let's go to hong kong with stephen engle. what is the latest? stephen: tens of thousands of protesters are defying a police fromand they are marching the eastern part of hong kong island to central and beyond, perhaps even as far as the liaison office of the chinese government. ban are defying the police and already the police have responded in simultaneous coordinated protests in other parts of the city comedy have responded in a more remote neighborhood with tear gas, and they are clearly showing signs they are not going to tolerate this illegal assembly. still, these are not just young radical protesters behind me. these are families. these are grandmothers. young and old are here and they have been culminating over the targetingmonths, october 1 because of what is happening today in beijing. thes a national holiday, 70th birthday of the founding of the people's republic of china. the protesters want to send xi jinping and the chinese leadership a message that we want our promised autonomy to last through the full 50 years post and over. -- h

joining us is stephen engle.ferent kind of commemoration of the seven you anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china in hong kong where we have had four plus months of unrest on the streets. the protesters are not happy with the arrangement of the china that is 22 years post handover. they want their level of autonomy under the basic laws to remain -- laws to remain that they believe has eroded. they want to send a message to the leadership in beijing on october 1, that they don't like the current state of affairs. they want the old status quo to be upheld. now, there have been battles across the city, including here at the bay within the last hour. this is an entrance to a subway station at causeway bay, one of the main shopping areas of hong kong. this some of the highest rents, retail rents in the whole world, and it was set a fire, and we were just told police are on their way. this is still not settled with no solution in sight in hong kong. guy: thank you so much. stephen engle, fantastic

richard engle in syria with more. and a warning some of the footage is disturbing. >> reporter: tonight turkey's war in syria took a profound and horrible turn. as it turkish forces drive forward making the biggest advance yet against u.s. allies the kurds we saw the first time alleged atrocities carried out by turk arab militias. this video appears to show arab militia executing a kurd by the roadside as they shout allah akbar. and pursuedly saying film me. multiple u.s. officials tell nbc news the video and photographs appear genuine. the turkish backed militias which u.s. officials say include algd and isis supporters are also apparently taking prisoners. >> kurdish officials say turkey is on an campaign to ethnically cleanse kurds off the land turkey acknowledges using arab militias but says they are syrian fighters battling for the homeland against kurds turkey calls terrorists. it's not just the militias. isis is on the rise too. three prisoning holding thousands of isis members have come under attack in the las

richard engle, nbc news, northern syria. >>> police are hoping surveillance video could help crack a art theft from a gallery near union square. police say the man who you see her walking out of the gallery on sunday grabbed a copperla edged by salvador dolly and left in the direction of union square. the director of the gallery said the print is valued at $20,000. the work is locked on the wall to an easel and they are not sure how the thief removed it so quickly and how no one noticed. [ bell ] >>> markets moving ahead this morning. up about 1% on the dow. that is 291 points. we're starting to get into earnings season. and the numbers that we've seen from companies so far remain pretty solid. >>> pg&e under fire a week's outage and the public utilities want sanctions and they want everyone who lost is this all r customer and the political grandstanding. we are in marin city where the blackouts lasted two days. >> i lost almost $2,500. >> reporter: now he has to make up for the spoiled food at bbq and curry and he also lost power at his moment nearby when pg&e cut it on purpose to p

our richard engle is in syria tonight. >> reporter: despite sbro growing international condemnation, turkey isn't holding back, attacking u.s. allies, the kurds in series with artillery and air strikes. today we nemade to the kurdish villages facing the brunt of the assault. it is mostly deserted. the kurds are trying to stay off these exposed roads. multiple artillery rounds from the direction of turkey exploded a few hundred yards behind us. we left and saw this r was t, killing a man inside it's easy to understand why 100,000 people have left this area their numbers growing fast we followed one family leaving with nothing more than what's in the back of this pickup she said they don't know where they are gog. they are leang t war zone they said anyplace is better than there. many of the kurds flocking to schools away from the front lines. everyone living in this one just arrived today. and this the kurds say is the point of turkey's offensive, to drive them off their land and replace them with arab refugees who support turkey this woman yelled that president trump is responsible f

