china southern is the last of china's three major airlines to bring ina china's three major airlinesof china. firstly you have hong kong's cathay pacific, holding 80% in flag terrier air china, while delta airlines bought a 3.6% stake in china eastern in 2015 —— carrier. —— airchina. in china eastern in 2015 —— carrier. —— air china. disproves the mainland market is becoming important for many of the global carriers. absolutely. —— this proves. we will see you again soon. south africa's finance minister is due to arrive home in the next few hours after he was urgently recalled from a meeting in london by president jacob zuma. the move has fuelled concerns there may be a cabinet reshuffle, which analysts say has unnerved investors, who see pravin gordhan as an emblem of stability. the eu's health commissioner says brazil needs to restore trust in its meat exports after being hit by a scandal over rotten produce. a number of countries have slapped restrictions on brazilian imports. the country has seen its daily meat exports plunge by 19%. the company that built a controversial pipelin

obviously with a stake in china southern, if will help american cement their foothold in china, so thatt on the other side, it will be good for china southern because you realize that the chinese are actually trying to be aggressively expanding overseas, and obviously the stake with american will help china southern gain more exposure in the international market where it really wants to grow. betty: that's right, wanting to globalize these chinese airlines. thank you so much on this tie up between the two air carriers. a quick check of the business flash headlines at this hour, the are strained government has ordered its competition watchdog to conduct a review of retail electricity prices. the inquiry will examine the behavior of power companies and contracts for residential and business customers. prime minister malcolm turnbull says electricity markets do not seem to be operating as effectively as they could. initial findings expected within six months. capitals recent controls have set back several deals between china and hollywood. producer remains optimistic. it is seeking to rene

china southern confirming a two hundred million dollar investment from american airlines come up 5.3%s suspended on thursday, i believe. we are looking forward to a big ipo. we have the china fix as well, the yuan at the strongest level in a month against its american counterpart. we are just starting the trading week here in hong kong and over in shanghai is sophie kamaruddin. sophie: let's kick off with chinese stocks. shares in shanghai marginally lower after a van sing through friday. the pboc of being open market operations. bloomberg calculations determine the pboc has drained net 80 billion yuan by reverse repos, and that yuan fixed stronger as the dollar slumps two of four month low over pessimism on the trump agenda. this is the first market hong kong stocks now lower .5% after rising two days through friday. let's look at some stocks in focus. surge afterg kaisa returning to trade, up over 66%. 3.5% withhern gaining news that american airlines in talks of a stake. sinopec up after profit jumped 40% things to cheaper crude. guotai junan falling .4%, the first drop in three da

i have been out of the business since 1998, but we would pick them in teams with china southern when hina comingo much away but a matter of i think the chinese carriers making up their minds how they want to play. you are making a deal with cathay pacific, it is hardly the same as making a deal with delta. cafe is in hong kong. -- cathay pacific is in hong kong. it is not really a western airline. lot of issues.a thank you so much. bob crandall, former ceo of american airlines with us on the line. oil producers talking about output curbs being expended in, we will have talks had potential market implications. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ betty: good morning, i am betty liu in new york. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. you are watching daybreak australia. independent oil producers and opec members are looking at extending the draining of the blood. -- glut. there are conversations with kuwait, saying it should be another six months after the current program concludes in june. looking at the situation now, here on set. it is a given that they need to extend. >> absolutely, the markets call fo

china southern are the biggest in china in terms of flights and passengers they carry, and that is theing. this is part of the broad strategy led by the government in beijing which owns majority stakes in these three big domestic airlines to change the ownership structure and encourage foreign investors. and tried to bring ina foreign investors. and tried to bring in a foreign management culture, although this is a 2.5% sta ke culture, although this is a 2.5% stake and i don't think we will see a big change in terms of the way that china southern is run. in terms of the service as a passenger on these airlines, i have to say they get you there on time, but expect big delays if you are going to china, often with no apologies, and maybe there is room for improvement and maybe american will do something there. i'm sure they are listing to you and writing notes. thanks for joining us. —— listening to you. he sounded like a frustrated traveller. and now to the markets. the yen has not moved that much versus the dollar but the markets have stabilised after the wobble that started late friday

between china southern and cathay, major competitors, i cannot imagine cathay will be happy with thatagine cathay will be happy with thatm other news, korean technology giant samsung has revealed plans to sell refurbished versions of the galaxy note smartphones pulled from the markets due to battery issues. they took a huge hit over the trouble from the note seven. samsung said it will choose which markets to sell them after discussions with red tory authorities and airlines. —— regulatory. brazil's administration has ordered three more meatpacking and processing facilities to close, bringing it up to six, after risks of contamination. import suspensions we re of contamination. import suspensions were lifted recently, though they are still in place in europe and hong kong. well, you have to have an iron stomach to succeed in the restau ra nt iron stomach to succeed in the restaurant business in the philippines. robert runs the largest company in the country and is branching out to other countries in the world. as part of two minutes with, i spoke to their ceo to ask them how they stay

