christine and dave?>> jeff zeleny, logging quality miles in iowa. i think joe biden handled that without raising -- you know, raising his voice. without showing a temper. >> i would argue that's the best he's performed throughout the entire process. better than he has on the debate stage. >> i'll challenge you to push-ups in the break. >> i can do that. >>> we'll talk sports ahead. good news for the romans kids here. while you were sleeping, the dallas cowboys' struggles continue. not so much for chicago, though. >>> welcome back. spacex's latest mission includes giving mighty mice a ride to the international space station. >> four, three, two, one, zero. engines ignition. liftoff. >> the dragon capsule blazed into orbit atop a falcon ix rocket. the mice are from a lab in maine. they have genes to enhance their muscular growth. they will help scientists limit muscle and bone loss in humans during space traffic. >>> a big night for the chicago bears and their quarterback. mitchell trubisky ran for three s

dave and christine? >> jim acosta, in terms of the historical letter, that's something for history to judge plcjudge. mr. trump writes -- he goes on to tell pelosi, you apparently have so little respect for the american people that you expect them to believe that you're approaching this impeachment somberly, reservedly, reluctantly. no intelligent person believes what you're saying. here's the speaker's response. >> reaction to the president's letter. >> rea it's ridiculous? you have no reaction? why not? >> we've been working. i've seen the essence of it thoechlt it's really sick. >> ridiculous and sick. she sent a letter of her own to her democratic colleagues. she told them they would be derelict in their duty if they don't call for impeachment. >>> schumer wants to hear from four witnesses including acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton, but mcconnell has other ideas. >> the senate is meant to act as judge and jury to hear a trial, not to rer

christine, leyla? >> simon cullen, thank you for that. >>> handwritten journals and the internet search history of the new york hanukkah stabbing suspect seem to express anti-semitic sentiments. his journal refers to adolf hitler and nazi culture and the searches include one for prominent companies founded by jews in america. he's now facing federal hate crime charges on top of several state counts. cnn's sara sidner has the latest from the scene in monsey, new york. >> reporter: christine and leyla, the suspect in this vicious stabbing attack at a rabbi's home during a hanukkah celebration is now facing at least 11 charges. he has pled not guilty to five attempted murder charges and a burglary charge, but he is now facing even more charges, federal charges, federal hate crime charges. there are now five of those after investigators combed through his handwritten journals. they also say they are looking through his electronics as well. and in those handwritten journals, they found references to nazis a

christine lagarde at the european central bank is just one. we look at a small, but growing number of women at the top of business. also in the programme: should the boeing 737 max have been grounded after the first crash? us regulators predicted further accidents. and the national pharmacy association in the uk is calling for better regulation over the sale of cbd — or cannabidol — products. and we'll be getting the inside track on the trials and tribulations involved in launching a new skin care brand. and we'll be talking about so—called " hangover days" — are they a good idea? one london company is offering this to employees who've had a big night out. the next day they have the option to work from home. is this a good idea orflexible working gone mad? get in touch — just use #bbcworklife. i don't know what people call it these days, a hangover day or a duvet day, i cannot get away with either. hello and welcome to worklife. we start with gender equality — and the rising number of women at the top levels of business and finance. today, chr

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dave, christine?> thanks. >>> a guilty plea from congressman duncan hunter for misusing more than $200,000 in campaign funds. the california republican first denied using the money for family trips to italy and hawaii, plane tickets for his pet rabbit, and to pay for romantic flings. hunter called the charges a witch hunt. on tuesday he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds. >> i'm failed to monitor and account for my campaign spending. i made mistakes. that's what today was all about. >> hunter faces up to five years in prison. prosecutors tell cnn they'll only seek 14 months. he would not comment about leaving office. his wife margaret also pleaded to the same charge and could be facing time as well. >>> a school resource officer shot and wounded a high school student. this one happened in oshkosh, wisconsin. the 16-year-old stabbed the officer during an alter indication before being shot. both the student and officer were treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening

