matt: of course. interesting that it has not happened even more and we could see that. what is your take on how the high street retailers have done over christmas? we are only a few days passed. most people still have not come back to work yet. wasou think the consumer buying at brick-and-mortar stores as well? luke: we are at work. i don't think they were. polla completely informal around a few friends and family. how many of you went down to the physical shops to get your christmas shopping done? this year was one of the lowest numbers i have seen in a long time. people have been buying online rather than going down the high street. as we start getting numbers through in the first couple of weeks of january, i would watch for january 9. they are already on shaky grounds and may lose. there is a risk they may lose the investment grade rating they had. i think it is serious. important period for retailers. and consumer spending has changed and continues to change at an extraordinary pace. what do you

matt: thanks very much.oining us now is chief as itgist at tictoc management. we've been waiting a long time for these numbers. is this the kind of ipo that the kingdom wanted to see for aramco? >> yeah, i think so. the numbers are pretty much what everybody was expecting. i don't think we had any big surprise here, to be honest. it is in line with expectations. i don't does will have a huge impact on the oil market overall. matt: what do you think about the opec meeting we will -- meeting? we will talk with manus cranny in a minute. it doesn't seem to be the kind of magic meeting that the kingdom was expecting or forecasting. luca: of course. we have to wait for the announcement. what we are talking about is a very cosmetic change. what we are seeing here is the usual negotiations. i think the big messages that supply continues to be at a same level as before. the question is about demand now. the economy is getting weaker. thisig question is, is cutting supply enough or not? we have to see how the global e

matt: i love fried chicken as well.cious nutritious and if he can provide that without having a chicken factory. have you ever tried beyond meat? anna: reduce the meat consumption. up next, the sterling honeymoon seems to be over. the pound has slumped more than 1% after boris johnson pledged to block brexit delay. we have more on that as well as how the markets are interpreting the story. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back. this is bloomberg markets, the european open. an hour into the trading session and we are looking at drops across the board. interesting because we had such gains in the asian indexes. and the ftse 100 is fairly flat. matt: and it is flat because of the drop in the pound. two days ago it was trading for 135 and now we are down to the 131 handle. anna: the prime minister says he will change the law to guarantee there is no extension beyond 2020. he can now count on a parliamentary majority. let us take a look at what is moving the market. give us your thoughts richard on the slide

matt: catching a falling knife. subadra: i'm in agreement with matt.merging markets or developed market corporate debt? treasuries but also emerging markets. matt: emerging markets. subadra: emerging markets. lisa: the reason i said you were cheating, you were reading the questions first. which is smart. marilyn watson, matt hornbach, subadra rajappa. matt is never coming back. that does it for us. "real yield" will be back next friday at 1:00 new york time, 6:00 in london with all the developments on the rate front heading into an exciting 2020. this is bloomberg television. ♪ you are watching the best of bloomberg daybreak middle east. aramco taking the companies market valuation to almost $1.9 trillion or it we spoke exclusively to the head of the exchange. , weaker than deal expected shipments and increasing the pain for the mainland economy. the conference comes to the middle east.

matt: catching a falling knife. subadra: i'm in agreement with matt.: do you prefer emerging markets or developed market corporate debt? marilyn: treasuries but also emerging markets. matt: emerging markets. subadra: emerging markets. lisa: the reason i said you were cheating, matt, is you were reading the questions first. which is smart. marilyn watson, matt hornbach, subadra rajappa. matt is never coming back. from new york, that does it for us. "real yield" will be back next friday at 1:00 new york time, 6:00 in london with all the developments on the rate front heading into an exciting 2020. this is bloomberg television. ♪ scarlet: i'm scarlet fu, this is "etf iq," where we focus on access, risks and rewards offered by exchange traded funds. ♪ scarlet: should you stay or go? the s&p 500 is enjoying its best run in six years. that sets up a clash between investors in etf's and mutual funds looking to stay put or flee.