china southern giving up 2%. >>> synnex beating revenue forecasts.hares down about a third of a percent. >>> coming up, a new poll predicting far-right candidate marine le pen will win the first round of the french election but not the second. we'll get details on that in a second. first, don't miss sara eisen's exclusive interview with yum's ceo greg creied. you can see that later this morning. stay tuned for more "worldwide exchange." p-and-pop! what do you think? my trade-off analytics indicate no one creates more space on offense. this allows him to nail a jumper from a densely populated urban area. what you're trying to say is... from way downtown? i am still learning. i can see that. with e*trade's powerful trading tools, right at your fingertips, you have access to in-depth analysis, level 2 data, and a team of experienced traders ready to help you if you need it. ♪ ♪ it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. it's your trade. ♪ ♪ e*trade. ♪ ♪ start trading today at etrade.com >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." a m

china southern.rrier coming out confirming today that american airlines has agreed to acquire a minority stake in the carrier. $200 million is a consideration for that partnership. it was the only chinese major carrier that did not have a stakeholder by a foreign body. china southern issuing some 270 million shares in the hong kong listed company. is the area -- the letter a american airlines will be buying into. nearly 2.7% of the total issued shares. this is china's biggest carrier for passengers. this has been seen as a big boost by some. of one wide bodied aircraft, american could finally be securing a major mainland partner but it is a long road. analystton is a senior at the center for aviation in hong kong. this is not an alliance of the leftovers. prices premarket -- the market has been liking this news. i am watching the big bang story because earnings season for the big five chinese banks getting underway with agbank leading the way. agbank is the one to watch. with this big nonperforming l

we are capitalizing on that with partnerships with china eastern and china southern. d partnership with cap they pacific, and we fly directly into beijing, and shanghai ourselves. we are also big into the free trade agreement between australia and china market, allowing us to transport fresh milk each week from tasmania to china every week. we think there are huge opportunities to grow that market going forward. so we are excited about freight, inbound passengers, business passengers, a market where we can take advantage of in the future. allen, in the other direction, there are also big outbound ambitions for these chinese carriers. we have had this cautionary tale when it comes to cap a pacific and that the klein taste on chinese competition, a major theme. what is the take away for you there? >> it is competitive internationally, and qantas has from yieldsune coming down. we have come down, not as much as a lot of our peers, because a lot of capacity has been added come and it is about what you do to cope with that, your transformation program. it has allowed us to

it will be through china southern's shares.'s -- group is buying a stake, adding to a shopping's reign -- spree that tops $30 billion. for two parts of the state. a comprises just under 10% in 30 days. h in a is broadening its portfolio. david: an insurance company is looking to diversify overseas. the company will put money with private equity funds that invest in sectors such as food, maybe even health care. an -- the- ping dollar has a client. yousef: kuwait has been hosting the opec monitoring committee meeting the last 48 hours. kuwait is front and center in the tumultuous world of oil prices. the question is, in terms of where levels are, what does that do to the kuwaiti economy? minister, ioil spoke to him on the sidelines of the meeting, he said they will be in good shape if the prices hold up at $55 and $60 per barrel. here is what he said about the wii balance of inventories and the overall efforts of opec and not opec trying to rebalance the market. >> we are not surprised right now. -- not surprised right now that t

china southern will return to trading in shanghai later after a three-day suspension. has revealed more details about a deal with american airlines including introducing a co-sharing agreement. toy would release shares americans in a deal worth up to $2 million. on stocks closed 7/10 higher monday. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists in more than 120 countries. i am paul allen. this is bloomberg. betty: we are watching shares of toshiba trading down about 710 that itsa report western unit, westinghouse, may file for the groep c as early as today. a report calls the move imminent at $6 billion. exactly why were investors beforehand sharing this bankruptcy probability? > >> good morning. perhaps it is useful to back-checked to december went to sheila shocked us by saying it might be worth billions of dollars in afterwards the company let the market paying for pretty much a month and a half and shares dropped in half. 06.2ebruary, they say they billion dollars. owners have yet to sign off on the number and the cavity has never really given a