no americans were hurt, but they had to pull back for safety lester. >> richard engle in syria tonight. thanks. >>> also in the middle east, the pentagon said today it is sending an additional 2,800 american troops to saudi arabia as the deterrent to potential aggression by iran it follows an attack on saudi oil fields last month. >>> there is new fallout from allegations in a new book about what led up to the firing of former "today" show anchor matt lauer from nbc news nearly two years ago. nbc's stephanie gosk has that story. reporter: this morning ronan farrow alleged nbc news knew about sexual harassment complaints against matt lauer years about ever the anchor was fired something executives at the company have consistently denied. >> there were seven non-disclosure agreements, multiple ones of those were with matt lauer accusers this is years before this incident with brook nevils and the firing i spoke to senior executives who were told about the earlier incidents. >> reporter: with matt lauer? >> indeed lawyer's attorney responded, he did not have a single complaint brought to

richard engle reports from syria. >> reporter: this morning around 80,000 children the u.n.ow said are among hundreds of thousands of kurds forced from their homes by the turkish military assault president trump effectively allowed to happen. as u.s. troops in syria leave, many heading for a rock, they're leaving behind the kurds, close u.s. allies who say they now face ethnic cleansing. u.s. officials tell nbc news the white house is condering leaving a small number of american troops in northern syria to protect oil fields. >> we have a small group there and we secured the oil. other than that there is no reason for it in our opinion. >> but while president trump focuses on syria's oil, turkey and russia are focusing on carving up the whole country. turkey's president erdogan meeting this morning with vladimir putin in sochi and expected to divvy up zones in syria where russia and syrian government troops would have control and others where turkey plans to settle millions of syrian arab refugees displacing the kurds. the kurds fear this could be the nd for them in northern

that is correspondent stephen engle in hong kong.e are still with the oppenheimer asset management chief investment strategy -- strategist. investcult time to domestically. also a difficult time internationally. you see what is going on in china, apart from the tariff war. what are you advising oppenheimer customers as to how to invest in emerging markets and china? john: i have been in this business over 36 years. it is not that i did not expect to live this long. i did not know how fast it would happen. there is always trouble. i can't remember a time -- save newspapers for a couple of weeks. look back. headlines always say there is trouble. you can't let it freeze you. you have to look at the cyclical trends that remain intact, the secular trends, the longer-term trends that are available, and look for opportunities when what might have been too expensive a few weeks ago gets cheaper to pick up. that is the way fortunes can be made. not guaranteed, but it is the way they often are made, by buying when things are at discount. vonni

sculptures by norwegian and international artists it now has a stunning new feature created by the danish engles group the twist serves a triple function as bridge sculptor and a museum in itself transforming the problem of some an even river banks into an ingenious design. the weld of architecture is all the buzz everyone is talking about the twist no not that twist the twist gallery the exhibition hall and newest addition to the his defense museum in your neck unknown way ringback it twists it seemingly impossible 90 degrees and was designed by stella architects in minutes. we thought it would be amazing if that i was you could also be the way to get from one side of the river to the other then once you're crossing the river when you get these new perspectives you're going to get some look over the river so there's always this idea that. we have the chance to give the world something that the life of the people of the future something that they don't already have and i think that power is the true power of architecture. the danish which was a brought his vision to life on the inside and outsid

stephen engle has been following this target from the very beginning.st, how much merit do we give to this? stephen: this has kind of been in the works for quite some time according to sources i have talked to. she was even caught on audio saying she offered to resign sometime back in beijing refused that overture from carrie lam, so this is obviously what protesters from the very beginning have wanted. wanted, beijing has not to necessarily, you know, give credence to the protesters demand or make it look like she is stepping down because of the increased violence here. now, the financial times is reporting that beijing is drafting a plan to replace carrie lam with an interim chief executive to possibly be installed by march. which of course is the date of the national people's congress. again, beijing wants to make sure that the situation here in hong kong is not as volatile so as not to give the impression that they are acquiescing to the protesters demands. what we are hearing from the financial times to report is the replacement should not necessar

stephen engle joins us from outside the admiralty subway station.ramaticrough another 72 hours in hong kong. stephen: that's right. there are irreconcilable differences between the hard-line protesters in the government. the government late last week of voting emergency powers to ban facemasks but protesters showed up this weekend with facemasks, defying the emergency ordinance that dates back to 1922. there are other measures the government can invoke under the sweeping emergency law. so far they haven't. this is the first up and it didn't do much good to contain the agitation of protesters, as any businesses that had china in the name or perceived ties to china were attacked and vandalized. late last week, when i saw protesters light a fire in front of an entrance way to the subway system here, a protester came up to me and said, why are you calling it vandalism? well, it was vandalism regardless of what side of the political spectrum you stand on, but she said it was retaliation for some of the steps and closures they took. nonetheless, it was va