matt: catching a falling knife. subadra: i'm in agreement with matt. emerging markets or corporate market debt? matt: emerging markets. subadra: emerging markets. were the reason i said you cheating, you were reading the questions first. which is good. marilyn watson, matt hornbach, subadra rajappa. matt is never coming back. that does it for us. back next will be friday at 1:00 new york time, 6:00 in london with all the developments on the right front heading into an exciting 2020. this is bloomberg television. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. the white house has started to map out its plan for defending president trump in an impeachment t

matt: thanks very much.an ten kate, joining us with the very latest on what's going on in hong kong. anjamin netanyahu has won landslide victory in the race to 72% his likud party, with of the vote after a challenge from a former cabinet minister, gideon saar. a much-needed boost for the prime minister who was indicted on fraud and bribery charges in november. netanyahu will leave the party into the third is really election in -- israeli election in one year. michael joins us now. what is the significant of this latest win for netanyahu? michael: i think what it shows is the extent of his grip on the likud party. even though he has led them to two inconclusive elections where he was not able to put together a government, and we saw this challenge to his leadership, the fact he was able to win with such overwhelming support shows there's really not appetite in the party to depose him, and they will lead the party for the next election, too. matt: heading into a third election in under a year. does this give u

matt: thank you very much. coming up, golden parachutes. turns year for wework into a massive severance package. we will look at the potential cost of a high-level exodus. isember, bloomberg radio live on your mobile device or on digital if you were in the london area. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european open. we are currently less than 24 hours a day. we're looking at some red arrows there in terms of futures. it will be a very light trading day today and tomorrow. a gold end of the year rally is gaining ground even as investors target risk assets, including equities. again as funds plowed more money into bully on backed exchange traded funds. georgette boele is still with us, senior fx and precious metals strategist. i know you have a bullish outlook on gold, but you want to wait for a pullback before you get in, is that right? georgette: that is correct. longer-term, everything looks bullish for gold. at the end of next year, much higher gold prices. positioning,t spe

matt? matt: laura, thank you. laura wright in london with your first word news.e arrest that shocks the financial world. a little over a year ago, automotive titan carlos ghosn was put on trial in japan for allegedly financial misconduct and misuse of corporate resources. those are allegations he has denied from the get-go, but now there is a new twist. the former head of nissan and re tolt has fled to lebanon escape the "injustice and political persecution." joining me from hong kong is bloomberg's will davies. do we know anything about how carlos ghosn escaped, considering he was under house arrest, he had surveillance as well as security around him? no passport, how did he get out of the country? will: it is a big twist, a huge story at the end of the year. this houdini act, how he got out. it is still a bit of a mystery. under close surveillance, video cameras on his house, he was being tracked, generally speaking and on very strict term house arrest. the mystery is how he did it. even his lawyer came out and said he was surprised by the news when he saw the

matt: thanks very much.nnabelle droulers with your business flash. with5 continues in madrid, envoys from nearly 200 countries looking to build on the four-year-old paris agreement on climate change. this as the new head of the eu plans to unveil the most radical overhaul of its economy in years. the green new deal will see the zero greenhouse gas emissions. joining us is the president of the european investment bank. , one of theand it biggest investors in renewable energy businesses in the world. good morning, first off, then talk to us about your investments in nonfossil fuel energy. investmenteuropean bank has been active for decades, and we are the largest lender in this field. however, we have seen this year it has brought about a fundamental change. detecting climate change as a real threat, and therefore action is needed. decided we are going to move away from fossil fuel financing and moved to alternatives, and to make sure the job is lost when we depart from fossil fuel energy will be replaced with

matt? matt: thanks very much for that. a fourth day, as investors close out a dramatic year for most asset classes. it has been quiet -- quite a 2009, despite the global rally for stocks. bitcoin is up 9,000,000% from the start of the decade. oil pole eased -- poised for its best year since 2016. gold and silver ending 2019 on a bit of a high know as well. joining us to discuss all this and more is valentin marinov from credit agricole. let's kick it off with the greenback. do you expect this bearishness to continue into 2020? valentin: yes indeed, to a degree. we do think that investors will remain less excited about the dollar, let's put it this way, especially in the first half of next year. the view is based on our expectation that the u.s. will of soft trend annualized, which would ultimately force the fed to deliver yet another insurance cut as soon as june of 2020. the first half of next year could prove challenging for the dollar. unwinding ofsome the so-called a dollar carry trade funded in euro, funded in yen to