china southern, air china, china eastern out with earnings today.marked contrast to cathay pacific. this has all been boosting these companies ultimate lines, so we might reflected in the earnings statement. we will see how they open and find out what is going on. here is juliette saly. >> a mixed picture coming through. china and hong kong opening up her to hong kong higher by .1%. 300 down by .1%, adding to this next picture across the board. on this strong surge, the asx at a two-year and part ofe .4%, that is due to the commodity picture. we have seen crude oil conti

new from the overnight american airlines has agreed to pay $200 million for a steak in china's southerns. the deal would represent just under 3 percent of the asian carrier's stock shares. a the deal could mean flight ceo sharing between the carriers as well as loyalty programs. it must pass regulatory approval. >>> uber resumed its self driving car program in two states following a weekend crash in arizona. there were no injuries in the crash. police in tempe say the driver for causing the c rmuch 1. this morning futures aker just errecland. it was originally unveiled as 2012. it's a furluxury suv. lamborghini also plans to in hyn which would be another first for the cm new on "action news" a bucks county man is seulting a woman while burglarizingt 5:00 a.m. >> three masked men break into resident with a rifle. and it does n them. that story is exin after the nee break. at longhorn, tonight's speciaono ribeye, and the juicy new york strip. or any steakhouse lunch combo. killed th --who brokbroken arro. police say thees and masks 's adult son through the back he get away driver a 21-yea

. >> american airlines striking a deal to buy a small snake china southern airlines, the world's fourth largest carrier, giving america better access to one of the biggest travel markets and helps them better compete with delta which has been investing in foreign airlines in recent years. meanwhile, comcast, the parent of nbc universal, plans to rebrand a streaming option for broadband customers who don't want a traditional cable package. it will cost between $15 and $40 a month and include major networks along with options to add sports and other channels. it's expected to be available later this year and more than 50 million homes within comcast's territory. >>> apple knows you're probably worried about losing your new ear pods. now a find my ear pods feature which shows where they last were in range of your phone and even plays sounds to help you locate them. unless they've run out of battery. a single pod costs $69. this could be a handy feature here. >> i am telling you, francis, that is going to come in handy. i lose my ear phones all the time and end up listening to my thoughts.

keep an eye on a few stocks out of china today, particularly the big airlines, air china, china southernhina eastern, all three reported a combined profit of the biggest in five years, and net income was short of estimates. and a lot of data out of china as well with manufacturing and nonfood manufacturing pmi. i'm paul allen in city. more from "bloomberg technolog'' next. - i'm paul allen in sydney. cory: this is "bloomberg technology." concernedars are about the future of a landmark agreement between the obama e.u.nistration and the that protects europeans personal data. it is called the privacy shield. and it lets u.s. companies like facebook and google transfer customer data from europe across the atlantic to the u.s. and the promise that it will be protected by stricter european privacy laws. since the deal went into effect, donald has been elected and has expanded u.s. surveillance powers. the new commissioner flew to washington this week to seek reassurance the new administration will honor that deal pitch he joins us from the d.c. bureau. thank you for joining us. this is a reall

they are said to be in advanced talks to buy china southern stake, and shares of morgan stanley were sears holdings down more than 14% after they said they have " "growingal doubt" and concern." shares are trading just above one dollar. we first had oil inventories out today, big bills, much bigger than what investors were looking for. wti, brent trading lower. both down more than 1.5%, a big slide for oil, clearly hurting some of the oil names like exxon and chevron. let's just show a quick chart. this is a longer-term chart of oil. in pink we have the 50 day moving average, in yellow the 200 day moving average. what has been buying support, but right now we have wti below the 200 day moving average, perhaps suggesting more declines are ahead. mark: just want to keep you updated on this raking story, if you just joined us. shots fired outside the houses of parliament in london, at least two people are being treated, according to a bloomberg reporter at the scene. the shootings took place on the road inside the gates of parliament known as parliament square. police have closed street

what we do have is weakness for error china and chinese during, but china southern the beneficiary aftercan theines took that stake in asian carrier. this chart shows you what has been going on. that's what we have so far. watching those airlines as the trading day gets underway. chinese airline profits, which have been taking off. looking at that and the start of the trading day as well. looking at, well, a degree of, well, negativity. ♪ rishaad: 9:29 in hong kong. of victoria peak, the start of the trading day. i am rishaad salamat coming to you from our bloomberg asian headquarters. haidi: rather of skewered there. i haidi lun in sydney. as we head into the china open for this last trading day of the quarter, it is interesting looking at these forecasts for the next three months. fund managers and analysts seeing a gain of 2.8%, and tightened liquidity onshore will be the main catalyst when it comes to volatility in these mainland markets. rishaad: absolutely coming getting reaction to this china services data, china manufacturing as well, 51.8, the highest since april 2012. that shou

