g. market. this crowd is here to see the christening of a ferry special ship the cairo us is the world's largest bunker supply vessel for liquid natural gas or l. and g. with a capacity of seventy five hundred cubic metres it's a floating gas station of sorts enabling other ships to fill up with l.n.g. anywhere even out at sea. it's a flexible approach to what some call the fuel of the future we have applied a shift if we have ships with small tanks that can certainly be supplied with by a truck before the big ships the big ferries cruise liners all container ships we can't send one hundred trucks to fill up that tank that's why we need to supply vessel like this one does. in fact refueling from a ship is much easier than from a tank truck which can be an elaborate procedure as seen here in cooks often in germany. l. and g. mainly consists of methane that's been liquefied by cooling down to minus one hundred sixty degrees celsius critics of the fuel complain about the energy cost of cooling the

g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. the head of germany's federation of industry has voiced concern over while way situation he said the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions to persuade western governments to ban the company. switching gears now the venezuelan president has given a defiant speech accusing the united states of trying to sow chaos in his country he compared the policy to u.s. interventions in the middle east. opposes trained as agents of foreign governments of the united states introduced sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the state in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken syria was taken to the point of an opposition they have attempted but we have not allowed them to and venezuela is at peace. meanwhile the u.s. national security adviser john bolton is urging russia to join the chorus of calls to recognize the opposition leader as the interim president earlier the european union signed on along with other american allies we discussed the u.s. backing of the opp

g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. the united states is continuing to dial up the pressure on venice we list crisis stricken government calling on the international community to deal with the leader of the opposition instead and not the embattled president however nicolas maduro isn't stepping back either in resisting america's calls to resign. instead of trying to accommodate woodrow through country groups or dialogue we urge countries to recognize one why do always interim president and join us the time for dialogue with majority has long passed don't fall into a trap the girl has said many times before where there's a phony dialogue rather than a strong message to him it's time to go but i you know not will march in great numbers to washington we will even go to the white house to deliver more than ten million signatures asking for respect for we need to out and demanding peace i just signed it it says hands off. we should be respect it's quite simple all the countries that do not recognize majority as the the democ

g. network europe is actually second largest market clock we has invested billions and billions and into digital sector they've been working closely with major telecom companies are on the continent such as the way to telecom orange and bt and many others and as the u.s. is now trying to impose our blanket ban on chinese firms when it comes to the five g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma just an update on there is germany's federation of industry head is running against washington saying he fears the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions in a bid to persuade western governments to way he added thought america wants sits allies to fall in line with its foreign policy. the united states is continuing to dial up the pressure and venice will as crisis stricken government calling on the international community to deal with the leader of the opposition instead are not the embattled president however nicolas maduro isn't stepping back in resisting america's calls to resign accusing washington of direct interference. opposes trained as agents of foreign governments of the un

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g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. just an extra note on this story germany's federation of industry head is rallying against washington saying he fears the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions in a bid to persuade western governments to way he added that america wants its allies to fall in line with its foreign policy. the united states is continuing to dial up the pressure on venice well as crisis stricken government calling on the international community to deal with the leader of the opposition instead anough the embattled president however nicolas maduro isn't stepping back and resisting america's calls to resign accusing washington direct interference. opposes trained as agents of foreign governments of the united states introduce sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the state's. in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken over syria was taken to the point of an armed opposition they have attempted that but we have not allowed them and venezuela is at peace. only us national

g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. well the head of germany's a federation of industry has voiced concern over the wall way situation he said the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions to persuade western governments to ban the company . venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader one goh i don't has refused to rule out authorizing a u.s. military intervention to force president maduro from power this is according to the french news agency a.f.p. earlier president maduro gave a defiant speech in caracas urging people to resist u.s. interference. opposes trained as agents of foreign governments of the united states introduce sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the states in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken over syria was taken to the point of an armed opposition they have attempted that but we have not allowed them to and venezuela is at peace. i mean while the u.s. national security advisor john bolton is urging russia to join the chorus of calls to recognize the opposition l