matt, what about the individual moves? matt: tech stocks are big gainers.are gaining. 440 of the stoxx 600 stocks are up. 60 three are down. another 100 are still in auction waiting to open up. one of the biggest gainers otherwise, thanks including santander, bnp paribas, stock jen -- all putting up big moves today. index finallynk .ose to its february 2007 peak it has taken 12 or 13 years for those bank stocks to get back to record. not quite there yet here in europe. i also want to mention that the gilts are tumbling. back in fixed income. they are tumbling sending u.k. yields to the highest level we have seen since june. another result obviously of the decisive win by the conservatives in the u.k. we're looking at 10 year yield in the u k of 0.873%. 0.873%.e u.k. of in the u.s. as well. we saw the u.s. 10 year yield jump back over 1.9%. investors are comfortable selling off the perceived hd of government debt. a lot of investors are using those proceeds in order to buy stocks. and as a result coming european markets are opening up strong, in the green, t

matt -- anna: matt? matt: from markets, it is about profitability.al markets day a couple of weeks ago, we noticed shares fell 4% probably on disappointment with your u.s. outlook. why do you think that took investors by surprise that you see flattish growth in the u.s.? over aell, we see that matter of a few years we are actually turning around. 70% of our business in the u.s., to --m being -- based based. we are impacted by the declining prices in the u.s.. gradually, we will be turning that around and we see strong dynamics. the disappointment you spoke to was that we announced that we still see price competition and price erosion in the instruments space. that is what is impacting our short-term. we are very positive in terms of the momentum we can get back in our u.s. business based on innovation. matt: i know you are also positive about innovation in the hemophilia space. what is your strategy look like in that area? what kind of innovation, you know, jean editing business do you see yourself -- gene editing business do you see yourself getting

matt, anna? matt: thanks very much.ute over huawei dividing germany's governing coalition, after china's ambassador to the country threatened berlin with retaliation if it excludes huawei as a supplier of 5g wireless equipment. for chancellor angela merkel, it is a delicate balancing act. on the one hand, she seeks to address security concerns -- both her own security concerns and those out of washington, d.c. on the other, she is trying not to upset berlin's relationship with china, germany's largest trading partner, and with washington, d.c., which also has an issue with away in terms of the -- issue with huawei in terms of the trade war. we are joined by the german government's transatlantic court nader. you deal with this -- coosatlantic court nader -- rdinator. you deal with this elation ship. is paul waite truly concerned about the security threat in the 5g network, or is it almost a pawn in the trump trade war? >> the first reason is at the core of our concerns. have a lot of, we information from our intelligence

matt: catching a falling knife. subadra: i'm in agreement with matt.er emerging markets or developed market corporate debt? marilyn: treasuries but also emerging markets. matt: emerging markets. subadra: emerging markets. lisa: the reason i said you were cheating, matt, is you were reading the questions first. which is smart. marilyn watson, matt hornbach, subadra rajappa. matt is never coming back. from new york, that does it for us. "real yield" will be back next friday at 1:00 new york time, 6:00 in london with all the developments on the rate front heading into an exciting 2020. this is bloomberg television. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. ♪ taylor: i'm taylor riggs in for emily chang and t

matt, good morning.att: i'm looking at the u.s. 10 year yield, among other things, hovering around 1.8%. and he'll see this flatline for a while today. a lot of times, traders will turn off their algorithms, their computer trading programs, right around the jobs announcement and try to get a human advantage for the few moments it's possible in these markets. movehen this number will if we get a shocking jobs number one way or the other. we're looking for 183,000, but the whisper number is only 140,000, so at least bloomberg clients who participate are looking for a lower number. take a look at the features this morning, what we've got in terms of european futures, as well as u.s. futures. we do see green arrows across the board, so whether you're looking at dax futures, up right now about 2/10 of 1%, ftse futures up .25%, or looking at u.s. futures, 2/10 to 3/10 of 1%, it does look like we could be on for at least the beginning of the session in a risk on fashion. anna, what do you see on the gmm? anna:

