceremony here i. >> pope francis departed on a short flight to the >> a. little did the want to know he would soon be making history. at the center of it all, two flight attendants, and passing they mentioned to francis that they were a couple married in a civil ceremony. >> then suddenly he asked us if we had a church wedding, too. i said we couldn't, the date we were supposed to get married there was an earthquake. >> it was february 272010. >> he liked us and he asked do you want me to marry you? >> he said are you sure. absolutely. >> the ceremony was captured in a few photos. the happy couple was clearly on cloud nine. >> it is such tremendous emotion. we are very happy. >> never before has a pope married someone on the plane. >> th

simon: yes, brent. although there has been a decision by social democrats to press ahead with full coalition talks with angela merkel's conservatives, we are going to have to be a little more patient, as the spd saving the more time -- say they need more time to decide how they will appreciate these talks, with what team. they will come to negotiations, that where they are going to try to push for more concessions. so many people in the social democrat party have said that is what they are looking for. so tonight's meeting here at cdu headquarters with martin schulz, the spd, and the conservative leaders, is just to set the agenda, set the timetable for talks we expect will begin later this week. brent: we have heard the spd party leader martin schulz says he wants to revisit all the key issues in these formal talks which are about to begin. how much pressure does this put on these negotiations? simon: there is a lot of pressure, because we have seen such a division within the spd. so many people very u

and staying in the united states, back over to brent. brent: going to california.cue workers in that state are still searching for people after devastating mudslides and flooding hit coastal areas this week. 17 people have died. around 100 homes have an destroyed. the devastation struck early on tuesday after the winter storm struck hillsides burned bare by wildfires last month. >> the hills came crashing down on montecito early on tuesday morning. two meters of rain fell in 15 minutes. that unleashed a stream of mud and sent boulders careening onto hillside mansions. residents describe it as an apocalyptic scene. >> the sky lit up because the gas mains blew up as it turned out. there is fire going up and in coming down, you wonder what is happening. >> more than a day later the skill of the devastation is becoming clear. this is one of the u.s.'s is used free ways. now it is a cesspool. at the city beach, dotted with cars. firefighters have been searching here for those buried in mud. they have been searching in montecito's neighborhoods, too. there are just 10,00

. ♪ brent: i am brink off. it's good to have you with us.urkey is intensifying its offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria. that, despite criticism from the international community. the united nations says the fighting is already displaced 5000 people and left vulnerable civilians trapped. ankara will press on with thehe operation against groups it regards as terrorists. >> turkish forces firing on other towns along the syrian turkish border. officials say the aim is to diaper attention from the main campaign. their advance on the enclave is the fourth day of a push by forces and syrian rebel allies to clear the northwestern border of ypg fighters. ankara considers them to be allied with insnsurgents who, ,r decadedes, have foughtht againse turkish state e within its o own borders. turkey wants to prevent kurds from gaining their own independent territory. ankara promises and unrelenting campaign. >> all terrorist elements will be cleansed from the region. our brothers who came to the country from syria to save their lives will

♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. a long day ahead and a lot of work to do.se were the only comments by politicians as they arrived this morning to begin day four of exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government here in germany. the parties have agreed not to brief the press for fear of discovering -- scuffering any deal. angela merkel's conservatives and center-left social democrats have set themselves a deadline of tomorrow to find out if they have enough common ground to start formal coalition talks to give germany a government. reporter: day four of the exploratory talks between chancellor merkel's conservatives and the social democrats. but much remains unclear. the parties have agreed on a news blackout, so information about any breakthroughs is scarce. as are statements from party leaders. >> i suppose this is going to be a long day. so first of all, good morning for all of you. i hope we make some progress today. reporter: the talks are scheduled to run until thursday night. on friday, the two sides then announce whether they intend to la

brent: think you very much -- thank you very much.ying with the issue deportation, belgium is awaiting the result of an inquiry into the alleged torture of sudanese migrants deported to their home country. the affair sparked scandals in brussels with opposition alleging collaboration between the government and the sudanese regime. belgium has since suspended deportations to sudan, but migrants from the african country are keeping a low profile. catherine martens has more. catherine: 36-year-old refugee from sudan meets us in a brussels train station. he postponed our rendezvous three times for fear of being arrested. he has been holding out here. it's warmer than staying on the street. he says he has not eaten for two days, but what matters is that he is not in an airplane bound for sudan. he has already had one close call. >> they tried to make me leave. they bought me a plane ticket and said they would send me back to sudan. i was staying in a reception center. catherine: he is from the capital of southwest sudan. he fled to europe

