and for those who do not know monty python, the black night is a character that keeps on fighting, even after both of his arms and legs have been chopped off. i see some similarities with theresa may. vonnie: he keeps on wanting to take on king arthur. there is a serious point to be made, theresa may has gone to parliament twice with a deal, she keeps saying it is different now, parliament keep saying, no. but they have not put forward a positive version of what it might like. john: they have voted down the option of allowing itself to put forward their own positive session, things very narrow in yesterday's vote. there is still a lack of anything to vote for, apart from theresa may's deal or no deal. havingorth pointing out, reflected back to somebody fighting now with no legs and no arms, there could be movement among the hardest core brexiteers in her own party. the press is beginning to make the point that by standing out they arerexit they -- raising the risk of nothing happening at all, failing to achieve brexit. also, there are negotiations with the democratic unionist party in n

he is more understandable than monty python. for me, monty python is better, i'm sorry.ent because they have seen him star ina president because they have seen him star in a tv show as a teacher who turns into a principled, honest president. what might ukraine's president, petro poroshenko. five years ago, the billionaire was swept to power in the aftermath of a street revolution. but he looks to be paying the price for the slow pace of change. the big loserfrom today looks to be yulia tymoshenko, the darling of revolutions passed, this will be the third time she has missed out on the presidency. whoever ultimately wins will be confronted with the ukraine very serious problems. not not least relations with russia and a war in the east that has killed 13,000 people. this election isn't over yet, there is still a second round to come, but tonight here in ukraine, it feels like a little earthquake. voters rejecting the old in favour of something new, entertaining and almost completely undefined. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. with all the sport now, here's chris mitchell at

for me, monty python is better, i'm sorry.d perform as president because they have seen him star in a tv show as a teacher called vasiliy goloborodko who turns into a principled, honest president. this is the man mr zelenskiy looks set to face in the second round. ukraine's real president, petro poroshenko. five years ago, the billionaire was swept to power in the aftermath of a street revolution. but he looks to be paying the price for the slow pace of change. the big loserfrom today looks to be yulia tymoshenko, the darling of revolutions past, this will be the third time she's missed out on the presidency. whoever ultimately wins will be confronted with ukraine's very serious problems. not least relations with russia and a war in the east that has killed 13,000 people. this election isn't over yet and there is still a second round to come, but tonight here in ukraine, it feels like a political earthquake. voters rejecting the old in favour of something new, entertaining and almost completely undefined. jonah fisher, bbc new

it seems monty python has gone full "the meaning of life." how does this get resolved?n, inew that am happy with my job, but maybe there was something else i could be doing. , ibig punch -- my big hunch watched the main channels news programs on the amazing both we had in the commons. neither of them ever once mentioned the words violence or irish. if it was not for the issue of northern ireland we would have a brexit deal that would have passed parliament. ands all about the backstop the impart -- and the impossible way of reconciling the trading agreement with the treaty of rome. reason the fundamental we have this intractable of a problem. i am not sure myself that any of the interesting arguments about revoking article 50 are the different norway plus canada or the other way around, i'm not sure any of those suggestions are worth discussing until britain makes a conscious effort to go to ireland and see if there is any way to resolve. it seems to me we can now see with the landing light of hindsight that david cameron had no business calling the referendum in the fi

underlying the comparisons with monty python and alice in wonderland.ot know what we would do without you to explain all this. thank you, anna, coming to us from london. alix: many fed officials and ceos site brexit as a big risk for the market. joining us is someone with particular inside, she advises the ultra wealthy on their portfolios. ida liu. good to see you. happy friday. ida: thanks for having me. alix: when he talked to their client -- when you talk to your client, what is their question about brexit? ida: clients are concerned about brexit and also u.s.-china trade tensions. every -- that is front and center in every conversation. .ou have to stay invested think about risk management in those portfolios. the markets have rallied 20% since the december lows. this year's growth expectations are much lower than last year. how are we going to continue to help clients manage risk in portfolios? one of the ways is through diversification. not just asset class diversification. geographic diversification. we have seen time and time again that investo