matt: it seems a brilliant strategy.f they can't convince everybody they are willing to do it, then the next time they will be taken seriously. i wonder about the ipo, it looks successful if you think it will go out at the top of the range and it is already 2.5 times oversubscribed, the biggest in the world. they will be trading in riyadh, and the investors are mostly locals who have a a lot of acentive and are being lent lot of money to buy the shares. do they need a bigger foreign investor base? alia: obviously there is a need to have a bigger foreign investor base because saudi arabia and the region have seen a major reduction in close -- fl ows, and creating flows over the past five years. ony have been reliant issuance and capital markets, and the objective is to try to use the ipo as a catalyst for by loweringk market foreign investors. difficult,ving to be and i think the other objective of the ipo is to raise enough money to invest in some of the projects that have been the highlight of the crown prince strategy

matt: thank you. outsideato meeting london, sparks have been flying but between president donald trump and emmanuel macron. they start over tariffs, turkey, and terrorism. after the u.s. threatened to impose tariffs on billions of dollars of french s in response to a digital services tax. interview, the dutch prime minister said emmanuel macron's assessment of the alliance is right. >> i think macron believes this too. the bond with america and canada is crucial for us and also them. it is there defense interests that this part of the world stays stable. matt: our reporter is just outside of london at the nato summit in watford. tensions there are running high. you have spoken to officials who think trump is right on many points. can they heal divisions with these tariffs on french goods? matt.t's right, that is really the question. i'm sure you remember, donald trump said emmanuel macron is a special guy. the tone was complete be different. trump lashed out, saying his comments have been very rude an

. >> my name is matt litavsky. my father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. he chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. >> hi, matt. i'm jamie. >> hi, jamie. it's nice to meet you. >> i know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when we're done, you got to take me for a ride in this. >> all right. we'll see about that. >> i'm on my best behavior. >> okay. >> to appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. world war ii is drawing to a close. the cold war is about to begin. america is leading the charge, and nowhere is the country's muscle bolder than on american roadways, which gm, ford and chrysler are pumping with some of the coolest cars on earth. >> now it wasn't all about just having a four-door family car like it had been in the past. >> auto analyst john kraman. >> the manufacturers

matt: why?from the outside that jeremy corbyn is one of the biggest problems for the labour party and if you want to do what is best for the country and take these policies and make them into law, why would you continue with a leader that is so widely disliked? john: it is interesting. you say from the outside. actually, jeremy corbyn has been one of our strongest motivating forces. if you look at the detail of consistently,oll, on the issue of trustworthiness and on the issue of relating to people, their day to day issues, they confront, he leads against boris johnson. this issue of trust has become central to this election campaign. we have seen how basically people do not trust boris johnson because i am afraid he sacked from been his jobs twice because he lied and he is just not trusted. his election campaign has brought us into the gutter of politics with fake news, fake websites, smears and lies that have gone on. people are reacting against that. they just want a prime minister they can t

a lot of it might be down to individual equity stories, matt. matt: absolutely.e a lot of individual movers today, but the question is how much are people going to be trading on this ecb decision? i'm standing outside the european central bank here, awaiting christine lagarde's first policy meeting as president, first policy meeting as a member of the ecb at all, coming from the imf. also going to be interesting to see the first strategy review here in 16 years, the first ecb strategy review since 2003, so that could certainly make some headlines. that sheguest says won't be reinventing monetary and fiscal policy at today's meeting. joining us is martin malone, chief economist at alpha book, formerly at mint. let me ask what you expect from christine lagarde. is she going to continue the same policies we saw from mario draghi over the last eight years? martin: yes, i think so. she's got to be optimistic, that is sort of in her nature. needse reboot the ecb with only start in q1, and will probably be led by the chief economist for the plane. -- phillip lane. you s

