ranked in the 40s up against number seven, mark allen.shot to win this match, and knock him out. to knock him out, and was forced to triple crown series quarterfinal was at stake, and unfortunately, for kurt, mystics, and gave the opportunity to mark allen. you could say he was brave to take it on, but we are saying he was a bit silly. he is definitely thinking about that one. and when you think about the way mark allen was able to get the head down and complete that match and you stop to pop the boss and he showed real courage to do so. yeah, i think everybody thought that would bea i think everybody thought that would be a close match from the start commander shows the top boys can perform when they need it. 0k, perform when they need it. ok, speaking of the top boys, it's john higgins through to his 14th quarterfinal, and it was a really attritional match against europe today. we thought that was the one that would catch fire. we did. but you know, the thing withjohn, he does need to bring his a—game, there are plenty of other c can de

you can watch that on bbc two and the mcguire and mark allen match is at 7pm.t this evening where he's hoping to win back his heavyweight world titles. let's speak now to charlie edwards. he's a boxer himself and a friend of anthonyjoshua. have you spoken to anthonyjoshua about this fight in the past few days? not in the past few days. he isa days? not in the past few days. he is a busy man and will probably cut off all social media and focus on the fight. i was with him before he got out in camp and we were chatting and he seemed hungrier than ever and was determined to get these belts back. how might he be preparing today? i think he will stay cool, calm and collected. he has been boxing a long time. he cannot let andy ruiz boxing a long time. he cannot let andy ruinr get too much into his head. for me personally he was not the same as he normally is in fights, especially looking at him in the ring. he will stay relaxed, keep his team around him and be focused. the main thing is to enjoy it. what did go wrong last time and how will he change what he does toda

in tonight's evening session, there were wins for mark allen and neil robertson, whilejohn higgins beatsenal's vivianne miedema was a worthy nominee to be featured in the top ten. and yesterday, she showed why she was included. arsenal beat bristol city ii—i — miedema scored six herself and set up four of them. arsenal went top of the women's super league in knost ballpark to the work of the dutch woman —— in no small part. here's miedema. never in doubt for the dutch international. just too easy. miedema again. lisa evans! it's another for miedema. mitchell! emphatic, prolific. brilliance from arsenal. yeah, absolutely incredible, that performance. before we go. now, you may think being a 20—time grand slam tennis champion means you'll be minted. and you would be right, because roger federer is not only made of money but the money is made from his image. he has become the first living swiss person to feature on one of the country's coins. the swiss mint has released these pictures of the very special coin being made. the 20 franc coin went on sale on monday and the website struggled to

these aer live pictures — northern ireland's mark allen is playing the veteran nigel bond.bsite and the red button. and on the other table scotland's stephen maguire is playing welshman matthew stevens. 4—all. the former world number one tennis player — caroline wozniacki has announced she's retiring after next month's australian open. she was the first scandinavian player to top the rankings. and says she's giving up having "accomplished everything she could ever have dream of on the court". i think she has more than fulfilled her potential. i think a lot of people would've said the opposite, that she has actually overachieved, because you know, she was a great competitor, and you remember, she got some fineness of the usa i believe when she was 19 years of age. she was world number one at the age of 20. and the one thing that was sort of hanging overhead was here was this one who had never been able to win a grand slam title, and finally, she did it in 2018 at the australian open, so it was a huge monkey off her back, as it were. i'm so thrilled for her, because i couldn'

he'll play 2004 champion stephen maguire, who beat mark allen 6—nil.s after tournament host tiger woods' challenge fell away. woods held the lead early in the final round but could only find one birdie on the back nine to finish 4 shots behind stenson. the swede eagled the 15th to take him to 18 under par, a shot clear of spain'sjon rahm. don't worry. we've not forgotten about the boxing. anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior in that colosal heavyweight rematch is taking place right now in saudi arabia. they are in the second round. you can follow that one blow for blow on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you. if you think you are getting into the christmas spirit, i doubt you to challenge this family. the christmas spirit has most certainly arrived at one house in germany. thomas and susanne jeromin have spruced up their saxony home with a remarkable 350 christmas trees. decking the halls began in august, with tens of thousands of baubles and over 300 strings of lights used in the process. no two trees are the same, this year's th