brent: thank you very much.nd speaking of tricky situations, it's not only in the business world, but also in politics and the military situation right now. >> politics and syria, the never ending story. and, the united nations has begun efforts to jumpstart peace talks. eight previous rounds of occurred in geneva, few expect a breakthrough this time, but the u.n. envoy remains optimistic here at outside the u.n., kurds protesting against another ongoing conflict in the region. the turkish military operation. the turkish offensive is turning into a dispute between nato allies turkey and the united states. u.s. president trump has urged resident erdogan to limit the advance or risk confronting american forces on the ground. >> operation olive branch continues on its path eastwards. soon, they could reach -- and the enclave where some u.s. forces are stationed. ankara in washington are increasingly at all its. there's a serious trust issue between the allies. >> i stated the reasons why we cannot trust the u.s.. t

♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin.onight, it is crunch time in germany's search for a new government. political parties are stepping up efforts to reach an agreement to start coalition talks by tomorrow. they say there is still a lot of work to do. we're going to look at some of the obstacles. also coming up, two journalists facing up to 14 years in prison in myanmar for what they say is the truth about the military's crackdown on the rohingya. myananmar accuses them of breaeg the law and says they must now be calalled to a account. plus, puritanical and driven by a hatred of men. the french actress catherine deneuve attacks the #metoo movement. she accuses it of conducting a witchhunt against the memen. is she right? haveve the accuserers of abusers gone too far, or has she simply missed the point? ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have y you with us. a long day ahead and a lot of work to do. those were the only comments by politicians as they arrived this morning to begin day four of exploratory talks about formi

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barrel onbelow $70 a the brent contract.ye on the commodities story in the open in europe. it will be a feature on the oil story and the bp story and the rio story and the barclays call on iron ore. euro-dollar the other story. theerns surrounding formation of a german government. that could weigh on the euro. just to show you the fair values in europe, broadly positive. u.s. ones lit -- a little more positive. let's get into the opening and figure out what is happening. which markets will be doing well in europe? at 7771.is trading story about the brexit line being harder. and smi are expected to open higher. the ftse has gone negative. the ibex is opening a similar amount. let's take you to the sector story. the financials are a little mixed. numbers a little later. we will watch them carefully. industrials look pretty positive, but i want to drier i did the commodities space. -- draw your eye to the commodities space. softening up and slightly hotter areas within the material space. the iron ore story, the story surroundi

still ahead, we look at brent. thwti crude rallying. brent getting close to the $70 threshold.his is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: live from london, i'm mark barton. china is growing dominant on the world stage, causing concern in the heart of europe. germany's economy minister tells the region it is to rethink its approach to asia's biggest economy. matthias: does europe have a strategy? did the americans have a strategy? towe have a common strategy go along with this challenge? this is the main question. yes, we need an answer. geoeed an answer strategically. mark: calling on southern economies to back china's business on the continent. matthias: we can't look in detail in certain investment coming from different parts of the world. including china. what we wanted in that was a germany, france, italian initiative with a legal base for people evaluations of this kind of investment and the possibility to say no to this kind of investment. mark: germany's deputy economy minister, matthias machnig speaking to us earlier. vonnie: time for the lat

and let me say, we are delighted to have brent here. anytime brent calms, we know we will have a great meeting. [applause] >> now add a little more of that applause and welcome ernie moniz. [applause] ernie: thank you, john. although, i thought you were going to say that the emergency announcement may be coming tomorrow, but maybe that is something we will touch on later on. but i really appreciate the chance to be back here, which has been an effective and respected organization. recognized here and globally in that way. has has hade, csi csis has had very close ties with sam nun. introduced and sam obviously an enormous leader in nuclear security but a great friend and colleague and i now have the privilege of partnering with him on a routine basis that at n.t.i. and work with him in trying to reduce nuclear and other global security threat that nti, which he founded in 2001 along with ted turner. and sam, i can assure you, remains an extraordinary source of wisdom, so that's great. i have to add, brent scowcroft, since you mentioned