i am stephen engle, and welcome to this special, "hong kong on edge." it calls itself asia's world city, the semi autonomous gateway to china, and a key international finance and commercial hub, and that is coming under increasing threat multiple fronts. you have the political turmoil, the u.s.-china trade war, and a widening wealth gap. hong kong is a world's most expensive city with the least affordable housing market. when he protesters feel left behind financially and -- many protesters feel left behind financially and politically. that is wreaking havoc on the economy. fitch has cut credit rankings. small business confidence is at a record low and the gdp is heading for a possible recession. >> i firmly believe that for a lot of these young people, livelihoods, economics, politics, it is important but that is not the primary drive. the primary drive is that they long for a more balanced one country, two systems. stephen: we will try to answer what went wrong andcar path for. we have assembled some of the more pivotal figures in hong kong's journey

stephen engle in hong kong. not the anniversary president xi anticipated. now we go to kevin cirilli in washington. it seems like every time i open a newspaper there is an extension of the impeachment inquiry. night the new york times reporting president trump had asked australian prime minister scott morrison about looking into the origins of the robert mueller investigation. "new york times" drawing the similarity between that call and the call president trump made several months ago with the president of ukraine. all of this comes as the house intelligence committee has been staying in session while the rest of congress is out of session to continue with their investigation into their impeachment inquiry. if that was not enough, we are now learning rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, has been subpoenaed, and in addition to that they are looking at the state department and mike pompeo, as well as others to get documents as well as other information to investigate the origins of that call. the white house is defending president trump, saying

rachel engl, it is a doctoral candidate at the university of the academy in bethlehem pennsylvania. it's still a ratified field and this is central to her dissertation of the first band of brothers and friendship and camaraderie during the revolutionary era. our fourth speaker will be dana stefanelli who, hold disputes deep from the university of virginia and has held a number of teaching and fellowships in the course of his career and his writing encompassed the urban and political and economic aspects of the revolution and is now an assistant editor of the papers of george washington. it's a little different from the editorial team and they're posted at uva and he has at the fred w. smith national library at mount to burn in. now, at this point, look for those of you that i've had the program or to view the program, there's going to be a fifth panelist who know a dust could have gotten caught at the storms so i sitting in a lounge there right now and there's not much you can do about it. he's a particularly fine scholar and i say that many this point and on each as you are panelis

now the world has turned its back on us. >> thanks to richard engle for that.hat's what this conflict is about. with us is tom nichols. we welcome him back to the broadcast, professor ever national security affairs. he is an expert in this area, author of half a dozen books. usual reminder. when tom is on the broadcast, the opinions he expresses are his own. tom, having pointed that out, first of all, subsection question. how many troops ballpark do we have in the middle east? why does the president keep saying he is bringing the troops home? >> well, between the middle east and central asia we have something like 60 to 70,000 troops overseas. and the president i think says these things because they are promises he made to his base and he knows he is not going to get checked on it by his base. they will believe him if he says the troops are coming home. so he says it because it's effective and it works. it's like when he goes to rallies and he says i'm bringing the troops back home, i have beaten isis, you know, the world is grateful. he is not really speaking

stephen engle joining us for more. what can he tell us on the ground? what's happened? as you can see over here -- stephen: as you can see over here, police have formed a line. there have been some sharp words between officers and people on the mezzanine level looking down lotsthem, keeping lots of of swearwords in cantonese going back and forth. this is a cleanup operation by the police after what was a very raucous national day celebration, if you will, or commemoration of the national day in china. here it is a very different feeling as protesters, tens of thousands of them, came onto the streets today in defiance of the bans in multiple districts across hong kong. this is where the operation in central hong kong moved. it is a tense standoff right now in the streets of hong kong on the evening of october 1. alix: really stark contrast to what we are hearing out of china, and president xi. what can we expect in the next when he four hours? a very: it's obviously tense situation because there's lots of reports among local media that one protester, a young teenager, ma