christine? layla?> jeremy in florida, thanks for that. >>> an ugly end in store for the weather in 2019. more than 25 million people under winter weather alerts across the northern plains, midwest and northeast. the weather service, warning of severe travel disruptions. foul weather causing problems over the weekend. dense fog leading to a multivehicle pileup in texas, including the dramatic video that you just saw of an 18-wheeler smashing right through that scene. >> then, there was this school bus sliding down an icy road in minnesota. looks like slow-motion. it is not. chaos on the roads in north dakota, with interstate 29 closed from the south dakota state line all the way up to canada. i-94 shut down from fargo to bismarck. parts of the midwest and northeast, especially near the great lakes, could see up to a foot of additional snow. the northeast could also see more freezing rain, ice and sleet. meteorologist ivan cabrera has the latest for us. >> good morning. we have a mess on our hands. we ha

it is now christine lagarde's turn.more dovish fed then we thought yesterday, and that moved the market. and other asset classes, the dollar took the brunt of the selling. we are seeing a bit of recovery there. i did want to point out what is happening with the swissie. it is pretty much flat, despite the fact that the snb is kind of in the middle of a lot of pain when it comes to those negative rates, still having the safe haven status for their currency. the twos-tens spread a teeny bit steeper in the market. as i mentioned, we are 15 minutes away from the latest ecb rates decision, christine lagarde's first as the bankhead. -- as the bank's head. joining us is david kohl, julius baer deputy chief economist, and with me still is any wu silverman of rbc capital markets. definitely, what we are all curious about is the press conference. if we see a different style in how lagarde is guiding the market here. in terms of what we get in about 15 minutes, interest rates probably stay unchanged, and also the negative deposit

what do markets want to hear from christine lagarde? they want to hear about her monetary policy stance? matt: it depends on who you ask in the market, but in general, the expectation is that she is going to hold steady to mario draghi's path of the past eight years, at least at the beginning. you mentioned the strategy review, which i think is one of the most exciting parts because the last time the ecb conducted a strategy review was 2003, so it has been some time. the other thing is, markets want to see if she has been able to heal the risk that we saw -- the rift we saw forming over the last few meetings with the ecb governors. frankfortl in the office told me that madame lagarde took all the ecb governors to some castle outside frankfurt and they had a little retreat to get to know each other better and maybe get more of a positive vibe going. we will watch to see if that positive vibe is apparent in this new meeting. tom: matt miller, will there be a difference in the language at the press conference? dol it be draghi redux, or yo

christine? >> jeremy diamond, thank you. >>> a freshman democratic lawmaker announcing plans to switch parties and becoming republican. now, six members of jeff van drew's staff have quit. he opposed the impeachment of president trump. internal polling shows he is losing support among democrats in his district. switching parties would allow him to avoid a democratic party challenge. the democratic campaign committee is planning to hire van drew's former staffers. >>> president trump is suggesting jail time for the former fbi director, james comey. comey said there was sloppiness in the obtaining of fisa warrants, the justice department internal watchdog determined the fbi was justified opening the investigation and found there was no bias. but the inspector-general found serious errors in the way the probe was conducted. >> significant errors in the fisa process. and you say that it was handled in a thoughtful and appropriate way. >> yeah. he's right, i was wrong. i was overconfident in the proc

but christine wouldn't accept that option.ked her connections and eventually ended up here in chicago. >> she came to our office and told us her story and i remember finding it compelling and certainly worth exploring further. >> reporter: jon loevy is not a criminal lawyer. he's a civil rights attorney by practice who also does pro bono work with the exoneration project. its aim: overturn wrongful convictions. but curtis hadn't been convicted, at least not yet. still, loevy and co-counsel tara thompson decided to take the case. their services would be free. >> the main concern that i had in this case from the outset was really the lack of evidence. this didn't feel like a murder case from the beginning. >> reporter: with a new defense team in place, christine got working on her next goal: making bail to get her husband out of jail. friends eventually put up the cash. almost two years after his arrest, curtis was released to his wife and sons. >> they greeted me at the hancock county jail. and i came home to a dog that i had n

