thank you geoffrey yu., ubs private banking and simon derrick, director / chief currency strategist, bank of new york mellon corp. stay with us. after tense meetings in brussels, ukip prime minister goes to ireland in search of brexit progress. we will discuss that next. tune into bloomberg radio live on your mobile device or on digital radio in the london area. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> brexit is causing short-term volatility. more fundamentally, it is creating tensions in the economy. the economy is not prepared for a no deal, no transition exit. brexit is creating tensions in financial markets. those remain sensitive to brexit related news and a variety of risk on u.k. assets are elevated. we have downgraded our forecast for u.k. weighted global gdp. over the past year, the global economy has transitioned from robust broad-based expansion to a widespread slowdown with all regions decelerating in tighter financial conditions and rising trade tensions. with of the easier path of monetary policy and all major

geoffrey pyatt the u.s. ambassador to ukraine paid a visit to saakashvili just a month after he took office in odessa it is law and the old last administration is delivering results and you raise your voice to see a steady flow of embassy in washington visitors coming here the meeting was fruitful and geoffrey generous. no matter how well saakashvili is job goes it looks like he shouldn't be worried about his own finances on his facebook page he posted an official document showing that the new governor of odessa gets a pretty penny from washington almost two hundred thousand dollars a year for comparison the governor of maine gets seventy thousand dollars a year. so if odessa became a new u.s. state it would be at the top of the list mr saakashvili should feel right at home in his newly adopted country he is best of friends with fellow color revolutionary leader viktor yuschenko who is the godfather of his son. and another mother school bus in the lesson of lucia but is insufficient at the post but you walk

her attorney general geoffrey cox, who has a reputation as a brexiteer, has been fighting in the brexiteers' corner the last few months, really has the credibility to do these negotiations. if he comes back satisfied, the idea is brexiteers will fall in line behind him. the brexit secretary and may will talk to juncker tonight. juncker yesterday said he was wasting his time with brexit. the spanish foreign minister's comments suggest that a bit more is going on behind closed doors than might appear. vonnie: a little more going on in ireland as well. it turns out there are now some efforts being made to set up some custom spaces in case there is a no deal brexit and there is a crash out. that is already a little bit incendiary in the sense that they are talking about dublin and ross claire. if this happens at the border, things get a little rough. it seems like they will have to come up with some kind of deal that makes this unnecessary. what can they possibly come up with that hasn't been suggested before? emma: that is the question. in the event of no deal, there will have to be some kind

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geoffrey welcome back to going underground just before we get on to other things what you make of the child abuse summit it's the top and the pope is the top and boy does he have a problem because there's now so much evidence out there that child abuse was in demick tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children have been abused by catholic priests and even catholic bishops and so i think the first thing the church has to do if it really wants to be serious about this epidemic is to end the idea of brainwashing children at age seven into confession and communion the other religions of the jewish faith wait to thirteen or fourteen to inculpate young people so i think the basic reform if it's not to win celibacy and bring women into the church that would be too radical but the basic group who used to spare the brainwashing indoctrination of communion and confession until the young person is old enough and maybe confident enough to resist and to appeal if they are subject to rape. well we'll obviously get comment from the vatican on that kind of suggested reform let's move to

i understand that progress is being made, that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, and the brexit secretaryhen barclay, have had fruitful conversations with their european colleagues. leicester city part company with their manager claude puel after only 16 months in charge. venezuela's opposition leader calls on other nations to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro after several people are killed in border clashes over an aid delivery. final preparations are underway for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars. there 5 hope for greater diversity amongst the winners this year after a shakeup in the membership of the academy. and in click we meet the chinese businessman behind the world's first bendable phone. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned jeremy corbyn has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. mr watson said labour was facing a crisis of the soul and needed to address antisemitism and what he called the hard left in the party. he also said labour was moving in the direction of supporting a se

