he is with his wife, carol ghosn. warrant for her arrest, carol ghosn. i spoke with r he her as well ae said they are very happy together right now living in beirut and they want to make sure that carlos ghosn gets his name back. they are trying hard to make the point of a coup being set up against carlos ghosn because the japanese government was not happy with his plans to merge nissan and renault. he's also going to say this morning that he is willing to be tried in any court, anywhere in the world, except for japan, because he believes it is a rigged system. we're going to listen to carlos ghosn live right now. joining us from beirut. >.they are asking people to leae the room so carlos ghosn can begin. this is going to begin momentarily to hear carlos ghosn speak about the torture that he faced as he put it to me in unfair judicial system in japan. another issue that he said to me over the weekend, when i spoke with carlos ghosn is that he said, look, they thought i was going to go away. they thought i was going to

on monday, japanese authorities issued an arrest warrant for his wife, carole ghosn, claiming she maden april. at 13:00 gmt today, carlos ghosn will be holding a press conference in lebanon, where he's expected to name individuals that were behind his arrest. in december, mr ghosn skipped bail and fled to beirut to join his wife. he's accused by nissan of only reported half of his $89 million overall compensation between 2011 and 2016 to the tokyo stock exchange. anna—marie baisden is the head of autos research at fitch solutions. good morning. this story is getting more extraordinary by the day, and i would imagine everybody will be watching this press conference later from beirut. absolutely. there is speculation that he will be saying to, and who we think within this and is behind the allegations made against him. if that were the case, really, today is the first time he has been able to give serious detail about his thoughts about his arrest on what was going on within nissan. yes, and it should give some idea on the idea of the inner workings of nissan as well. we could start to s

let's now move onto the daily mail, this an in—depth conversation with carol ghosn, you could not makehis up! i'm sure it is going to be commissioned for a movie, the question is whether these authors are reliable. it was mtv and 11 authors are reliable. it was mtv and ii on that first reported that carlos had escaped the pan through hiding inside a double bass case and going through a box that was intended for a musical instrument, that sounds outrageous. who knows?! but he is definitely outsidejapan now. reunited with his wife, she says she is absolutely thrilled, and isa says she is absolutely thrilled, and is a lot of conversation about how the process would have worked, the fa re the process would have worked, the fare that the trail would not have started in 2021. he is saying that he is still willing to stand trail and living on for those corruption charges, they don't know that any trail is going to be fair now, it is going to be hard to get any kind of ajury going to be hard to get any kind of a jury that... going to be hard to get any kind of ajury that... i have met going to

carole ghosn is alleged to have masterminded his escape.rogram that's better at spotting breast cancer in mammograms than expert radiologists. an international team, including researchers from google health and imperial college london, designed and trained a computer model on x—ray images from nearly 29,000 women. in the guardian business pages, google's parent company, alphabet, has bowed to pressure from international tax authorities by announcing it will no longer use a notorious tax loophole known as the "double irish". on the front of the times, more than 800,000 people in the uk cut back on eating animal products for at least a month last year, contributing to a steep fall in sales of red meat according to research. and finally also in the times, doing a good deed for others could help keep aches and pains away. a new study has shown that altruism makes you less susceptible to pain, leading scientists to suggest that it could be prescribed by doctors. with me is eileen burbidge who's a partner at passion capital and a technology entre

i mean, they have put an arrest warrant on your wife now, carol ghosn. to interpol to try to t get you gek into japan. were you questioned by interpol? >> no, i was not questioned by interpol. what i want to say is in fact, you know, the persecutors in japan don't like to lose. in fact, i came to the conclusion after many months of observing what was going on that what's important for them is to win, is not about the truth or what really happened. so they are going in all directions in order to make sure that there is no possibility for me the to be acquitted and now that i left japan, they are trying as much as possible to block my freedom of moving or freedom to express myself. which is interesting, is that they have issued this arrest warrant on carol one day before my press conference in a clear act of inp ti intimidation and e reason for which they issued this arrest warrant is they said that they suspect that nine months ago when carol was interrogated in front of the judge, she said something that is not true. but the problem is they discovered it

carole ghosn also accused of denying knowing various individuals involved in the case as well. also now combing through lebanese laws to try to find some way to legally request ghosn's extradition. the master of disguise didn't even have to disguise himself to walk out of his house in japan and flee to lebanon but there was a certain point where he stowed away in a large audio equipment box that had airholes in the side of it, got on board the flight to osaka, then out from there to lebanon by way of turkey and ghosn was gone. well, he was a major staple at the consumer electronics show. multiple times i interviewed him and in davos. carlos ghosn, the man now on the run, proudly showed off nissan's latest technology in 2017. that was the last time carlos ghosn was here and we got time with him. i also interviewed him multiple times in davos. this is a fascinating development for one of the top ceos in the world. >>> all right. let's get back to technology. coming a long way in the past three years. we've got another big day tomorrow. live from las vegas and the consumer electro