g. market still it is expanding quickly the experts say the u.s. could become of the third largest exporter in the world by two thousand and twenty after qatar and australia there the u.s. currently has three ports to load alan g. of the company are here operates two facilities in louisiana texas and dominion energy operates a facility out of maryland more than a dozen other terminals are currently under construction or planned a receiving terminals and germany are also being built and in forty other countries around the world so this is expanding now today's talks come amid heightened tensions between the u.s. and e.u. on the issues of energy and to trade a germany is moving ahead with a controversial gas pipeline with russia which the u.s. strongly opposes saying it would give russia leverage against europe a washington is meanwhile pushing brussels for a new trade deal and it dangling car tariffs over europe carmakers then all of which makes american elegy sales an important topic for both sides. right let's talk about all of this with your jeli

allies to shun network supplied by the chinese tech company huawei, threatening their access to 5 g markets by "financial times" britain's intelligence agencies found the risk of using huawei's networks manage national assembly marking a turning point for trump administration's attempt to isolate the tech company. >>> bill, i guess the question is what are the odds of it being a snow day in las vegas >> yesterday the kids were out playing. the roads weren't too bad. for the second time this month vegas got snow. they had snow flurries earlier this month. this was a snowstorm. the pavement was fine. look at the grass. that was up to two inches of snow in vegas. this is pretty cool. seeing snow in the desert like that in the mountains and then you can see the roof tops covered in snow. so let's get into our big event in areas of the south. you're dealing with a little bit of sleet and freezing rain in alabama and mississippi. this rain is going to be with us for two straight days. you gate break and then comes back friday into saturday. 19 million people under flash flood watches. the ground

trade show opens to the public with the new products including folding screens and five g. connectivity hitting the market. but it's the political backdrop on the future five g. networks it's cast a particularly longg shadowow. touching announcer explains. here at the mobile world congress in barcelona chinese tetelecoms giant while way occupies the biggest booth in the exposition hall. like industry rivals its flagship offering for twenty nineteen is the hunt said that folds out. and comes ready to connect to five g. network technology. it boasts impressive speed. you know the five g. with download the one giga byte. maury's. each of the three seconds. it also comes with an impressive price tag the meat axe will retail for about two thousand three hundred euros. and it's not unknown some songs latest offering also boasts a folding display and fivive g. connectivitytyt two thousand euros. the global cell phoho industry is pushing to boost cononsumer excitement amid slumpinin sales as customers wait longerr to replace their handsets in the saturated market. but that's not the only headwind facing hallway u

market. which is what i don't know the release of four or five g. products is just waiting for telecom carriers to announce their commercial network in very few key. standards for their terminals of the with you that have neither of which will. but it's become difficult for hallway to sell goods these days the company's close relationship to the chinese government and military has brought up accusations of spying china are strongly denies these accusations. in the eighty's and neither the united states nor any of its allies have brought up any solid evidence that can prove one way poses a threat to their national security their reason this nothing more than the issue of china's national intelligence long. or. indeed there is no proof but governments have become cautious germany is discussing tightening telecommunication laws and making one way sign a knows by agreement poland is on the fence and under direct pressure from the u.s. to ban huawei to. we've also made clear that there are a certain set of decisions that it would be more difficult for th

only indicators so the idea is here rather than excluding the company who is the world market leader in this five g. technology or rather than excluding it from the extension of the five g. network in germany the idea is to monitor it much more code closely here because understand finding alternatives to the technology that way is offering is pretty tough to how effective do you think this legislation would be well i think a change in legislation aims to close loopholes here so the idea of setting setting up brule zz is a good idea i mean did the legislation of the move by the german government aims to nullify legislation whereas the telecommunications companies or companies in general must provide information that they have to their respective governments that's true not only for chinese companies but for companies in other regions of the world as well so the idea is to tackle that or to address that is certainly a good one the question is however if the world market leader in this five g. technology doesn't in the end find ways to circumvent this legislation and also industry groups say that it c