a decided lack of self awareness on the part of matt gates. he was checked by congressman hank johnson given that gates has a record of a dui arrest. but for the most part, setting aside the few clearing exceptions, the proceeding that we have seen today has been mostly subdued and orderly given the way things can typically go. you heard the facts in evidence, they're tryingct to make the argument that the impeachment case is ironclad. republicans making the argument that the kidemocrats, the evidee that the democrats offered is thin. we have been through two amendments, there are certainly several more to go one expects, but this panel is inching slowly toward thisel vote on these two articles of impeachment. duo expe we do expect a party line vote. meanwhile as this was happening, you have steve scalise sent an e-mail to the republican offices tell oing them to vote know on e articles of k impeachment. i asked nancy pelosi a question about whether or not she was expecting to or preparing for two democratic defections. so there are those two

max. -- matt. matt: your first word news. tesla is handing over its first china built cars.ne for the company as it accelerates its push into the largest electric vehicle market. let's get the latest with some weighing in beijing. what did you see at the event and what does that symbolize for tesla? we saw tesla hand over the first 15 cars produced out of this gigafactory. more workers will be receiving these cars and they will be starting deliveries to actual customers. it is very symbolic because this is tesla's first car manufacturing land outside of the united states and china's first wholly foreign owned car plant. this opening is really symbolic of how quickly things have moved for tesla when it comes to production. building this factory, financing, getting the necessary permits. the plant is producing 1000 cars a week according to the factory manager in shanghai, and that means he has reached a target he set out in april. targetusand carpet week took months for the original tesla plan to reach. big ambitions here for elon musk to get a significant slice of the world's

matt: this is bloomberg markets, the european open. i am matt miller in berlin.ooking at futures up across the board. alongside me in our european headquarters in london. anna: take a look at the events to watch out for. a busy week. today come the bank of england publishes its financial stability report. it provides its views of the u.k. financial system. in the u.s., investors keeping a close eye on the repo auction. on tuesday, the u.k. parliament reconvenes after the conservative party gained a large majority. a busy couple of weeks for u.k. politics. on thursday, the russian president delivers his annual year-end news conference. same day, the bank of japan will announce its final policy decision for 2019. and a friday deadline to continue funding the government. that is intended to try to avoid a shutdown. we will see what develops there. let us talk about what is going on in china. the chinese economy is showing signs of stabilizing. the industrial output rose from a year earlier and retail sales expanded by 8%. both beating the consensus. eleanor, with is

matt? matt: laura, thanks very much. happy new year's to you as well.wist in the saga of the fallen automotive tighten as he escapes japan -- titan as he escapes japan. we will have the latest. bloomberg radio live on your mobile device or dab digital radio in london. tune in. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open." i am matt miller in berlin counting down to the last trading day of the year. we won't be trading here in germany. our markets are closed. across europe, many major markets, including the u.k. in paris, will be open and just closing earlier to celebrate. we have an incredible developing story. it was the arrest a little over a year ago that shock the automotive world. automotive titan carlos ghosn was put on trial in japan for alleged financial misconduct and misuse of corporate resources, allegations that he denies. now, there is a new twist. the former head of nissan and renault says he has fled into lebanon to escape what he calls injustice and political persecution. let's bring in bloomberg's chie

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matt: i am matt miller.geurope to a negative start of the cash trade -- to a negative start. the cash trade is less than an hour away. matt: no deal is back on the table. sterling weakens as boris johnson plans to change the law guaranteeing the brexit transition phase is not extended. halting production, boeing it willall as it says pause production of the troubled 737 max in january. is that good news for airbus? awaiting the shine off, peugeot shareholders meet. risear registrations for third straight month. the start of cash equity trading across europe and in the u.k. is an hour away. very interesting to see red arrows as you look at european futures, considering we had to 1.5% ands up 1% then some after the big rally around the world. maybe the buck stops here. 27% rise on the dax may have been enough. u.s. futures, more than mixed picture. we still see some green arrows. dow jones futures are slipping below zero. we had eu new car registrations out this morning. car sales rising for the third straight

