macron has marked that no one is .bove the law emmanuel macron has come out and said it.that going to be enough to appease his critics? reporter: that t is a good question. it is a little bit surprising macron i would say thahat could explain what hapapned duduring this. secondly, i would say that macron has used some very crude exactlynd we don't know . is it the memberers from the opposition that they want to add some explanation? it was a good decision mr. baker .resident macron anchor: this today while, didn't it? he didn't come out and directly apologize, however you want to describe it. is this all part of a political strategy? winene, and your opinion, did it take the time it d f for thi apolology? guest: i'm not sure that macron will apologize about what happened. situst didn't want it t to -- sit w with. he has said he will put aside all elements looking at scandalsls, represent transparency. he's not realally solve thehe political distresss between cicitizens and were e presented. -- and representatives. this is the biggest t crisis of his presidency. ok.or:: mo

liberation is causing this a major blunder, one that could damage macron's credibility.candal to be the president's first major political test. emmanuel macron has been accused of trying to hush up the incident despite promising to be an exemplary president. host: it's sparked a wave of panic at the french presidential palace. reporter: indeed. they slammed the way he has dealt with the whole affair. is this what crisis to mitigation looks like or is his committee case in crisis? the president of burying his head in the sand. it will not work this one, warns the online news website. host: con to the u.s. papers are responding to donald trump's position to invite vladimir putin to visit the u.s. later this year. reporter: the leaders held a summit and finland on monday, a summit that sparked a wave of angry reactions in the u.s. after donald trump appeared to cite the vladimir putin, contradicting u.s. intelligence findings on russian interference in the 2016 elections. the bromance between the leaders is stronger than ever. take a look at the front page of daily news. tr

macron came to st.ersburg for a summit there that president putin was holding earlier in the year, an annual event, and emmanuel macron went there. so that relationship has been warming up but what macron will talk to putin today before the world cup final is the nato meeting that president trump has just attended and the real concern there was that nato would present united front in the face of russian aggression. so what president putin may learn, the questions he may ask, what emmanuel macron of france may tell him about that meeting will be information, will be available information of insights when he sits down with president trump before he gets president trump's take on that meeting. so the ball here on a world cup final day is very much on this final issue of the moment today at least in president putin's court. >> very good pun there and very good way to say it. nic robertson, thank you. >>> siraj hashmi and aurie friedman are joining us now. >> reporter: first, your take on the meeting we are

last year they had banned some sales of macron chips.and their stock and reaffirm their four-year guidance. it is only going to affect 1% of our profit. chip -- these memory chips, it is supply and demand. vonnie: we are heading into earnings season and what looks to be a good earnings season for them. taylor: incredible. ones thatchart of the are expected to outperform this year. are above 22%. the technologies sector is expected to outperform, so you are seeing these companies saying maybe it is a little bit and wegotiating tactic, will deescalate from here. macron is one that they are coming out and saying no, we can do this. our stockylor riggs, of the hour, macron. thank you. mark: it just got real for real major it. after losing their head coach last month, they were dealt another blow when cristiano ronaldo ended his nine-year legacy. bloomberg's maria -- not everyone in italy is clapping. not everyone within -- dark of we have to keep in mind that the family is one of the -- >> we have to keep in mind that the families one of the

also, macron is a high person to deal with.as saying, she wants britain to stay in and wants to do what they can to help britain with brexit wearers macron has a much tougher line, he wants a slice out of brexit, he was financial services to move to paris. a lot of this is optics. cutting short the holiday sounds dramatic, are taking control of the negotiations. we are in the closing stages of brexit. it looks very much like she is not on the ball. there are worse places to go. the mood music from france, quoting a source, is difficult for macron to offer compromises and that is the mood going into the meeting on friday. what might come out of it? to be fair, there is some room to manoeuvre. it divided the tory party and they united in their mutual hatred. equally, she suggested andrew mark, that was going to be written's best and final offer. a lot of the remain supporters have seen this as a compromise on through to have been so summarily rejected, there was a real sense fossils that it was going to a cce pt real sense fossil