we are capitalizing on that with partnerships in eastern china southern.he one world partnership with cathay pacific, and we fly directly to beijing and hong kong and shanghai ourselves. we have adjusted to flying from bases in singapore and japan into greater china. we are very big in the free trade agreement between australia and china. this allows us to transport fresh milk each week, 50 pounds -- 50,000 liters from tanzania -- from has mania. mania.m tas there are business passengers, and we take it to market with world partnerships that we can take advantage of into the future. david: that was the qantas group ceo alan joyce. ? ery: how many hikes we will plot the dots and try to make a course for the fed. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ the market was a little exuberant for a slightly more aggressive fed, and you saw the movement in the bond yield coming off in the u.s. dollar quite substantial moves down to the dollar. in response to that big decision. gradual, 75 for the fed, 75 this next year. that is our rate. >> the markets were expecting they would take

. >>> and china southern in talks with american airlines which could result in the carrier taking a stakeoosting the routes between the world's two largest travel markets. >>> still to come, this morning's headlines from overseas, including the bank of england, outlining its scenarios for this year's bank stress tests. but first, check out the futures. dow futures down 93 points. s&p futures down 14. remember, this comes after the worst week for stocks, up 2017. you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. nbc. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." only about 20 meters from sara still arguing. i'm going to return to the market action. the futures low, coming on the back of sharp declines in both europe and asia as well. of course, the citing of the pulling of vote on health care as one of athe reasons. it does come this morning rather than friday afternoon. either way, you see it's down option 1% on the futures markets. what could be another for that decline would be yield information the dollar which are slipping today. in a way, didn't slip on friday afternoon. the ten-year note, 2

china? we took a trip down to southern china, guangdong, the manufacturing heartland of china.nt to a city called h uaijo. wages have increased, demand relatively flat, the raw material prices have gone up, but for many of them, shrunk -- trump has to be a threat. they are looking to move to places like myanmar and the it not. we spoke to taiwanese offices looking to move to other offices in the region. take a watch as to what we found out with this city in southern china. this scale isn this delicately coordinated deathly molten glass, -- blue pipes and more. it used to be used to be worth it. it is now more expensive and cooling demand means profit going up in smoke. now they have to contend with new trade tensions. 90% of the glassware made in this factory ends up on shelves in places like home depot and lowe's in the u.s. any tariffs imposed by donald trump on chinese exports would kill business. town, past the hoax of shuttered factories, this person has made his decision. he will move his factory this year. the new u.s. president was the nail in the coffin. the uncertaint

is down by we had china southern, american airlines confirming that it did i a stake in eight shares.de was down by over 2.5%. is reportsp, there that marriott could be i this group. and having the best day and 22 months free this is after its profit beat estimates although topic on thet the bloomberg. that we are seeing some rebound coming through into the topix index and it is tracking at that redline. profit growth in japan is being 110 perd by the end at dollar. certainly a strong correlation between the topix and the 50 day moving average. anna: thank you. juliette saly in hong kong. u.s. stocks stage a recovery. more about trump's agenda. tous: charles evans spoke michael mckee and gave his assessment of the central bank's rate path. >> to the extent i gain more confidence in the forecast i have that would be a good indicator that i could support three. to might be the right -- two might be the right number. if things really take off, if we get continued strong growth and if underlying inflation picks up, we could get four this year. anna: just before we get into a conversation

american airlines looking to tap into china and doing so by investing 200 million china southern airlinescompanies will share staff, airport facilities and cooperate on code sharing. shares of american airlines up 3% so far this year. uber self-driving vehicles guess what, they are back on the road three days after a crash. the testing was suspended after one of the autonomous vehicles was hit by another car and flipped over on its side in arizona. that was back on friday. there were two uber testers in that volvo suv and no serious injuries were reported. test has resumed and for test driving in san francisco, a police report on the crash can come as early as this week. uber car was not considered at fault in that collision, however . maria: all right, lauren, thank you. we want to look at uber because they resumed the testing real quick, jon hilsenrath. what do you think about that? jon: they're going to keep going with it and they should. >> in 1910 there were two cars in the state of ohio, the entire state, they had an accident. we are just in the early -- maria: good analysis. dagen:

an american airlines -- and torican airlines is at stake acquire a share of china southern. d through a private place in. this will allow american a market. presence in the china's will surpass that of the u.s. by 2024. betty: and more on how the u.s. affect made trade -- may the trading day. -- ramy: bromley: also, health scare stocks -- help your stocks with -- here is where we ended today. the dow is flat. we will call that flat. you will say that yesterday we saw the biggest losses since october. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq are both driving back out of the hole. .2 percent,y 2 -- and the nasdaq now about .5% at the end of the trading day. levy show you the sector health of these steps in the -- let me show you the sector health of the s&p 500, and seven of them were in the green but four of them did go into negative territory. financials, i want to point out, is one of the bigger laggards here, down .2%, and your member yesterday it fell by about 1.8%. it is one of the biggest losers in terms of sectors on the s&p. technology --at information-technology up about .8%. and t