japan is to nhk, requesting interpol notice for carlos ghosn's wife, carol, and prosecutors may seek los ghosn's escape helper. there has been speculation that there were people instrumental in him leaving japan, carlos ghosn has denied that but we are now hearing more reports japan is requesting a notice for carol ghosn. we are looking at indian markets and we were just talking about the robust rally we saw yesterday, 1.5% gain on the nifty, and it looks like we could be continuing that oil story around iran, tensions seem to be receding and we were talking to jp morgan asset management earlier, and they say once oil prices receded is time are seeingrupee, we that strength at the moment, india 10-year gilts as well, we are seeing yields tick lower. for the rest of the bond market, treasuries overnight, and nifty futures, we talked about we could be seeing decent gains after reports on numbers for the third quarter and we will have the likes of that coming up this afternoon. let's go to su keenan with first word news in new york. start with critical messages from 2017 about the boeing

seeking a red notice for carlos ghosn. -- carol ghosn. they have already seek one for carol ghosn.band, carlos ghosn. global news 24 hours a day, on the air at tictoc, on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. francine: thank you. numbers for payroll december will provide a clear perspective on the underlying hiring trend after a strike at gm. bloomberg economics protects 205,000.and says -- nadia, you follow u.s. equities. you can have one print and validation by another one. the point of the matter is that the picture here has been strong for a long time. it should continue to be so. it is a constructive background. francine: would you agree with that assessment? >> yes. we are looking at strong numbers today and continuing employment growth in the states. francine: it all boils down to inflation. >> yes. in the short-term, and the next six to nine months, inflation targets will not be an issue depending on what the target may be. i think inflation will remain pretty benign. i think the concern may be as we run pass the president

tokyo prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant for carol ghosn, the wife of carlos ghosn.has already attempted to distance his family from his escape, saying his family had nothing to do with the escape. bloomberg has a fantastic story, as did the "new york times" on the security professionals that helped him get out. however, tokyo prosecutors have still obtained an arrest warrant wife,role ghosn, his according to kyotdo news agency. tomorrow, he will hold a press conference, giving more details on his escape perhaps, certainly giving more details on the conspiracy he says put him in the situation in the first place. we will keep you updated on this developing story and get the bloomberg business flash from laura wright in london. laura: ubs is restructuring its private banking business, announcing new regional heads. follows a decision to disband a unit dedicated to the ultra-rich. job losses as0 part of the changes. aston martin says profits last year slumped. full year earnings for 2019 over 100 million pounds lower, increasing the urgency for the sports carmaker to at

japan is seeking a red notice for carol ghosn. as artie issued a red notice for her husband carlos ghosn. it's the latest move by japan to put pressure on the former auto executive after his surprise escape. weightck is adding its to a campaign to get the world's biggest polluters to change their ways. they have $41 trillion of assets under management. they are pushing corporate giants to disclose their co2 emissions. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. nejra: thank you so much. taiwan is heading to the polls on saturday. voters have a stark choice to make. pro-independence orate china friendly populist? taiwan decides whether to build on the best u.s. taiwan relations in 40 years or pivot to a greater focus on trade investment and potentially political integration with china. stephen engle joins us now from taipei. good to see you. we will get to economics in a moment. set up what is at stake politically. so

according to a spokesperson for the family, they've called the move to issue that arrest warrant for carol ghosnathetic and say it is directly linked to the press conference he's planning to give tomorrow in beirut this is something that is the latest in the series of incredible moment and incredible case the great escape the multimillion dollar, multicountry, three-month in the planning escape which has folks on the ground here in lebanon hailing him as an international bad ass, if you will he went from over a year incarcerated at home in japan, the ability to escape and come to lebanon now to tell his story. all eyes will be on that french tomorrow the latest details involving multiple hotels and train stations, a high-speed train, a box with holes drilled in the bottom so he could breath. you can't make this stuff up >> you certainly can't we are all waiting for tomorrow's press conference at 3:00 local time. 1:00 p.m. london time. we'll be watching that closely when ghosn speaks out. >>> a ubs staff memo marks the first major shake-up since the joining of the unit by coheads last year. the c

they would not allow him to talk with carol ghosn his wife who has been on this program.hey said she was going to come up with evidence and hide evidence. so he was allowed to see his daughters and his son. and he did see them. they would visit him in his apartment that was police-watched in tokyo but he was not allowed to see carol ghosn. now he is with his wife in lebanon, in beirut. we'll hear more this week. he will try to give a press conference on wednesday. when we come back, there is devastation in australia to report. the wildfires are so hot they're generating their own weather system. we're going to take you there with the very latest coming up. then rickey gervais' hollywood warning. watch. >> if you do win an a award tonight, don't use it as a platform to make a political speech, right. you're in no position to lecture the public about anything. you know nothing about the real world. most of you spent less time in school than greta thornburg. maria: we have the highlights and low lights of the big show last night. stay with us, right here. ♪ i am totally blin