engle. >> thank you. i'm chairman engle of the foreign affairs committee. we have been working on the impeachment inquiry, and so far we have been seeing damning evidence that the president abused the power and jeopardized our national security to help his own political fortunes. he pressed for another round of foreign interference in an american election. it is what the framers feared the most. today, we have laid the groundwork for the next open phase of the investigation. moving ahead, the foreign affairs committee will continue to support this effort, because we know that the administration's abuse of power resulted in our foreign policy being subverted and our diplomats smeared, sidelined and harassed. we cannot stand for that. i am glad that the resolution that we pass today is going to be providing for an open and fair process to allow the american people to hear from the witnesses, and see the evidence and understand the troubling story of what the president and his allies did. they deserve to know the facts, and they soon will. thank you. and now,

i'm tom mckenzie. >> i'm david engles. the u.s.egotiator will be in town on thursday. they cast a shadow over the upcoming talks. yvonne: the exchange is scrapping its hostile bid for the l.s.d. saying it failed to engage management. tom: and hong calms down. president trump says x

. >> joining me, nbc news correspondent richard engle and "new york times" foreign correspondent. you both for being here. you were in syria when the last of isis in terms of holding territory came to an end, in many cases thanks to work being done by kurdish allies there. they were dissipated, largely eliminated, at least as a territorial force. >> yes. >> give me a sense whether you have concern about resurgence of isis or pockets of isis support as a result of this action in syria. >> absolutely. in the final weeks of the territorial caliphate we saw tens of thousands of people emerging from isis' last village. in one camp, roughly 70,000 people, vast majority of them being women and children of isis members, and the prisons have filled up with men, including many foreigners that fought for the group. so one of the big concerns right now is that as the kurds are rushing to the border to try to reinforce their front line against the turks, what is going to happen to these detention facilities that are already at the breaking point. >> richard engle, let's talk about the fact you

garrett, i want to get to richard engle in northern syria.uickly, what testimony is going to happen next week, what's still up in the air when it comes to cooperation main piece testimony we know will happen next week that everyone is keyed into is fiona hill, the top russia advise or at the nsc, another former white house official. no way for the administration to put the brakes on her showing up, although i suppose in theory could try to exercise executive privilege over what she says. and the case of gordon sondland which you laid out nicely. if he decides to come forward and be forthcoming, he could tell us quite a bit, but it is unclear whether he is going to show up and sit down and say gosh, there are all these things i can't tell you, if only i had access to documents i handed over to state department. and if he is just trying to wash his hands of it. those are two key things. there's a half dozen outstanding subpoenas for documents that could come due next week, most from administrative entities, unlikely to hand them over. if i watc

you saw richard engle's report from what he's seen on the ground and what we have seen there. it seems as if all of the concern people like yourself, bipartisan lawmakers, had expressed is now happening. what can we -- is there anything to be done now? >> well, i hope that the house will vote for my bill. i have two bills that we're putting up this week, and it's bipartisan, by the way. mike mccaul is the ranking member of my foreign affairs committee and he's doing this with me. it's a bill, and what it essentially does is first of all, it condemns the president's policy with regard to the kurds. which is very important. and slaps sanctions on turkey and all the people involved with what's going on. >> what does that do, though? are sanctions at this point going to do anything? the president threatened sanctions on friday. it didn't stop the turks from doing what they're doing. >> no, it's not going to stop, but we have to have some kind of response. chuck, i can think of nothing more disgusting in all the years i have been in congress, than what this press is allowing to hap

people in the engle side neighborhood are fed up with one shady alley and the dealings happening there. as kate larsen explains, what should be done next has become a contentious issue. >> there are lights in the alley. they've been broken. cameras in the alley have been stolen. >> reporter: so this woman who asked us not to use her name, got permission to install two temporary gates either end of the path, it's a 240-foot alley that connects ocean avenue to the drive next to her family home and is home for some unhoused neighbors. >> a very dangerous place. >> reporter: people who live and work around here tell me it's not a homelessness issue but rather a safety. homes e into t alley, dhere, at one point poursiing gasoline on the sidewalk and threatening to burn it down. someone, neighbors won't say who, put up wall to block the alley. it didn't comply for the requirement for key access to the city for fire departments and other businesses and neighbors. wooden barricades were up less than a week. >> people have taken short cuts, it's not a democratic process. >> reporter: the commun

