our fx and writz reporter michael wilson joins with more -- on our fx and rates reporter michael wilson for more. michael: at this stage, it is just a number. 150 two is probably where people will be seeing the line drawn in the sand by masato kanda. he made comments today, but i think it is more of a drive-by, i don't expect it. he was just checking the markets reaction. he was not expecting a 100 point drop or anything like that. it's like when countries fly into other countries' airspace, they just want to see whether they scramble or they just keep watching on the radar. we have been down 20 points and up 10. the ink on that hot u.s. inflation print is still wet, market still repricing. it caught everybody by surprise. so today, for the day after that print, i can see the ministry of finance fully the trigger. it's not in their interest anyway. what they would like to see in the run-up of policy normalization, they would like to see the dollar-yen in some area like 150 or a bit above. i know that when they pull the trigger, it will probably get a 1000 point response. so for now, the

there is the serious campaign that causes problems for michael wilson and administration because , what they don't want is negative publicity. what happens is that, you know, the title, give us charlie young. this will be -- they are following his journey. right? from ohio to washington, d.c., him and his favorite horse, dolly. charlie and dolly. this is a serious protest in the community. so much so that wilson has to do something. what do they do? they recall young. but they put him with the ohio national guard. to train other officers. he eagerly does it because he knows these people will go to fight in world war i, or the great war, excuse me, he needs to prepare them. well, the war is over. the war is over in 1918. he did his ride in 1917. this is the official itinerary from his trip. i thought it was so cool that the national african-american history museum in washington, d.c. has this. has this document. it is outlining his entire trip. it is important because, this is what the community is following. they do not have television if they have television, you would have a camera cr

apparently won that military support back i want to bring in now michael kugal men, he's the deputy director of the asia program at the wilson center, he joins us tonight from washington, dc. michael is going to see you on our week going to see free and fair elections and pakistan or is it as many or saying as the military pulling the strings here as well. i think that um, unfortunately, no matter what happens on election day itself, it's already clear that these elections will not be free and fair. and that is because of the non level playing field in the electro environment. as we've seen. for many months of the p t i, the party in con, has faced a severe track down. so as you were counter in your report, the arrest part, arrests and dealings of the leaders as well as supporters pressure on the media to prevent the party's campaign activities. from being covered as a playbook that we see, and unfortunately many times in the past when it comes to a pre election environment and back, it's not, it's happening again now and a p t i is a party that's a significant part. he has a lot of public support, but it's really been hobbl

michael kugelman is the director of the wilson center's south asia institute.rt in pakistan. this prosecution of khan, members of his party have been arrested. a candidate affiliated was assassinated. what does this say about democracy in pakistan now? >> the state of democracy is not good in pakistan. the last few months, in a broad context, khan is sentenced to all these jail terms. leaders of the party have been arrested. the media has been pressured not to cover rallies of his party. this is not good for democracy. it goes further. this isn't unusual. this is not an outlier. in the past, in other elections in pakistan, parties have faced crackdowns. this is not a one time thing. it has happened many times before. that is what is troubling. john: bangladesh had elections in early january. the prime minister won her fourth straight term. u.s. state department said it was not fair. they said they also look forward to working with her. how important is it, this is a key region because of where it is, that the u.s. have a good working relationship with these cou

wilson: thank you, madam speaker. distinguished graduate of columbia college. i am very grateful to be here with congressman michael lawler. it's been 13 years since the syrian revolution where pro-democracy demonstrators peacefully gathered to express against the corrupts and murderous regime of dictator bashar al-assad. people carrying roses and shouting, peaceful, peaceful, were met with unspeakable atrocities. it was merciless slaughter, systemic rape, ultimately chemical warfare used against the people of syria as we saw when president donald trump acted so quickly to try to address the atrocities of chemical warfare. we had devastating bombardment and the killing of so many civilians that the united nations has stopped counting at over half a million innocent civilians. assad did not act alone. his ability to kill opposition and regain territory was made possible by the support of like-minded war criminals and kleptocontracts like putin and the iran regime. assad has displaced over half the population of syria. this is nearly 10 million people in a country of 20 million. sadly, families are living in refugee

wilson is tough and smart. and he and his beautiful wife is a wonderful attorney general. joe, thank you very much. michaeltz knows more about the military then probably anybody. we see him on a lot and i always want his opinion and he has strong opinions and he hates to see what is happening to our country but he will straighten it out and we will straighten it out together. michael collins. thank you. great job. a very noncontroversial person and a very good person. people don't understand, this is a very good person and a very capable man, matt gaetz. thank you, matt. that is not bad, matt. wow! wow! i'm very impressed. [crowd chanting "gaetz"] matt, what is going on? how many people have you brought up here? before i forget, we have a group of people and i know this is ok with you from north carolina, it is about 60 women that travel all over the country with me. every time i am out we do a rally. i think we are up to number 121. they are all beautiful women. they are very wealthy. they look so wealthy and beautiful. look at them over here. they travel all over the country . wait over 100. they are all