involved in handling the substance with george some really senior research fellow at the global policy institute at london metropolitan university a bit of a turnaround here from what i'm reading than what you know about it what your initial reaction is potentially quite a turnaround for the czechs claims up to now when they said no no we haven't but it seems he asked his security services to say the end of march and it seems he's come back and said yeah we made that stuff what are the implications of that. well equipped serious i mean if true then it really does blow the whole british american thesis out of the water. because the british american thesis was that nobody bought of the russians could have produced it even though no evidence of ever being produced to suggest that. it ever was manufactured in russia and. the people from anywhere in the world could not have done it i mean the formula had been published in the united states already some years ago so any you know we've had professors of organic chemistry say in public that pretty much any ph d. student in organic chemistry would have b

another chalk type substance we've heard from george swanley a senior research fellow at the global policy institute at london metropolitan university. it really does blow the whole british american thesis out of the water the british american thesis was that nobody bought of the russians could have produced it even though no evidence of ever being produced to suggest that. it ever was manufactured in russia are and the people who were anywhere in the world could not have done it i mean the formula had been probably in the united states already some years ago and now if. what the czechs are saying today proves to be correct then. explode the entire british american the. us rapper kanye west is a russian spy secretly working for vladimir putin well that's according to one self proclaimed strategic intelligence analyst the accusations come after the celebrity publicly revealed his warm support for donald trump went downstairs now looks at an ever growing army of kremlin agents remember when being portrayed as a russian spy was funny. a bit of a joke. over. what he had done in the dark when. russian sp

grassroots political consulting and in new york we cross to george samuel he is a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we've seen of this administration well so they'd say does this president have foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. strategy can be the thing itself or it can be a representation of the formulas and nostrums that float among the the privilege the ruling elites and thus i think you see trump speaking to the people who most enthusiastically support him right his base so called and he is speaking for them as in their voice and in that sense much of the rhetoric and delivery of his foreign policy. is really shaped to fit his constituency and part of that is sloughing off this elaborate theater and highly choreographed ballet that mark elitist foreign policy since one thousand nine hundred five and so a lot of the. as for sho

political consulting and in new york we cross to george there muley he's a fellow at the global policy institute in london and author of the book bombs for peace are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated michael let me go to you first in washington you are after all a professor of strategy so given what we have seen of this administration well so they'd say there is this president to have a foreign policies strategy go ahead mr strategists. a strategy can be the thing itself or it can be a representation of the formulas and nostrums that float among the the privilege of ruling elites and thus i think you see trump speaking to the people who most enthusiastically support him right his base so-called and he is speaking for them as in their voice and in that sense much of the rhetoric and delivery of his foreign policy. is really shaped to fit his constituency and part of that is sloughing off this elaborate theater and highly choreographed ballet that mark elitist foreign policy since one thousand nine hundred five and so a lot of

i do not dismiss the perspective of risks emanating from global policy normalization. and institutionsor rising interest rates, even one that markets probably anticipate. future economic conditions may surprise, as they often do. david: for more on this market story we are joined by our bloomberg mliv market strategist. we can't say we didn't see this coming. there has been a tightening for the last couple of months. the big change in the last few weeks was the dollar depreciated as well. there is a combination of u.s. yields and dollar that really controlled the overall policy conditions for em. we have conditions for the first time in many years, the dollar and u.s. yields rising simultaneously, breaking out of the range in the last few weeks, causing a massive squeeze in that em. strong on aals are longer-term basis. there is more pain to come in the month, but this is not the crisis. a running it is a repricing to the tighter policy conditions coming from the united states. avid: does it feel a bit too extreme, mark? ark: know, but i think there is more pain to come in emerging mar

global policy normalization. some investors and institutions may not be well-positioned for rising interest rates.tions may surprise us, as they often do. kathleen: that flies in the face of people saying, when you look at some countries, emerging markets have been reacting to the fed raising rates, the more bond yields rise in the u.s., the more that affects currencies and spills into emerging markets. in 2015 going into 2016 when they were getting ready to tighten after the financial crisis, they said they were not worried about this, but it remains to be seen. it is a tricky time for jay powell to be overseeing the fed and in a sense, global markets. set of new policy, tools, that have never been used. yvonne: it is just a coincidence we see turmoil in emerging market economies. they was just talking about argentine peso, the mexican peso. the fed keeps raising rates and the u.s. 10 year trades upward toward 3% again. kathleen: one of our bloomberg stories pointing out, hitting the 3% yield has taken any sense of emerging market bonds remaining bullish, taken that out of the market. we are seei