defending champion mark allen has been knocked out of the scottish open in the semi finals by jack lisowski contest in style with a break of 95. he's chasing his first ranking title at the age of 28. it'll be a challenge against three—time world champion mark selby. he dispatched david gilbert with ease 6—1, including a break of 132. it's the second day of the pdc world darts championship and a big shock as five—time world champion raymond van barneveld was beaten in the first round by american darin young. barney said he would never, ever forgive himself to bow out of the sport in such a manner. he was beaten 3—1 in what proved his final match — leaving the stage crestfallen. this time tomorrow's we'll know who is your sports personality of the yearfor 2019. we already know the recipient of the helen rollanson award — given for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. former scotland international doddie weir lives with motor neurone disease. his foundation ‘my name's doddie' has raised £4 million into research for the incurable illness. from day one that you got diagnosed with mn

here mark allen green party 1090. thank you melanie alley riza labor party 18141 the above the old thanks smith robert jr company known as bobby elmo smith 8 o. tobin william john feit the alfie john independent 44. yogen stein yes coming on as yes interplanetary time lord yogen stein 23. the number of rejected by the papers was 93 and i hereby declare that said boris johnson is duly elected the. thank you thank you mr mr mr act you are turning off your morning everybody you boil a gentleman i thank you all very much and there's no i don't want to i don't want to tempt fate because clearly lots of results are still coming in and we're still many dealing with projections but at this stage it does look as though this one nation conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate for the buck to get pretty done. not just to get pretty done but to unite this country and to take it forward and to focus on the priorities of the british people above all on the n.h.s. and yes we will recruit 50000 more nurses and 60

jack lisowski is currently taking on defending champion mark allen for a place in tomorrow's scottishk selby is into his 26th one after thrashing david gilbert 6—1 in today's first semi. selby knocked in a 1—3—2 break and three more breaks of 50+. that's all the sport for now. more after 9pm. tens of thousands of people have gathered in rome for what the organisers hope will be the biggest street protest against italy's far—right league party, led by the former deputy prime minister matteo salvini. the movement, called the "sardines", started last month and has grown rapidly. our rome correspondent mark lowen is at the protests in the italian capital. a month ago, this movement did not exist. but it has sprung up from a flash mob to this, tens of thousands in rome, rising up against the league, led by matteo salvini. they call themselves the sardines because they pack themselves tightly into piazzas across the country in the last week. the call for respect to human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to the core values of democracy. and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascis

. —— mark allen. you can watch coverage of that second semi final on bbc two from seven o'clock.announced he won't play in the masters next month for personal reasons. and an update on the fiddle, 66 minutes and manchester city still trailing manchester united by 2—0. it has been an exciting match so far. 66 minutes gone in that and we will keep you updated. but we will finish where we started — in around 2 hours' time we are expecting anthonyjoshua and andy ruinr to begin their ring walks in saudi arabia for their much—anticipated re—match. so we'll leave you with a reminder of their first meeting at madison square gardens. sumbal syed and reginaldo rosario take us back to the boxing match that shocked the world. goodbye. during the first, madison square gardens, joshua's american coordination, but one man wanted his crime. the first two rounds were cagey and tense. both men feeding each other out —— feeling each other out. joshua stepped up, uppercut, left hook. down he goes. but what he really shook wales louise on his feet, —— ruiz on his feet. out of the blue, a magic left h

knocked out the world champion judd trump, but his quarterfinal against last year's runner up, mark allena match too far. it went to a deciding frame. allen will play stephen maguire. the three—time winner john higgins, beaten 6—3 by the chinese teenager yan bingtao, who'd already knocked out world number four neil robertson. a lot of big names falling by the way. bingtao now takes on his compatriot ding junhui. that's the first semi—final today and you can wathc it live on bbci from 1.15pm. that's all your sport — now on bbc news it's time for click. this week, the programmers of the future. i felt like steve jobs. the cities of the future. and the ugly politics of today. this thursday, the general election will give more than 45 million people their chance to decide on the uk's future. is it the brexit election? is it the nhs election? is it an election that will show new divisions that no longer lie along party lines. we'll soon know. amidst all this there is the usual mudslinging towards candidates. but with social media now in the mix, much of it has transferred to platforms like twi