japanese prosecutors have issued a percent for his wife, carol ghosn, for allegedly giving false testimonya family friend says they're trying to intimidate her husband into silence. >> that's really quite a story. the great escape from japan there. >>> a top facebook executive says the social media site helped donald trump get elected in 2016, and it could happen again in 2020. this from an internal memo from facebook vice president andrew bosworth, a hillary clinton supporter. he says the trump campaign's use of advertising tools was key to trump's victory. he writes, "he didn't get elected because of russia or misinformation or cambridge analytica, he got elected because he ran the single best digital ad campaign i've seen from any advertiser, period." >> he credits the digital director for mr. trump's 2016 campaign and now the campaign manager for 2020. he also spells out his objections to any form of intervention writing, "as tempting as it is to use the tools available to us to change the outcome, i'm confident we must never do that, or we will become that which we fear." >> the power

carol ghosn is under prosecution for perjury. d she gave false testimony from transfer of nissan to another money. she claimed she denied knowing various people involved. more details emerging about carlos ghosn escape to lebanon despite 24 hours surveilance. he left took a bullet train to osaka. he slipped past airport security by stuffing his body into a case meant for audio equipment. it was reportedly too big for the x-ray machine, allowing him to go undetected. he is now in lebanon. according to the associated press, the conviction rate in japan exceeds 99%. ghosn's charges of financial wrongdoing carry a, maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. he maintained his innocence an plans to hold a press conference on wednesday. melissa? melissa: kristina, thank you for that. we want to take you to some breaking news that we have right now. this is coming from a senior u.s. military source who is in iraq. the source is telling us that iraq is under miss till attack from iran -- missile attack from iran. they are cruise missiles or sh

we're going to hear more from carlos and carol ghosn today.y're going to join maria bartiromo, 7:00 a.m. eastern time, right here, "mornings with maria." lauren: it's going to be a good interview. taktakata is recalling 10 millin more air bags. cheryl: tracee carrasco has that story. tracee: there are fears the air bags may explode due to defec defective erin late inners. this is the last of the recalls the company agreed to in a 2015 settlement with the u.s. safety regulators. takata says it doesn't know how many vehicles are affected, leaving that up to the automakers to recall. decide. it's believed to be the largest series of automotive recalls in u.s. history. bed, bath and beyond falls short of earnings estimates for the latest quarter. same store sales tumbling 8% from a year ago. the company blaming the shorter holiday shopping period for the disappointing performance. bed, bath and beyond withdrew its fiscal 2019 guidance. instead, it will hold off, closing 20 of its stores until the first half of fiscal 2020 in order to sell more mer

interesting to note all of the developments we have heard the japanese have issued a warrant for carol ghosn'ss tricky because she holds u.s. citizenship her husband who holds lebanese, french and brazil yian citizenship. they are telling me they need to get some kind of permissions from interpoll to move japan's request any further. >>s you now, at this point, lebanon doesn't have extradition treaty with japan. we are expected to hear more from carlos ghosn at a media invite only. invitation only event. he is expected to give us some revelations about his time with the japanese and get some more detail about why he felt at the end it was best to flee that justice system more and more details emerge about his extravagant flight from japan the great escape they are calling it involving high-speed train, multiple hotels where he could have come to the notice of the japanese and he did not. he was also able to get on to two planes via a box, apparently, with holes drilled in for air purposes so he could breath this is an extraordinary tail. the feel here in lebanon is admire operati admiration fo

according to investigators, carole ghosn is suspected of making false statements to a tokyo court inof the leading "alternative meat" producers — impossible foods. samsung unveiled a tennis ball—like robot called ballie that beeps and rolls around, following its owner. apparently it can double as a fitness assistant and help with household chores. intel unveiled a foldable computer that resembles a computer monitor when flat and an all—screen laptop when half—closed. and there was this, from lg. this is a rolled down screen from lg display, for those of us who don't have tvs on show all the time. now technically this is not a brand—new idea and we saw something very similarafew idea and we saw something very similar a few years ago. the screen rolled up from the table top. the innovation here it rolls down. from the ceiling. seriously, though, this technology is not only flexible but also flexible in that you can do lots of things with it. around here there are examples of transparent led screens too. interestingly, although this is just a concept, led screens too. interestingly, alt