later this week, the attorney general, geoffrey cox, is expected to make a speech in which he will outlinell eliminate any legal risk to stop the irish backstop becoming indefinite. and the prime minister is scheduled to have another meeting with the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, as well. with me is our political correspondent, pete saull. we have been hearing more about the government position particularly on the backstop today. theresa may in this letter today reiterates the fa ct this letter today reiterates the fact she will not change her approach. as far as she is concerned the best way to get a deal through parliament is to secure changes to the northern irish backstop, the safety net to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. she will be going back to brussels this week and the talks continue. 0n the andrew marr programme this morning the culture secretaryjeremy marr programme this morning the culture secretary jeremy wright marr programme this morning the culture secretaryjeremy wright was asked about this and he was repeatedly asked by andrew ma

later this week, the attorney general, geoffrey cox is expected to make a rare speech in which he willeliminate any legal risk to stop the irish backstop becoming indefinite. and the prime minister is scheduled to have another meeting with the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker as well. i've been discussing the government's latest position on the irish backstop with our political correspondent, pete saull. theresa may in this letter today also reiterates the fact she will not change her approach. as far as she is concerned the best way to get a deal through parliament is to secure changes to the northern irish backstop, that safety net to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. in the event that can't be resolved through a future trading relationship. she will be going back to brussels this week and the talks continue. 0n the andrew marr programme this morning, the culture secretary jeremy wright was asked about this and he was repeatedly asked by andrew marr whether he thought the changes would be sufficient if we didn't have to reopen the withdrawal agree

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deputy trade representative geoffrey garish is in beijing for discussions with chinese officials these will pave the way for more high level talks later in the week both sides hope to secure a trade agreement ahead of the march first deadline that's when u.s. tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports are set to climb from ten to twenty five percent increasing tensions between the u.s. and china already cost both countries billions of dollars you have to. trade globally. australia has signed a production contract with french ship group for a fleet of twelve new submarines worth more than thirty five billion dollars this after a two year wrangle over all the world's most lucrative military contracts signed in prime minister scott morrison and french defense secretary flossy signed the deal australia selected the french builder in twenty sixteen oval office from japan and germany fund of contracts were delayed amid cost blogs and production delays as plainly as twelve new submarines are central. it's found its military to put. it's from changing interests in the asia

attorney geoffrey burman could regain control of his office's investigation into mr. trump's former lawyer and his real estate business." this comes on a day when "the new york times" offers another stunning detail on the amount of evidence in the hands of federal prosecutors. investigating whether donald trump intended to obstruct the investigations into him. "the new york times" writes in a profile about mueller deputy andrew goldstein, "as evidence built over two years, mr. goldstein functioned as a repository of conversations that mr. trump had with lawyers, advisers, and top law enforcement officials from early 2017 on. among mr. goldstein's jewels, according to mr. trump's lawyers, exhaustive notes taken by andy donaldson, mr. mcgahn's former chief of staff, which detailed in real time mr. trump's behavior in the west wing." so the question today, is the evidence of obstruction of justice so overwhelming that it will place even more pressure on the new attorney general to release the results of the obstruction of justice investigation to congress? everyone still

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that is why geoffrey cox is there in brussels as the attorney general. his legal advice on this question of whether britain can be trapped indefinitely in this backstop and customs arrangement. think --hat they will they think will swing parliament enough. spain telling us there is progress being had. that is interesting because yesterday we had jean-claude juncker say we were getting nowhere, no clarity. we will hear from the prime minister after her meeting with mr. juncker about 7:00 this evening. is there going to be whitesmoke from that meeting? is there a new deal she can bring back to parliament, or just saying that we need more time? vonnie: the spanish former minister -- the spanish foreign minister saying this is in madrid while the others are in brussels, but i am sure he's being kept informed. what else are we hearing? is ireland saying anything about this? presumably it is the irish backstop being changed in some way. david: that's right. it is absolutely crucial. we had some headlines from the prime minister of ireland in the last few minut