emmanuelle macron is not a big fan of the eu as angela merkel is.l about informing the eu and watching brexit happen, trying to square his electorate. he thinks he can geta square his electorate. he thinks he can get a out of brexit in terms of the financial moves with paris. he is seen as the bad cop versus angela merkel's good cop. butjeremy hunt is appealing to both to help britain in the event of a no deal. but as camilla was saying, the idea of negotiating hasjust camilla was saying, the idea of negotiating has just been camilla was saying, the idea of negotiating hasjust been very poor from been all along, it is basically we have been in a poor position than the eu. but we are acting as if we have this amazing ball in our court. i'm always suspicious when they say the prime ministers cutting short a holiday. i think there will always be plans, but it is adding to the sense of drama that she is pulling out all the stops, she has a new brexit secretary that has been slightly deputized. so she is looking like she is taking control. i think lookin

macron has ordered a shakeup of his team. he defended not acting swifter in this case.ot beingre benalla under my direct supervision and considering that the president's office as well as the police chief had the necessary information to act, i considered the facts were being dealt with on an appropriate level and i did not need to take care of the matter. >> we will bring you the latest. we're standing by at the national assembly. the questioning of the minister has stopped. talk us through the kind of questions of the work fire this morning. -- that were fired this morning. was why diduestion he not inform public prosecutors when he found out about the incident? the interior minister said he was briefed a day after those demonstrations in paris. reminded the commission they were violent demonstrations. he needed to remind the committee that the context was particular and he did not inform prosecutors because it was not his role. he was briefed, he called the presidential palace and he was told it would be handled them there on words. the chief of police was aware of t

it's not great news for president macron. in the three months from april to july, france's gross domestic product rose by 0.2%. growth has slowed down and rail strikes may be to blame. the drop in transport spending and overall household consumption have hurt g.d.p. the government's target for 2018 is 1.7%. i must say at this rate france may miss that goalal. markets have shrugged the off the disappointing results from the second largest economy. european shares are trading up. using trade tensions between the u.s. and e.u., boosting investor confidence and as well strong company earnings reports. speaking of which, franch company has posted a 1.4% increase in earnings for the first half of this year. driven by strong sales. he producer of ambian water -- evian water showed a jump in earnings. the success of its water and baby formula in the chinese market has offset the impact of boycotts of its products. innwhile profits fell to 43% the first semester, the world's rgest concrete mer took in some 250 million euros in restruc

macron was asked if it he agrees on that sentiment, they were beholden.said he was glad the reporters were asking him that question. there was a little bit of laughter if in the room. macron weighed in, saying, no, he did not agree with the president and that germany, the chancellor specifically, merkel, are beholden to russia. so a little disagreement there in the end. but a chummier in the beginning than we saw with the one-on-one with merkel and the president earlier. even though he complains about both of them not doing enough on defense spending, can you say how that plays into each of their different relationships with the president there. >> i'm glad you were there so you can clarify the question was to macron and he answered, no, he doesn't agree with president trump. i find it fascinating that we can see this president so chummy with another president who disagrees with him on the public stage and calls him out at times. it is so different than his relationship publicly with chancellor angela merkel. >> it's almost completely different. you notic

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prime minister macron was there to cheer them on. france got the only goal they needed to get the win. maybe some of your friends have been bitten by the world cup bug. thousands of fans in the streets of paris into the wee hours of the night. they're playing tag with a rubber chicken at practice yesterday. they win it all for the first time since 1966. they were doing team yoga earlier this week. >> everyone in my house is riveted, and everyone around me at work is riveted. you can't leave your tv because you're so concerned. >> i'm deeply concerned about the withdraw i will go through. >> i'm endoctrining my children to, and playing -- i think it was a resol ver -- revolver era beatl beatles. >> are they stinky or suave. >> they are about to take the family photo this morning, folks, this is one dysfunctional family. >>> bleacher report update brought to you by ford. going further so you can. preparing classic campfire trout. say what? trout. trout. all right. you don't think i need both? why does he have that axe? make summer go r

last night, president macron was asked whether he had confidence in his bodyguard.man bruno roger—petit was a little more contrite here s his official response. translation: he is suspended for 15 days with the suspension of his salary. he was removed from his job for organising security for the president's trips. this sanction was to punish unacceptable behaviour and was the final warning before being sacked. this sanction is the most severe ever given to a policy officer working at elysee. possible charges are violence by a public official, pretending to be a policeman and the illegal use of police insignia. meanwhile, opposition mps are calling for far stronger action to be taken against the guard. here s bbc paris correspondent, hugh schofield s assessment. this man is a member of macron's security detail and i think it would be wrong to say that he is a senior adviser or aide to macron, but he has an office or has had an office in the elysee as part of the security detail. he is a young man who is big in security and had been given thisjob, helping macron with