global policy normalization. some investors and institutions may not be well positioned for a rise in interest rates, even one that markets broadly anticipate. future economic conditions may surprise us as they often do. jessica: australia is forecast to surpass the budget surplus in fiscal 2020. economists say that relies on optimistic wages growth. the treasurer's budget for the coming year offers tax cuts to low and middle income earners, financial perks for retirees, and modest giveaways for help and finance. the average worker's pay growth by $10 a week. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. this is bloomberg. haidi: one-sided and horrible -- that is how president trump described the iran nuclear deal as he announced his decision to reimpose usa since on tehran. president trump: in just a short period of time, the world's leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world's most dangerous weapon. todayore, i'm announcing that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. haidi: let's bring in our bl

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policy. this event organized by the world resources institute looked at global, federal, state, and local climate policy. >> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us this afternoon. i'm the global director of the climate program at wri. you toy honor to welcome this event one year later, has the world moved on since president trump's announcement of the paris agreement? i like to start out by saying my own personal reflection actually actually kicks off on the night. i was at the climate conference at the that time and if anything i witnessed was a renewed commitment to delivering there. it really stood out. what was memorable and what i remember is the steady uptake of countries that continue to ratify the agreement, signifying a steely determination to move on. that's what i remember from that moment. and now 18 months later that same decisiveness is very much evident. trump can announce what he will but the reality on the ground in the u.s. and around the world is that effort to tackle climate -- climate continues. and as someone who has been involved in that regime for now you can guess s

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economic policy institute at the house but the foundation a think tank that works closely with the confidence of german trade unions good to have you with us so washington is definitely shaking up global trade to put america first the e.u. is now looking to avoid tariffs what kind of deal could there be i think a president is the man big photos that means that we don't get any terrorism now exports but we say ourselves that we only export a certain amount of steel and aluminum to the united states this has happened in two thousand and two as well and it didn't really hurt so much so i think that was a. story that would be something that you could offer to the united states why isn't he asking for quotas riser way rather than threatening terrorism twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on all the many other as far as we know he is exactly demanding photos he has demanded from other countries as well for instance a south korea with which he could already a deal they accepted quotas and i think that there's something that we can of done a drum to piece the situation a little bit without hurting our exports too much when you just mentioned that something similar happened in two thou

santa cruz and a member of the korea policy institute and in honolulu christina on she is the founder and international corden leader of women across d.m.z. that's a global movement of women mobilizing to in the korean war reunite families and ensure women's leadership in peace building welcome to all of our guests this spring and it's a really good. so let's start with a little bit of a newsreel from nine hundred fifty have a look have a listen at this. go real united nations troops push on them the point is that it's against the communists. to think this general ridgeway stage is not to see but to wipe out the enemy the chinese red army by desperately in small isolated refers to a wider front rather than join a battle and it's up to the in. the pockets of die hard copy. so professor this war is not over yet the impact of this on finnish war on relations with north korea and the west what you think the odds of it not being officially ended is. you know the greatest impact has been actually on the korean people in your opening segment you indicated that two million people in terms of koreans were killed during this conflict this is an asymmetrical war of

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immigrant policies to see whether his fiery rhetoric is enough to stop the united states from welcoming those fleeing persecution. the swedish institute for peace research or see pretty says global military spending has risen to its highest level since the cold war broken down this represents two hundred thirty dollars for each person in the world substantial growth in spending in asia and the middle east military expenditure in asia rose for the twenty ninth consecutive year china is the second largest spender globally behind the u.s. it leads the increase in spending in the region with a total expenditure of two hundred twenty eight billion dollars china is followed by india elf higher spending by saudi arabia is driving the increase in the middle east if rose by over six percent in two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia had the third highest military expenditure in the world there and in iraq also play a large role in the middle east arms race well for more on the report on defense spending i'm joined by peter b. is a man he's a senior researcher at sea perri with a special focus on the middle east and he's a co-author of that report he joins us from stockholm good morning m

economic policy institute at the hands of butler foundation a think tank that works closely with the confidence of german trade unions good to have you with us so washington is definitely shaking up global trade to put america first the e.u. is now looking to avoid tariffs what kind of deal could there be i think a president demanding photos that means that we don't get any terrorism now exports but we say ourselves that we only export a certain amount of steel and aluminum to the united states this has happened in two thousand and two as well and it didn't really hurt so much so i think that was something sorry that would be something that you could offer to the united states why isn't he asking for quotas riser way rather than threatening terrorism twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on all the many other as far as we know he is exactly demanding photos he has demanded from other countries as well for instance to south korea with which he could already give they accepted quotas and i think that there's something that we can offer donald trump to appease the situation a little bit without hurting our exports too much when you just mentioned that something similar happened in t

