nicole sykes is head of eu negotiations at the confederation of british industry, the cbi — and joinsnow. thank you. why is it proving so difficult? only seven out of 70? these are complicated trade agreements. they could go wrong. there are parliamentary process going through illegal structures in countries that can take months and yea rs countries that can take months and years to go through. getting a trade deal with the uk and time might not bea deal with the uk and time might not be a top priority. there are tonnes of different reasons why it is difficult. what we are talking about and what we are concerned about is the businesses that will be blindsided by theirs. they didn't know this was coming, if you are a small business owner, most of your attention is running the business, trying to keep your employees paid. if you are thinking about brexit and not all of them are, you are thinking about what is happening to eu funding, regulations, eu trade. the last thing on your list to think about is what's happening with my trade with colombia or chilly? firms get blindsided by theirs

the cbi, business concerns, what they are talking about. the (51, the chamber of talking about.y old stomping ground of commerce, my old stomping ground of the institute of capital it is, they are up in arms. they are tearing out their hair. if there was a really serious delay to brexit, implying that we would somehow still leave, i think they would be chewing the carpet. this is unbelievable. that we are in this position. uncertainty for business, business is always going on about uncertainty and how awful it is, but i think this time they have every justification, complaining that it is such an uncertain situation, they cannot actually planned some of their business plans. a final word, clearly both want different outcomes to this, but you wouldn't argue that business needs certainty, would you? of course. there is enormous and the four business, who have been betrayed, really, by the fiasco and the farce of these negotiations. while i have 7a business i also have simply for the 3.2 million eu citizens in this country who will lose all legal rights of the crash out. —— sympath

you had nissan and board, the cbi talking about the bigger businesses or being worried two years ago,nths ago, now it is the smaller firms she says she is spending tens of thousands of pounds stockpile in which she does not know the direction of travel. as henry was saying, if no deal could happen, even though it is not a certainty, you have to be ready, haven't you? the big companies have the financial wherewithal and experts on hand to be able to prepare themselves sufficiently those that feel so have the capacity to have a financial buffer should they need it. smaller firms do not have that and many have not prepared in advance that they may not be members of trade organisations. there is a plethora of output from the department of business and the government telling them what they should do next. it is difficult to plan when you do not know what the outcome is. many firms, think this friday seems a bit ofa firms, think this friday seems a bit of a deadline. the business secretary was suggesting, for importing and exporting to the far east. firms which are putting their goods on a

in an interview with sky the cbi director said the uk is now in the, quote, emergency zone the uk is to leave the u on march 29th now, french finance minister has told cnbc in an exclusive interstlu despite the on going concerning regarding a no deal brexit, the uk's departure from the eu is not the key challenge facing europeans >> the key question is not the brexit the key question is the future of europe. the key question is how we improve the current daily life of the citizen how do we find more funding for innovation for new technologies? how we build an open industry that would be able to face the american and the chinese industry these are the key questions. and i must confess, brexit is not the key challenge for us the key challenge is to re-enforce the open construction. >> europeans -- granted this isn't necessarily perhaps your biggest challenge, but for theresa may, she's between a rock and a hard place. do you think that europeans should then help her out or at least be open to the idea of it? >> we are not in favor of any reopening of the agreement because it took a lot

that comes amid warnings from the cbi which says the uk risks crashing out of a0 trade agreements whichby the eu if we leave with a no deal exit. now, in other business news. apple's head of retail, angela ahrendts, is leaving the iphone makerfive years after taking up the role. her move to apple in 201a from the luxury fashion brand burberry, where she was chief executive, was seen as a major coup for the tech giant. she will be replaced by long time apple executive deirdre o brien, who is currently vice president of people. the mouse house has reported first—quarter profits that beat analysts' predictions. if you are wondering what the mouse house is, it is disney. walt disney said its customers were spending more at its us theme parks and resorts, and its media network business was doing especially well. if you follow the fortunes of snapchat you'll know it's been losing users for the middle part of last year. that's changed, says the holding company snap. at the end of 2018 the numbers started to level off and the company believes they're holding steady at 186 million daily active u

not the consumers so much but the businesses, the monthly cbi survey and the employers group the biggest are you increasing stocks of unfinished goods? if you are an exporter you don't love what trading will still be on the 1st of april, you are selling store cupboards, that is boosting short—term growth but it suggests europe a link that growth for word and the second quarter of the year will be negative, especially if we have a no deal exit. we've had such a flurry of earnings lately and that continues, we got here from lots of companies this week, coca—cola, nissan, nestle. at the same time i'm sure in markets they are really concerned about three deadlines, the shutdown deadline on friday, the us trade talks, marked the first and then exit on march the 29th. yes, you have the big concerns in the markets but you also have the fact that us interest rates have stopped rising, the chinese government is adding stimulus and the big drop in oil prices last use putting more money in people's pockets. i think it will bea in people's pockets. i think it will be a year of two halves, wide tradi