stephen engle joining us from hong kong.lso there from beijing, covering protests and the 70th birth celebrations. weworks pulls its ipo but faces a funding squeeze and a spring deadline to come up with the goods. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: the european open." 54 minutes into the trading day and looking at a slight loss on the ftse. very little change, but when you contrast it with the gains we see in germany and milan, .7%. ipo,k has withdrawn its capping off a fund-raising effort that cost the ceo his job and jet. to company faces a challenge raise new capital as it could run out of cash as soon as next spring. for more is our bloomberg opinion columnist in berlin, kris bryant. what happens now is the question for wework. >> it is going to be all hands get the cashally burned down because right now, the company is facing a difficult situation where they've got money going out the door and at the same time, they haven't got new money coming in. they were hoping to raise 3 billion in equit

jan engle, she and her colleagues at the sonoma county fairgrounds are throwing a party for kids staying there. she's gotten dollar tree to donate boxes of candy and is expecting safeway to do the same. >> the kids are really worried about halloween. one of the mothers told me yesterday, well, it would have been a lot better if i thought to bring myself a second shirt but instead i grabbed her halloween costume. kid is bouncing up and down. >> not really on our mind this year. we have other things on our mind, getting home, hoping our house is safe. that's what we're hoping for. >> that will be great for the kids as well as those parents there. fairgrounds already had those pumpkin carvings. they had a contest for that. tonight's party is from 6:30 until 8:00. should be a great time. >> try to keep it as normal for the kids as possible. so you can't say we can't do it. >> right. they're dealing with so much right now. >> bless their hearts. >> another thing they're thinking about there, the forecast. it was cold this morning across the bay area. >> it was. >> temperatures in the north hi

let's begin with nbc chief foreign correspondent ritualship richard engle in northern syria with details of the ra

inside engle with the line on the hsbc earnings. let's get more context with ali malik, the bank of singapore investment manager, on the wider earnings story. hsbc is an important part to the bigger picture, but how does that fit in with what you have been seeing already, especially in the u.s.? guest: generally, the banking andors have been doing well the u.s. counterparts have been outperforming for a long time. europe, one did rebound nicely a month and a half ago, and has done really well in recovery. the earnings that have come out from the u.s., we have seen very robust earnings coming out from financials. it is a two-pronged approach to that. the market was underwhelmed with the rate cut environment, so they were not expecting such good results. secondly, i think the reports and returns have been generally impressive. manus: how about forward-looking in terms of earnings? 40% of the s&p 500 have reported. we are looking at a drop in earnings going into the fourth quarter. is that in the price at over 3000 on the s&p 500? into

joining me now from northern syria is our chief foreign correspondent richard engle. richard, there's a symbolic element to this death of al baghdadi. and possibly an operational one. walk us through both and what you continue to learn. >> so a lot of detail in the president's remarks just a short while ago. a shocking amount of detail, really. you normally don't get that level of specific information about these highly secretive raids carried out be elite special operations forces, but president trump laid it out. he seemed to want the world to know how this happened, that he was watching, that american special operators flew in. it took them an hour and a half. that eight helicopters landed, that they blew a hole through the wall of a compound. and that they killed apparently a number of bodyguards and that abu bakr al baghdadi himself was crying and screaming as he was hiding in a tunnel. he was flushed out with a dog. tremendous specificity, and i think to a degree, that's going to help his case. he's going to try to humiliate isis. to just say you weren't just de

richard engle in northern syria for us. richard, as also, stay safe out there. >> joining me is a former republicage, now independent member of congress, justin amash of michigan, who left the republican shortly after reading robert mueller's report on election interference. >> thanks for having me on. >> i want to start with the syria decision. you have a very principled stand when it comes to foreign policy. and you seem to be caught in your own principles. you voted present because on one hand, you didn't think whave ev first place. on the other hand, you weren't comfortable with explain this conundrum for you. >> that's right. i don't think we should have been in syria without congressional approval. we never had congressional approval for the mission. i think the president should have withdrawn troops long ago. but when you withdraw troops. you have to plan ahead of time how to handle it. and he could have prepared in advance for the obvious consequences. he certainly knew what turkey would do. and then he acted surpri