now, late last year, trump asked whitaker whether geoffrey s. berman, a trump ally, could be put in charge of the widening investigation of michael cohen by the southern district of new york. (as trump): "number-one choice, geoffrey s. berman. if he's not available, let's go with jared t. son-in-law. third choice: u.s. attorney burger, cheese." ( laughter ) even whitaker, even whitaker knew that he could not put mr. berman in charge, since mr. berman had already recused himself from the investigation. he did, however, tell some associates at the justice department that the prosecutors in new york required, "adult supervision." that is true. you gotta have adult supervision. this case is rated nc-17, for explicit porn star payoff, graphic tax evasion, and hardcore regret. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) this, full frontal. ♪ ♪ this could get kind of illegal-ish for whitaker, because "earlier this month, he told a congressional committee that mr. trump had never pressured him over the various investigations," which is why he "is now under scr

new york times" broke the story that president trump called matthew whitaker and asked him to put geoffreyman in control of the investigation of michael cohen and donald trump in the manhattan u.s. attorney's office. but tonight's news is that the house judiciary committee believes that it has evidence that president trump made that request. the "wall street journal" notes in its reporting tonight, the house judiciary committee is investigating whether mr. whitaker may have perjured himself in his appearance before the panel earlier this month, according to one of the people familiar with the matter. mr. whitaker told the panel at no time has the white house asked for, nor have i provided, any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. any evidence that mr. trump sought to intervene in the federal prosecutor's probe could propel further lines of inquiry by lawmakers into whether he has tried to obstruct the investigation into his business dealings. donald trump's business, which calls itself the trump organization, is objecting to a p

and, again, "the new york times" reporting is that the president wanted geoffrey berman, no relation to me, to be in charge of the investigation and michael cohen and at that point sdny already said the president was involved in criminal activity, in their mind in that investigation. the president, according to the times, wanted to put someone who had supported nim charge him in it. none of that, rudy giuliani talking to the lawyer wanting to get rid of robert mueller, wanting to get rid of jeff sessions through corey lewandowski. none of that moves the santorum needle as it were? none of that moves the needle for you into something that was questionable? >> well, look, the person he suggested to put in charge was not someone who would not normally be someone you would suggest would be in charge. >> he had recused himself, that's not normal. >> i understand that. but the point is, he didn't pick someone from the western district of california to do it who was a buddy of his. he took someone that would normally take that responsibility. so, no, i don't see it as outrageous. again, i d

attorney geoffrey berman unrecuse and oversee the cohen probe. now, this denial is in response to this "new york times" reporting today that, in fact, he did make that ask because he viewed berman as an ally. sources tell me and my colleague, laura jarrett, that the president was upset about the cohen probe. his former fixer. and how it implicated him in the payments to two women during the election and did fume to matt whitaker about it over the phone. the president thought that whitaker should do a better job controlling the investigators in the probe that whitaker oversaw as acting attorney general. and if you read that justice department statement carefully, there isn't a denial that president trump and whitaker discussed the sdny probe. and during recent congressional testimony, whitaker would only say he wouldn't discuss conversations with the president when he was asked whether he did speak to him about the sdny investigation. in contrast, he told the committee he never spoke about the mueller probe to president trump. so you look at the c

attorney geoffrey berman in charge of the case involving the president's former personal attorney, michael cohen, even though berman considered an ally of the president, had already recused himself from the investigation. president trump tweeted today that the new york times reporting is false. they are the true enemy of the people. times' publisher put a statement reading in part, the phrase enemy of the people is not just false, it is dangerous. as i have repeatedly told president trump face-to-face, there are mounting signs this incendiary rhetoric is encouraging threats and violence against journalists at home and abroad. michael cohen pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign- finance violation. he will testify before congressional committees next week. today a judge granted colin's request to push his prison report date back to recover from shoulder surgery. >>> a house resolution as soon as friday to block president trump's border emergency declaration. that could set up a vote by the full house by mid-march, then it will go to the republican- controlled

geoffrey pyatt. private chats between. you know what. i think. probably. so you had this remarkable phone call. of the u.s. government talking about a coup or how they were playing to restructure the government of ukraine. exactly i'm not saying the whole u.s. government feels that way the there is there is division but the neo conservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. people and they've been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the american people they had this experience when they were getting the american people to get excited about central america back in the one nine hundred eighty. and they've been applying those same strategy ever since they were dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of certain governments they want to regime change in syria for instance regime change in iran. very skilled at this and they have now inside the news media inside the government means the. they can do a lot to control the narrative of