yes, he's more understandable than monty python. for me, monty python is better, i'm sorry. in a television series where he plays an ordinary man who becomes president, called vasiliy goloborodko. you do realise that being a president in real life is very different from what you are already, which is a tv president? yes. translation: i am different from my character, vasiliy goloborodko. but our moral values are the same. some ukrainians may be voting for a joker, but the country has very serious problems. a war in the east that's claimed 13,000 lives, and rampant corruption. that's one of the reasons this man is in such trouble. mr president, are you feeling confident? immediately after the voting, thank you. if the polls are right, petro poroshenko is in a desperate fight for second place with another member of ukraine's political establishment, yulia tymoshenko. if that's the case, the stage will be set for a clash between ukraine's old guard and someone new but very much undefined. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. the husband of a british—iranian woman who is currently in p

prime minister of holland mark root came out saying that research may look like a dark night for monty python for our older viewers of those younger this was a night that was his.

prime minister of holland mark root came out saying that research may look like a dark night for monty python for our older viewers and for those younger this was a night that was his limbs were hacked off and kept saying you know come on come on the grand jury was a set up at the start i'll get to go again to get person going so teresa mainly should have our respect for perseverance however she hasn't managed to get it through she is right this is the will of the voters though and the deep state those politicians those ones that have turned in to remain as despite the will of the people out their own peril i should add so we're going to get to the point where we've got to have a vote next week even though it's not. you know it's going to going to die next week on the twenty ninth if they don't get this deal their only go right through april twelfth which is only going to be two more weeks where they vote yes on the deal that they've rejected twice already the vote and that is the issue of whether or not they can even we talked about last time whether or not they can even consider something t

ijust feel like theresa may is like the black knight in monty python's holy grail where the oppositionchopping off her arms and legs and she is saying, i am still ready to fight! it is only am still ready to fight! it is only a flesh wound! and she refuses... in some way it is admirable, in other ways lunacy, she refuses to accept defeat. she is still saying she will bring it back next week. meanwhile, the sunday telegraph as saying a snap election would annihilate the tories, a suggestion she would call one this coming week. in the past when she said there has been no election, there was. she has got previous there. i also think it is hilarious that some of the papers are suggesting she may urge mps to back a no—confidence vote in herself is the only way of triggering an election because she would not be able to command a two thirds majority, which is required under the fixed parliament act. but she is safe until next november. she survived a confidence vote. if labour called one, she would urged tories to back one, which is insanity. she said over and over again that she did not want

anyone who remembers that monty python movie where the black night i'm a legs are cut off, arms are cut -- night -- knight, his legs are cut off and arms are cut off, he is comparing theresa may to that black knight. certainly had her legs cut out from under her more than once. haidi: the saga continues. kathleen hays is with us. let's stay with brexit. what does the future hold for the pound? here is the chief market strategist joining us in sydney. great to have you. there is a great deal of optimism for the pound, outperformance of sterling. there is revised higher indications that pound-euro -- i want to look at this chart of brexit optimism. analysts forecasting [indiscernible] to be higher by the end of 2019. that is optimistic compared to trading against the euro. given no deal was taken off the table, is the kicking of the can a good story for trading in the pound? surgeseemed that way, 2% in a single session for the pound against the u.s. dollar. the u.s. dollar as well, the pound is making gains. we moved to the final shape of brexit, that is helping both of those currencies.