maguire looks in great form and didn't allow northen ireland's mark allen a look—in as he thrashed himao. he's bidding to win a third uk title following triumphs in 2005 and 2009. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. have a very good night. there's fresh warning that climate change and nutrient pollution are diminishing oxygen levels in our oceans. that's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by the group the international union for the conservation of nature. while nutrient run—off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse , and is having an impact on certain species of fish. earlier, i spoke to kaveh madani, an environmental scientist and senior fellow at yale university. he previously served as the vice president of the un environment assembly bureau. he says governments must take steps now. telling us that we have another big victim of climate change that we have overlooked, we are killing essentially our oceans and this is really frustrating and it also reminds us that we still do not understand

maguire takes on china's ding junhui maguire, the 200a champion, didn't give northen ireland's mark allento win the uk title for third time starts at one o' clock. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. indian police say at least a3 people have been killed in a huge factory fire in delhi. it's thought that many of those who died were asleep in the building. the blaze in the old quarter of new delhi broke out in the early hours of the morning. about 50 people have been rescued and taken to hospital. john mcmanus reports. the fire began in one of delhi's many factories, sweeping through a six—story building in a congested residential area. local media say the building was packed with handbags and other material, all of which helped the fire to grow in strength. as well as retail goods, the emergency services say some labourers were also sleeping inside the building, a common occurrence for india's many poor migrant workers. dozens of fire appliances rushed to the scene to help extinguish the blaze, though the district's narrow streets made access very difficult. tran

the second semi final is underway at the uk snooker champipnship with mark allen and stephen maguireyan bingtao — coming through to win by six frames to two. hazel irvine can tell us more. we're in the company of two pharma united kingdom champions, stephen hendry and john parrott, who have been assessing the first of our finals in this year because ‘s great event. may against yan bingtao. a master against the apprentice, and in the end, it was at the master key a trans —— ding jun—hui against yan bingtao. and yan bingtao looked a bit out of his depth today, but he will have learned a lot. that is the only way you can own is when yellows and you will play better player and he will come back stronger. ding jun—hui was impressive and did what he had to do today. how much does the game need ding jun—hui at the top of his firm again,? we have all been saying it, where has he gone? if you are just as his best, could certainly win the event and ding jun—hui was definitely that. he has been playing better and progressively better and the match with o'sullivan was superb. his inexperience fr

he'll play the winner of the other semifinal between stephen maguire and mark allen.t a reminder, we are less than an hour away now from the big fight in saudi arabia between anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior. we're expecting them to enter the ring around 9pm. live text and 5 live commentary on the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. nearly 300 people have been killed over the past two months and 2 million others are having to cope with unusually heavy rainfall and flooding in eastern africa. in kenya, more than 100 people have died and thousands have been displaced. at least 12 people have been confirmed dead in western uganda. and in somalia, cyclone storm pawan has made landfall on the coast. a huge bushfire that's burning out of control near sydney may take weeks to put out. the large—scale fire, north of the city, stretches for over 35 miles and is bigger than sydney itself. almost 100 fires continue to burn in the drought—hit state of new south wales. phil mercer reports. the authorities are warning that some of the bushfires in eastern australia are too big to put

and there's more live snooker this evening — john higgins and mark allen are both in action.n d'0r on the bbc sport website. in the last few moments the usa's megan rapinoe has won the women's ballon d'0r. reaction to that and the winner of the men's trophy will that's bbc.co.uk/sport. a paranoid schizophrenic who killed three pensioners in frenzied attacks has been cleared of murder by reason of insanity. alexander lewis—ranwell, who's 28, had been arrested twice in the previous 2a hours. an officer noted that he posed a serious risk to the public but he was not seen by a mental health professional before being released. sean dilley reports. this is alexander lewis—ranwell‘s first release from custody, there was a warning from a senior officer that he could present a danger if released. devon and cornwall police said they had no choice to free him. during his time in custody, he was seen by five different health care professionals at the request of the police. as we have said earlier, we feel it is unreasonable to expect our staff to override clinical advice. he was first ar