christine: the count is going on at the moment. wwe ating for results from everyone is looking closely at the exit poll to see if we can read a bit more into it. there are good at predicting the general national picture but not the local once. we are looking closely into it. hu it is important to underline, christine, that in scotland when there are so many circumstances in which the exit poll may not reflect in scotland. currently suggesting not a great strong night for the s&p.d a what is your personal experience of campaigning, and what were you expecting this ening? christine: well, the poll doesn't reflect what we have been seeing on the ground in scotland. has only been three months since we had the by election in shetland. the snp threw everything at it election than the main campaign. and yet they didn't win, the liberal democrats held at sea. tonight's prediction seems a bi of a surpris because the coverage in scotland in ter of the exit poll is not as wide as it is in the rest of england. kind of waiting to see. it is not

christine lagarde is sharing her first policy meeting at the helm of the ecb.ill be judged on how she communicates the plan to restore price stability and therein lies the challenge. don't miss our coverage on bloomberg tv. the news conference is that 1:30 p.m. london time. joining us is the chief economist for germany at ubs. nja is still with us. can i bring it to you first of all, felix, the challenge to christine lagarde is this perception of inflation. is -- what does christine lagarde have in her arsenal to shift the inflation outlook in europe? >> i think in today's press conference it's about signaling continuity. we think the macro not -- macroeconomic environment is not very much change from what it was three months ago. i think the ecb in its forecasts which were released today we show inflation going up to around 1.7. there is still the idea that in the medium-term inflation is moving toward the target. i think it's about continuity but yes, she will get questions about how high is the bar and on further easing, what are the negative -- the effect o

dave and christine? >> jim, thanks. here's more from this remarkable letter from the president to the house speaker plchl trump writes, there are not many people who could have taken the punishment inflicted during that period of time and yet done so much for the success of america and its citizens. he goes on to tell pelosi. you apparently have so little respect for the american people that you expect them to believe you're approaching this impeachment somberly, reservedly, and reluctantly. no intelligent person believes what you are saying. here's speaker pelosi's respo e response. >> your reaction to the president's letter? >> ridiculous. i've seen the essence of it. it's really sick. >> just hours after the president released the letter to the speaker, she sent a letter of her own to her democratic colleagues telling them they would be derelict in their duty if they don't vote for impeachment. >>> chuck schumer has called for witnesses at the impeachment trial and shot down by majority leader mitch mcconnell. schume

>> i think one of the things i was pointing to, when christine plaza forward christine plaza report cameforward, there would be a hearing that is this incredible opinion piece, they were trying to negotiate what that hearing would be and she noted so many years after her experience coming forward testifying from this committee still has not put up a protocol an allegation of sexual obligation or assault. so many years after she came forward, i think what's clear is that you are tracking the attitudes, there's no question that anita hill, while thomas was confirmed and that she did play a huge role, cultural attitudes toward sexual harassment, i think you will see the impact that christine had. [applause] >> over here. >> thank you for all the work you've done, hearing you repeatedly interrupt these wom women, it's your assumptions of what they were about to say. i think there's some position and justice kavanaugh and let them finish. i'm really interested in heari hearing, is women doing this work, have you emotionally dealt with the information you had and living through the kavanaugh h

christine, leyla? >> all right, sara sidner, thanks so much. the man who stopped the church gunman in texas within six seconds tells cnn affiliate ktvt that he had eyes on the shooter right away. jack wilson is the head of security at west freeway church of christ in the ft. worth suburb of white settlement. wilson is now being called a hero for stopping the gunman almost immediately. >> my training, you know, says that if i see a weapon, especially in that scenario, because that's my job. you train, but you hope you never have to go to that extreme, but if you do, your training will kick in, and that was evident yesterday. >> evident indeed. the senior minister at the church says that he knew the gunman and even ministered to him on more than one occasion, even gave him food as well. the minister honored both men killed in the shooting, anton tony wallace and richard white, whom he actually called his best friend. >> we're choosing to step over the line of death, whether it's physical, spiritual, sinf