byron were a bit lucky with their breakthrough as geoffrey broom us deflected ball gave the hosts the lead. well twenty two minutes am. i solo nots and had plenty to smile about at least for the moment. because the advantage didn't last long two minutes later and after that the teaching left the home for taking his doubts casting his run with great finish. what. is sometimes the right man to watch move on splash he's clearly lost his step since his glory days he still caught it in the firing back line. thankfully byron are still deadly up front another two minutes go by and now it's biron turning the tables. robert levin dosti fire home homicides great casts. he didn't just put his team ahead the goal was eleven dossiers one hundred at the alley on serena. i am very happy because they were. like. a dream and dreams come true and something. ahead or not biron struggled to put their stamp on the match shall have their chances but were unfortunate not to find the frame. but byron were composed enough to. put a final nail in the coffin this time it came from sarah's cannot believe i am st

attorney and appointee geoffrey berman in charge of the michael cohen case and he recused himself. in the recent testimony before congress whitaker did not say whether he was asked to intervene. >> did you have conversations with anybody about reassigning or firing any personnel including the u.s. attorney with the southern district of department of >> reporter: andrew mccabe, form fbi acting director made a startling statement in an interview with cnn. >> do you believe the president could be a russian asset? >> i think it is possible because that is why we started our investigation and i am anxious to see where director miller concludes that. >> reporter: calling him a liar and leaker. >> the whitaker row as acting attorney general ended last week with the confirmation of william barr in that position. it is day 2 of the my brother's keeper oak glen event put on by former president barack obama calling on acsts to impanot pi >> barack obama steph curry took the stage yesterday with the projects designed to uplift young boys and mean through the power of mentorship but some attend

he asked whether geoffrey berman, united states attorney for the southern district of new york and trump ally, can be put in charge of the widening investigation, according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. would you advise the president to do something like that? >> no. and also i would say to you, i have known geoff berman 20 years, wouldn't help him. >> you don't think geoff berman would try to unrecuse? >> he definitely would not try to unrecuse. >> do you know he didn't try to unrecuse? >> i don't know but that i know geoff. geoff made an ethical decision to recuse. i've known geoff 20 years. if geoff decided ethically he needed to recuse, he wasn't going to unrecuse for any reason. i actually think for a guy who's taken a lot of criticism, and some rightfully over a course of time, matt whitaker told the story well, i can't ask him to unrecruise. that would be inappropriate. i'm not going to do it. that should give people some faith in the fact, and now with bill barr in charge, the justice department will be on the right being here. they trust muelle

buyers who were a bit lucky with their breakthrough as geoffrey broom was deflected ball gave the hosts the lead. one l. twenty two minutes in. i solo nots and had plenty to smile about at least for the moment. because the advantage didn't last long two minutes later and after that you left your home boy taking his dad's passing his run with great finish. what what. is the right man to watch out of on splash he's clearly lost a step since his glory days he still caught it in the final back line. thankfully byron are still deadly up front another two minutes go by and now it's barren turning the tables. robert levin dossie fired home homicides great casts. he didn't just put his team ahead the goal was love and off season one hundred at the alley on serena. and they're happy because they were. like. a dream. come true something. or not byron struggled to put their stamp on the match to have their chances but were unfortunate not to find the frame. but byron were composed enough to put up. final nail in the coffin this time it came from sears can happily be on strike three of injuries has

ambassador to ukraine geoffrey pyatt questions of credibility are being raised after a private chat betweentwo top u.s. diplomat was leaked online i think he says the guy who's got the economic experience the governing experience he's faced the good you know what he need to screech in tiny book on the outside i just think it's going in he's going to be at that level working for yatsenyuk it's just not going to work. and i think that's right. good well you want to try to set up a call it sounds as though let's just sell it and come back to me for saying you need biden and i said probably tomorrow for an attaboy in the get the deeds to stick by this willing she had this remarkable phone call. to senior officials of the u.s. government apparently talking about a coup or how they were playing to restructure the government of ukraine.

