maura fogarty is in our asia business hub in singapore. tell us more. there. we have all seen the iconic pictures of these bullet trains, a symbol of japanese progress, partially submerged by the forces of mother nature after typhoon hagibis ripped through forces of mother nature after typhoon hagibis ripped throuthapan just last month, killing nearly 100 people and causing massive flooding all throughout central japan. we have got confirmation today that indeed these ten trains have been scrapped. there was just far too much damage done, both the motor and braking systems had been damaged and there was no way to make them fully functional back again. now, the japan railway operator is saying that roughly it will cost them up to £100 million in losses as they write off these trains that are no longer going to be operational. back to you. thanks, maura, interesting story, the cost of the typhoon on so many levels. let's look at the markets in asia, pretty lacklustre, because there were rumours swirling around that a deal between the us and china would no

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woody williams, her shimmy a maura, rob kerry, teddy roy and zach. thank you for being here on behalf of your brothers and sisters in arms. the commandant of the marine corps general david berger is also joining us as honorary grand marshal. fiveank him and all of the grand marshal for being here today. i would also like to sincerely thank all of my fellow patriots who are supporting this great event, especially best-selling author and patriot -- navy seal eric brents. fedex ceo and marine veteran fred smith and a great anonymous -- made ourmade out event such a great success today for the united war veterans council. we are fortunate to be joined today by our commander-in-chief, president donald j. trump. and the first lady, melania trump. the first sitting president to attend the veterans day parade, which speaks volumes to his commitment to you, our veterans, and active duty military. there is truly no greater supporter of the united states armed forces then our 45th president. always had ahas special relationship with the military. and specifical

. >> i want to bring in maura gay, a member of "the new york times" editorial board and prof fis soreer, associate professor of political science at fordham university. michael harry is the guy who wrote the piece. this is what he says, he wrote in part, quote, there is no way i can know if he's genuinely interested in engaging black voters. there are an infinite number of candidates who have waded into black barber shops or sashayed into black pulpits to assure us they were on our side when they were only interested in our vote. i am not smart or pregsed enough to know the difference. the whole thing i know is that he is a white man but pete buttigieg listened which is all you can ask a white man to do. that's michael harriot from "the root." is that enough? >> it's not enough. there's a lot that bothered me about the way this ordeal played out. i understand the anger of black americans and black voters and the frustration that comes with time and time again for years seeing yourself blamed for societal problems that have been inflicted on the black community by white supremacy over

. >> maura, thank you so much.m sure we will see you again. >>> tomorrow morning the dow jones will be opening at its highest level in history, capping off, rather, a year of record breaking gains. the dow jumping more than 200 points to top 28,000 on friday. that happened about four months after it hit the 27,000 mark. the numbers raising questions about whether the boone can last and what it means for the economy as we head into the next year. sibile marcellus is joining me now. let's look at these numbers with the dow jumping this week. this was after white house economic adviser larry kudlow indicated the u.s. is close to a trade deal with china, but we've not seen numbers like this before. things have really not happened on that front on the trade front of substance that we can bank on, if you will. so is this all about headlines? >> yes, it's a very headline driven market. so remarkable performance there when it comes to the stock market, as you said, alex, we saw the dow reach an all time high of 28,000, jus

maura, what is the story all about? >> hey.pointing out the aide in question is actually the former speaker of the state house here in iowa. so he knows how the state works. in that statement, he said he apologized for the miscommunication but he did not explicitly deny that he offered any campaign money or any money to local legislators for their endorsement of tom steyer. it's tbd where his status stands with the campaign now. but the campaign tells me that they've reiterated this policy that you just read to murphy. i also spoke with the former state rep roger thomas. he's the only iowa legislator that has endorsed steyer here. and he told me, he said i can positively assure you that i did not receive any compensation from mr. steyer or anyone involved in his campaign. he also confirmed that he did not receive an offer for any compensation for this endorsement. ali. >> all right. there was another issue a couple days ago with a steyer campaign staffer downloading something from a computer that was the property of another pre

today, from the series, "the affair," and the movie, "the report," maura tierney.