not here, though, not here, brent. and not on the fox business network. >> that's why we're here. >> trish: thank you, sir, have a good weekend. >> thank you. >> trish: officials giving new details as to the frantic search for the mudslide survivors continues. we will have the latest for you. you can't predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. not here, though, not here, continues. (avo) help control cravings and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... i'm so hungry. (avo) and your reward system... ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. one ingredient in contrave may increase suicidal thoughts or actions in some children, teens, and young adults in the first few months. serious side ef

i want to talk about brent crude and emerging-market stocks.3345, this chart shows the positive correlation between brent crude and emerging-market stocks, and the current correlation is above the 20 year average. that is the lower half of the chart, the white line. could pose a threat to the rally in the e.m. gauge, which has --en to the highest level india and other net importers of energy might also see a jump in expectations -- inflation expectations, brent rising to the highest level since december 2014. the nikkei 225, it was a spectacular day for the benchmark. finishing up 3.3%, the most since november 2016, the highest level since january 1991. today was the best opening day performance for the gauge since 1996. move also a two plus sigma impaired to the daily moves over the 20 plus year period. what happens today happens less than 5% of the time. last year, the nikkei and the topix both rallied over 19%. 3515, i'm spoiled for choice today for battle of the charts. i have got a better one. vonnie: i know you do. you put in a good word

brent, $70 per barrel.he boss said he will double profit in five years by selling more jeeps and ford goes in, planning to invest $11 billion in the electric vehicle. matt: a lot going on in the car sector ahead of the detroit auto show. 30 minutes from the start of european stock trading. futures, up across the board. looking at -- well, that is an interesting picture and it looks slightly different. i am seeing futures that are gaining across the board. the ftse up .2%. dax futures up .3%. i will look and see that we would that is there. let's look at the bund yield. i have a three day chart of bunds. i've got to label these better. we had a oucj y -- we had a pick up in yields thursday into friday and we have been holding relatively flat around 0.58%. that is where the bund trade holds. not a lot of direction from that, but you do get a lot of direction from the futures i read to you, guy. guy: just look for the wei screen and the fair value calculations. they are pointing to a slightly negative start th

that is essentially the look at brent price. the other thing i want to point out is yes, we are seeing this -- em's.oss gx at what point does this start to hurt? oilnt -- expensive threatening the emerging markets rally. collation will hold, but at some point, that will get too expensive. is it that $80, maybe. your 20 year average on your co-relation, we are above that level, .23. of things to talk about, oil, equity, pullback across the asian pacific. let's get you your first word news with paul allen. paul: iran's political guard says the antiestablishment protests across the country are all but over. state news showed pro-government rallies saying sedition is ended. they gave no evidence to support the claim. at least 20 have been killed in protests over the past week and almost 1000 arrested. further signsng of strength as the latest reading of the wider economy supports optimism on the factory floor. a survey of the service sector expectations at 53.9, compared with a forecast of 51.9. the rating is rising at the fastest p

and i will the board show you what is happening with brent crude. currently down.ti stronger, a diverging richer on that front. the u.s. tenure currently unchanged. we have the euro-dollar story. we will get into that shortly. s&p 500 futures higher. we do have citigroup expected to post fourth-quarter results before the fourth quarter. -- before the open. >> qatari stocks plunged the most in seven months after the uae said the nations jets intercepted to commercial planes, claims doh says our ha says are doa completely untrue. this comes after a qatari royal said he was being held against his will. that claim was also flatly denied. investigators are trying to learn why a mezzanine floor collapsed, injuring 72 people. a group of students was on the balcony when it came down. police found no trace of explosives. has gone through $70 for the first time in three years as hedge funds increase their bullish bets on oil. rallies, theity view that opec and partners will and supply cuts early is multiple banks predicting a wind down starting from the middle of the year. b

brent crude, copper, all rallying with the inflation story front and center. $63 with brent trading just shy of $70. dren ofe: the chil undocumented immigrants are facing deportation and have won a court order. a judge in san francisco rejected the government's argument that the court does have the authority to second-guess whether the president improperly decided to terminate the program that was started by barack obama. former white house chief strategist ebita and has left his job as executive chairman of breitbart news. he will the longer host a radio show on sirius xm. bannon lost the support of the mercer family, and his closest financial patrons after trump spoke with rebekah mercer by phone. openingpean union risks the door to another financial global crisis if it refused to give london bankers a good trade deal. that is according to the chancellor of the exchequer and brexit secretary. the german newspaper, philip hammond and david davis said they want" version nation -- said they want" operation between the eu and financial regulators. warning more price increases are ahead. 36