carole ghosn is in lebanon, with her husband who fled japan last week while facing charges of financial giant ikea has agreed to pay a6 million dollars to the californian parents of a 2 year old who was killed in may 2017 — when a chest of drawers fell on him. the item, which weighs 70 pounds, had been recalled a year earlier over safety concerns after three other children were killed. a british teenager who was convicted of lying about being raped by a group of israeli men in cyprus last year has been given a four month suspended sentence. gavin lee was outside the court earlier. she'll be allowed to return to the uk immediately. while waiting for her family to come out they had said this morning they will try to get her back to the uk and this is an international controversial case when her whole question of a right to fair trial was put in the spotlight. gavin said that attention is on the cypriot legal system — that's because the teenager says she only withdrew the rape allegation because she was heavily pressurised by police. here's her lawyer speaking earlier. we say there was a s

her name is carol ghosn. what is the story. being accused of perjury and lying about a meeting in japan. she is american passport holder. america and u.s., japan have extradition treaty. unlikely she goes back to japan to face this. details are looking out about ghosn's escape from japan. he took a taxi, a bullet train to osaka, a private jet, then a jet to beirut. costing $20 million, according to financial times. british former army personnel were part of a escape team that helped him flee japan. stuart: financial times, right there, front page. 20 million bucks to get him out. susan: right. stuart: that is included foregone bail and expenses. susan: private jets cost $350,000 one way. "wall street journal" also allegedly having a photo of the box that he escaped in, that held the double bass. instead of the bass it held ghosn instead. ashley: who plays him in the movie? stuart: good question. a lot of interesting stories coming our way. we have this one too, news from pope francis, telling catholics to reject the god of mone

then i asked carol ghosn, i said are you prepared remember, she's an american citizen.ibility you may never leave lebanon. she said if that's the case, that's the case. it is clear that they are not only thrilled to be together again, but this is a joint mission in terms of clearing carlos ghosn's name. you will hear more about that tonight during this documentary. >> phil, we can't wait all the teases i have seen today have had his captivated. we look forward to watching it thank you very much. that documentary will be out tonight exclusively here on cnbc at 10:00 p.m. eastern time you don't want to miss that. >>> we are out of time it was great to have you back, sarah. >> i will be back tomorrow >> excellent we are out of time here thanks for watching "closing bell." >> "fast money" begins right now. >>> it loss, live from the nasdaq market site this is "fast money. traders are brian kelly, kirn feynman, guy adami we kick thing off with a major market alert stocks plunging as the coronavirus rattles investors. the dow falling 453 points it was not just here in the uni

here is carole ghosn talking to us about the situation carlos found himself in during the 13 months heike to speak to my husband. i miss him dearly. i wish i could go and be with him at the hardest time of our lives and to take care of him. he really needs me i need him this is just cruel and they are punishing us they want to break carlos. it's a way of putting more pressure on him. it doesn't make sense why i can't see my husband he's combative and wants to prove his innocence. he knows he's innocent that's why he didn't confess to any of these allegations, even though he was in solitary confinement for 130 days. >> well, now he is in beruit how did he gets out of japan well, it was by a charter airplane in fact, we have learned that it comes $350,000 to get him to turkey initial payment was made to an aircraft operator that flew him from osaka to istanbul, turkey, and then he took a second plane from istanbul to beruit. no second payment has been made. it's still unclear had paid that $175,000 at least on the flight from osaka to istanbul, he road part of the time, it's believed, no

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himself through payments to dealerships in the middle east we spoke several times to carlos' wife, carol ghosne raised concerns about doing business in japan and the way in which the country turned on her husband. >> look at my husband, a businessman who saved nissan from bankruptcy, who spent 20 years dedicated to this country and made it flourish and help the economy of japan and they arrest him by surprise they don't even question him and then he spends this much time in a detention center and we still don't know the end results. we don't know if he's going to get a fair trial >> i think we're seeing the dark side of japan ink, where we see this inward closing clfr that is biased to foreigners >> let's bring in jim kress, former president of toyota north america as well as our own phil lebeau welcome to you both. jim, i'll start with you you've worked with and know mr. ghosn personally your reaction to what we have seen unfolding >> well, he's a high-powered ceo. he did recover nissan, he built the alliance he charges globally. he's on his way every day accomplishing things and the fact of

>> well japanese prosecutors going after the wife of carlos ghosn issuing arrest around the for carol ghosnut days after his daring escape from house arrest in japan says he can approve it ghosn telling you maria there is actual evidence that proves there was people in the japanese government who wanted to take him out over plans to merge nissan renault ghosn is going to name names at news conference tomorrow in lebanon he fled to last week, this liftoff spacex celebrating successful trip in outer space delivering star link internet satellites aboard a record for you times recycled rocket boosters safely returned to earth landed on drone ship the 48th successful booster recovery, maria, good news above the skies. >> cheryl thank you quick break then america's spiraling homelessness crisis billionaire patron spirits cofounder john paul dejoria is here. >> former first lady may have a new job we tell you what it is, michelle obama coming up, back in a minute. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all w

japanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of former miss on both carlos ghosn carol go nose wanted for giving false testimony in court last april she's currently in lebanon with her husband who skipped bail in japan last week is awaiting trial for multiple counts of financial misconduct charges he denies he insists that his family had nothing to do with his escape still to come on al-jazeera. forces loyal to libyan warlord khalifa haftar are making sweeping gains we'll have the latest from tripoli and will tell you why thousands have rallied in liberia's capital monrovia. january on al-jazeera president donald trump is that the president in history to be impeached what does this mean for the future of the u.s. leader on the brink of an election before much chilian presidential candidate explores the defeat of left wing political parties across latin america and look at how this year's world economic forum will focus on ways to tackle the impact of climate change the next progression of family links to the sudanese regime examines it italy may now be embracing freshes

carole ghosn is suspected of making false statements to a tokyo court in april.tertainment. but, sony did not reveal any plans to sell the car to the public. a sad story, why is ikea is set to pay a family £35 million pounds in compensation? swedish furniture giant has agreed on the settlement after 2 —year—old jozef dudek suffocated in may 2017. at his californian home. after a 70 pound malm set of drawers fell on him. it‘s the largest child wrongful death settlement in us history — according to lawyers. and doubly tragic as there had already been concerns over this piece of furniture? yes it had been recalled a year earlier over safety concerns after 3 other children were killed. in 2016, ikea recalled millions of malm chests of drawers in north america over safety concerns. it was the largest recall in the company‘s history.that same item had actually been recalled a year earlier over safety concerns in 2017, the company re—launched the recall in the us and canada. ikea says: "we remain committed to working to address this very important home safety issue," tu

ghosn to get him back into the country. they have issued the arrest warrant for his wife, carol. e on carlos ghosn after his escape, and the cabinet secretary has said most recently that he hoped for cooperation with lebanon when it comes to this case with carlos ghosn. haidi: we know there is no extradition law, but some are saying there could still be an extradition of carlos ghosn. what are we hearing on that? >> government officials definitely want him back. they are saying they will do whatever they can. the justice minister talked on monday saying, you know, there is no official treaty, official agreement between the two countries, but there could be some sort of agreement if she worked with lebanon, so they could come away with something, maybe, hopefully, to get carlos ghosn back in the country and face trial. thank you so much for that. it is a risk off day and we are getting headlines from malaysia airlines now saying it will avoid iranian airspace due to the conflict. it does not fly over iraqi space. more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: boeing is doing a u-turn a

carlos ghosn alongside his wife carole joining maria bartiromo this morning to talk about his shockinge from japan to lebanon. the embattled former nissan chief saying he determined he could not get and would never get a fair trial in japan, and he accused authorities there of not caring about the truth. lebanon now barring ghosn from traveling outside of that country after questioning the auto icon regarding an interpol warrant issued by japan for his interest. that so-called red notice we talked about. a lebanese prosecutor also sending a request to japan for all files on the financial misconduct charges against ghosn as it weighs whether to abide by interpol's red notice. the big question still lingering for many, did ghosn really escape in as what we heard, an audio equipment box with holes drilled in it? here's what he told fox business. >> i was not in a physical box. i have been observing all the stories that went around my leaving japan. it's funny because obviously, i know exactly what happened, you know. some people are not very far from the truth but nobody got it right for

ghosn get out of japan. was this an arrangement, an escaped arranged by his wife carol and friends who were outside of the countrytoday issued a statement saying no my wife carol had nothing to go this i alone arranged for my departure, my family had no role whatsoever meanwhile in japan police there have raided the home where he was staying, looking for clues and evidence that might tell them exactly how he was able to get out of the country without anybody noticing and in beirut outside of the home where carlos ghosn is at, well there's a lot of press there, trying to figure out exactly when we might hear from carlos ghosn as they stake out his house there in beirut. interpol has issued a notice regarding carlos ghosn the way this works this isn't an arrest warrant this is interpol telling the lebanese government they would like to question or have some questions for carlos ghosn why he's up there and it's up to the lebanese government what it does with that notice it's not an arrest notice so that's the latest with carlos ghosn. still more questions than details in term of how he was able to get out of japan >

carol. on that request to lebanon to return carlos ghosn, i think it's fair to say the japanese authoritiess a very slim chance that they would ever get him back in the country but i think they have to ask because as you can imagine, there's beena because as you can imagine, there's been a lot of criticism within japan, and this was allowed to happen. if someone is high profile as carlos ghosn could just slip away, what does it say about the country 's border security, so the request has been made and we are expecting him told a press co nfe re nce expecting him told a press conference tomorrow when we hopefully find out more about how he escaped. thank you for that update. let's ta ke escaped. thank you for that update. let's take a look at the markets now. asian shares rebounded on tuesday as investors‘ reassessed the risk of an all—out conflict betweenthe united states and iran, while wall street battled back to the black as tech stocks climbed. they've been making the assessment the threat is not as strong as it might be. 0il surrendered hefty gains as some speculated iran would be unli