moving on to macron and other member states rolling in on this, ifind interesting the coverage seemsll is as much as possible as we move forward in any trade relationship, whether it be wto free—trade. trade relationship, whether it be wto free-trade. i

that would bar macron from the largest semiconductor industry in the world, oh macron it is a about 5.5%. thes take a look at philadelphia stock exchange semiconductor index. the yellow line right at the bottom is the 200 day moving average. we did punch through that today, but going forward, we will want to see that provide support if we do bounce off of that. forward, it wasn't just confined to semiconductors. we also saw weakness in facebook, new privacy and data sharing concerns there. so we really decide across the board with apple, microsoft, and google. suffered.ancials also , real these sectors estate utilities doing pretty well. where did we see the impact of that 10 year yield falling? sarah: as investors are looking for a safe haven, we did see bonds rally and the tenure treasury yield come down to 2.83%. down, we yields coming saw that play out across sectors as expected, the bond proxies, real estate, telecom, utilities, all higher. you see telecom up 1.16%, real estate of almost .5%. on the other side of it, we did see some weakness within the financials. this was the 50 da

he was macron's bodyguard seen manhandling a protester back in may in a video. last week macron told his detractors if they are look for someone to blame, they should come and find him. in comments largely seen as a dare, provocation. hence the mocking headline here, let them come at me with this confidential motion, that's what the left leaning paper says on the front page. motion that is probably won't rattle macron's government since it already holds the majority. but it is nonetheless a, quote, serious warning. from the right leaning paper, this motion is much more about -- is about much more than a scandal. it's an indictment in a way on macron's reforms and the way he governs and communicates. but for many is increasingly arrogant and flippant. claire: the u.s. donald trump's former campaign manager goes on trial. >> goes on trial for bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy, risking over 300 years in prison if convicted on those accounts. of course it was his decision to risk trial rather than cooperate with robert mueller's investigation into possible col

nic, when emmanuel macron disagrees he will call the president out. >> that's right. he said this idea of raising the contribution to defense spending from 2% to 4%, he says he doesn't see the need for that. he said we analyze the need to increase defense spending on the security threat and he said frankly i don't see the security threat has gone up that far as well. president trump said he should take credit for the fact that over the past year since he last visited nato headquarters the leaders who he has got on the know very well have increased their defense spending by $33 billion. this is how he phrased what he wants and now expects and believes he's got agreement from from those nato allies. >> people have stepped up today like they've stepped up before and remember the word $33 billion they're doing. they're spending at a much faster clip. they're going up to the 2% leve level. >> then we heard from jens stoltenberg, the nato secretary general, who was asked have nato allies agreed to any increase in speed? have they agreed to any increase in level of raising t

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macron's disgraced security a admitted he made a mistake.he french presidency is facing criticism after 26-year-old was placed under formal investigation for allegedly assaulting demonstrators and impersonating a police officer. the general secretary of the palace face some tough questions at senate today over the scandal that has been dubbed banaligate. he is answering questions like he was only suspended after the incident. >> i maintain in light of the facts i know today the suspension may appear inefficient, but with regards to those not on may 2, the suspension seeps proportionate at the time. -- seemed proportionate at the time. rochelle: emmanuel macron is making his first visit to spain and portugal. the alleys seek friends help to connect their energy grid to europe. an easy threat of a transatlantic trade more. the eu and u.s. have agreed to lower trade barriers following a meeting between donald trump and jean-claude juncker in washington. they agreed to resolve u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum as long as your's -- as well as th

there was no suggestion that macron knew about it when it happened.he is not in control of his own operatives, where there are people in positions of high authority who are simply unqualified. this man is 26 years old, he was acting like a senior police officer at a demonstration with no authorisation whatsoever, and the suspicion is that he enjoyed some kind of protection from the government and that when this was first known, and it was launched the way after it happened, no one did anything terribly serious to punish this man, he was given a two—week suspension and the technical demotion, but he remained in hisjob as we know. there is the feeling that this illustrates a part or style of the macron presidency which is less brilliant than the rest of it, in other words, a is less brilliant than the rest of it, in otherwords, a man is less brilliant than the rest of it, in other words, a man who is isolated to surround himself with people he thinks he can trust but are not under control. hugh schofield there are speaking to us. to china now, where pre