play china's ding junhui in york maguire looks in great form and didn't give northen ireland's mark allen semifinal. should be quite a match up between him and ding junhui. the final at the york barbican starts at one o clock. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. lots of reaction to anthonyjoshua. we will have another update for you in the next hour. let's get more now on the news that manchester city have said that they will issue a lifetime ban to anyone found guilty of racist david 0'connor was at the stadium and joins us now. he was at the stadium at the time. when did you become aware of this incident. we became aware of it in the press box. it became aware to colleagues and myself that an incident had happened. place tapped missile had been thrown and struck fred, the manchester united midfielder. looking back at the video footage, it seems clear straightaway that one member of the crowd was making vile racist monkey gestures against fred and lingard. i have to say that manchester city were swift in their reaction. they issue

defending champion mark allen is also through after beating scott donaldson. a unification fight with fellow world champion deontay wilder, or an all british bout with tyson fury ‘has to happen'. joshua reclaimed his three world heavyweight titles last saturday after beating andy ruiz junior in saudi arabia. tomorrow we'll find out the winner of this year's bbc sports personality of the year — but we already know the winner of this year's hellen rollanson award which recofnises outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. scottish rugby legend doddie weir has been named this year's winner. and with good reason, after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2016, weir set up the ‘my name's doddie' foundation, which has raised more than four million for research into the disease. weir was also awarded an obe this year for his services to rugby, mnd and the borders community. well this year's spoty is in aberdeen. a fair old trek from cardiff, which is where former wales rugby star gareth thomas is cycling from. he's making the 500 mile journey for spor

defending champion mark allen is also through.tstanding achievement in sport in the face of adversity. the scottish rugby legend was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 2016. he set up the my name's doddie foundation, which has raised more than £4 million for research into the disease. weir was also awarded an obe this year. and doddie will be presented with the award at tomorrow night's sports personality of the year award in aberdeen. you can find more about the event and all our stories on the bbc sport website. and of course sports personality of the year is live on bbc one tomorrow night at seven o'clock. that's all for me let's head back to geeta now who's at westminster. now for the papers. welcome back to westminster for a special edition of the papers... in wake of yesterday's general election results, which saw boris johnson return to downing street triumphant as the conservative party secured a large working majority in the house of commons. the general election from thursday. the prime minister will visit the north

knocked in a 1—3—2 break in the process and will play either jack lisowski or defending champion mark allennly to a 20—game run in 1971. memphis led at the end of the third quarter but the bucks came back in the final period to maintain their lead at the top of the eastern conference. england went into their final one day against pakistan hoping for a series whitewash. instead, they got a bit of a washout as rain thwarted their hopes of a 3—nil win. they looked in a strong position before the heavens opened in kuala lumpur too as henry moeran can tell us. frustration in the end for england unable to complete a clean sweep in this one—day international series because of the rain, the post series presentation taking place behind me under shelter. 38 overs were all that were possible, england reducing pakistan to 1a5, more impressive bowling, four wickets for just 18 i’u ns bowling, four wickets for just 18 runs for her. now for heather knight enter site it is on to the t20 series as preparation for the t20 world cup begins to build. we did not start the best but be blotted back brilliantly, e

he'll play the winner of tonight's other semi—final between stephen maguire and mark allen. the side, following their series defeat in new zealand. james anderson returns after missing most of the ashes with a calf problem. jonny bairstow has also been recalled, he'd been dropped after a poor series against australia. lewis hamilton has said his happiness away from the track helped him to win his sixth formula one world title. hamilton was presented with his trophy at the louvre museum in paris and he said the ability to focus on his passions outside of racing had been pivotal. i think more so the other side and just being happier, happierany collaboration with the team in terms of our team work, the things is that, the door is that, the doors that, the door is that, the doors that opened in terms of the new fashion, that has been well received and my fans have been amazing and supported me with it. and being able to do those things and it not be talked about too much in the sense of negative that is a distraction. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those