g. technology so we really need to tap into this if we're to have a competitive edge in the market because let's face it internet five g. it's instrumental in going into the next stage of our economy if you just think of autonomy as driving all the other areas that we enter not the digital commerce it's important already and will become even more important in the next years if you don't be a correspondent only worth reporting from frankfurt only thank you. now as we all know context matters so why did germany and the u.s. put on a show of unity and talks over importing liquefied natural gas well because at a different front both sides are engaged in nasty spat over a pipeline project that the u.s. says will deepen europe's energy dependence on russia so germany agreeing to buying more u.s. gas can be seen as an attempt to gloss over these differences. the controversial north stream two pipeline is being built here to bring cheap gas from russia to germany but now berlin looks to be eyeing other suppliers. economy minister picture of meyer says two german terminals could soon be receiving s

then i g go to the market and by vegetables and opium for the childrdren. have to keep them sedated, otherwise i cannot get it all done. reporter: they can hardly stand. it is either drugs or work instead of school. and she is not the only mother who gives her children drugs. brent: tragic story, there. now to the frozen expanse of the antarctic, where germany's southernmost workplace is celebrating its 10th anniversary today. it is a part of the world where temperatures can drop to -50 degrees celsius, and there is no sun for three months of the year. but here, in a research station -- you see it right there, that resembles a space station on stilts -- one cook, a doctor, several engineers and technicians live together running experiments on the frozen continent. reporter: into the great white yonder. antarctica, the world's biggest expanse of ice, and the seventh continent. in places, the ice is four kilometers thick. more than two dozen countries are conducting research here at about 80 reseaearch statnsns. germany's neumayer iii is one of them.. the ant

not only trying to corner the market place but use their leverage globally to dominate the market with the five g services and to the detriment of us and international manufacturers. they are trying to corner the market place they use every lover that they have so companies within those countries adopt so the prices they are offering to the smaller carriers half number of years are lower than what could be acceptable by other manufacturers. that's how you get to that situation that we have to figure out what do we do? so the first question how much harm could it cause today and is it something the government has to pay? >> have you been briefed at all about the teeeight ceo in canada quick. >> i don't like to comment about my national security briefings but on those issues that are relevant for my job i think that i respect the fact there is only so much that i need to know in the grander scheme. >>host: we have heard often us one the four g race but we must win the five g race. can you further explain why that is important that we be china or whatever other nation or company that is out there qu

gets resolved and where do we stand on the increase on $200 billion worth of tariffs on chinese g d >> the market expectations i our base case as well, we won't be as surprised if there were not a delay or extension to the deadline the march 1st deadline moves maybe 60 days out to some time in may, so i don't know if we're going to actually see an announcement of a big deal you might have a down payment to a bigger deal. so some of the things where they have been able to make progress might be announced, but we highly doubt that in the next 8 days or so, they're going to be able to address, again, many of these big structural issues. they've made, you know, a lot of progress this is only 90 days and as stefan knows, these things usually take not months but usually years so the fact they've made so much progress is notable, but we still think there's a lot of heavy lifting to do. >> quick answer, libby if what happens is what you predict there, basically, a punt, is that going to be enough to satisfy the markets very quickly >> i think the markets are priced in on most of that punt i think what th

g. u.s. based sprint has filed a suit in the united states accusing rival a t.n.t. of false advertising and deceptive acts for marketing what a t. and t. advertises as five g. a or five g. evolution telecom services five g. is heavily hyped cutting edge of internet infrastructure of course and is steadily replacing the prevailing four g. and l.t.e. technology and though the systemic transition is still far from complete in most areas a t.n.t. has been touting itself as the first u.s. mobile company to introduce mobile five g. service but as sprints lawyers point out in the suit calling its network five g.e. does not make it five g. and response a t. and t. double down on their apparent misleading marketing and said they are prepared to go to court. and turning from tech to the first us tax season since the trump tax cut many urge wainer have now received their w. two forms have begun filing taxes discovery that they are paying more in taxes but .