" reports the president called matthew whitaker, then his acting attorney general to ask whether geoffrey berman could be put in charge of the investigation into his former lawyer berman had already been recused from the case. just this month, whitak to sngress about presidential interference. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> reporter: it follows new revelations from fired acting fbi director andrew mccabe, who now says he briefed lawmakers after the fbi opened an investigation into president trump in 2017. mccabe telling savannah guthrie that no one pushed back. >> did you tell congress? >> and i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone object? >> that's the important part here, savannah. no one objected, not on legal grounds, not on constitutional grounds, and not based on the facts. >> that answer an apparent rebuttal to republican criticism that top justice department and fbi officials were plotting an administrative coup. >> did you suspect the

attorney geoffrey berman considered an ally according to the "times." but whitaker said no because berman had already been recushe from case. now, we're already hearing from the former actingbi director, who has been talking a lot book. about his upcoming he's commenting on this "new york times" report. >> it's not surprising at all, right, especially when you're familiar with the hisry we went through in may of 2017. it's not that different fromki director comey to just let go of the investigation of mike flynn. of course one of the cruci steps that caused us to believe that this president might, in fact, berying to obstruct justice. >> reporter: and there's another report this morning.n "the washingst" reporting that the president may be about ready to get rid of his directo of national intelligence, dan coats. some friction there after coats testified on capitol hill several weeks ago, the president's view of security threats against the united states. you might remember that was the hearg wherehey did not mention the southern border at all as the pr

later this week, the attorney general, geoffrey cox is expected to make a rare speech in which he willt will eliminate any legal risk to stop the irish backstop becoming indefinite. and the prime minister is scheduled to have another meeting with the president of the european commission, jean claude—juncker. with me is our political correspondent, pete saul. yellow is it likely to make a lot of difference? there was an uneasy truce within the conservative party. richard harrington called on brexit your colleagues to leave the conservative party and join nigel farage's new party. theresa may has just trying to put a little bit of a dampener on things to calm things down. she knows the conservative party need to unite if they are going to get behind her deal. let's look at some of the quotes from this letter she sent out this morning. she says... we must move beyond what divides us and come together behind what unites us and sacrifice our personal preferences in the higher service of the national interest. just a reminder that the weight of history is on them at the moment. she says, we

attorney and trump administration appointee, geoffrey berman in charge of the cohen case.man was recused from the investigation. but today, the president praised whitaker. >> i have a lot of respect for mr. whitaker. i think he's done a great job. he's a very, very straight shooter. >> reporter: in response to the "times" story, the department pointed to whitaker's recent remarks to congress. >> and i have not interfered in any way with the special counsel's investigation. >> reporter: but when pressed specifically about the u.s. attorney in new york, he declined to answer. >> did you ever have any conversations with anybody about reassigning or firing any personnel, including u.s. attorneys, with the southern onstrict of new york? >> congresswoman, i sit on top of the department of justice, as you mentioned. >> reporter: the president is also dealing with fallout from former acting f.b.i. director andrew mccabe's revelations about the russia investigation. today, mccabe revealed he briefed top republican members of the congress about opening an investigation into the pres

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later this week, the attorney general, geoffrey cox is expected to make a rare speech in which he willte any legal risk to stop the irish backstop becoming indefinite. and the prime minister is scheduled to have another meeting with the president of the european commission, jean claude—juncker as well. with me is our political correspondent, pete saull. what is the point of this letter to mps, some of whom we know are opposed to her deal as it stands, largely because of the backstop? there is not a great deal of new material, in terms of substance but i suppose it is a tacit acknowledgement from the prime minister that tensions are growing in the conservative party, especially since the last vote in the house of commons on thursday. the government was defeated because of the abstentions of the european research group of pro—brexit mps and since then we have had lots of conservatives on the former remain side of the argument and attacking pro—brexit colleagues. theresa may is trying to calm things down through this letter and act as a bit ofa through this letter and act as a bit of a pe