china. we have been visiting factories in southern china, and even before the rhetoric from trump is translatedbecause the actual policy is still being worked out, it is having a direct impact on manufactures in southern china. we spoke to factory bosses. take a watch at what we found out. take a listen. glass on this scale is a delicately courtney to dance of molten glass, definitely wielded types, and danger. for the factory owner, it is worth it, at least it used to be. higher costs mean profits are going up in smoke, and now new trade tensions. the glassware made in this factory ins up on shelves in places like home depot and lows in the u.s.. the owner of this factory says any tariff imposed would effectively kill his business. across town, past the shuttered factories, one owner has a ready made his decision. he plans to move his factory this year. the new u.s. president, the nail in the coffin. the uncertainty has been increasing ever since trump took office. we don't know what he is capable of for planning to do. if he takes any further actions on import controls or tariffs businesses w

vulnerable to radicalising propaganda from syria and iraq. 0ur china editor carrie gracie gained exclusive access — and sent this report. southernna's war on terror. they call it an all—out offensive, a new great wall of iron. thousands of troops pledging to lay down their lives and shed blood. we are heading for the scene of the only confirmed attack this year. china doesn't want the world to see the police checkpoint. filming has to be discreet. body searches in every public building. we are the only foreign reporters to get to pishan county. on the street here last month. five victims died of their wounds. police shot the attackers dead. the government offers huge rewards for information and some are glad of the heightened security. you don't need to be afraid, she says, this place is full of police, you can feel safe, it's a lot betterthanbefweri recent attacks here have all been local and low—tech. a handful of young farmers armed only with knives. they show no sign of delivering the kind of large—scale atrocity that will explain the government's call for an all—out offensive and sending thousands of troops to this so—calle

. >>> speaking of america, american airlines investing in china southern airlines.lines vert allly flat. >>> software-maker red hat, remember them, something of a rival to microsoft? i don't think so. making money. that stock is hitting a 17-year high. maybe i'm investing in the wrong one. i put my money in microsoft. look at head rat go. >>> we're you will 34 points. this is technical stuff. a week ago 2.6. now we're at 2.3. please remember that yield is the basis for america's mortgage rates. ashley: that's right. stuart: which may come down from 4.3% this week. got it. >>> let's get back to my take at the top of the hour. attorney general jeff sessions orders a crackdown on sanctuary cities. debbie bossie, former deputy director of the trump campaign and citizens united president. david, can jeff sessions win with this threat to withdraw funds from sanctuary cities? is that a winning strategy? >> oh, that certainly is. this puts the issue right before the american people and it allows the american people to understand what president trump is doing. first he made

as we wrap things with a look in east asia, we have rain in southern portions of china and west of thepeninsula. that will bring clouds as we go into wednesday. partly cloudy skies as we go to the middle of the work week. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> for more news and special reports be sure to watch newsroom tokyo at the top of the hour. for all of usqwueeewep@1@x >> hello. you are watching live from parents -- from paris on france 24. i am michelle with you for the next hour. amnesty international is pointing fingers at the u.s. led coalition in iraq accusing them of not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties in the ongoing battle to stamp out the islamic state group. 25,000 people forced to evacuate and 45,000 homes left without power. inyclone makes landfall north ns

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we have some showers down toward hong kong in the southern portioions of china because of that return flow from the high-pressurure system. be on t the lookout for that. lolook att this. not much in terms of activity for japan, e except for maybe se snow possible into the far northern areas of the country. but we're also looking at some big warmups when it comes to temperature here. 14 on friday, 15 on saturday, 17 on sunday in tokyo under sunny skies. looking pretty good in naha. you're getting into the 20s throughout the next few days. then other areas in east asia looking at temperatures in the mid-teens throughout the day on friday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> an amazing story about a visually impaired woman and how she takes running the gamut to the next level comes your way on "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. in the meantime, stay with us here on nhk world. i'm james tengan. thanks for watching. genie: thanks for joining us here on france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headli

