martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. ♪ [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! is toxic,teachers literally harebrained, half cocked, creating more dangerous schools not less. amy: as president trump advocates for arming teachers, lawmakers returned to capitol hill under intense pressures to pass gun-control measures.

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese sololution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. [cheers and applause] paul: woof. [laughter] well, i'm greatly honored to be here. thank you, kenny and ina, and thank you, all bioneers. it really feels like i've come home. i really have some groundndbreaking new research,h, never been revealed to an audience like this, only in the past several weeks, , that'm gonnnna revealal at the end of y talk. now, i'd like to start off my talk, because i'm wearing my favorite hat, it's a very cool hat, made from the amadou mushroom. it's a birch polypore mushroom. this hat is actually

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese sololution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. -it's pretty much impossible to live here and not be political. especially specially as an artist. -the conflict makes art. the unknown future makes me alive. i want to create here. -crereating satire in a placace where there's a bunch of dudes walking around with guns. that's an intense place to be creating art.

martin palmer: i think one of the things that i've seen over the last few years, and increasingly so,is a sense that if there is going to be some kind of chinese solution to these issues, it is going to come out of chinese traditional culture. so my sense is that this partnership between religion and the government around environment is only going to get stronger and stronger. fred: there's hope these handshakes signal real support for ancient traditions of respect for nature in a society that has paid a heavy environmental price for progress in recent decades. hi link tv, i'm kavi ladnier i'm an actress living in los angeles, ca and i was born in kerala, india i look at myself and where i'm from with so much gratitude because there is such a rich culture and a heritage there. but i also have the oprtunity of being an american so i really can take & grab from the best of both worlds i think it's very important that media outlets like link tv exist. if we focused on the differences we will be fighting forever. but the truth is there is unity in diversity. if we can bring that together

aston martin ceo andy palmer joining us from beijing.urope's biggest oil company has delivered fourth-quarter earnings ahead of estimates. shell reported adjusted profit of $4.3 billion. best profit in three years. let's speak to the ceo of shell, ben van beurden. he joins us for his first interview of the day. a profit beat. andme ask what led to this if you see those positive tailwinds going forward. good morning, matt. year,k it is a very good very good quarter. basically, we saw improvements in all our main businesses. altogether, the year has been transformative. earnings close to $16 billion. i think we have shown that we have what it takes to be a world-class investment case. we have been able to pay down our debt quite a bit. i'm very confident that we can meet the commitments, the promises that we made for the end of the decade. why the weaker than expected from the market cash flow generation, especially at $77 a barrel? and analyst says this could temper hopes for a buyback program. how do you answer to that? ben: we have some

palmer, great to have you here. he is, of course, ceo of aston martin.ing up, samsung unveiled its latest flagship, galaxy s nine. how does it stack up against the iphone x? that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ abigail: you are watching "bloomberg markets." time to dive into the futures markets. today we are taking a look at oil. on the day, oil has reversed its loss, higher, up 7/10 of 1%. the bigger story is over the months, a huge gain. this as investors are looking at opec production cuts, plus u.s. inventories that continue to decline. putting it a bit under crude oil. let's see what the technical suggests could be next. the big crudehad crash in oil. this is following the crash. this is the recovery that we see, a slow rise higher for oil. lots of volatility. oil may be up over 30% in the last six months, but it is on pace for its worst month since august of last year. what does this chart suggest is next? a trading range right at the top with sellers saying it's pretty reliable. this chart may suggest that oil could in fact drop back down towards 50,