the deal helped lift brent above $70 a barrel this week.ran has expressed concern. , spurring a renewed push from u.s. shale producers. bloomberg spoke to the head of the international energy agency and the omani energy minister and then got more reaction from citi. >> today, oil price is about $70. the global oil demand will increase about 1.4 million barrels a day. a lot of new oil production is coming from the united states, from brazil, from west of africa, from canada. a lot of oil in the market. we expect is lunch market in the next 12 months to come unless we hit prices. >> i think that's the point of discussion, because the focus so far has been in the supply side. we often don't discuss the demand side of the equation, and maybe we need to do some more work them up, because all reports suggest that 2018 there will be growth on the gdp worldwide. that will trigger better demand, and i think we have a responsibility to meet that demand. i think this discussion needs to look at both sides. we often discuss the supply side, as if shale

you have brent pushing $70 already. there is a case being made for $80 for brent this year.pec between king policy but also how quickly would you see u.s. production coming back? -- i think this the an alliance, in particular saudi arabia and russia, will likely maintain these output cuts until they see $70 per sustained foro be some time. comply are likely to with their pact to cut output. to $70 and sustain it, it would not surprise me that russia would start to waive its support for cuts and others may, too. and we are going to see more oil in the market. about title growth in the u.s., it is coming. the eia projects $10 million barrels a day. that's a record high for the u.s. u.s. production is going to be very responsive to high prices. as long as we have continued capital inflows into the sector, production will grow. they are going to be a big prize moderator this year. haidi: with the global growth stories so robust for all indicators we are seeing, do not see demand being able to soak up the excess supply if it comes to that? victor: well, i'm glad you bring up dema

brent, congratulations. thank you very much. brent celek, longest tenured athlete in this town. brent. >> no, no, not you. >> not me. >> but he's going to the super bowl now. when you think of this moment, do you think of guys like that who have been grinding all these years? >> i do. i do. and it's the reason this team has performed the way it has this season, because of guys like brent. and the older veteran on this football team. you know, hats off to him for the resiliency. he's battled through a lot over his career, through injury, through a lot of ups and downs and now for him finally to, you know, have a chance to be in this game, this final game of the year, i'm so happy for him. >> doug there are was arguably the best defense in the nfl, the vikings defense. did you expect to be able to move the ball and come up with the big plays like you did in this game, putting 38 on them? 38 unanswered points? >> you know, we knew it was going to be a challenge. minnesota is tremendous defense. you put the tape on and they're all over the field. it's a smothering type defense. my h

brent crude, $63.30. you have brent trading above $70.as soon as we are popping above $70, the figures in the u.s. come back, adding the most amount of new rate in six months. they are emboldened. you have opec really tethered by this level. will they continue with the current strategy? hot money is driving the price of oil, but hot oil is driving the movement. this is what we see. topping oute rigs, at this level. there is a lovely piece on the bloomberg this morning. s areasts for oil, market rising, oil is bid. the yen is even bid. markets willf fx be where the real movement comes from. juliette saly has the first word news this morning from singapore. juliette: manus, donald trump -- emily thornberry last outed trump after he called off his plan to visit london next month to open the new u.s. embassy, saying he did not like the new deal. >> he is an asteroid of awfulness. i think he is a danger. i don't want him to come to the country. i don't think he should have been given an invitation in the way that he was. i think it was wrong f

brent, you pledge to cut costs we are coming to you directly, give us a break. can that happen?> you know it could, but those are the discounts that we in rebates that we provide asing a gas stati aggregation of employers of the group discounts and whether they can do it better and maybe that's positive for employees and patients, right? bre >> brent, how could they do it better if they are not taking a profit these are profit companies >> yes, they have not had enough scale and it appears that they do >> well, so brent, so you were at this release like we all did. i assume that you had a chance, have you talked to bezos or jaime dimon, are you just guessing here in terms of what you expect will become >> yeah, i am speculating. i have not spoken to any of them i will reach out to them but i think it is a positive for all innovators i think time that we saw more innovation in the provision of healthcare and services and management of chronic disease and in this case you put the patient which is their case the employees at the center of it and you try to bring down costs. >> you