develop junior talent into future tech leaders of policies that promote an environment in which global collaboration, discovery, innovation, public institutions, and industry can thrive. i had an opportunity to read dr. schmidt's statement and i want to thank you because it provides a kind of reality test for us, and how do we continue to do many of the advances that we've been working on, and you note those in your statement very clearly. but also build an architecture that is going to bring us into the future and certainly respond to the needs of the men and women who go to war on behalf of our country. i look forward to hearing your testimony today. thank you. excuse me. and i yield back. >> without objection, both of your written statements will be made a part of the record. i do want to comment, dr. griffin, that nobody's read yours because we just got it. and i think it's important. i realize that when you're an administration official it's gotta be cleared by all of these different levels, but who -- whatever the administration, it's important for those involved in getting us written statements, to get them timely or else there's reall

global level, whether the world health organization? how are they viewing that policy as legitimate policy is it. >> yeah. there are yeses about that. growing skepticism about the truthworthy nature of all institutions we could talk about why and how we got to that position. one of the things helpful particularly or for the regulatory agencies ntc is if you would be more vocal not in defense of a product or any ingredient but in defense of your processes. to be able to stand up and when somebody says i've got a real question about this ingredient or this pesticide or that process. it's not the agency's job to defend a commercial product. it's the agency's job to defend their process. and the absence of those voices aggressively defending their processes creates a phenomenal vacuum that others will then fill. so let's, you know, take -- you know the acme pesticide company and they have something registered and they're attacked. and asking the agency to step in. well we're not defending the acme pesticide company. you don't need to. but disregard the product 37 but it's important in terms of maintaining public confidence that the agencies are willing to stand up and say regardless of the product we ha

global business in economy. in the zegart is a senior fellow at hoover institute and at the stanford institute for international studies. she is a professor of political science. before coming to stanford to the public policy professor at you silly untrained ucla. today's discussion will be moderated by andrea mitchell. she's the chief foreign affairs correspondent for nbc and she hopes the show on msnbc. her achievements in journalism are innumerable which is why she received the 2017 courage in journalism lifetime achievement award for the international women's foundation. >> thank you so much. it is a great privilege for me to be here with two scholars, leaders, public policy experts who i admire so gratefu. we want to talk about the book political risk and some questions about that at the end of the day questions from all of you. i see a lot of friends in people who i know well from foreign-policy in the audience, as well. it's great to have doctor rice here. on the day when the new secretary of state has been ceremonially sworn in. talking about political risk for your experiences, first of all, doctor is what makes political risk different from financial and economic rest? >> the first thing is you h

globally at the world resources institute. coming up, american federation of teachers' president will be talking about policy. hunt on the, jeff state of conservatism in the u.s. piece --30 a.m., sarah sarah pierce on border policy and immigrant children. ♪ host: a report that legislators plan to take action on pulling back $15 billion of plan to federal spending once congress gets back. the publication adding that house republican leaders thinking support for the measure. bloomberg reporting republicans in the senate have a better chance of holding onto power after this november's midterm elections, the news agency basing it on economic growth and an uptick in approval ratings for president trump and strong republican winners. it is the "washington journal." with the cancellation of "roseanne" over a racist week aimed at valerie jarrett, we want to hear from you about the cancellation of her show and if you think it was appropriate by the network. many have praised the move, others saying other figures are staying on the air, even after making crude remarks. you can talk about the decision, the larger issue

education programs to develop talent and future tech leaders with policies that promote an environment in which global public institutions and industry can thrive. i have an opportunity to meet with dr. schmidt and i want to thank you because it provides really healthy for us and how we continue to do many of these that we have been working on but also build an architecture that's going to bring us into the future and certainly respond to the needs of the men and women who go to war on behalf of our country. i am looking forward to hearing your testimony today. thank you. yield the floor. >> without objection both of your witnesses statements will be made a part of the record. i do want to comment, dr. griffin, that nobody has read yours because we just got it and i realize that when you are an administration official it has to be cleared by all of these different levels, it's important for those involved in getting us written statements and getting them timely. again nobody has read your statement because i think it just came in at some point. it is a good summary of our acquisition problems. you have all of these layer