but he was just beaten by last year's runner—up mark allen, who edged a final—frame decider to win 6—earlier in the day, with the three—time winner john higgins beaten by the chinese teenager yan bingtao, who'd already knocked out world number four neil robertson. we are going to talk politics. it was the debate last night. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn going head—to—head on the bbc. johnson and jeremy corbyn going head-to-head on the bbc. kirsty blackman is in aberdeen. that debate, what was your reaction to it? it is very clear that neither of these two men is fit to be in charge of scotla nd these two men is fit to be in charge of scotland or uk as whole. they are both in favour of brexiter, they are both in favour of brexiter, they are both in favour of brexiter, they are both in a position where actually things are not going to go well under either of them so i do not envy voters. thankfully in scotland, we have the opportunity to vote for the smp and are the main challenges in all the conservative seeds and we will be doing our best to win as many seeds as possible and keep bo

maguire looks in great form and didn‘t give northen ireland‘s mark allen a look—in as he thrashed himeek evensongs in cathedrals are on the up — and researchers are trying to understand why the ancient service is attracting a new following. our religion editor, martin bashir, has more. the buildings are ancient, the service designed more than 600 years ago, but it seems we can‘t get enough of choral evensong. amazing, really. what‘s so special about it? i think the building, i think the music, i think the message behind it all. it‘s just something you can‘t get anywhere else. i think we all lead busy lives and that pause gives you time to think about things beyond that hustle and bustle that can take over all too often in our lives. this service takes place at 5:00pm on weekdays in all anglican cathedrals and lasts 45 minutes. it includes readings from the bible, hymns, and prayers. and there is no sermon. the number attending choral evensong is going up across all age groups, even though sunday church attendance has halved over the last 50 years. it seems that believers and nonbeliev

. >> as he watches his two young sons check out a new play structure, demetrius allen knows this christmas will mark a new beginning for his family, the first in a home of their own. >> we had a place to stay but we were barely scraping by. and i mean barely. pinching pennies. >> this is my room! >> reporter: the allens are the first residents to move into the first casa air bella. she'll share a two bedroom with her mother and 12-year-old daughter. >> it's been difficult trying to find affordable housing. >> extremely difficult, very difficult. >> what's it like out there? >> really hard. working, still not being able to afford a place. >> this will be a diverse mixed income community that represents the full range of our community from veterans to formerly homeless to families that work in offices throughout the area. >> the rents here will vary from apartment to apartment but in no case will the annual amount charged exceed 30% of the resident's income. >> i don't know which is going to be mine because we're going to flip a coin. >> vietnam veteran jeffrey ryan became homeless after he spent all

demetrius allen says this christmas will mark a new beginning for him and his two young sons. >> as gifts and stuff goerks we might n go, we may not is have a lot of gifts, but this house is gift enough. >> developers say it is a mixed income community with veterans, families and formally homeless people living and working in the area. rents vary, but they will not charge more than 30% of the resident's annual income. we want it hear your ideas about being a better bay area. share them by joining our group on facebook. >>> the last suspect charged in a murder is now a free man. yesterday the district attorney announced he will not be retried. he was one of three suspects arrested in the 2016 murder case of keith green. a jury acquitted tiffany lee last month and the third suspect is the only one who is still in custody because he cut a plea deal. he may be released next month. >>> larry reed is recovering after escaping gunfire. he was at the east oakland senior center for his annual turkey give away and he accepted outside and shots rang out. reed fell while running for cover. officers h