g. u.s. based sprint has filed a suit in the united states accusing rival a t.n.t. of false advertising and deceptive acts for marketing what a t. and t. advertises as five g. a or five g. evolution telecom services five g. is heavily hyped cutting edge of internet infrastructure of course and is steadily replacing the prevailing four g. and l.t.e. technology and though the systemic transition is still far from complete in most areas a t.n.t. has been touting itself as the first u.s. mobile company to introduce mobile five g. service. but as for instance lawyers point out in the suit calling its network five g.e. does not make it five g. in response a t.n.t. double down on their apparent misleading marketing and said they are prepared to go to court. and turning from tech to the first us tax season since the trump tax cut many urge wainer have now received their w. two forms and begun filing taxes discovering that they are paying more in taxes but for corporate tax payers the picture is very different streaming entertainment service netflix posted a record profit last year but paid no federal taxes or state income taxe

e look at this right now if this were to start to price the market, that would manifest in g more defensive, raising more cash, we haven't sn that just yet. that could happen easily. remember, this can escalate ickly. >> so if that is indeed the case and we haven't even broached the north korea situation with you yet, art, b should investors maybe put in a little bit of protection by buying somed h assets or different asset classes just in case we get an escalation in any one of those situations? >> so we're talking about this the last time we were togethof. onhe things that i said to you and it still holds true today, having gold in your portfolio and how much you should have is just as much as makes you slope eep at night. if you feel fine and have long-term investment horizon, you probably don't need any. but with the geopolitical activity that's out there, get defensive. if you'r a feeling nervousut what's going on in the world, get defensive. you can do that three ways. you can raise cash and have a higher level of cash. buy some or precious metals. or think about other defensive secto

. >> if you look at the suv market in total, suv market is growing andwi g and growing on the premium side. it's now 50, nearly 60% now. >> luxury suv sales have picked up speed, tnks in part to the mercedes gls. newer and refreshed entries like the lincoln navigatorbe wil added competition for bmw's biggest suv. bandwidth really thatev arge seater there's really about ten vehicles that .his bmw competes wi obviously this is where a lot of profit margins are made and i think that's why they're looking to enter this t.segmen >> the x-7 will be built at the bmw plant in south car wh production is expected to climb this year to near record levels. for bmw and other european automakers buiing popular suvs here in the u.sis critical to their success. especially as the white housela considers spping tariffs or higher costs on luxury sedans imported from plants ineeurope. a mhat would hurt sales. >> am i concerned about it, yes, i am. because it will have an impact. tar go up it's not good for the consumer or our dealer network or the economy in >>tot. arnhardt believes that america's appeti

how do you see the market days?g an extension of 60 say that happens.ould that be good news because we are still talking, or more instability? guest: that would be good news in the short run. you would probably have a bit of a relief rally as we get closer to the march 1 date. you are not going to have a major move on trade in the markets until we know one way or another which way we are going. if we make a deal, the threat of sanctions is gone, you will probably have a major relief rally. people start pricing and export gain into u.s. corporations. if everything falls apart and the president imposes the higher tariffs, then you've got the opposite effect as people try to calculate who gets hurt the worst and markets go down in general on a sentiment issue. there's a real fulcrum there, but we are not close to that yet. any kind of trade on what happens around the first of the month probably going to be limited. vonnie: michael mckee, chief economic policy correspondent come our things to you. guy: another huge issue in washington, the effort to avoid a

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the currency market, things are quiet. under 88 penence sterling,g, no great movement on the currencies. british government has approved the extradition of the former owner of kingfisher beer is facing fraud charges. he left after his empire collapsed and he default on debt worth more than 800 million euros. he should be sent to india for trial. he has 14 days to appeal. doubled last year thanks to higher prices and increased production. the firm took a further financial hit over the 2010 gulf worthico oil explosion over $3 billion. hmv has been bought by sunrise records. sales of cds and dvds continue to fall. the administration s says it is part of the deal. 27 stores araround the u.k. will close. >> apple is being told it should by n netflix. too much money is rarely a problem. bankers at j.p. mororgan have bn coming up with ideas on how apple should spend its cash pile. netflix wouldlate make a good purchase for apple. netflix is says ideal as it sells content already on itunes. they did warn it would be an expensive purchase.. we have not heard