it has been going in shenzhen and elsewhere across the border in southern china, but what ma huatengs to seek more to promote his type of business. tencent content is key for. hollywoodto buy more movies. he wants to bring in the capital, which we are already seeing, so i find his comments surprising. i don't know why he is bringing it up now. fact,trying to fly the but what he is angling for is government support to promote the things he wants to get done. rishaad: you need that support, don't you? >> you can't do without it in china. rishaad: thank you so much. a quick check on the markets, this is what we have, a mixed bag. the yen gaining, and surprisingly not affecting the exporters too much. the nikkei 225 lowered, but not by export-related stocks. there asas gained well. the shanghai composite up by .3% , a move to the upside when it comes to hong kong, .1% up there as well. sentiment, negative particularly tokyo and seoul, .orea, the kospi these north korean missile tests, four apparently. we are also digesting with the fed reserve chair janet yellen's comments, the first cha

our china editor carrie gracie gained exclusive access, and sent this report. southernhina and the west. now, the frontline in china's war on terror. they call it an all—out offensive, a new great wall of iron. thousands of troops pledging to lay down their lives and shed blood. as; §§ hgséfis f’fi “again; ' gfigfiit': 1511117 china doesn't want the world to see the police checkpoints. filming has to be discreet. body searches in every public building. we are the only foreign reporters to get to pishan county. here last month. ’fi ""||'i'f lllnummvmumeg. police shot the attackers dead. the government offers huge rewards for information, and some are glad of the heightened security. you don't need to be afraid, she says. this place is full of police. you can feel safe, it's a lot better than before. recent attacks here have all been local and low—tech. a handful of young farmers armed only with knives. they show no sign of delivering the kind of large—scale atrocity that would explain the government's call for an all—out offensive and sending thousands of troops to this so—

makes reporting from the region extremely difficult but our china editor carrie gracie gained exclusive access and sent this report. southernine in china's war on terror. they call it an all—out offensive, a new great wall of iron. thousands of troops pledging to lay down their lives and shed blood. we are heading for the scene of the only confirmed attack this year. china doesn't want the world to see the police checkpoints. filming has to be discreet, body searches in every public building. we are the only foreign reporters to get to pishan county. three young uighurs knifed a group of han chinese on the street here last month. five victims died of their wounds. police shot the attackers dead. the government offers huge rewards for information, and some are glad of the heightened security. you don't need to be afraid, she says, this place is full of police. you can feel safe, it's a lot better than before. recent attacks here have all been local and low—tech, a handful of young farmers armed only with knives. they show no sign of delivering the kind of large—scale atrocity that would explain the government's call for an a

china hosted the match thursday. in the southern province of kunan. 10,000 police officers were deployed to the stadium and the surrounding streets. chinese fans were seated first, then south korean. the match will tell the mid-rising public tension over the u.s. deployment of the thaad missile defense system to south korea. china is worried the radar may be used to monitor its military. local officials appealed for calm on social media and public viewing screens in a nearby commercial district were turned off. china won the match 1-0. >>> we go now to other parts of asia. the new academic year in afghanistan began this week, but an aid group says more than a third of all children across the country will be absent from classrooms this year due to growing instability. our bureau in bangkok has the details. >>> the children warned the dire situation is likely to deteriorate as more than 1,000 afghan kids are set to return from pakistan this year. they are expected to drop out of school this year, adding to the 3.7 million already out

next week, as you know, in florida, the southern white house, we're having the president of china and a large group from china, his representatives, and we're going to get down to some very serious birks and we look forward to it. i've spoken to him numerous times on the phone. we look very much forward to it, but it's been very bad what's been happening to our country in terms of our companies and in terms of our jobs, so we're going to start turning it around. we're going to turn it around fast. not going to take a long time. it's going to go fast, so i just want to end by saying that we have a team that's second to none, and when everybody is as bald and fully in gear after these two orders i think it's going to be something very special. i would like to ask wilbur to say a few words and then peter you say a few words. we're all set our vice president, i think i'm speaking for both, i'm not 100% sure. >> yes, you are. >> i'll tell you one thing, he has one heck of a good marriage going. >> thank you, wilbur. >> the white house talking about two executive orders he signed and in end

china is coming to florida. we're having a meeting -- big meeting -- at mar-a-lago. we call it the southern white house, which it actually is. it was originally built as the southern white house, a lot of people don't know. but it's sort of strange how it got there. but it's going to be something i think very important, very special. i look very much forward to meeting him and the delegation, and we'll see what happens. but i am very, very proud of what you've been able to do in a short period of time -- just this little, short period of time, the optimism is so high. and i see the billions of dollars that are being invested by your people and your representatives in plant and equipment and jobs. and i appreciate that, jay, very much. congratulations. you may want to say a few words. mr. timmons: well, i do. and i want to reemphasize for the media here that this quarterly survey of our 14,000 members has been going on for 20 years. and to the point you made, this was the highest level of optimism that our manufacturers have expressed in 20 years. president trump: that's fantastic. mr. timmo