(cel phone ringing) - [matt] hello. - [erik] hey, matt. something just came up.g for the terrace bar is actually not in 902, it's in 901. - we just started the process of transforming a hotel room into a restaurant. - we are building a bar on a terrace that needs plumbing that goes down to the room below and unfortunately, i blocked off the wrong room. - woops. - now i have to move a guest. hopefully the guest is there. - hopefully they're nice. - all right, thanks bud. (groans) hi, sorry to interrupt you. so we're doing a renovation upstairs and it is on film. but we just found kind of an issue. there is plumbing piping that is gonna be impacting your room. - uh huh. - [erik] so, if it's okay we'd actually like to move you out of the room today and upgrade you into a different room. - like right now? - if it's okay, we can help you move your things if you'd like but we'd like to actually move you, yes. - all right, yeah, just like give me a minute and i'll get my stuff. - okay, okay. we'll be outside whenever you're ready. - was he in his underwear? - he was tha

and matt lauer, his thinking is reflected in here too.eleased a very fiery letter, and a slightly menacing tone about women who might come forward with allegations,ng and one of the points he emphasizes what they had subsequent contacts. >> yes i would ask you about that, i do. because he wrote a response letter and he says that brooks account is categorically false. he said his sexual encounter with her was completely consensual, that she was an enthusiastic and willing partner. and he also said that all of these women that he's had affairs with have abandoned, shared responsibility, but that she continued after this alleged rape to have a sexual relationship with him. and many people are questioning her because of that. they are questioning the rate. they are saying if you are really raped, why would you go back and have a sexual relationship? >> and this is a recurring theme in the reporting and it's a response that harvey weinstein has against him. that in many cases, these are women who went back to him in various ways. and he says a

matt.e have got that magic to trillion dollar number thehed for saudi aramco, world's biggest company already. the world's biggest ipo yesterday -- after the world's biggest ipo yesterday, it has reached a value of $2.6 trillion. we now have indications of another rise in aramco. ,ou can see from the screen trading in riyadh of about 3%. $2.06 trilliona valuation, meeting the crown prince's goal on just the second day of trading. the biggest company in the world gets even bigger. joining us from dubai is anthony dipaola. anthony, talk to us first about what this means for the kingdom. nbs has long wanted this goal. the west had told him it was unreasonable, and now he has achieved it. anthony: that's right. they have reached the $2 trillion, which is the figure mohammad bin salman had included when he talked about this ipo two years ago. there will be a little bit of indication in the kingdom that they did get that number. there were smiles all around yesterday when they rang the bell and l

thanks. >>> matt gorman and basil back with me.rk times" is looking at why bernie sanders is tough to beat, despite having a heart attack in october that threatened to derail his second quest for the democratic nomination. he remains at or near the top of polls and iowa and other early states. matt, what do you make of the revival? >> he reminds me a lot of billy joel. people to go to see him, he says the same thing over and over again and medicare for all, and millionaires and billionaires and people like it. and you make a good point about his money, support that doesn't really grow as much, but certainly isn't leaving. it sounds a lot like somebody who ran in 2016. donald trump was pretty successful. so you can't count him out. and certainly if he wins iowa or gets close, he's from that niching state of vermont so him and elizabeth warren have special built-in support. >> we don't know if he has billy joel's endorsement. we know he's got cardi b's, among others. so sanders strained relationship with the democratic establishment,

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susan and matt, great to have you both on the show. you very much. >>> coming up, convicted murderers, a man accused of raping a child, all given a get out of jail card by kentucky's controversial former republican governor. why we've now learned the fbi is taking a look and the governor is defending what he did. before that as the decade comes to a close we want to know what you think the biggest story of the 2010s was. head to nbcnews.com/decadesstories. tell us what you think. es tell us what you think is defending what he did. is defending what he did when you shop for your home at wayfair, you get more than free shipping. you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey, no. when you want it. you get a delivery experience you can always count on. you get your perfect find at a price to match, on your own schedule. you get fast and free shipping on the things that make your home feel like you. that's what you get when you've got wayfair. so shop now! >>> a very co