and and and when christine ford came away from testifying.and if they told the story with integrity, it to be easy for young generations to come forward. >> one of the people who worked that case closely is here, lisa banks, one of christine ford's editorial assistants. [applause] >> lisa quotes in the book, that was almost a year ago today to the date that everybody was living through that and so much of what lisa and her partner were talking about at the time even as they dealt with this very stressful set of hearings was that hope, me being annoying and asking questions as they were going about their work. from that moment everybody was conscious about what this legacy is going to leave for people like you. >> thank you all, i am asking for a nervous friend, and what do you learn from it. [applause] >> every reader means the world to us. everybody in this room has notions, every person in this country is not healthy right now in the idea of readers committing to a book, 1000 words of this complicated material means so much to us. and thank

and christine blasey ford remembers it very vividly. that's my long answer to your good question. >> thank you. >> i want to said it's become customary to sang service men and women for their service and i think since 2016 is some be customary to thank journalists for their service. [applause] >> my question is this. it's only since 2016 that i've actually taken note of the tag line on the post masthead, democracy dies in darkness. has it been there for a long time or is that just -- >> first of all on the service thing, it is -- thank you but it's one of those of thing that makes me in particular feel uncomfortable because all i do is sit in my office or sit at my kitchen counter and spout opinions the worst i have to endue is nasty tweets from the president and that's just fine with me. and so we're informant -- you know, there are journalists who are in harm's way and journalists who are scared when they good to trump rallies, and i think it's really remarkable that people for the first time in our career are thanking us for what we

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>> christine lagarde is limited in what she can do. certainly people expect her to some sense ofive how she sees the economy. the hope for christine lagarde of course, she is a savvy politician and can get governments across the european union to spend more money to boost the economy. because negative rates people are complaining about are hurting the banks. bond purchases, yes they will continue until 2021, but they are not having that much impact. people are also expecting that maybe she gives clues as to how she sees the strategic review of the ecb shaping up next year. will they look at their inflation cart target? do they need to settle with that? the ecb will change its economic projections, but the number's are not strong enough to make a big difference there. it will be interesting to get christine lagarde's sense of how she sees where the economy is now and where it is heading next. >> global economics and policy editor kathleen hays who will be watching that closely. thank you for joining us from the ark. here in singapore is

just to be absolutely clear i do believe that christine blasey ford was telling the truth. i don't believe she had any motive to not tell the truth. she had every motive not to come forward. she was unable -- this was a woman who was unable to return to her house for three months. she didn't get back until christmas eve after all of this came forward. turn her life upside down. she had mentioned the allegations she had in the memory of brett kavanaugh to her husband and other friends well before he was on his way to the supreme court. and the notion that some republicans suggested that something terrible had happened to her was the story they said but that she was simply mistaken about who it was. that just makes zero sense to me but that's sad and perhaps i'm being naÏve though i don't think i'm a particularly naÏve person after all these years in washington but from everything i could tell from all the people i spoke with the new brett kavanaugh very well i do not leave that he remembered this incident. my surmise, my assessment is that this was another drunken night for

christine bran ski sheer. we get to get drunk together. >> icons!e bran ski i'm trashed right now in preparation. >> another round for meehan and my home girl. >> if you don't have fun, don't bother. >> over 15 million watched this big bang christmas episode when it aired in 2009. it was the skekd time christine gechted as leonard's mom, went on the for a fogeltanz 16 appearances on the show. >> in one, i mean sincerely, is harder to keep a straight face. i'm biting myselfing with pinching myself. i'm not kidding. it's so funny. >> so howard, have you and ramble he shall finally summoned courage to express your latent homosexual feels towards one another. >> why would she think that. >> i don't know. i don't know. it's such a weird. >> this marks johnny's first christmas as a parent. little arriveo avery born three weeks ago but his tv mom always has a special place had his heart. >> we had christine working on her show in new york. fantastic she was a great actress. i thought that's funny and that's how the team will probably play it. can't get fun