the society of motor manufacturers and traders, national farmers union and cbi all want -- disastrous no deal ruled out. along with tuc many support the uk opinion of permanent customs union. a month ago, this government failed to put the country first. the crisis in jobs going. the prime minister indulges in what our own business minister calls fanciful nonsense. when is she going to put the interests of the people of this country before the interests of the conservative party? >> can i say to the right honorable gentlemen he has consistently put his party political interests ahead of national interests? we can take no deal by agreeing a deal. he has acted to frustrate the deal and to make no deal more likely. that is not surprising from the labour party. and israel and the united states, captured a hero. and that is what the right honorable gentlemen has done to the once proud labour party. we will never let them do it to the country. >> thank you, mister speaker. my right honorable friend will know that many of these benefits are blocked from renting in the private sector, they hav

cbi agent greg slater said the blood that tested positive as the 29-year-old mother's was found on thean electrical plate near the sink. all of this coming up in a preliminary hearing for patrick frazee who was bought in with a bulletproof vest. testimony includes cell phone records showing on the last day barrett was seen alive, frazee made a call to her. in the days to follow, his, kelsey and another woman's cell phone started to ping and move through california. the other woman from idaho pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence. she said frazee asked her to poison kelsey's kcoffee. the charges point to a very violent crime. shep? >> shepard: alicia acuna live. a man that survived being stuck in quick sand for hours on end says it was like -- quick sand. a few hours into a trek, jessica says she tripped and fell into quick sand. as her boyfriend was pulling her out, the mixture of sand and freezing cold water swallowed him up. let's turn to them. ryan osmon and jessica mcneill. good to have you with us. how are >> good. >> good. >> shepard: what did that feel like, ryan? >> it was

the cbi estimated they could lose with no deal 5 billion a year until 2034.al income each year. the other issue in the end in the medium—term, if the republic of ireland government gets support from the eu, it actually in the medium—term could be boosted as activities moved south. so that is the real danger. so there is a gamble, a political gamble going on. but i think given the impact on the uk economy as a whole and northern ireland in particular, growth next year will be about 2%. it was 2.4% before the referendum. that is perhaps a gamble too far. 0k, good to hear your thoughts this morning. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: in his annual state of the union address, president and has made an appeal to the democrats to cooperate with him for the good of the american people and insisted the wall on the border with mexico would be built. mrtrump wall on the border with mexico would be built. mr trump also use the address to announce that he will hold a second nuclear summit with north korea's leader later this month. and theresa may, as we hav

administration has made it clear that nuclear denuclearization should be realized in cbi the ways.scernible] , we should make sure that this should be fully .isclosed and fully verified dismantlement may take place at a later state, that we can understand as a technical and realistic way, but i hope that .resident trump make sure i understand according to american sources that the north chairman is pushing for relaxation of sanctions. that should be made in accordance with what north korea has promised and pledged, full disclosure of nuclear weapons and destruction of nuclear facilities as they had already promised. haidi: so you are basically saying that without full disclosure of the missile and nuclear programs this time around, the summit this week, you would consider that to be a failure? i would not say that it would be a failure, because we are making step-by-step approaches and some advancements. is not going to be the final one. i accept this and i think it will be necessary to continue to have negotiations, but at least bethis time, it will measured in two ways. first, fu

there is another bit of research from the cbi.h the eu. the cbi says many of these trade agreements are not, actually, all of them are not ready to be transferred into a substitute agreement if we have a no—deal brexit. worse still, many of the companies which trade which benefits from these agreements don't know at the moment they do so. as a result, they're not prepared for the changes which may occur if we have a no—deal brexit. they need a bit of a wake—up call. they need a bit of a wake—up call. the cba is a crosses and it should be able to give advice on how, if there is no change, if there are no new negotiations or no new changes, what they should do for them to me, looking at companies, interesting news from spot if i. they came out with some figures. what's really interesting is that you're making an acquisition, they are getting pod casts. the big news today is that they are getting into the world of podcasting. if you look at spotify‘s earnings, they said they are not expecting a whole lot happening in 2019 but the vb

society of motor manufacturers and traders, food and drink federation, national farmers union and the cbihe crisis ofjobs going, industry is under threat, and the prime minister indulges in what her own business minister calls fanciful nonsense. when is she going to put the interests of the people of this country before the interests of this country before the interests of the conservative party? i say to the right honourable gentleman, he has consistently put his party political interests ahead of the national interest. we can ta ke of the national interest. we can take no deal off the table by agreeing a deal, and yet at every stage he has acted to frustrate a deal. he has acted to make no deal more likely, but that is not surprising from this labour party, because what do we see from his labour party? israel and the united states enemies, hat and a zero. attlee and bevan will be spinning in their grave. that is what the gentleman has done to a once proud labour party. we will never let him do it to our country. charles walker. thank you, mr speaker. my right honourable friend will know