for example, the monty python sketches of which everyone is so familiar.g the prime minister's deal as the dead parrot. no, she's just resting. and these protesters essentially saying, get on with it. it is by no means certain the u.k. will leave the european union, but it is absolutely 100% without any shadow of doubt a total utter mess. >> what happens with the prime minister? is she going to stay or go, richard? >> it's only a matter of when. she promised to go in a deal wasn't passed. it wasn't passed, and now people are just wondering when she's going to go. it's simply not likely that she'll be the prime minister at the end of the year. the only thing that's keeping her there is sheer fear by many mps of what will come next and then pay a member of parliament who is further right wing and more hard line brexit. the pm is basically dead woman walking. >> all right, richard quest in london, thank you. >>> a new twist in the jussie smollett scandal as the city of chicago demands he pay up. the six-figure tab he's be the most awarded suv ever. with retir

ashley: turning into a monty python sketch. i'm expecting ministry of silly walks to vote on this. to delay brexit until june 30th. however that is predicated on the fact that they approve theresa may's divorce deal by march 20th, by next wednesday. if they do that, then they will have the extension to june 30th to put that plan in place but don't forget that plan has been embarrassingly defeated, heavily defeated twice already. connell: right. ashley: if they vote it down a third time, they will go back to the eu, ask for for an extension and till will be up to the eu to grant the extension and how long it will be. the prime minister is telling the parliament, if the eu decides we could be stuck in the eu for a year, two years, we don't know. in other words putting pressure on parliament to vote for her deal next week. connell: when i started to ask you what's next, what i'm most curious about in all of this, as you say, there could be delay or multiple delays. what is going to change? what are the things that could change, the variables that could change between now and whenever

they are trying to, in the best monty python phrase, revive the dead parrot. the european union is crying out, please tell us what you want, say yes to something, because as you said last week, or earlier this week, sorry, just a few days ago, they tried other alternatives. they had votes on eight alternative things and each one of those was a "no." so the crisis deepens. and as you say, in two weeks time the default position is that on april 12th, britain will crash out of the european union without a deal. many people here protesting on the streets are for brexit and many of them would be quite happy to see that happen. they are shouting today, "traitors," at theresa may and her government, they're shouting "betrayal," because for them the result meant that we should leave the european union. that hasn't happened. the european union is frustrated, people across the country are angry and fed up at the shambles, that's the word the main opposition leader jeremy corbyn used today, and a shambles i'm afraid it is. >> ali arouzi, bill is saying the eu is asking b

. >> well you saw monty python and holy great deal.resa may is like the black night insisting 80s flesh wund another go, another vote another meaningless vote because she will lose. with every passing day of every passing week, the further this gets kicked down the road, the lower the chance of brexit actually happening i believe that the brexiters are very close to blowing this and if they do blow it and if brexit ends up not happening they will only have themselves to blame. >> neal, thank you. >> jim thank you as well process wish we had more time neal ferguson and jim karen appreciate it very much. >>> data out today showing new home sales slumped in jarp coming up we talk to bank of america ceo brian moynihan about the housing mechanic, the state of the u.s. economy and the work it's doing to close the rnged jap. >> apple worried behind them we'll talk to one analyst who thinks they are. we tell you why. coming up. like new york! from bus tours, to breathtaking adventures, tripadvisor makes it easy to find and book amazing things

not because of monty python and the beatles, but shakespeare.eanwhile, in treasury secretary stephen mnuchin and capitol hill. the china trade deal and where that takes after this. >> were doing very well with china talks. the china talks are doing very well. we will see what happens. we are not going to make it. we are moving along at a very high level. neil: concern for the markets of course. positive territory at the end of this month it doesn't look likely between this president and the chinese president, but it would be more like next month if it happens at all in the near future. charlie gasparino has been reporting it could lead to upwards of the 2000-point in the dow. that would be a run-up that's inconceivable. meanwhile, susan li is following very closely at the brooklyn federal courthouse. reporter: hi there, neil. huawei of course [inaudible] pleading not guilty today on the federal indictment of obstruction of justice and two of its subsidiaries now adjourned until april the fourth. they are calling this a very complex case and they