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engle, thank you so much. bloomberg,o turn to get news, analysis and market information.w much cash europe's richest man is set to bid for tiffany & co. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: you are watching "bloomberg markets: asia." david: i am here in hong kong. onlineake a look at the education company. the latest in the string of chinese companies to struggle in their u.s. debut. the ceo told bloomberg that he is unfazed. >> our parent company has always and a u.s. listed company we like the u.s. stock markets because they have treated us well and has returned a lot of return for u.s. and chinese investors. i would expect it be a good way to connect the u.s. and chinese people. >> one of my last questions. what is your reaction to the opening price, about 20% lower than the ipo price? >> i think we operate for the long term. getting to ipo is an exciting step for us. it is a very good way for us to attract better talent. companymore respected and we think it is the right move and we are very confident in our plan. starting very new point. david: the start of something speci

let's get to our chief north asia correspondent, stephen engle.m made a visit close to where you were or are right now. what is the latest? she was right here just a few minutes ago, she walked past. she was visiting this islamic mosque this morning, she came in at 11:14, so within the last half-hour. she met with religious leaders and we are hearing that she apologized to the islamic community because yesterday, as the police did their dispersal operations where the protesters were here on this road, they used the water cannon truck with blue dye and some of it was sprayed into the mosque compound. so carrie lam and the police commissioner, both of them just walked by cama -- walked by, and apparently they apologize. we just had a media scrum with some of the religious leaders at the bottom of the mosque. all we could hear was that they were appreciative of the carrie lam and the police commissioner coming to apologize. obviously this is a tense moment as well because we had some people who voiced -- or shouted, i should say, their displeasure in

stephen engle was on the streets this morning.e lam's address last week, it did very little to appease people who turned up. >> that's right. right here on the street corner of cameron road and nathan road is where some of that violence last night culminated, including -- i will step back. you can see the subway station , the stationup closed yesterday, closed again right now for the morning commute. this is the only graffiti we can show you that is not filled with profanity. we are on this corner because the islamic mosque, kind of the epicenter of some controversy yesterday. the protesters did not unleash their ire against the muslim community, however, the police, when they brought in their water sprayed toks, disperse the protesters, and some of that water got into the mosque compound. that anchored the local islamic community. the local islamic community. you can see the blue dye all up and down the road here. people are on their way to work right now. the morning commute is going on. however, none of this -- the stop lights

the man on the spot is stephen engle. what are we looking out for?: we are waiting of course for the boj rate decision later today. most economists saying it is not going to happen. the fed overnight did cut rates. it was a hawkish cut. eventokyo cut rates further. let's get to our guest, ed rogers, ceo of his namesake advisory body. so, why are we here talking about something that is not going to happen? is anything going to happen? are they going to change the verbiage? >> there is always a strong element of uncertain t-1 the great and good get together for a decision-making process. we don't think much will change. how things will change not for the future today but how things change going forward. stephen: did jay powell give kuroda a gift with less of a hawkish cut? this think the backdrop to is the u.s.-japan trade discussions, of course the u.s.-china trade discussions. i think the fed move reflects certain domestic issues, things you might argue are a little bit better here. there is less reason to move. that symbiosis between the u.s. and ja

steve engle in tokyo for us at the boj. breaking news crossing now.to scrap the allegedly due to clashes between senior management teams as well as uncertainty over how the united states, given the backdrop of the trade tensions and geopolitical tensions, how the u.s. would treat global assets. this is according to the financial times. really, this treatment of this agrochemical giant and how it would be traded by u.s. national security watchdogs has been a key headache in these talks of the potential megadeal between these stayed on groups. the merger would really put to an end this ambition to create one of the world's largest chemical conglomerates. we have been reporting various senior human resources moves between the two companies in setting up for this merger deal. willeport says sinochem attempt to take over some of chemchina's most valuable assets. therefore, a smaller acquisition process than the big megamerger initially planned. we will get you more details on that breaking news according to the ft. meantime, you can get a roundup of the ot

stephen engle is there for us. steve? we have the terror of global research for jpmorgan.h for having a fear. -- the chair of global research for jpmorgan. thanks so much for having us. importance should investors globally looking at these talks for progress? miniybe they can get a deal, not a comprehensive deal, but a narrow deal on a couple of issues. i think there is -- [no audio] an area where maybe china agrees to buy more agricultural products like they have done in the past. , if donaldhe u.s. ofmp is willing to let go that lever, the no more tariffs. >> the chinese also have the existing tariffs that can be rolled back, the national security issues that have come up. there is a broad range of issues. i think immediately, we are looking at the agricultural purchases and exemptions they have talked about going through. >> what should investors be looking for or bracing for in 2020? stories, as the big the rising geopolitical risks and deterioration of business, we're looking at manufacturing numbers and expansion lows for september. the global has collapsed. -- has c