. >> this new cbi report, healthcare cost increases were very moderate.ve trend. maria: big story. what were you going to say? >> there's a surgery center of oklahoma, they don't take insurance. their rates are so low, oklahoma state employees go there, even though they don't get reimbursed, they save money from what they would at a regular hospital. they post prices online. you'll see more of that. maria: you'll have to see acknowledgement of the spending at some point. our top story this hour is the clock is ticking to avert another government shutdown. it is unlikely. the house is set to vote today on border security legislation compromise. president trump reportedly expected to sign the bill, saying he does not want to see another shutdown. >> we're going to take look at it when it comes. i don't want to see a shoulddown. shutdown would be a terrible thing. i think a point was made with the last shutdown, people realized how bad the border is, how unsafe the border is. i think a lot of good points were made. i don't want to see another one. floss reas

i have sympathy with businesses, i have much less sympathy with the trade associations like the cbi and spun things out and actually organised negotiation with the european union that suited them. the government wa nted that suited them. the government wanted to maintain a close and special relationship so right from the foreign speech on ways and staying in the customs union. i have no sympathy for the trade associations because they are the architects of the problem. there was architects of the problem. there was a trade associations that only represent collectively one in six businesses in the uk press and lobbied the government to do exactly that, to stay as close to the eu as possible and never mind the democratic will of the people. they produced the situation they are complaining about. hang on, they are busily made that decision on the basis of their fears about what would happen to business in the event of a no—deal brexit and they seem event of a no—deal brexit and they seem to be borne out by the research and predictions for forward seem to be borne out by the research and pr

cbi agent says kenny claims frazee instructed her three different times to kill kelsey.arbucks coffee drink. then by using a metal pipe and then using a metal bat. she came close all three times but couldn't do it. she claims on thanksgiving frazee called her in idaho telling her she needed to get to colorado because she had a mess to clean up. when she arrived at kelsey's condo she said the scene was horrific. frazee will be back in court next month. >> bill: thanks on that from denver. more to come. >> sandra: fox news alert. legal action against the "washington post". the paper hit with a $250 million lawsuit over its coverage of that confrontation between covington catholic high school students and a native american activist in washington martha maccallum with join us straight ahead next hour. thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. go to newdayusa.com or call 1-855-newdayusa need cash? at newday, veteran homeowners can get 54,000 dollars or more to consolidate high rate credit card debt and lower their payments by 600 dollars every

alpesh paleja is the principal economist at the cbi. thank you so much forjoining us.e a christmas period, but we have to bearin christmas period, but we have to bear in mind that trading conditions remain tough, the survey shows retailers are cutting jobs at their investment plans are actually at their weakest in seven years and on their weakest in seven years and on the investment side that does seem to reflect a lot of the heightened uncertainty we are seeing around brexit at the moment, which is really bearing down on capital spending and that is a key theme coming across in the data from our survey, certainly. where else do you see that brexit uncertainty having an impact? it seems to be having an impact on business investment, we are seeing that both in our surveys and official data, particularly on big projects, the ones that have large cost of have to be realised over a long period of time. that is obviously not great for the economy, investment is good for productivity and sustaining growth so the fact that it and sustaining growth so the fact thatitis and sus

the cbi, which speaks on behalf of something like 190,000 businesses across the uk, have reacted to theh of essential. it is one step to avoiding a hammer blow, delay cannot be an extension stalemate, compromise is the only way. that is their feelings. elon musk is now in real trouble over his tweets? even more than last time. think before you tweet is a real rule of thumb for all others, especially him. you tweet is a real rule of thumb forall others, especially him. he has angered the us financial regulator by posting an aerial picture of thousands of new tesla vehicles and he added that he expected the firm to make half a million new cars this year. what is wrong with that? last year he agreed he would not make any statements... this was the 30 tweet, he was taking marijuana as he sent to this, totally legal in california, but it's gotten into hot water. and why is this so bad? after that tweet he agreed not to post statements about the compa ny‘s financial state without the company agreeing first, he reached that deal with the regulator. the securities and exchange commission is ask