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she says matt snap is a hunter and his young mistresses are py. in the nineteteen seventieses a a blind alley was turned fifteen y years later things started to shift appearing on a french talk show in nineteen ninety matt snap was s called out by canadian writer denise bombard t the a- lot of optimism as nephew telell us stories of sodomizizing young girls of fourteen fifteen years old. as a fall for you so it's possssible that a young girl to fall for a man who has certain literary mystique b but on the other hand it's like an old man learning children with candy. but in the wake of the me too movement the allegations detailed and consent to have shocked the french literary world. on twitter france's culture minister shared support for those who've spoken out. littorina steak is not a guarantee of impunity. i give my full support to all the victims who have the courage to break the silence. matt snap has dismissssed springboards bok as a hostile need disparaging work. aim did damaging him. do stay with us here on france twenty four more news and

been widely reported since the book's release but ronan speculates that nbc's behavior was to protect mattauer who was accused of sexual misconduct and let go. on the interest of fairness nbc strongly denies that it sought to block ronan's investigation and tried to cover up lauer's conduct and lauer claims that it was consensual. ronan, of course, is accustomed to public attention, he started college at age 11 and graduated at 15, admit today yale law school, delayed to work and after graduating from law school at age 21, joined the state department to work for richard, focusing on ngo's, afghanistan, and pakistan and became hillary clinton's special adviser for global youth issues. in 2012 he went to oxford on scholarship. network kept ronan on. after lack of support for pursuit of weinstein, ronan, took the story to the new yorker and finished it there. last year he came out with a well-known book, earlier this year earned ph.d, all that and ronan has yet to turn 32. [cheers and applause] [laughter] >> former federal prosecutor, sunny also hosts executive producers truth about murder wh

here to discuss, frank bruni and matt lewis. i'm glad that you both are here.rank, first of all, wow, this isn't like spin. this is an outright and very dangerous lie about the u.s. intelligence agencies. do you even think he believes this? >> no. i mean that's what's so breathtakingly cynical about it. i don't think he believes a word he just said. i think he knows better. he's not dumb enough to believe that. i hope he took a brief glance at the inspector general's report, or maybe that's part of the problem. what you see him doing here is essentially becoming donald trump. i mean what's happened in the republican party -- and here you're looking at a republican leader -- is they're not just loyal to the president anymore. they're not just supporting him anymore. they're parroting him. it's like invasion of the body snatchers except all the bodies have been snatched by the spirit of donald trump. >> i have to ask you, and i want to bring in matt in a second. you would think he would realize that others have access to the report. we could fact-check in realtim

they face now 200 new lawsuits, one from matt goldman.a second whistle-blower came forward with audio of the bishop privately discussing another priest, this one accused of extorting and sexually harassing a seminarian. >> the simple version is we have victims, and we have a perpetrator, and he's done things that are clearly wrong, and i think he's a sick puppy. >> reporter: only later did he seek to remove that ministry. >> everyone in the office is convinced this could be the end for me as bishop, could force mow me to resign. >> reporter: the day after, he had a press conference. >> i have not been the recipient of one of those calls. >> reporter: again, he refused to step down, suggesting that the lack of action from rome constituted an endorsement of his leadership. >> they're not unaware of all the news around here. but so far, apparently, i'd like to think they are trusting, trusting in my good will and my intention and capacity, working with other people to lead us, to lead us forward. >> reporter: then, pope francis ordered a for

>> matt bradley reporting from london, matt, thank you. >>> to politics now. former vice president joe biden is pushing back after he was criticized for suggesting he would not comply with a subpoena to testify in president trump's impeachment trial. nbc's hans nichols is traveling with the president in west palm beach. >> reporter: tonight former vice president joe biden working to clarify if he would honor a senate subpoena in any possible impeachment trial for president donald trump, vowing to cooperate only with a legitimate or lawful congressional investigation. >> would you comply with a subpoena >> yeah, well, i would -- i would honor whatever the congress in fact would legitimately ask me to do >> reporter: his comments after he told "the des moines register" friday he would not submit to a senate subpoena. >> the reason i wouldn't is because it's all designed to deal with trump doing what he's done his whole life, trying to take the focus off him. >> reporter: president trump has said he would like biden to testify at any trial, pointing to unsubstant