neil: i'm so tempted to do the monty python thought bub, when she is answering a question, what she reallyhinks. we'll let that go. always a great job. reporter: obama anger translator, who used to say what obama was really thinking? she might need a anger translator. neil: what the heck. jeff, thank you very, very much. quickly go to florida right now. beautiful day there. president arrived at palm beach airport. spending the weekend at mar-a-lago. that was the same local -- locale, this was same weekend the president booked with xi xinping to sign off on a trade deal. that is not happening yet. it could still in the weeks, months ahead. go to chris bedford, if and when we might see it. chris, good to have you. so. >> good to see you. neil: what do you think? >> this is good message to the chinese, expanding their business in china wins around the caribbean. fon from small amount of investment 30 years, massive amounts, building infrastructure ships. naval incursions into the caribbean. pouring hundreds of billions of dollars, comes with expectations countries like jamaica allow them to h

we saw banana republic, another colleagues also pointing to monty python metaphors.ly have seen stunning scenes, including the brexit secretary standing up and advocating a plan that he later had to vote against. tom: i know you and our team has had massive coverage. are you going to do team coverage on the separation of the conservatives? can the conservatives survive what we witnessed here? can the conservatives survive as a party? a: what we are going to hear and laugh about over the next few days is how long the delay could be if the conservative party doesn't pull together and back this deal that theresa may have on the table. we heard from her deputy this morning saying the eu might offer an extension that is a year or longer. certainly, the erg won't want that. will they be persuaded by theresa may and geoffrey cox to come on board? that is the crucial thing. geoffrey cox has already amended his advice, drawing on the convention of all things to try and suggest the countries can back out of treaties that they sign. it all depends on whether this party stays to

yeah, it's more understandable than monty python. for me, monty python is better, i'm sorry. is a comedian with no political experience. i don't know if it's interesting for you, this. let's have a look. we've dropped into his office in kiev, as he works on new material with his team. mr zelensky has turned this election on its head. not very good result. no? the jokes weren't funny today? but it's been done by shamelessly blurring the line between fiction and fact. for the last three years, mr zelensky has been starring in a tv show called servant of the people. he plays an ordinary guy who unexpectedly wins ukraine's election. mr zelensky‘s campaign pitch is basically, vote for me and get fictional president holoborodko. for those who still don't get it, he's caught his political party servant of the people, just like his tv show. but there is one, rather important difference between the real candidate and the fictional president. on tv, much is made of the president defying the powerful oligarchs that dominate ukrainian politics. in reality, all volodymyr zelensky‘s shows

he is more understandable than monty python. for me, monty python is better, i'm sorry. perform as president because they have seen him star in a tv show as a teacher who turns into a principled, honest president. this is the man he is set to face in the second round. real

the dutch prime minister mark wright compared theresa may to the black knight in monty python who losthis limbs in a sword fight and called a draw. perhaps mr mark rutte had been reading this piece on bloomberg. remember, theresa may, it has to decide what options it wants to give to the ok to if any of this. it is adam flemming in brussels. it's not like british domestic and politics here in brussels, its process driven, eve ryo ne in brussels, its process driven, everyone has to agree and they tend not to react to every twist and turn of what happens in westminster even if those twists and turns can seem quite dramatic. the eu's official position on the whole process at the moment is that it is for theresa may to come to a summit with the other 27 eu leaders here in brussels on thursday with a settled uk position on what is happening and what's going to happen that the eu can then react to. that could be the eu agreeing with the uk an extension to the whole brexit process. perhaps a couple of months, perhaps a couple of years. i'm officially what diplomats are saying to me, they are

we had the dutch prime minister invoking monty python.in the black knight who takes part in the duel and that's all of his limbs cut off in succession and says, demands that his opponent sees this ina draw, demands that his opponent sees this in a draw, not a defeat. there is an attempt at humour, even if it's dark humour at times, but genuinely i would say there were huge levels of frustration, your attention and fatigue. and that's what you're seeing a lot of very outspoken, almost angry sounding statements from that eu member states, weathers the europe ministers today or eu leaders themselves. i would really cut past that when we have a look at extensions. they are angry, they are resentful. michel barnier also point enough that he feels mps are looking inward and not outward at what a longer extension would cost the eu in terms of ongoing uncertainty for citizens and business and international investments and for the workings of the eu institutions. at the end of the day, it was eu leaders who want to avoid a messy no—deal brexit if