dave and christine?lauren fox, thank you. >>> now that he's impeached, president trump is looking for his vindication with a quick senate trial. the president's top gop ally, lindsey graham, says he spoke to the president, who asked him, why the democrats are holding up the transfer of articles of impeachment to the senate. >> he thinks he should have his day in court sooner rather than later. i don't know what they're up to in the house. this is a political stunt that's not funny. it tells me that they don't have confidence in their case. >> cnn's jim acosta with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, after being impeached, president trump is not sounding very apologetic about his actions in ukraine or his nasty comments on democratic congresswoman debbie dingell. the president's low blow aimed at dingell was an unforced error. the president is also ripping into house speaker nancy pelosi, after she warned she might hold up a trial in the senate. here's what the president had to say about that. >> now i

the easy these new hit christine legarde on the rails a broad review of the institutions tools and goals that are 1st policy and gone out relies on imports to feed the country's vast appetite for rice but now it wants to satisfy all domestic demand itself will be 3 years with a little help from some friends. i'm going scoble welcome to the program it would be a major step towards ending the 17 month u.s. china trade war both sides have reached a partial trade deal according to a source briefed on the talks between the 2 countries u.s. negotiators have reportedly offered to reduce tariffs on about $375000000000.00 in chinese goods by 50 percent washington will also suspend tariffs on $160000000000.00 in goods set to go into effect on sunday before attractive dispute between the world's 2 top economy has weighed on profits of companies and slowed global growth and set the market's view on this with our man on wall street again scored against donald trump has been hinting the closing of this deal on his twitter feed something that people on wall street also watching obviously how did invest

all these of these new head christine lagarde broad review of the institutions tools and goals at her 1st meeting and energy provider eskom struggles to keep the lights on across south africa and business is losing patience with its rolling power cuts even as the president says it will all be sorted out next year. i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program u.s. president signed off on a partial trade deal with china according to media reports that is a major step towards ending the 17 month u.s. china trade. negotiators have reportedly offered to reduce tariffs on about $375000000000.00 in chinese goods by 50 percent washington will also suspend tariffs on $160000000000.00 in goods set to go into effect on sunday the protracted dispute between the world's 2 top economies as weighed on the profits of companies and slowed global growth and set the market's view on this with our man on wall street scored against donald trump has been hinting the closing of this deal on his twitter feed something that people on wall street also watching obviously how did investors take the news. clearly with

those big decisions were all back in december it is christine lagarde's first meeting. she'll feel a lot of questions about her style and review that will be unveiled we'll give you some clues as to how hawkish and dovish this will be we are seeing some patches on the board. let's talk about the individual sector as well we've got the cyclicals up on top. travel and leisure doing well. the banks also up 0.4 of a percentage point lack of an announcement. right at the bottom, we've got food and beverages ab inbev and the watch dog seems to have put a stumbling block ahead of the sale of the japanese u nice. th telecom is down about a 10th a percentage point we'll see how things will shape up as we get to that ecb meeting coming up. >>> thank you for that let's dive into a few single stocks this morning. starting with ocado who posted a slow down. a rise in weekly orders was tempered by stalling order size. the super market expects its best christmas to date the company backs plans to bring food range to the platform in september 2020 dixons carphone reports a fall says it

european central bank boss christine lagarde heads a growing list of women in top business jobs. but men still dominate global boardrooms. plus — cheap money's here to stay. the fed keeps borrowing costs on hold after three cuts this year and signals they'll remain that way throughout 2020. and on the markets: those comments from fed chair jerome powell boosting stock markets in the us and asia. all eyes though now on today's election here in the uk. we start with gender equality — and the rising number of women at the top levels of business and finance. today christine lagarde oversees her first policy meeting at the head of the european central bank. she'll be named later as one of the world's most powerful women by forbes magazine — alongside the bosses of general motors, ibm and banco sa ntander. let's put this in context though. this year the number of women running america's top companies hit a record high of 33. but that's still only around 6%. the number of female board members of companies around the world has almost doubled in the last decade — but still, on average jus