brent is now at its highest level since 2015. up next, the news briefing.es in the global media in the global media today. including virgin trains, taking the daily mail off their trains are. we ask is that censorship, because that is what they say it is a. stay with us. “— is what they say it is a. stay with us. —— it is. the british army is launching a controversial advertising campaign which it says demonstrate it will "emotionally and physically support" new recruits. the one point £1.6 million campaign features a series of radio and tv ads asking questions such as "what if i get emotional? and "can i be gay in the army?. critics accuse it of poliical correctness and going soft. andy moore reports. the new ads pose a series of questions of. growing up, i had my heart set on the army. another reassures would—be recruits that religious faith will be respected. the army braces that you come from a different faith. even on exercise, there is a moment to go into a cabin and find a corner and do your prayers there. recruiting for the army is a constant battle

brent crude futures are used in the pricing of more than half of the world's oil, and it is at its highestel since september four 2014. prices are also rallying since the longest stretch of declines in us inventory is during winter in a decade. prices if you take a look at them in asian trade are dipping slightly. analysts say that market fundamentals this year are strong due to production cuts by opec and russia as well as political risks in libya and venezuela. another factor hampering prices is a drop—off in orders from refineries. in asia, singapore average refinery profit margins have fallen below $6 a barrel this month, their lowest seasonal level in five years. so the outlook could be $80 per barrel before the end of the year. wow, going up quite a lot, thank you. now let's brief you on some other business stories: facebook says it will change its focus to emphasise what it calls meaningful social interactions between friends, rather than posts from media outlets and businesses. the social network has faced criticism over fake news and being too addictive. ceo mark zuckerberg has wa

brent brown from brent's imaging heard about it and delivered the sign to the reid family. >> ten-year-old wier and his parents are headed to minneapolis. last week we introduced you to the fourth grader battling cancer. he wanted to go to the game but didn't have tickets. a generous "action news" viewer saw the story and decided to make his dream come true surprising the family with airfare, hotel and three of the most coveted tick tickets in am. ♪ ♪ >> you could say it was the unofficial kickoff. >> superbowl week with all kinds of crazy questions, football to food, guys being asked to wear footballs to hats. >> let's go to minnesota with more on the crazy night. >> it was bizarre. so was seeing lane johnson wearing sunglasses during his event. >> it was opening night 57d didn't disappoint. the eagles look like rock stars taking the stage at the excel center. >> this pening night gave them the opportunity to let loose. the bers di birds did just that. they can be serious later in the week. jason kelsey, what do you think of the state of minnesota so far? >> i feel like -- >> you look lik

brent crude still short of $71 a barrel. change the landscape from where saudi arabia stands? is it incentive for reform and good news for saudi aramco? >> it is quite complicated. there is the immediate positive impact of higher oil prices for saudi, which is they are getting more money and the fiscal outlook is significantly improved, but if we look at the tone of the conversation across the gcc countries and the oil exporters and look at the recent budget round, we are seeing expansion come back in with an emphasis on spending, on growth rather than fiscal consolidation, and that is motivated by the fact that there is a view that oil prices are rising and we are not as tight as we thought we would be and we don't need to try as quite as hard as we thought we had to on the fiscal front, and from our point of view clearly -- yousef: my conversations with a lot of ceos, and we just heard from the qatari economy minister, there is resilience of qatar's economy of pressure from the gulf, and the resolution is not necessarily a

joining me now is brent badayski and jack kingston.ood morning to you. >> good morning. >> jack, you heard the tweet there from the president. i'm sure you saw it before i read it. help me understand the position of negotiation here. the president has said that he and top republicans want daca, they want the protections for the daca recipients and democrats too. he is saying as relation to the wall, i want to do this daca thing and you do too but i'll do it only if you don't do it if you don't do what you want to do and pay for the wall. >> i think all of the negotiations in washington, one party does something they don't want to do but they do it in exchange. th that, for example, how we pass every minimum wage bill. >> what is the pill republicans have to take? >> the amnesty part. i'd say probably 99% of republicans have run against am necessar amnesty. issues readily related to immigration or birth right citizenship are all good bargaining tools i think the democrats in terms of good faith negotiation should consider some of those