. >> at japan's request, interpol has issued what it calls a red notice not only for ghosn but his wife caroles before you fled, you are certainly guilty now of fleeing. you are a fugitive of justice. what's the future hold for you? >> i wouldn't say i am fugitive of justice. i am fugitive of injustice. that's the way i would put it. i don't feel bad about it because the way i have been treated and the way i was looking at the system, frankly, i don't feel any guilt. >> last week the lebanese government issued their own order, restricting ghosn from leaving the country until further notice. not that he's anxious to go anywhere. he's got property here. he grew up here and remains something of a local hero. >> after i landed in beirut on 30th of december, it was kind of rebirth for me. it was like, i was breathing again. i was breathing again. >> reporter: a new life for now. and carlos ghosn says he is willing to face the charges and answer to everything, eventually, just not in japan. >> just yes or no, innocent of all the charges? >> yes. >> you planned the escape yourself? >> yes. >> were a

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol, herfor two hours in his nine months of detention. "i had to be with her," he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. great to have all of you with us. i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we will be looking at how tensions in the middle east are causing concern to oil tankers making their way through the persian gulf. yes, a lot of tension there. we will come back to you for that. and before we go, let's just remind you of the story dominating the news here in the uk for the last few hours. prince harry and his wife meghan have unexpectedly announced they're stepping back from their roles as senior members of the british royal family. in a statement released on instagram, the duke and duchess of sussex say they plan to become financially independent. we have much, much more on our website and lots of analysis as to what exactly that means. hello. weatherwise, it's pretty much a case of you name it and we've got it coming

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol, seen herfor two hours in his nine months of detention. "i had to be with her", he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. it is great to be back on newsday, my first show in the new decade! i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we will be looking at how tentions in the middle east are causing concern to oil tankers making their way through the persian gulf. rico, it's great to have you back! hgppy rico, it's great to have you back! happy new year to you. before we go, i have to remind our viewers of the story dominating the news here, just in the last few hours, prince harry and his wife meghan have unexpectedly announced that they are stepping back from their roles as senior members of the british royal family. this has sent shock throughout the press, the couple who have of course a baby son archie said that they plan to cover a progressive new role in the royal family and add that they intend to work to become financial

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row, his wife, carol, rarelydetention. "i had to be with her", he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. the new president of the european commission says it will be "impossible" to reach a comprehensive post—brexit trade deal with the uk by the end of this year. speaking just before a meeting with the prime minister — ursula von der leyen said if the deadline was not extended, certain areas of the talks would need to be prioritised. borisjohnson has insisted a comprehensive deal is possible in the timeframe. in australia, temperatures are expected to soar again later this week as australia's bushfire crisis continues. at least 25 people have died since september and almost 2,000 homes have been destroyed. the eastern and southern sides of the country have been the worst affected — and many animals have also been killed in the fires. clive myrie is in the town of mogo in new south wales. yes, preparations are well under way, sadly, again for more intense bushfires because temperatures are likely to rise across the

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol,ths of detention. "i had to be with her", he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. the new president of the european commission says it will be impossible to reach a comprehensive post—brexit trade deal with the uk by the end of this year. speaking just before a meeting with the prime minister, ursula von der leyen, said, if the deadline was not extended certain areas of the talks would need to be prioritised. borisjohnson has insisted a comprehensive deal is possible in the timeframe. sir keir starmer has won the backing of the uk's largest trade union to become the next labour leader. unison, said mr starmer was best placed to unite the party and regain public trust. the shadow brexit secretary has also become the first mp to secure enough nominations from mps and meps to get on the ballot paper. the labour mp barry gardiner has confirmed to the bbc that he is considering running for the labour leadership, and will make a final decision in the next 2a hours. earlier, reports said tha

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol, hours in his nine months of detention. "i had to be with her," he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. the canadian singer, justin bieber, has confirmed that he's been diagnosed with lyme disease. there had been speculation on social media that he had a drug problem after he was photographed looking unwell with blotches on his skin. lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by ticks. in a post on instagram, bieber said it had been a rough couple of years, but he hoped the right treatment would help him recover from the disease. 40 a0 tourists have been rescued from a glacier on iceland, when they got caught ina glacier on iceland, when they got caught in a severe lizard. everybody unharmed, we understand. thank you very much for watching. hello. weatherwise, it's pretty much a case of you name it and we've got it coming our way in the next few days. we've got a chilly start to thursday to the far north of the uk with a patchy frost and some fog. further south, it's unseasonably mi