ending a separatist conflict wrapped up summit recommended greater decentralization for the country's 2 engle phone provinces cameron's english speaking regions have been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority and create their own state when he has more from. the national dollar conference has made recommendations that include the do some for allies addition of such an active just for example regions will have more revenues to run that day to day activities as well as execute projects and then the locals will be able eventually to vote their own officials including governors instead of those officials being appointed by the federal government then there is also the establishment of traditional rulers councils to establish or to empower local administrations in the day to day running of affairs of the people now the main opposition as well as analysts said the recommendations of course are an important step to a stabilising couple there are factions that have harbors so more deep seated hatred that it may never be possible to convince them but these now look must not overl

stephen engle is with us. how much should we really at the moment believe this report?tephen: there is so much going on, in this developing five-month-long story almost. the story from the f.t. saying beijing is possibly replacing carrie lam, but we also have a stimulus package from the finance secretary yesterday. we also had the murder suspect being released from hong kong prison. he is in legal limbo. will he go back to taiwan? we will get to that. later this morning, you have the formal withdrawal of the extradition bill, which they haven't formally done yet, but all this happening today. story, there is the footage of his release. beijing, the main story, possibly drafting plans to replace carrie lam. being moved up if there will be an interim ceo replacing carrie lam by march, as the story indicates, when the national people's congress is held in china. that would be a key date. financial guys are perhaps on top of the list. served as theho head of the defector central bank in hong kong, perhaps at the top of the list. as well as henry tang, who had a failed bid a

. >> hello, i'm evelyn engle and i'm here to speak on behalf of the san francisco taxi worker's alliance to say that we support these medallion holders who come here week after week and describe their hardship asking or the city to buy back the medallions and we support them 100%. i want to add a little bit of why the city owes this to the taxi drivers. back in 2012, a company called sidecar launched in february of 2012, they were the first company that used individual people to drive their own personal cars without any regulation. lyft launched in may of 2012. uber, at the time, was using a licensed limo vehicles, exclusively. the cpuc did not launch a rule making until december of 2012. san francisco allowed -- >> can you speak directly into the microphone. >> -- nine or ten or 11 months to pass without an effort to regulate these vehicles. and the result of that has been the cpu stepped in and they didn't march in and snatch regulation out of san francisco's hands. they were basically handed it on a silver platter by inaction, which i believe was deliberate. and in the middle of that

stephen engle in admiralty in hong kong. let's check in on first word news.u: we start with the latest economic data, u.s. payroll numbers showing worrying signs, job losses in manufacturing. prominent factories contracted by 2000 positions when economists were expecting a gain. this is a sign of the beating the u.s. manufacturing is taking in the global slowdown and the trade war. boris johnson will refuse to resign over brexit and is preparing to challenge the green to fire him if he fails to win a new deal. -- the queen to fire him if he fails to win a new deal. he will not sit down if he loses a vote of confidence in parliament. he says brexit will happen. tore were mp's that voted prevent that in the case of a new deal exit. china's foreign currency holding dipped with official figures below $3 trillion. china boosted its reserves for a 10th straight month to $53 million -- current value of $93 billion. in north korea, they are at odds with the nuclear talks with the u.s. the first meeting in eight months was described by washington as good discussions w

david: good stuff, stephen engle, our chief north asia correspondent from japan.ading to india. we are looking at the market open. 56 minutes 15 seconds. we have a set up of the friday session. davina is with us. >> before i start off wishing everybody a very happy there molly, all of the viewers and don'tys, hopefully -- i see that happen in today's session, but from the index and market consolidation, it is something will be watching out for in the next few days. hopefully the nifty is able to take on the 1700 mark. that's what is predicted. had more's session consolidation taking place. down .2% in the 50-50. it closed under 11,600. banks were a big drag on the back of the corridor that made telecom stocks drop and bank stocks have exposure to the telecom company dropping heavily, especially sbi. it was the biggest drag. in terms of the overall mood of the markets, still not too much in terms of excitement, but there will be volatility, considering we are in the midst of the earnings season. rishaad: you mentioned telecom, something like $13 billion in past due