[applause] >> thank you let's talk about the allegations about former today show anchor matt lauer.hat made a lot of news. he claims he was fired in 2017 for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace and a it very out about shortly before he was fired but in the book you write they knew about his behavior for a long time. >> it's important to know there are very salacious headlines that is not incorrect that they get a lot of attention they are very serious claims. but what is documented it's much deeper than any one network star or executive or network by patterns of coverups in corporate america and the people that get hurt if it is swept under the rug with a payout. we have talked about this several times like the harvey weinstein case it was on cbs news and then even nbc news. that there were no sexual harassment settlements and as i document in this book a paper trail of seven settlements of those of sexual harassment settlements the women complained about matt blauer years before he was fired. >> years and i personally spoke to senior executives at the leadership level wa

is that matt bevan being matt bevan or is this nuts even for matt bevin in. >> well, there are aboutrsial pardons from the six dozen or so pardons he issued from the time he lost the election to the time he left office. he says the person convicted of the crime is innocent. he says he's poured through all the pages of documents. he's learned about the case and he believes that the jury was wrong. and in some cases he believes there was wrongdoing by the prosecutors or law enforcement in those cases. particularly the case in northern kentucky, he says the jury's wrong and there's no way this person committed this crime against a 9-year-old girl. >> it seems bevin doesn't have a lot of support on this. talk to me about what that means politically? >> well, it was really mitch mcconnell that kind of broke the tide and all of the republicans started coming out against it after he said -- he called the pardons completely inappropriate. it was a few hours later, maybe less than an hour later that the republican presidents of the state senate issued a statement calling the pardons a pervers

matt: absolutely fascinating indeed.g the question on the mliv blog, what is the biggest risk left for markets? we have been talking about all of the gains that we see in equity indexes and futures around the world because of trade and the election. what is the biggest risk left for markets? you can join the debate, reach out to us and the mliv team. let's get over right now to garfield reynolds from our mliv team and ask him what he has been hearing. you guys have had this question on the blog for i'm guessing a good four hours now. what are the responses you are collecting here, garfield? of the responses have been precisely that a big one of the details that come from the -- all we have got right now is some things said about people familiar with agricultural purchases and putting off the december 15 tariffs and potentially rolling back some of the others. the legal text has not been agreed. we had deals that seemed to be so that's a very key risk a lot of people are worried about. some people are also pointing to wha

>> matt gutman reporting from seoul, south korea, tonight.t, thank you. >>> now to the clashes between protesters and riot police in hong kong. officers beating demonstrators with batons at a shopping mall. one person fleeing, knocking down an officer. the disturbing moment caught on camera. he appears to have gone right over a railing, ending up on the level below, to the horror of onlookers who rushed in to help. >>> back here at home to the new developments in a murder mystery involving that texas mother who had just given birth, found dead in her best friend's trunk. the new image tonight, that newborn, baby margot, is now back with her father. abc's kaylee hartung with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: tonight, on this christmas eve, baby margot finally home. her father, shane, posting this photo of her safely in his arms. >> you know, that's -- that's the best thing that, you know, could ever happen. >> reporter: the reunion joyful but bittersweet. loved ones mourning the loss of margot's mother, heidi broussard, found stran

i'm alongside matt miller in berlin. matt: good morning. today, the markets say hope for the best.her on a morning of mixed messages involving trade. europe appoints to a positive open. the cash trade is less than 30 minutes away. actually, it is an hour away. cash trade is an hour away. ♪ anna: saudi aramco shares gain 10% in premarket trading in the world's largest ipo. we will be live all morning from riyadh. credit suisse cuts profit goals. the swiss lenders/is its target for this year and the next as trade tensions and negative interest rates cloudy outlook. the pound dips as boris johnson's general election lead is cut by more than half in a key opinion poll. the uk's most critical vote in decades is just over 24 hours away. ♪ matt: good morning. we have got breaking news this morning on aramco. those shares rising temper sent in the premarket -- rising 10% in the pre-market of their earlier. -- in theicials premarket earlier. these shares start trading. up 10% in the premarket. it will be one of the smallest free flows of any of the big companies listed globally. in fact, of

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