i'm karen tso. >> and i'm joumanna bercetche. >> the u.s. moves to block the at&t-time warner deal. >> we have takeoff easyjet shares lift after the budget carrier says it is encouraged by pricing trends adding that its acquisition of air berlin will boost 2019 earnings >>> angela merkel says another election would be better than a minority government. the fdp tells cnbc that the political deadlock is due to the chancellor's unwillingness to compromise. >>> robert mugabe faces impeachment as zimbabwe's political crisis stretches on. the country's ousted vice president hails a new era for wh the area >>> good morning one hour into the trading session. we had a strong session overnight. nikkei up 0.7% another strong session for hang seng led by tencent. things in europe are looking soggy this morning a bit more sea of reds than yesterday. that points to the soggy open for the euro stocks index, almost down 0.2% this is in contrast to the price reaction we saw in stocks indices yesterday, despite the breakdown of german coalition talks. ftse a

i'm karen tso. these are your headlines uk chancellor philip hammond gets set to deliver a make or break budget that he hopes will bolster britain against brexit shocks >>> axe xo nocarige warns opera could be at risk because of not enough capital. >>> and thomas cook shares dive more than 10% as margins are pressured despite a turnaround in demand for trips to egypt and turke turkey >>> we are an hour into the trading session here in europe so far stocks are just slightly tilting firmer, but not by much on the broader image of stocks on the stoxx 600, the core markets not exactly helping out. the ftse, the cac, the dax, the uk market is slightly higher than the rest. if you're looking for decent gains, it's on the spanish stock market that market up about 0.6%, versus what you're seeing in the rest of the charts the ftse in the uk and the ftse mib selling, but the dax and cac on the flat line in terms of sectors, this is how we're perched. travel leisure at the bottom thomas cook not helping out th

. >> karen tso live for us in london, thank you. >> i want to turn to bonnie schneider with the weathern. we're looking at rain through parts of the northeast right now, that's where week-r we're expecting the rain to continue along the jersey shore. take a look at impact on air travel. we may see rain in boston and lake-effect snow to contend with again in syracuse and into erie. record temperatures in the southwest but rain continuing as you travel in the northwest so that may cause a slowdown or two. looking at thanksgiving day itself, i think we'll see improvements, particularly in the northeast. watch out, florida, we're facing rain and that will impact your travel there. watch out for difficult travel from seattle to redding and off and off waning with gusty winds. the good news for thanksgiving it clears up nicely for new york city. for the parade, not too windy. the temperatures are cool but it's supposed to be cool this time of year. you'll see the numbers 37 to forward degrees. bundle up if you're headed to the parade. with the jet stream to the north. we're looking at warm re