do they take their cues from christine lagarde and co.?nb is expected to keep policy rates on hold, but that is likely where similarities and. they will likely take the opportunity to reiterate the need for negative policy rates because they are struggling in an environment of deflation and trying to keep contained a quite high value currency. now, going forward today we would expect to see possibly some upside to the currency, if we do see a hold. a bit of a pricing for a cut is there, but really going forward what we would expect to see is a decoupling occurring between the ecb and snb. when we look at the currency, since september, after strengthening most of the year, the swiss franc has lost some of its value, so this does provide some breathing room for the snb to keep rates on hold or even possibly cut next year, but ultimately we do expect them to continue to keep negative rates, the lowest across the world. angela merkel is meeting the new members of the social democrats after they asked for a series of concessions, so what can we

but as christin ayers reports, he also made a promise to himself fulfilling a lifelong dream to play pro ball. >> reporter: when we first met scholar eddie williams, he was a teenage football star with big dreams of going pro. his baby face belied a maturity gained through hardship. >> it seems like all these things happening and you're learning about life a little bit earlier than you should have two. you want to go out and ride your bike. >> reporter: instead eddie was thping with e a faer whkio nds wasn'tof aro a mother who died of cancer when eddie was in middle school. eddie re ted flther before she died that i would go to college, that i'd work hard and that i promised her, i told her i'm going to go play in the nfl. >> reporter: a promise fulfilled when eddie left the university of idaho and was drafted to the nfl in 2009. but as eddie told students at ene gala, evfien ccess and find purpose are not the same thing. as fun as the nfl was, i realized that we as human beings we need transcendent purpose in order to thrive. >> reporter: after football eddie's career took an unexpe

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans.lions of travelers are trying to get home from the holiday this morning. they face an ugly day from coast-to-coast, on one of the busiest travel days of the year. millions of people are under alerts. heavy fog led to a 25-vehicle pileup in garrett county, maryland. andrew cuomo placed the national guard on stand-by in new york to deal with problems. >> 800 flights were delayed. a plane slid off a runway in buffalo, new york. blizzard-like conditions creating havoc in the great lakes area. heavy snow from the dakotas to michigan. in the west, a strong storm system bringing several feet of snow to the mountains. wind gusts of 40 to 60 miles per hour, could lead to downed trees and power lines. let's bring in pedram javaheri live for us in the cnn weather center. good morning. what's ahead? >> three weeks before winter arrives. pretty impressive set-up when it comes to the storm system. moving through the great lakes right now. with it, a slow-moving system. disruptions have been widespre

that was an issue where it was christine blasÉ in the attorneys.i didn't seem to match up with the records of their other issues as well. francis she said in her testimony that the allegation was revealed to her husband in part as a going through therapy because she want a second door and into her house because she has such fear as a result of this incident that happen. one things it came out after the hearing was the second door, there was a second door added, as part of an renovation for a room that can be rented out. i also made people wonder wasn't her story the real reason or not. other people in the committee said they had known her for years and never know her to have a need for a second door. she and have a lot to work with and then what she did was not necessarily compelling for people. again these are delicate issues dealing with sexual assault is something where different people world respond differently to it. also true we do make an allegation, uniting evidence in support of that. and just in command and send me anywhere near the stand

coming up next, investors looking ahead to christine lagarde's talk at the ecb.s is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. next -- >> it is telling you it is a fed-- is groping in the dark. we are not getting wage acceleration or inflation, so 4%.is nehru above >> the fed will try to keep inflation from going even further down. >> this is a fed tilting toward accommodation because of the risks at the outlook. >> the next move is probably a cut and probably because of inflation. >> investment spending is negative. we have seen factory shipments going negative. i think the biggest part of the economy, consumer spending is holding up, yes i'm it is consistent. >> it is a different regime. even if they do