stephen engle is on the streets. give us an update.en: we are in the tip of the peninsula here. this is one of the biggest and busiest shopping districts, usually full of mainland tourists but those numbers have dropped off after the 20th weekend in a row of violent demonstrations up and down here. we have an unauthorized protest march yesterday which turned violent. you can see the aftermath of the violence behind me. here is the npr station. similar types of graffiti, free hong kong and no hate without no region -- no reason in english and chinese. more graffiti on nathan road. we burn, you burn with us. that is a common mantra throughout this for months. we had a number of different petrol bombs thrown by protesters. oftentimes targeting companies with china linked or perceived to have taken sides against the protesters. we had xiaomi's store, the mainland chinese mobile phone operator, one of their stores was attacked here as well as a snack marked. the chinese medicine company here had a shop satellite as well as you should annoy

tracking it reporting in march 2016, head in daily news, that continued with al green and elliott engle in temps of keeping of impeachment narrative alive, now democrats will try to make the case to do impeachment, sell the narrative. who wins, who loses? do you think they can make the case for it. >> liz, country loses, this is a very unfortunate process, there are important things going on in country and world that should be attended to by president and congress, nothing is getting done now. it seems that the congress, or democrats anyway in congress, their only purpose now to get this president out of office. and for many of them that has been their only purpose since before he entered office. that -- we have some important things to do. they are not getting done. elizabeth: 21 republicans sene letter to adam schiff saying you promised that whistleblower would testify, now that not happening. you know president is accused of running through red plight to lg ukraine to look to biden. >> let the facts fall where they may, you have to wonder about motivation of person, the whistleblower

our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle is at the event for us. going to expect today? >> good morning. great time to be in shanghai, thatwith the nba fracas just started to unfold yesterday in the day before, and now, of course, the u.s.-china trade talks set to resume in washington, d.c. and we are getting that report that the two sides in deputy level talks have not made necessarily much if any progress. where do we stand right now with global growth and global economic outlook? we will explore that, maybe not as much on the nba -- that is sport -- but generally, of course, the background of u.s.-china relations is the sentiment that is being expressed in this fracas with the nba. we are going to have our guest lineup. it is star-studded at j.p. morgan. we will speak with jp morgan's global head of ranking. also jp morgan's chair of global research. she was named by american banker as one of the top 25 most powerful women in finance, and also later this morning, we will speak with jp morgan's china ceo. so much.ank you we will be back with you

>> richard engle is looking for chooi media by russia. they have been across three administrations. they were just pressing and you have no information? >> so zelensky has been very quiet. he doesn't want his office or this country to be sucked in even further. he is worried they could lose more political or military support. if that now infamous phone call, they first called off about $400 million in military aid. they are asking for those favors. would he, the president of ukraine, look into the biden's for him and would he contact rudy julianny. they could collect information about the bidens, so i asked the president about the press availability, and he didn't want to talk about the ongoing negotiations, they are looking to restrain. >> did you meet with rudy jouy n giulia giuliani. >> i never met him or had phone calls with him. >> earlier today, they are trying to find out about what giuliani was doing, what kind of investigation was he carrying out in this role as the president's private attorney and dirt digger. i spoke to the former foreign minister for five years. he was a

joining me now is richard engle who is in northern syria with the latest. what is happening now as the u.s. forces are withdrawal and are they withdrawing completely? >> so what is happening to the kurds here in northern syria, that is the clearest thing we can talk about right now because we know what is happening to them. what is happening with the u.s. troops is a moving target, frankly. but what is happening to the curdi i kurdish people, people who have relied on american forces for protection, they say they're facing ethnic cleansing that has already begun. that hundreds of thousands have left their homes because of a assault backed up with militias. as of two weeks ago, there were about 1,000 u.s. courtrooms. they defeated the size state, they killed tens of thousands of si isis fighters. president trump said those troops will all come home because he wants to pull the united states out of end less wars. that triggered a lot of activity right now. since then we had conflicting statements. first the defense secretary saying no, they're not coming home

here to discuss, jessica engle, dana bash. this is about sondland and what he would have to testify about. the most senior in ukraine texts about, quote, help for a political campaign. he calls it, quote, crazy. the eu replies after several hours with this. quote, bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear no quid pro quos of any kind. >> he said, what's going on here? call the president. you see there's a gap of about four and a half hours that he spoke with the president, i'm told, and that the president emphatically told him there was no quid pro quo which kind of explains the timeline and also the lawyerly response to taylor's text. i should also noete the "wall street journal" has reported this as well, so it lets you understand a little bit about what was going on in sondland's mind. he was somebody who wanted to get aid to ukraine, and here he is a political appointee hearing this from a professional diplomat, and he's saying, what, really? then he decided,