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french president emmanuel macron saying all that nato agreed to was what they put out in a communique overnight saying that what was in place to increase spending by 2024 is still in pla place. a loot going on here. kaitlan collins is still in belgium where the president just departed. kaitlin? >> john, the president making several stunning statements during that last-minute press conference. reporters were rushed into the room after the president sent nato essentially into an emergency session because of the president's comments about nato then he came out to reporters declaring victory saying nato changed a lot over the two days and that the countries involved in nato agreed to up their defense spending. that doesn't seem to be true, john, because we are hearing from the french president who is pointing to that joint statement that president trump and other leaders signed yesterday which committed them to spending 2% of their gdp on defense spending, a pledge they made years ago and agreed to hit by 2024. that's what the president said during the press conference. he started out say

other countries are struggling to get to 4% >> 3.8 or something. >> macron was pointing out about thet home. some photos paying for defense spending when there's so many other priorities, which is quite an interesting comment i think that's how many politicians feel at the moment very hard to sell policy measures i wonder if it's as simple as that macron did not have a win with donald trump on climate change is this ainosatie ati negotiatig out where he could push for greater collaboration at nato and wants something in exchange? >> i think that when we often look at any of these comments that are made by macron or trump or many of these other individuals that there are negotiations when he says 4%, like you said, the united states isn't quite at 4% the idea there is to push a number into dialogue and if you see movement in the direction that you want it to go >> what do you think president trump wants to get out of the meeting with putin on monday clear they would be pushing reduction on the sanction side what does president trump want to achieve >> achieve agreement on the middle ea

i was trying to keep a close eye on his interactions with emmanuel macron. the two of them on the surface really don't have much in common. their relationship seems to be a marriage of mutual interest even though the president hasn't come around to seeing things macron's way on the iran deal, on tariffs, on climate change. so the world leaders have a lot to talk about as they leave this class photo and head on the their dinner, their working dinner moments from now. >> justin trudeau we just saw far left, practically falling off the stage there, not exactly sure -- who is that shaking the president's hand? i can't make out from the back. can you, jeff? i didn't see who that was. >> i can't see it at all where i am. so i'll have to leave it to you. >> all right. geoff bennett is in brussels, can't actually see the class photo. craig melvin here in new york city, able to make out all the faces except for that one. i do want to continue our conversation about judge cavanaugh. for the second time in four minutes, i'm going to put you on the spot. the crept justi

macron much good. how does the u.k. play it? >> i think the u.k.has tried to chart a pragmatic course, acknowledging the need with strong relationship the u.s. post-brexit, but also acknowledging that there is a from themestic concern opposition about positions trump has taken, and indeed, we have seen a bit of diversions from -- between key u.k. positions and what the u.s. has in fact pursued. apparent after macron entertained trump at the steel day last year and the hope -- theille day last year and idea that this will get france more leverage didn't materialize, as we saw with trade, the move of the u.s. , so we to jerusalem shouldn't overstate the importance of guessing -- getting along on a personal level. a particularly important issue for donald trump? florian: i don't think so. from donald trump's perspective, the thing that counts the most by far is how to deliver to his voter base. when we reflect on u.s. policy priorities since trump has entered office, he has focused on what he thinks will keep his support up and not necessarily what eu

husband's side, president trump greeting france's first lady and smiling with french president emmanuel macron just hours after blasting america's european allies. president trump accused germany of being held captive by russia. >> germany, as far as i'm concerned, is captive to russia. >> reporter: later trying to

now you see french president macron is speaking in brussels. one of the things, you can't just frumple from 2% to 4%. president trump said we want to go from 2% to 4% and mr. macron is saying that may be harder than it sounds. live from new york, this is bloomberg. no ♪ >> it's bloomberg daybreak. i have your business flash. next move is up to rupert murdoch. they increased their takeover bid of sky to $34 billion and ps the swedened offer from 21st century fox. now they have to decide to accept it. b.m.w. will become the first foreign automaker to join a majority in a chinese joint venture. the germany company now holds 50% of the venture with china automotive. and one of the world's biggest miner is watching the trade war between the u.s. and china closely. bloomberg spoke to rio tinto c.e.o. juan sebastian in sydney. >> there are two keys in the business, not only rio tinto but the mining business and g.d.p. growth is strong across the graphic at this point in time. the other is about trade. if i jirio as a proxy, 99% of the product will go