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.>> president trump is almost certainly on a path to be impeached by the house. >> we should introduce articles of impeachment. this is a very sad day for our country. >>> on friday, a deadline for the white house to respond if they want to participate in the upcoming proceedings. >> everybody should be participating. and that means the white house should be participating. >>> you're going to do something as serious as impeaching a president of the united states, you can't rush it. >> if we wait for an election to settle this, then we will have waited too long. >> this is "new day," with allisisyn camerota and john ber. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's friday, december 6th. it's 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. erica hill joins me this morning. >> nice to see you, my friend. >> almost the weekend. >> almost. not there yet. >>> this morning, donald trump is poised to become the third american president ever impeached. h

christine and dave?r that, jeff zeleny. >>> we've been telling you how america's economy is growing. it seems the growth is being driven by the top 1% of the nation's counties. one-third of the economic output was generated by 31 counties. that's according to the bureau of data of economic analysis. here it is on a map. the hot spots of economic growth, in or near large cities. zero in on los angeles county. $395 billion to overall gdp between 2001 and 2018. manhattan added $340 billion for the same period. the economic might of those counties is still growing. that signals the economy is being concentrated in urban areas as economic output for rural counties is dwindling. >>> more than two dozen tornadoes tearing up the deep south. at least three people have been killed. most of the tornadoes reported in mississippi. in guntown, mississippi, several homes and churches were challenged. no one was killed. and the town's mayor called that a blessing. a woman was killed in a mobile home in vernon parish. an

nejra: and christine lagarde moves from the imf to the ecb. explains her leadership philosophy. >> speaking in plain and simple language is the best way to help people with you and then taking ownership. nejra: this is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. nejra: this is a special edition of "bloomberg best." we're wrapping up 2019 by playing back the year's top interviews. when the u.s. threatened to impose tariffs on auto imports, an eu trade commissioner promised to retaliate, but in a conversation with bloomberg in may, she made it clear she was not seeking out a confrontation. >> we have an agreement between european commission president juncker and the u.s. where we stated d

at the ecb, christine lagarde says the central bank will be resolute on inflation. manus: we kick off "bloomberg daybreak: europe," waiting to hear exactly what the list of unreliable entities are from the chinese back to the u.s. alive and well against argentina, brazil, france. that is the market angst in global trade. it is not going down. if anything, we are ratcheting higher. man back at it, and this is the first time president trump has explicitly tied tariffs to currency issues. we sigh risk on session yesterday and that started to sour in the u.s. on the terrace risk and on the factory data out of the u.s. after optimism around china. manus: of course, you are quite right. interesting how his view on currencies -- the bloomberg john, "crazy from like a fox" in terms of understanding how currency markets move. the backs rose on a of issues. socgen says the fed will cut 100 basis points year and the u.s. faces recession risk, and you may see yields drop to 1.2%. bloomberg say if you see a drop off in the yield down at 1.6, you go short with a target of 2.25%.

michelle also kept watch over christine. >> she was my -- like my older sister. dressed me, she helped tweeze my eyebrows, she taught me how to do makeup. >> taught you about boys. >> oh, we talked about boys all the time. she helped me write my first love letter. when we were growing up, we were so alike, that my family called me mini michelle. >> now mini michelle, michael, and the rest of the le family held vigils, issued press releases, anything to keep michelle's case in the public eye. >> i needed to work on something all the time. that was her every day, that was related to her every day. >> did you feel like you were getting anywhere? >> it felt productive, but it still felt hopeless. hopeless in a sense where you just don't know what's going on. >> after weeks of casting about, they were no closer to finding michelle than they'd been that first chaotic weekend. and it was sad, but perfectly understandable that public interest began to wane. it was during that period of darkness when one of michelle's uncles down in san diego begged for help from this wom