to everybody, point to the world next week, as you know, in florida, the southern white house, we're having the president of china and a large group from china, his representatives. we're going to get down to some serious business. we look forward to it. i've spoken to him numerous times on the phone. we look forward to it. it's been very bad what has been happening to our country in terms of our companies and in terms of our jobs. so we're going to turn it around and turn it around fast. it's not going to take a long time. it's going to go fast. so i just want to end by saying that we have a team that is second to none. whenever is assembled and fully in gear, it will be nice. i'd like to ask wilbur to say a few words and we're all set. i think i'm speaking for both, but i'm not 100% sure. i'm tell you one thing, he has one hell of a good marriage going. come on, wilbur. >> thank you, mr. president. if anyone had any doubt about the president'sesolve to fix the trade problems, these two executive orders should end that speculation now and for all time. this marks the beginning of the totally new chapter in the a

southern xinjiang, once the fabled silk road now, the front line in china's war on terror.confirmed attack this year. china doesn't want the world to see the police checkpoint. filming has to be discreet. body searches in every public building. we are the only foreign reporters to get to pishan county. three young uighurs knifed a group of han chinese on the street here last month. five victims died of their wounds. police shot the attackers dead. the government offers huge rewards for information and some are glad of the heightened security. you don't need to be afraid, she says, this place is full of police, you can feel safe, it's a lot better than before. recent attacks here have all been local and low—tech. a handful of young farmers armed only with knives. they show no sign of delivering the kind of large—scale atrocity that will explain the government's call for an all—out offensive and sending thousands of troops to this so—called front line. but some say there are more attacks security the only growth business. they say it is backward here, they would get out if th

everybody, point to the world next week as you know, in florida, at the southern white house we're having the president of china and a large group from china as representatives, and we're going to get down to some very serious business. we look forward to it. spoken to him numerous times on the phone. we look very much forward to it but it's been very bad what's been happening to our country, in terms of our company and in terms of our jobs. we'll start turning it around. we'll turn it around fast. it will not take a long time. it is going to go fast. i just want to end by saying we have a team that's second to none and when everybody is assembled and fully in gear after these two orders, i think it will be something very specl. i uld likeo ask wilbur to say a few words. peter you say a few words. we're all set. our vice president, i think i'm speaking for both but i'm not 100% sure. i will tell you one thing, he has one hell of a good marriage going. come on, wilbur. >> thank you, mr. president. if anyone had any doubt about the president's resolve to fix the trade problems these two executive orders should en

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next week, as you know, in florida, the southern white house, we're having the president of china and a large group from china as representatives and we're going to get down to some very serious business. we look forward to it. i've spoken to him numerous times on the phone. we look very much forward to it, but it's been very bad what's been happening to our country. in terms of our companies and in terms of our jobs. so we're going to start turning it around. we're going to turn it around fast. not going tykeo take a long tim. it's going to go fast. i want to end by saying we have a team that's second to none. when everybody is assembled and fully in gear after these two orders, i thinit's going t b something very special. i'd like to ask wilbur to say a few words then peter, you say a few words, and we're all set. our vice president -- i think i'm speaking for both, but i'm not 100% sure, i will tell you one thing, he has one hell of a good marriage going. come on, wilbur. >> thank you, mr. president. if anyone had any doubt about the president's resolve to fix the trade problems, t

to everybody, point to the world, next week, as you know, in florida, the southern white house, we're having the president of chinagroup from china and its representatives to get down to serious business. we look forward to it. spoken numerous times on the phone, and look very much forward to it, but it's been very bad what's happening to our country in terms of our companies, in terms of our jobs, so we're going to turn it around and fast. it's not going to take a long time. it's going to go fast. i just wanted to end by saying that we have a team that's second to none. when everybody's assembled and fully in gear after the two orders, i think it's going to be something very special. i want wilbur to say a few words, peter, and then we're set. my vice president, i think i'm speaking for both, but i'm not 100% sure. i will tell you one thing, he has one hell of a good marriage going. >> that's president trump there, did not sign at the ceremony, but signed after leaving the oval office there. referring to the vice president's marriage there too. in any case, let's get to the recap of the executive orders on trade.