he's been identified as an assistant to mr macron's chief of staff.tester has been wrestled to the ground, the man in plain clothes and police helmet appears from behind, grabs him by the neck and hits him. shouting. it happened more than two months ago during violent protests on may the 1st, but now we know the identity of the man. he is alexandre benalla and what is shocking is that he is a senior member of president macron's personal security detail. he was in charge of security during last year's election campaign and has often been there as a bodyguard when the president and his wife travel around the country. the opposition says that there are serious questions to be answered. translation: first of all, how was it possible that one of macron's close aides who was in charge of his security detail during his campaign, who is deputy to his chief of staff, could do this at a protest? who knew about it, who was involved? the questions to ask after seeing this video, the second question is, was something done to hush up this affair? no one is suggesti

a little more sedate at the presidential palace where president macron and wife bridgette greeted thelayers. the squad are set to be awarded the legion of honour, france's highest distinction of merit, for their services to the country. there was also a warm welcome in zagreb earlier, as beaten finallists croatia retrurned home. no shiny trophy to hold aloft but no less pride in a nation of just over four million people. it's the first time they've made it to a world cup final and they're the second smallest nation in terms of population to make it that far. meanwhile the england team might not be getting a bus parade for their fourth—place finish, but former england player leon osman says gareth southgate‘s side have transformed the relationship the english public have with their national side. football is all about following your team, doing it with pride, being excited to watch your team play and over the past four years or so, maybe longer, english fans have taken to following club teams more than the national side and that has been a shame but thanks to the england squad, expecta

president macron was in russia to see the french team's triumph.was the end of a tournament that gave his country a prominent place in the international spotlight over the course of the last month. from moscow, our sports editor dan roan reports. it's a sporting occasion like no other. cheering a fixture with a global appeal that transcends the game. and in keeping with the world cup of surprises, a final that few had predicted. russia has put on quite a show this last month. the tournament is seen as a public relations coup for its leader. would this provide a fitting conclusion? france were favourites and it was the three—time finalists who took the lead, albeit fortuitously. commentator: as easy a goal as you will see. mario mandzukic whose goal ended injured's dreams of being here but the ball into his own net. not for almost 70 yea rs has into his own net. not for almost 70 years has a country with such a small population reached a world cup final. but this is croatia and for the fourth match in a row, they then fought back from going behind.

on his visit, emmanuel macron took in some cultural delights too.s introduced to a very talented young artist. 11—year—old kareem waris 0lami—lekan attended the special event in lagos where he drew a portrait of the world leader injust two hours. kareem say‘s he's inspired by artists such as michelangelo and fellow nigerian portrait painter, arinze stanley eg—bengwu. we went to meet him. i started drawing castles from the age of six at school. i draw castles, comics. i get my inspiration from something going on at home, especially my family. this is my friend. i want to be like arinze stanley egbengwu, michelangelo. that is myself among great artists. my best work is this because of the title. the sweat is from the work i did. my family, work hard for me. 0nly11. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. 29 degrees celsius was the high yesterday. that was in northern ireland. there will be a dramatic dip in the temperature here during the day ahead. we had and will have a dramatic drop in te

on his visit, emmanuel macron took in some cultural delights too. talented young artist. 11—year—old kareem waris 0lamilekan attended the special event in lagos where he drew a portrait of the world leader injust two hours. kareem say‘s he's inspired by artists such as michelangelo and fellow nigerian portrait painter, arinze stanley egbengwu. we went to meet him. i draw castles, comics. i get my inspiration from something going on at home, especially my family. i want to be like isaac and michelangelo. that is myself among great artists. my best work is this because of the title. that's it. my family, work hard for me. impressive, just 11. a reminder of our top story. british police say two people who've fallen critically ill were exposed to the same type of nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. a police spokesman said the use of a novichok nerve agent had been confirmed by chemical weapons research experts. he said there was no evidence that the couple had been deliberately targeted. the bbc‘s security

president macron, absolutely soaked to the skin as other players.eremony unfolds. the fourth world cup winning captain, hugo lloris. following dino zoff of italy in 1992. football has come home really, the world cup was the idea of a frenchman, john reme. he will be looking down fondly on seeing his nation when the trophy which was his brainchild for the second time. i think the lads were talking about pogba, how they get time to play well. can't see was quite magnificent in midfield. no sign of anyone being bothered by the rain, including the ever smiling president of croatia who is so proud of her nation with the great things we have achieved in getting to the final of world cup. didier deschamps alexa medal is a world cup winning head coach. 20 years ago he was the captain of the french side that was led by zinedine zidane. people we know so well. having been