g. wireless networks that spawned intense efforts by washington to force out the market leader china as well way. i want five g. and even six g. technology in the united states the soon as possible is for more powerful more stone and smarter than the current standard. i want the united states to win through competition not by block you know it's currently more advanced technologies the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by. another chinese telecom companies as chinese law requires them to provide beijing's vast security apparatus with access to any data that touches their network quitman. we must protect our critical telecom infrastructure the chinese tech giant rejects u.s. claims that its products are used by beijing for spying in december was always chief financial officer was arrested in canada on the request of washington the white house also urging international allies to ban while away from their five g. networks australia new zealand have already brought in restrictions against the firm but a growing chorus of countries including

g roll-out. >>> european markets are trading higher after a sluggish start.eside me, all the major regions are posting gains. we had the cac 40 leading the way up 27 bates points it is fairly evenly spread in terms of those gains that's quite interesting given the hand-over from wall street was on the weaker side we saw the dow lose more than 100 points that was after a string of weak economic data state-side existing home sales, the philly fed, and durable goods all disappointed in terms of the economic picture in the u.s. >>> europe also got data this morning. investors are on the weak side yesterday's weak day on the manufacturing pmi front out of germany. so far it looks like investors are shrugging off the negative signals. let's take a look at the sect ors. it's also a big day for corporate earnings not as big as yesterday, but more for investors to digest on a single stock basis at the top of the leaderboard it got basic resources, very trade sensitive. china sec e sensitive sector at the bottom food and bev perhaps some of the weakness that we saw in

markets. but it's all about, again, where are the jobs going to be. jobs, g as you've got the that's where you're going to have the markets. if your company just shut down, i forget where it was, the honda plant that just shu down, that's going to be a problem. so you'v got to feel out each individual market and even within a tarketre's only certain places that are active and certain places that aren't. >> finally home builds in some areas have been reticent to increase their production because they're not sure about mand, but there are some areas where home builders have been building. you think maybe they overbuilt in some areas, right? like detroit or something? >> yeah. like the upper midwest has some issues with overbuild. we also have it even out in sacramento here. and the thing is,ou might get three or four different companies that are building, but they don'th talk to e other. they all get the same economic data and say, hey, we build.r but if they all come on at the same time, then they're all going to be staring at each other and twiddling their th

market share. we remain being completely dedicated to address this smartphone industry was the only vices looking for five g. in the future this is going to be a cutting edge technology where it's a very important to remain in this industry for sony and we are completely dedicated to stay within this industry. but certainly only has a prototype five g. phone on display samsung on the other hand is showcasing a fully developed five g. model the chinese manufacture a one plus demonstrates how much is possible with the new mobile technology standard where. this game actually needs the computing power of a p.c. to run since five g. technology allows data to be transferred quickly it can be played on a smart phone. five g. is the big theme of the past alone a trade fair the japanese mobile phone company n.t.t. do co mo wants to offer its customers attending next year's elliptic games live information via five g. not just for soccer but for other team sports. the traditional mobile phone brand on the other hand he's aiming to win the hearts of amateur photographers with a wealth of camera lenses. five different l

details from eldon insurance were used unlawfully by leave.eu to send almost 300,000 political marketing m essa ghat breach. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here. he has more on this. this is part of the information commissioner's office long running investigation into the use of data analytics in the referendum campaign. leave.eu was the unofficial, i didn't get the official funding was the unofficial, i didn't get the officialfunding for was the unofficial, i didn't get the official funding for the referendum campaign, the leave side of the referendum campaign and eldon insurance belongs to arron banks, one of the most prominent leave campaigners in that unofficial area, but also a man who put a lot of money into the leave.eu campaign. what the information commissioner is my office has found is that essentially his insurance company, the leave.eu's marketing activities massively overlapped. so, for example, leave. eu was massively overlapped. so, for example, leave.eu was sending political messaging to eldon insurance's customers and also when m essa g es we re insurance's cus