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol,herfor two hours in his nine months of detention. "i had to be with her," he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. in australia temperatures are expected to soar again later this week as the bushfire crisis continues. (map at least 25 people have died since september and almost 2,000 homes have been destroyed. the eastern and southern sides of the country have been the worst—affected — and many animals have also been killed in the fires. clive myrie sent this from the town of mogo in new south wales preparations well under way, sadly, again for more intense bushfires because temperatures are likely to rise across the south—east of australia to a0 degrees tomorrow. people in towns not far from here have been told they've got to evacuate because of the possibility of high winds, bringing together three raging fires into one giant monster and, when i say giant, i mean a wall of flames, 20, 30 maybe a0 kilometres wide and scores of feet high. but this wooded area here, that is completely d

but the basic reason carlos ghosn escaped from japan was sitting on the front row — his wife, carol,m. he had only seen herfor two hours in his nine months of detention. "i had to be with her," he said. john simpson, bbc news, beirut. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: with temperatures expected to peak again in australia, authorities issue fresh warnings and advise people in so—called ‘danger zones' to evacuate. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities conf

in a statement, mr ghosn played down speculation that his wife, carole, and other members of his familyervative assembly member has been suspended from his party. it's understood that nick ramsay, who's 44, was arrested last night following an incident. mr ramsay, who represents monmouth, is the shadow finance minister and chairs the public accounts committee. the foreign currency service travelex has taken all of its sites off—line after being attacked by a softwa re off—line after being attacked by a software virus on new year's eve. the group said it immediately took down its online systems to protect data and prevent the virus from spreading after discovering the attack on tuesday. and it has been forced to provide foreign currency services manually. they can do it manually in the branches. the investigation so far suggests no personal or customer data has been compromised but the company is confirming that it has been the victim of a virus attack, a cyber attack, and its sites have been taken off—line for the time being. the number of children in england who have been temporarily e

prosecutors issuing an arrest warrant for ghosn's wife, carol, saying that she give false testimony inast week. family members were not involved. more mininching 15 satellites. elon musk hopes there will be many more. the latest ones have a piece thatastronomers -- claim the satellites were too bright and hampered operations. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. tom: let's go to the data. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. the major message, with the huge flow out of -- news flow out of tehran and washington. we have euro pulling back, all the correlations you would see. john norman to join us here in a moment. onto the second screen. with the vix information 15 level, into 13.80. a weaker japanese yen. all of this is fractional, but nevertheless directional, francine, of a better, firmer market offer friday. francine: i agree with that. if you look at crude, it declined for the first time in four days. also drifting lower. , amongs

ghosn. havecutors have sued -- issued an arrest warrant for his wife carol.athbeen rocked by puerto rico has been rocked by a 6.4 magnitude quake that hit earlier today. it was followed three hours layer by an aftershock measuring 6.0. beenast one person has killed in widespread power outages have been reported. u.s. imports fell to their lowest level since 2014 as exports rose. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. we are back with lucy macdonald, allianz global investors cio of global equities . we had the ism services today better than forecast. ism manufacturing was disappointing. do you anticipate we will get any hint as to how the u.s. economy is doing, how the consumer is doing, and the next month? lucy: we will be really looking at the earnings season more than the macro data because we want to see whether these companies which have begun to recover, whether the earnings are going to come through to suppor

ghosn. japanese prosecutors are seeking to arrest his wife carol, saying that a warrant was obtained for givingse testimony in court last april. it relates to her husband's transactions. for the latest, we are joined by bloomberg's chester dawson. are they going after carol because she has a u.s. passport, and is therefore a little more exposed here? does this predate his escape? chester: as far as the japanese , they have clearly , and she ise on her clearly a pressure point. clearly they see that is an open case, and maybe something that is a bit easier pursued because of her u.s. citizenship. there is an expedition treaty between the u.s. and japan, obviously. are japanese authorities suggest that she broke the law? if so, what law? chester: it is still very unclear. there are allegedly summer marks she made prosecutors under questioning in april of last , and therefore they are going to pursue some type of charges against her, perhaps perjury or something else. all we know is they have issued an arrest -- issued a warrant for her arrest, and are pursuing options for a case against her husba

carlos ghosn despite this escape from japan's lebannon japanese carmaker said committed misconduct at the company's helm meanwhile tokyo prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for gold's wife carol go on in connection with her husband's disappearance. green carmaker hyundai and u.s. ride sharing service are teaming up to develop electric cell flying cars they made the announcement at the consumer electronics show in las vegas the vehicles are being billed as the answer to urban congestion a major technological and regulatory barriers remain. shares in aston martin have plunged some 13 percent after the company warned its profits would be down by nearly half the british luxury carmaker bling blames weak demands in europe for the fall. a celebratory dance from tesla boss in long last as the u.s. carmakers livered its 1st chinese made cars to customers ordinary buyers receive the 1st vehicles produced in the company's shanghai gigafactory for musk himself. this and i believe we have one more report here looking at the cost of these fires as we know those fires could last for months in the future but the economic costs are already making themselves known. chart and deserves it 50 ea