. >> so what do you think macron can do here?a that this -- take the success and build on it. >> yeah, i mean what vox points out so powerful in its video, which you can find on you tube, two things contributed to the success of soccer. first you had this -- actually a succession of immigrant waves after world war ii, sought out to meet a labor shortage but second, at the same time this was happening, french soccer was in decline. and starting in the 1970s, france made a concerted national effort to find, recruit, train soccer talent. they concentrated their national training academy in these suburbs with newly arrived immigrants and soccer talent. so having integrated immigrants into soccer is can macron do it at large for the immigration problems they're having in french society. and i think there should be a focussed effort along the lines to finding new talent in the communities not just soccer players, engineers, mathematicians, teachers, doctors, you name it. that's the national effort that could be made. and if macron seiz

a little more sedate, but not by much, at the presidential palace, where president emmanuel macron andater greeted the players. the president invited hundreds of young football players from the poorer suburbs of paris for a chance to meet their heroes. the squad are to be awarded the legion of honour, france's highest distinction of merit, for their services to the country. now, what about the world cup runners—up, croatia? well, as you can see, they were also given a rousing welcome home. there was a lot of national pride in the capital, zagreb. they may have lost the final, but this is still the most successful world cup for a country that only came into being in 1991. our europe reporter gavin lee has been spending time with fans in the croatian capital. well, this is how it feels when your tea m well, this is how it feels when your team have just given their best ever world cup performance. in fact, one of the best ever sporting achievements in the short history of this country, croatia. there are supposed to be 100,000 people in the main square here in zagreb right 110w. main squa

macron is pushing back on that.n no way did president trump issue a threat, but i will tell you that's not how everybody who was in that session perceived this thing. some people did see it as an ultimatum. and one senior administration official that i spoke to said, hey, don't water down the language too much. this is something that the white house clearly now wants people to know. that president trump went in with this incredible areally tough tone. it's worth noting that he did praise nato and reaffirm the u.s. commitment in that news conference, but that came just a matter of hours after telling these allies, hey, if i don't see some immediate changes, then we will need to reassess, essentially. so that is how the president is now coming here to london, coming to meet with prime minister theresa may and the queen. he's a little bit late because of that news conference. it delayed everything else. he should be landing here within the next two hours and that's going to kick off a whole in the new set of diplomatic

you have to think about macron, and lots of people saying we shouldn't roll out the red carpet, but macronist leader, he welcomed donald trump with a fly past, the whole thing. let me be very clear. the polls show us the feeling in france is similar, but what is not similar is you didn't see massive protests. why should we accept the president of the united states ? accept the president of the united states? and let's also point out this is a working visit, not a state visit. because we are still too scared to give it. i couldn't possibly comment. what do you make of his intervention on germany and his remarks that germany is controlled by russia. it is one of those things where someone comes in and it is what we would have thought. on sanctions when it comes to russia, germany won't do it because they are worried about them turning the gas. it is a new person coming in and saying, look... wasn't one of the things ofjournalism supposed to be giving truth to power? you could argue that is a bit of what donald trump is doing. trouble is the administration don't know one day to the next if th

in the case of macron the economy still underperforms. macron who in some ways is a lot like trump. and macron has tried very hard to reform france and is having a hard time doing it. the truth is the french people aren't -- and they have a very long history of the railroad workers striking two days a week for months just to send a signal that we are not happy. imagine the chaos that causes. they are not necessarily the people who decided to lecture us on the economy. in addition trump did something very profound. from world war ii until 2016 we used the american economy to prop up -- so need your help somehow you got a good deal. for a very long time it made perfect sense because the soviet union was our major competitor and two because when they came out of world war ii we were half the world's economy. remember everybody else had done bombed and we were the one country that had not suffered any civilian war pandemic so we were huge portion of the world and we could afford to be generous. over the last 25 years that has all disappeared. we have agreed to work with the chinese and