i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, december 11th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east and 54 days to the iowa caucuses. but first the charges. now debate officially begins on impeaching president trump. tonight the house judiciary committee begins discussing and amending the articles of impeachment. the meetings will be public and on camera. lawmakers will consider two articles introduced yesterday, articles of impeachment and obstruction of justice. >> chairman adam schiff pushing back that voters should decide the president's fate next october. >> the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. why don't you let him cheat in just one more election. why not let him cheat just one more time. why not let him have foreign help just one more time. >> now congressional democrats facing glaring spotlight and a ticking clock. phil mattingly with more on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, the articles are out, two arms. you've had members meeting behind closed doors to figure out how this process will move forw

hello i'm christine one bill welcome to news africa it's the to have you along if you know pia's 1st if a satellite has that launched into space the launch makes ethiopia the 11th african country to have a satellite in space egypt was 1st in 1908 not prime minister made is credited with starting the satellite program 3 years ago while he was minister for technology. this rocket may have lifted off from shannon she northern china but it's rivera preparations were felt half way around the world for some country space travel is about thrusting their power for smaller nations just hitching a ride is a sign of progress. to cause for celebration in ethiopia where they were up early to watch the countries for satellite sail into space. yet on a. satellite r.s.s. one which is currently launching from china will be a foundation for our historic journey to prosperity. it is a landmark achievement for the country space program even if china paid most of the price tag the satellite will gather vast amounts of data to use for weather forecasting and crop monitoring officials hope it will save mil

christine jardine is joining usb now in egh. tell us what is going on. christine: the counthes going on atoment. we are waiting for results from the scotland. everyone is looking closely at the exit poll to see if we can read a bit more into it. there are good at predicting the general the local once.but not reweooking closely into it. huw: it is important to underline,hrtine, that in scotland when there are so many marginal seats in certain circumstances in which the exit poll mayot reflect in scotland. currently suggesting not a great night for the lib dems and a strong night for the&p. what is your personal experience of campaigning, and what were you expecting this evening? inchri well, the poll doesn't reflecenwhat we have eeing on the ground in scotland. it has only been three months since we had the by election in shetland. the snp e thrrything at it and spent more on that by election than the main campaign. anyet they didn't win, the liberal democrats held at sea. tonight's prediction seems a bit of a surpriseecausehe coverage in scotland in term

anna: christine lagarde at the ecb.akobsen, cio / chief economist, saxo bank is still with us. christine lagarde said she will be resolute to keep the inflation mandate. does the ecb have the tools? they know at all, and that. this is code for saying the fiscal handle preferably with the banking union, i would not be surprised in 2020 if we saw christine lagarde do it draghi said to save the euro. she may need to say i want to save the european banking system. the only way to get inflation back is to use the banking system to lend money. inflation comes from the demand of money suppressed by negative interest rate policy. the only way you get more inflation is to help the banking system, then it becomes the multiplier where you get demand of money. anna: what can the central bank due to help the banking sector? the tieredied interest rate policy, and some suggest that did not work. the banking union is held up by politics. steen: the banking union will be a first step in that respect. -- you needcreate negative capital,

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so far christine legarde has sort of laid out the case for keeping rates on hold and she mentioned the mixed economic outlook that europe is now facing the weak growth prospects in the weak inflation prospects she did sound a slightly positive note on a potential bottoming out and in some of the eurozone countries such as the manufacturing sector and germany so there is some positivity and their forecast she also is expected to face a lot of questions over the next 30 to 45 minutes about things like a potential review of the e.c.v. strategy which they haven't done in about 16 years that could address things like the persistent undershoot and relation and the negative consequences of this interest rate policy. strategy one thing she has touched the ball before she took over is that she wants to go green a monetary policy about how is. there a couple different ways that the e.c.b. could potentially green their portfolio one of those this by using their quantitative easing program the bond buying program to buy green bonds so the corporate bonds of companies that are seen as green they co

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