the turkish government in the last half hour, heard from carlos ghosn saying there has been speculation in the media that my wife carolether members of the family played a role in my departure from japan all such speculation is inaccurate and false i alone arranged for my departure, my family had no role whatsoever meanwhile, police in japan have raided the home where carlos ghosn was at, and they're trying to get clues, trying to figure out how did this happen and we have yet to hear from them, jon, in terms of explanation. believe me, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out, japan has egg on their face now for having somebody under house arrest with guards and cameras, and yet he popped up in lebanon monday, and a lot of people in japan are going what how did that happen? >> phil lebeau, we are eagerly awaiting details to see if there are instrument cases involved among other things >>>meanwhile, european markets are set to close in a few minutes. seema mody has a breakdown, a lot of green i see. >> that's right, jon a very strong start to the new year for european equities, boosted by fresh stimulus measure

carlos ghosn is distancing his son from his escape from japan. the auto giant says his wife carolnd other family members played no part in the escape to lebanon. the statement is the first comment he has made since fleeing tokyo earlier this week. he says he's ready to communicate with the media freely as soon as next week. tesla has cut the price of its china-built model three sedan. it will now start at $46,500. that is after the carmakers set up efforts in the world's biggest electric market. apple has fired the former head of -- hired the former head of hbo. company will make original programs exclusively. he joins a list of notable names working with apple including oprah winfrey, steven spielberg, jennifer aniston, and reese witherspoon. that is your bloomberg business flash. you so much. coming up, we will stick with apple. the tech giant shares top $300 for the first time. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: apple shares have surpassed the $300 mark for the first time on optimism around the holiday order. annmarie hordern has the details. >> the rally is continuing for apple. to w

tokyo is keeping up the pressure on carlos ghosn, issuing an arrest warrant for his wife, carol.used her lying under last year. protesters at a prominent university in new delhi, two days after mass attackers -- masked attackers beat students and teachers on the campus. they spoke to some of the students who were attacked. the violence at j and yuan sunday comes on after narendra modi's citizens hip-based law. pedro sanchez managed to edge back into office for a second term and is now trying to pass budgets for 2020. he is bidding to recoup some of the euros they spent bailing out its financial system during the economic crisis. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am rich. -- ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. haidi: thank you. for more on that developing iran story and other stories you need to know today, you can check out today's edition of "daybreak." bloomberg subscribers can go to dayb on their terminals and it's also right there on mobile in the bloomberg anyw

ghosn says the straw that broke the camel's back is that he couldn't talk with his wife, carol.aking overnight, the associated press reports that tokyo prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for his wife, carol, on suspicion of perjury. i think it's very likely to say neither one of them are heading back to japan. cheryl: a lot more of that story will be covered on maria "mornings with maria." lauren: puerto rico is hit with yet another earthquake early this. cheryl: kind of a big one. tracee carrasco has that story. tracee: a according to the u. geological survey this was a 6.6 magnitude quake. it struck early this morning with the epicenter south of indio. 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the island yesterday. no injuries were reported. parts of puerto rico are struggling to recover from the aftermath of the hurricane maria in 2017. harvey weinstein is trying to he delay his criminal trial in new york. jury selection is set to begin today. reports say lawyers for weinstein may ask for an adjournment after he was hit yesterday with four counts of sexual yo assault in los angele. the

out there is a lot of news with carlos ghosn which has now become somewhat of an international affair so japan has now issued an arrest warrant for golems wife carol which according to the wall street journal is rooted in the suspicion of. perjury so what could this throw an entire investigation what obviously is going to throw a wrench but actually when you look at the timing remember it was because he announced that he was going to deliver a press conference on tomorrow wednesday that they suddenly arrested her so it's sort of like weird timing on that if they were so concerned about her why didn't they arrest her previously also they were able to see one of her passports but they didn't seize her u.s. passport that was when they searched so the suspicion is also what they want to do is they want to have the u.s. extradite her because they have a we have a trade and extradition agreement with the japanese whereas lebannon doesn't so there's a lot of factors here involved and yes she's a accuse the poetry on both of them are accused of things by courts that have a 99 percent conviction rate so we're going is basically saying is this is not a tria

carlos ghosn is distancing his family from his traumatic escape from japan. his wife carol family members, he says, played no part in his escape to lebanon. this is the first comment he has made since flame tokyo earlier this week. tokyo early ofg this week. thanks very much. laura in london with your business flash. let's get more on that last story. joining us from berlin is benedikt kammel, bloomberg business editor. we have learned a little more about carlos ghosn's dramatic escape from japan. reporter: we know a little more what did not happen. according to carlos ghosn, his family did not help him. you might think that is an obvious way of him protecting his family, his wife in brother,r, his wife's who we contacted yesterday and he said, i only heard about this the moment you did, i had nothing to do with it. we are in a dark side of the moon phase right now. we have the press conference coming next week. matt: if you are ever planning on committing a felony, i recommend you don't ask your wife for help. reporter: depends on how good she is it helping you escape. [la