allen, 87. [applause] jenkinson, mark, conservative party,. [cheering and applause] 20488. perry jill, green party, 596. [applause] walker, david, brexit party, 1749. [applause] therefore, mark jenkinson's duly elected as a member of parliament for the work incident constituency. [cheering and applause] >> that's a very significant result. the seat has been held by labor since 1918. except for a small conservative batch in 1970. it's a very, very strong labor area in the past and a bit of a district and a former steel town on the cumbrian coast. the significance here is not just about the conservatives that have gained the seat but the fact that sue eyman is a key member of jeremy korman's shadow [inaudible] mark jenkinson gentlemen who's the new conservative mp for worthington is a deputy leader of hallandale [inaudible] and we are being told [inaudible] is about ready to declare. labor, is this the hamilton west? >> hamilton west constituency. i hereby give notice to the total number of votes polled for each candidate is as follows: margaret ferrier, scottish national par

again with jack black, dwayne johnson, kevin hart, awkwafina, and many more plus allen stone, she and him, finneas, and markn paak. and one more item i'd like to mention i wrote and illustrated a children's book. it's called "the serious goose." it is the story of a goose who's serious. i really dug deep for this one. all the money that i make from the sale of this book goes to children's hospital here in l.a. and children's hospitals around the country. you can buy it most anywhere or go to the serious goose dot com for a copy signed by these beautiful hands. all right? our first guest tonight is an oscar-winning actor who is excellent in everything he does. his new movie is in collaboration with clint eastwood "richard jewell" opens in theatres a week from tomorrow. please welcome sam rockwell. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: hi. really good to see you. i like this thing. you know, it's like it's your thing. you look good. i think maybe the last time i saw you >> yeah. >> jimmy: i think you were on stage at the oscars, accepting an oscar. >> i was, and i didn't get the jet ski. because i was blabbing. >

and as my colleague, john allen notes, omb mark sandy testified july 12th was the day the white house freeze. that was two weeks before the call. the more important piece of the emails could be that duffy was asking the defense department to keep the aid freeze secret and doing so right after that phone call. so, interesting development here. it's gaining some traction. senate minority leader chuck schumer. but shawna, what is the -- excuse me. what is the significance of this email one way or the other on this impeachment process? >> the reason why senator schumer is pointing it out is it does bolster his case that the senator should hear from actual witnesses and mr. duffy is one of the witnesses that senator mcconnell said he -- excuse me, senator schumer wanted to hear from. seven to ten americans say hey, maybe we should call witnesses and it says hey, there is more to learn here. there is more to tease out from the timeline. there is more to find out when it comes to did administrative officials, did they think this was problematic in some way? and i think your colleague, john a

. >> david allen, rachel jackson, joy jackson morgan, katie simons, joe steinbergger, peter dorkin. mark catch son, karen rath man, dillon meyers, mark miller, susan davenport, harold love, reverend walker, doctor dave atkin. whenever you are ready. >> thank you. hello. i am david zinoff, san francisco resident 35 years. the founding board chair of one purpose school. the man whose picture is out i

. >> david allen, rachel jackson, joy jackson morgan, katie simons, joe steinbergger, peter dorkin. mark catch son, karen rath man, dillon meyers, mark miller, susan davenport, harold love, reverend walker, doctor dave atkin. whenever you are ready. >> thank you. hello. i am david zinoff, san francisco resident 35 years. the founding board chair of one purpose school. the man whose picture is out in the plaque out in your entrance to this room and after whom this room is named irving brier i knew. i am 81. i was friends with his son steve and used to go to the brier house on the weekends. i was from the midwest. on holidays i didn't have anyplace to go. irving brier, the man you named the room after used to espouse social justice and the importance of high-quality public education. he used to lecture his boys, who you may know are you now prominent judges in the country and me who is not that, but i was there to receive the lecture many times about those messages. high-quality public education and social justice. he said those are the keys to the health of american society and san franci