market. when you see your portfo,o stt g doou think maybe i'm not going to spend a lot now. it doesn't mean that you can't, it meansyou don't. it's different with people being out of work. >> but we have come back in january, throughout most of 2019. we did have the worst stock market decline for a december since the 1930s, but we have come back. now what do you think happens renow that w getting these signs that maybe there is a little weakness going onhere? >> yeah. you know, i think you have to pay attention to the. weakne we take a look at of course inrest rates and we' got an interest rate on the 10-year at 2.65%. still very low interest rates. as we look to next year and the following year, maybe 2.3,2.4% gdp growth in 2019 is what the fed is sor of looking for. and then still 2% in 2019. so it's n awful. nothing is really awful. but ethink caution after you seen a market that's gone up 17%. >> michael farr with -- f washington, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coke suffered its biggest decline since 2008 after the company said it expects sales to slow this year and that e

help facilitate and even support the construction of an l n g terminal in vilhelm softly so that american elenchi can come into the german market so the politics of this is interesting one wonders why europe would be better off taking more gas increased price from the united states a country that has turned its back on international cooperation and described europe and indeed germany as foes when it comes to trade. i can't answer that question what you're really asking me is is current american policy towards europe and germany in particular coherent and i would say it's not after the united states has started a trade war on issues like steel and aluminum and is raising the possibility of tariffs on automobiles coming into the u.s. market in the united states with virtually no consultation with the europeans. unilaterally withdrew from from recently from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the i.n.f. treaty when earlier the united states pulled out unilaterally from the j c p o a with iran it's hard to understand why the europeans and why the germans should pay much attention at this point to us opposition to north str

cash flow is unlikely to deploy the five g network at this scale and with the coverage out of that mid band spectrum and the fcc is trying to bring that to market that may be they have the resources to acquire but that would be years down the road and to take a much longer process. i could talk about the benefits of five g and why that is so important. is not just about phones but integrating the broader economy at large so it is a strong national interest to make that accelerated transition to five g and this combination is the most obvious and fastest way with the robust five g network. >> i will give you back 15 seconds. >> the chair recognizes my good friend from california for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman. i apologize to all of the witnesses for not being able to hear all the testimony. we have another very important subcommittee upstairs and i chair that and that is the reason i wasn't here but i am now. i want to use my time not to ask questions that make a statement and thank you for appearing and providing that testimony you submitted and meeting with those various stakeholders and listening to them with this merger i hav

everywhere you g yemen, you feel the crushg weight of this war, this poverty. in marketsthis, there is food to buy, but yemenis can't afford it. they don't have jobs, they don't have money. you see the evidence of that ino everital, every clinic you visit. a cease-fire, however imperfect, in this small sliver of theke yemen s a difference.s but itst one piece of a e bigger plan the war, all of it so fragile. lyse doucet, bbc news. laura: on the topic of yemen, pope francis has used a speech on the first ever papal visit to the arabian peninsula to call for an end to all wars in the middle east. he was addressing meters of different faiths in the united arab emirates. he said the consequences of violence could be seen in yemen, syria, iraq, and libya. the pope's hosts in the uae are involved in the war in yemen, fighting against the houthi rebels. europe's chief brexit negotiator has ruled out reopening the brexit withdrawal agreement with the u.k. he has said that alternatives to the controversial backstop" be worked on during the transition period after britain leaves th

g. gas competitive throughout the world until now higher transport costs have kept american liquid gas off the german market now the u.s. side says it expects the price of the fuel to drop dramatically in the next decade . now to some of the other global business headlines more energy new u.s. crude oil exports into europe have hit a new record in january shipments amounted to six hundred thirty thousand barrels per day still behind russia and iraq but above other opec producers higher u.s. oil exports have been helped by lower supplies of iranian and venezuelan crude. india's anti-trust commission is looking into accusations that google of uses its popular android mobile operating system to block rivals the body has been reviewing a case similar to one google faced in europe that led to a fine of over four billion euros last year which google is the appealing. german car maker b.m.w. is recalling half a million cars that could be equipped with faulty airbags the safety devices and five and x five series cars can inflate unexpectedly hurting passengers to come. but he previously had to remove faulty air bag