it says david hockney has dethroned jeff koons as the most expensive living artist when his painting, don't forget — let is know what you are spotting online — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. ido i do read these, i have a little computer on my desk. before we go this is what the markets are doing. investors are gauging whether china in the us can de—escalate the trade spat before the summit later this month. political tensions in europe, the uk and italy, have been hitting sentiment this week that you can see wall street any a bit higher. the japanese index down about 0.5%. the news briefing is next and we will ta ke news briefing is next and we will take you through all the media stories, you can imagine the headlines there. they don't have that in just headlines there. they don't have that injust a headlines there. they don't have that in just a moment. headlines there. they don't have that injust a moment. first, a little bit more news where you are. one of the biggest brexit disputes has been the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland — emma var

artist jeff koons it went under the hammer in twenty says teens for around fifteen million euro. just constantly in bonn is showing the exhibition. dream journeys. it features more than one hundred thirty works by the expressionist painter. they demonstrate how a longing for the exotic and original runs through the work of the artist who himself had never traveled very far. with german who died in one nine hundred thirty eight was one of the founders of the artist group. the exhibition runs until the third of march twenty ninth. this year's week of italian cuisine open did rome on thursday courses in one hundred twenty countries this year's focus will be on the mediterranean diet. the person in our next report is a star on the accordion the french mint vos off irani began with classical music at the age of eleven and he won numerous international prizes as a teenager then later on he began specializing in jazz but his talents aren't limited to just one musical genre on his new album he plays some very familiar rock classics but with an interesting twist let's have a closer listen

artist jeff koons it went under the hammer in twenty says teams for around fifty million euro. the board is constructed in bonn is showing the exhibition. dream journey. it features more than one hundred eighty works by the expressionist painter. they demonstrate how a longing for the exotic and original runs through the work of the artist who himself had never troubled very far. with german who died in one nine hundred thirty eight was one of the founders of the artist group broker. the exhibition runs until the third of march twenty ninth. this year's week of italian cuisine opened in rome on thursday starting november nineteenth thousands of italian chefs will again travel all over the world present are calling mary delight at more than one thousand events and cooking courses in one hundred twenty countries this year's focus will be on the mediterranean diet. the person in the next report is a star on the accordion the french mint vassall ferranti began with the classical music at the age of eleven and he won numerous internet. prises as a teenager then later on he began spe

the previous record, $58 million for a painting by jeff koons. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. governor philrsey murphy and state officials holding a briefing on the response to the surprise november storms. saw numerous delays on the transit trains and buses, dozens of accidents around the state. you can watch the briefing on the bloomberg at live go. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: in london, i'm guy johnson. this is the european close on bloomberg markets. let's talk about what we have from central banks. ecb president mario says although there has been a slow down in world trade there is no reason for the expansion in europe to come to an abrupt halt. he delivered the speech at the european banking congress in frankfurt. there is certainly no reason why the expansion in the euro area should abruptly come to an end. normal, aslowdown is expansions mature and growt

modern artists they have a sort of distinctive look and you can immediately recognize that like jeff koons he's got those balloon dogs or banks the graffiti artists a very distinct style you mean say oh that's a banksy that's not the case with her and. the work that she's doing now doesn't look anything like the works did ten years ago or twenty years ago or thirty years ago but i actually think that's an advantage and that's her strength because she can't really be pigeonholed and now i mean she turned seventy today and the work she's doing now is still as as vital and compelling as it was forty years ago take a look. these again career spans for decades make yourself pretty was a major retrospective of our works which was first shown in the netherlands in twenty sixteen has always been. because she doesn't allow herself to be boxed in. there is a queue. behavior. recognized by the look of her work because. it has always tried to. accept its. famously allusive is against avoids giving interviews that reserve isn't reflected in her work the own life features prominently in her alts. work i

like a banksy yeah you know you see the graffiti type of graffiti you know about the banksy or jeff koons as the big balloon animals you know when you think ok that's they have she's not like that ever she's been changing our regularly throughout her career so what she's doing now looks completely different what she had ten years ago that was completely different what she did thirty years ago but for me that makes her more interesting as an artist can't really pigeonhole her and the stuff that she's doing now at seventy which turns seventy today is i think just as exciting and interesting as what she was doing forty years ago what we think a lot. easier. decades make yourself pretty was a major retrospective of how it works which was first shown in the netherlands in twenty six. has always been. this because she doesn't allow herself to box and. there was. a lot. of. recognizable. as those to form i mean seconds and as as long. recognised by. has all. this. famously elusive he's against avoids giving interviews that reserve isn't reflected in her work own life features prominently in her

so, john, the left got very frothy with hope during kavanaugh when the flake/koons partnership was born in the u.s. senate, jeff flake about to depart the institution. it went nowhere. kavanaugh's on the supreme court. there are further fever dreams tonight that the departing republicans would perhaps change their party affiliation to independent, making the majority leader chuck schumer for the few legislative days left, passing, in effect, the protection of robert mueller act. the question to you is, is there enough republican support? is there any to cross the aisle and cast a vote for good government and process and protect mueller? >> well, brian, you said fever dreams. i think that's an apt description of what people are thinking now in certain quarters. not just fever dreams, but fever dreams fueled by heavy duty narcotics and hallucinogens. the reality is it is the case that koons and flake are bringing forward that legislation. they would like to see it. they've been behind it for a while. they'd like to see it taken up in this period. there is a theory in the world in which the departing senators, peo