allen martin. >> and i'm veronica de la cruz. the teen boys were killed in a car crash last night. kpix 5's mark sayre with what school officials are saying about the victims killed in the horrific crash. >> reporter: 3 of the victims in the crash attended school here at dublin high school. tonight the principal sent out a message about this tragedy and an entire community is grieving. this is what foothill road looks like at night. there are few street lights, the dent is way at the si . crashed into a tree. >> i felt the need to be here today. >> reporter: karen is a campus supervisor at dublin high school. when they heard that mark and michael, twins, were victims of the crash, she had to come. >> they were always together, very personallable and kind. a lot of friends, very social. >> reporter: a third teen javier ramirez was also killed. the crash was reported just before 10:00 p.m. on christmas night. the car was approaching castlewood drive when it veered across the oncoming lanes and crashed into a tree. >> we heard screeching of tires. >> reporter: this neighbor heard the crash and call

mark the bottom. now, we heard that by the way from allen photograph at fed-ex yesterday the cfo. no, graph was probably wrong although i was wrong where rite aid. i have like you know sunny side ups on my face from that he did. sanjay did say that was going to be the bottom. it is. prices are okay. deceleration >> what can i beyond micron. >> they have a way to simpson. >> what can i look flew? >> sky work solution, jose quervo >> apples. >> hpis. i'll go through a look at texas instruments. because of what happened with hauwei, they said you have to buy marvel technology, not marvel the box >> no, no, no. >> marvel technology, hauwei was a major countries. david, we see a lot of lovee dovee stuff in the united states and china. don't forget, former secretary of state henry kissening quietly, he says she would rather deal with trump than any of the democrats, mostly the democrats care a lot about human rights not that trump doesn't care. >> well, speaking of politics and the democrats and republicans. let's get down to ylan in washington for the day after the impeachment. >> repo

mark about to be tattooed on his page in the history books. joining our conversation is our longtime political analyst and veteran journalist jonathan altar. curt pall bardella, jonathan allenthe few, the proud, the brave. mr. alter, i haven't seen you in a long time. you're new to this conversation tonight. i want to get you on the record on where you think we're headed. >> this is what accountability feels like, and this is what the process is supposed to do. i actually think it's an inspiring night. we're about to hold this criminal president accountable. you see those signs, curb your dog. we're curbing him. a leash is about to be put on him, a collar. does that mean he's going to removed from office? no. but he's being called to account. there's a reckoning that's taking place and it's a positive thing for this country. >> let me hold you to that and let me quote, again, the work of maggie and peter. are you going to be cool with it when -- you heard him do it after the mueller report. he got air cover, total exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction. are you going to be cool with him saying he has been completely cleared, exonerated, in fact, it's a badge of honor? >>

allen. china's central bank ordered lenders to adopt a new loan pricing regime for all credit next year. this marksd to the previous benchmark and takes another step towards liberalizing the financial system. the pboc asked banks to use the new rates as the pricing reference for all loans from january while gradually converting existing loans for the new base for march and august. hong kong's economy is set to contract in the fourth quarter as the city reels from six months of violent social unrest. the financial secretary says it is inevitable that negative growth will continue and the government will be less flexible in using financial resources under an economic recession. democracy demonstrations are set to continue into the new year with lisa proving a rally on new year's day. rallyh police approving a on new year's day. with 900 50 homesfiresrned wit- destroyed. the prime minister says will ber firefighters compensated for their efforts. >> as this is a very prolonged fire, this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular. it means the turnout and the callouts have been fa

allen in sydney. it is as major markets have dressed up for trade. -- just open for trade. shery: welcome to "daybreak asia ." our top stories this hour, xi jinping prepares to markturned to china. brings unrest to hong kong. black rock and another company are in talks for a management business in china alongside one of the nation's biggest banks. indian bands protest groups and cuts communications and the internet. on across the country. paul: alright. we have the market open in japan and south korea. if we take a look at the nikkei, it is higher by about a fifth of 1%. encouraging cpi numbers. .8%. that is the highest since april 2016. if we take a look at the topix, that is higher by .1%. the yen holding fairly steady in the japanese 10 year yield above zero. shery: take a look at the kospi and australia and new zealand. the cost becoming online higher, .3 percent. of course, this is adding to gains we have seen in the past session. it closed at the highest level since may. we are seeing the korean won also gaining ground at the moment against the u.s. dollar. this coming on the back of foreign inflows we have seen recently going into the year-end. the korean