the president deferred to macron to that. macron said no, he did not believe it.ting to germany and maybe france at some point is really linked to trade. and the president believes that if he can get some movement on trade from some of these european union countries, then maybe i might dial back on some of the rhetoric about russia and pipelines and expenditures to nato. >> sandra: thank you very much. things changing on the ground there. we'll get back to you later. >> bill: another fox news alert. lisa page, the former f.b.i. attorney known for her anti-trump text messages to peter strzok will not appear at a closed door deposition expected to begin an hour ago. house judiciary committee chair bob goodlatte says it appears page has something to hide. catherine herridge is live on the hill for more on that. >> thank you, bill, good morning. the republican chairman of the house judiciary committee that has direct oversight for the f.b.i. released a statement last night. the key phrase points to further action in the very near future. it reads in part we'll use all

president macron got stuck in. there isa president macron got stuck in.assic picture of him. we will show that in the papers as well. drivers could soon be allowed to go faster through motorway roadworks. highways england say it's considering raising the current speed limit from 50 miles per hour to 60 on quiet days when there are fewer workers nearby. but the union, unite, says any increase in speeds would endanger lives. the rail operator govia thameslink says it's latest timetable will be more " robust and reliable. " it's the third in two months. gtr, which oversees thameslink, southern and great northern routes, changed the time of every service on may 20th. it meant some were withdrawn and cancelled without warning. the operator says the changes will mean an increase in services across the network. plumes of smoke have been seen across london as a large urban grassland caught fire in the east of the capital. more than 200 firefighters worked through the night on wanstead flats near stratford, to bring a blaze the size of 150 football pitches under c

the new french president emmanuel macron says that's not true. >> molly hunter liv in london with therter: reggie and jessica, good morning. it's been a wild diplomatic ride and it's midday here. we thought it would be about russia and afghanistan. president trump canceled a meeting, held an emergency session and clearly had his own agenda. >> it was unscheduled and free wheeling and more than 40 minutes. president trump held an impromptu press conference announcing they would commit millions more. >> we have a powerful stronger nato, much stronger than two days ago. >> 33 billion to be exact and it's unclear what percentage that represents. trump has been pushing for every country to hit 2% of their gdp even asking for 4%. today he claimed victory. >> it all came together at the end. yes, it was a little tough for a little while. >> and took total credit for it. >> second general stoet en berg, he gives us total credit. meaning me in this case. total credit. >> last night leaders attempting another family photo smiling with french president macron hours after blasting the european al

what you saw there from macron is macron reminding president trump of a year ago when trump went to paristrip with a military parade, a grand marching parade that the president used for inspiration for a military parade that he now wants to host in washington, d.c. this fall he's got the pentagon working on setting up the parade. so interesting that macron sort of reminds the president of the great experience they had together and says that they have been working together really well for about 12 months now so macron reminding president trump here of the great personal relationship that the two have shared and the great visit he had to paris last year >> comparing this particular summit to g7 where he went in and put a lot of our allies on defense at the course of the summit are you seeing those kind of similarities or not? >> reporter: yeah, it does feel that way, carl the president deliberately close to come in here at the summit before breakfast and the summit was called to order and be sharply critical of one of the united states' biggest allies here he will say this is something the

you have macron tech being closed out of china.ly expresses the principle of what is happening in trade. it is the fourth of july so a lot of u.s. bond traders will already be in the hamptons. futures are open. slide ever so slightly on the u.s. equity futures. really begin to see the number of articles being written about he built and the lack of demand, that is one of the great debates out there in the market. you are seeing prices fall, yields rise. pmi anonymous day for italy, spain, germany, the whole of the euro region. may movehat made -- the bond story more than we see during the start of trade. anna: let's have a look at some of the breaking news out of london. on track numbers coming through. they say they are on track to a treat to hedge a million pounds worth of cost trading. combining these two big retailers to take on the big giant that is tesco. that is the bigger story around the backdrop. is likely to show that st. mary's has lost market growth. it is coming from a position of weakness but certainly on track. let's

i understand macron contradicted him. maybe that was about his individual group.there was substance. you talk about the pipeline. that is a great issue, if you change who the players were, and it was related to america or related to republicans and you had somebody just out of office, that was on the board and getting money from this pipeline, that was getting gas from russia to germany at a time when we're trying to sanction russia, put pressure on them, this does the opposite, creates revenue, don't you think that would be treated like a scandal lear? >> yeah, i think certainly when you look at what the president said about, if we have this alliance, u.s. is bearing a lot of costses to protect you from aggressive action from russia, doing all the business with russia in sensitive area of energy that is fair point to debate. there is starting to be a pattern. mainstream press doesn't like trump foreign policy we saw this with the summit and coverage with kim jong-un. ultimately there will be results or there won't. there seems to be this rush to say he doesn't kn