china is coming to florida. we are having a big meeting and mar-a-lago, called the southern white house.it was originally built as the southern white house. it is sort of strange how i got there. it's going to be something i think very important, there is special. i looked very much forward to meeting him at the delegation. we will see what happens. i am very proud of what you have been able to do, just this little short period of time, the optimism is so high. i see the billions of dollars that are being invested by your people and your representatives in plants and equipment and jobs, and i appreciate that very much. you may want to say a few words. want to re-emphasize for the media here that this quarterly survey of our 14,000 members and going on for 20 years. to the point you made, this was the highest level of optimism that manufacturers have expressed in 20 years. the other statistic i think you'll find interesting is the right track, wrong track question that manufacturers answered, just the right track number was only 26%. today, it's over 60%. that's a huge growth as well. of

china is coming to florida. we're having a big meeting at mar-a-lago, call it the southern white house, which it actually is.s originally built as the southern white house, a lot of people don't know. but it's sort of strange how it got there. but it's going to be something i think very important, very special. i look very much forward to meeting him and the delegation. and we'll see what happens. but i am very, very proud of what you've been able to do in a short period of time. just a little short prfd the optimism is so high. and the sigh the billions of dollars that are being invested by your people and your representatives in plant and equipment and jobs. and i appreciate that, jay, very much. congratulations. you may want to say a few words. >> i do. i want to reemphasize for the media here that this quarterly survey of our 14,000 members has been going on for 20 years. and to the point you made, this was the highest level of optimism our manufacturers have expressed in 20 years. >> that's fantastic. >> and the other statistic that i think you'll find interesting is the right track, wrong track questio

southern white house, it's all work. >> reporter: but they're leaving some here without much work to do. nbc news, palm beach, florida. >> anc took aim at china, tieing it to the loss of factories and jobs here in this country. the president's relationship with china is a work in progress. the country's are going in opposite directions on trade and that was an undercurrent today as a big conference of the chinese leadership got underway. reports from beijing. >> reporter: at china's biggest political show of the year lawmakerers agree with whatever leaders tell them but casting a long shadow how to deal with president trump who's unpredictability could impact china's economy, its leaders and stability. >> if president trump looks as if he is bullying or being unfair to president xi jinping i think the chinese will have to react in strong ways. >> reporter: he's up against the cult of xi jinping nearly complete control, loyalty of government and military and the people. the most powerful leader in undergoing a shift in how it sees its place in the world as president trump puts america first, china in many ways is choosing the opposite directio

the presence of china is coming to florida, we are having a big meeting at mar-a-lago. it was originally built as a southern white house, not a lot of people know that. kind of strange how it got ther there. it's going to be something very important. it will be meeting him and delegation and will see what happens. i'm very, very proud of what you've been able to do. the optimism is so high. i see the billions of dollars that are being invested by your people and your representatives. i appreciate that very much. you may say a few words. >> i want to reemphasize the meeting here that this quarterly survey of our 14,000 members has been going on for years. >> dana: all across the board, when you look at people who might feel a certain way about the administration, everybody feels pretty good about the economy. its record numbers in terms of the confidence in the economy. >> ed: we can obviously debate about who will get credit for that. what i find it fascinating seeing the president and the roosevelt room, we've both been in there. her first couple of weeks, the president seem to have a control of the messag

and replacing obamacare, building a wall on the southern border -- these have been the general themes of the campaign. withdrawing from the tpp, laboring china a currency manipulator and doing bilateral deals as opposed to multilateral nafta, he has at talked about those things. creating an environment inside the business community that is healthy. you can look at the stock market. the stock market is through the roof because for the first time in eight years, you have a federal government that is no longer reactionary and/or aggressive towards companies, but helping companies grow. it is a very different mindset with the people he has brought in. >> some of the things that have happened is that he will say something and then the cabinet members will reverse that. he had a speaker the other night ence will be the first prime minister of the united states. how do you feel about the vice president going out having to walk us back? i had the privilege of list and running it by donald trump and say, these would be great candidates for your vice president. mike pence is a good, honorable man, sometimes too good to be in washington. i told him tha

china coming through. we certainly saw hong kong stocks coming through. it said it forecast net income of 150% year on year. focus, southern also in confirming it is in talks about selling a potential stake to american air. kaiser group is a real estate listed company in hong kong. it has been suspended from trade for two years. it finally came through with results over the weekend, sending its share price up almost 64%. shares dropped about 50% in march 2015 when it last traded. talking about the yen, this is one to watch. analysts are saying 110 is the key resistance for dollar bears that are loving the yen. they are seeking resistance at 108.25. in terms ofto watch this gauge of volatility across asian markets. anna: thank you very much. juliette saly with the markets in hong kong. the dollar has slumped to a four-month low and u.s. equities are extending on it increased skepticism of president donald trump's ability to implement his agenda after last week's failed u.s. health care deal. manus: former atlanta fed president -- told bloomberg's yvonne man that the rate is on track. >> i don't think the fed is behind the c