trump saying it's a great honor to being with a friend such as macron.ad a close relationship. a lot of laughter and joking going on. between the eus and the u.s. relationship with trade concerns, let's get back to talking about trade concerns and how it the commodity market with brian battle. we are seeing the leaders meeting in nato but we have seen affect upon stock commodities. brian: this is not a minor thing. donald trump at the nato meeting sent out a tweet about soybeans so he is very aware of the economic conditions. also of the political implications of what he is trying to do. trump starts to bluster and it works his way back to accommodations. i'm not sure how real these threats are but we have to take them as real because of who he is and how unconventional he is, especially disconcerting is the tariff list last night up to $200 billion. it looks like a real thing until it isn't. tweets being sent to try and study the nerves of farmers. gold becaused in we are not seeing much of a haven. even if you see commodity selloff. it will usually see

news that china would not allow macron to sell chips --micron to sell chips a patent issue, the moving the average topping above and the dow is still below that 200 day moving average, a signal that bears and sellers are trying to take control. mark: right now, wti crude is falling. now by bloomberg's energy and commodity reporter. there is so much going on. >> there certainly is. mark: today, i spoke of saudi arabia cutting prices and raising production. will that appease the u.s. resident? -- president? >> what will a piece of more than anything is this u.s. stock going against market expectations and causing prices to sell up shortly. whether he can think saudi arabia for that just yet is hard to say with the data just having come out, but saudi arabia is listening to the message trump has sent, not just in the tweet overnight but the last months about opec in oil prices and saudi arabia is listening. they have increased production. a couple of weeks ago, it increased to record levels in july. have theficials differential between benchmark oil prices and how much saudi arabia's oil

president trump went to macron and said he wanted macron to help the eu renegotiate some trade dealsid no, we'll go straight to retaliatory measures. looking how president trump responds to strength and retaliation and particularly on some of these trade deals where president trump's opponents are learning from reading his book is that they have to act strongly. that's the only thing president trump respects is strength. >> speaking of strength and the president's america first policy from singapore to helsinki, describe for us some of the global implications of how trump has gone about his america first policy. >> america first has become the reality on the earth now. look at the last 35 days the incredible meetings first at the g7 in canada and the nato meetings in europe and summits in singapore and helsinki. president trump gone against the multilateral institutions that underpinned a lot of these agreements. turned into a much more unilateral world, one on one negotiations. had meetings with strong men and turned our allies into adversaries. it's a consequential month in his pre

boost their defense commitment, forget about 2% of gdp, 4% of gdp, even though we heard from emmanuel macron of france, that was never considered, certainly never approved by fellow members. there is disagreement what was agreed on and what wasn't, but that too doesn't worry the markets or ours, what do you make of that? >> yeah, there's a lot of other stuff going on in the economy. deregulation. tax cuts. businesses aren't as worried about new regulations except for the tariffs. that's the uncertainty out there. right now it looks like the balance is leaning towards more good things than bad things. doesn't mean the tariffs aren't bad and doesn't mean ruffling feathers is good for the world economy. i don't think it is. >> so if the president were to get his way, now talking about throwing tariffs on the chinese, $200 billion worth of goods and the chinese have to up the ante in one way, shape, or form, you could look at the technical condition where the chinese violate the agreements established by the wto, the very body they prefer we go through than the route we're taking. i could imagin

he was fired last week after the video was made public, but it later emerged that president macron knew it happened. here in the uk, five men are to appear in court on wednesday following an acid attack on a 3—year—old child at a department store in the city of worcester. the five are all charged with conspiracy to commit grevious bodily harm. the incident on saturday left the child with serious burns to his arm and face, although he has now been discharged from hospital. it's emerged that the dam that collapsed in laos had developed a fault the day before the accident. at least 20 people died in floods when the dam burst. according to the south korean firm helping build the hydro—power station, workers had tried unsuccessfully to repair the damage. a spokesman said authorities had been told and did evacuate the area in attapeu province before the dam burst. but for many, there just wasn't enough time. at least a hundred people are still missing. nick beake reports. the torrent of water that crashed through this countryside offered little chance of survival. in time, the full, grim pict