with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabobank. she has been busy reading these stories. start with a writ of the listening session in the white house. couldn't help but be moved with all the different people and what they have to say, the pa rents, and what they have to say, the parents, the children. they had lost friends, lost children. it was awful. it is completely awful. a couple of very interesting things have emerged, and when we heard the very passionate plea by the father of one of the girls lost last week, what was interesting for him if he said he did not favour adopting new gun laws, which outside of europe, that seems quite surprising. he wa nts to that seems quite surprising. he wants to separate the arguments. there is one argument about gun laws but another one about school safety. a different issue. that is then i think we get these headlines about from suggesting that maybe school teachers should be armed. a lot of opposition towards that. fox news, the headline is, going to get it done, so they are going on a line of trump will sort this out. the new y

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jane foley of rabobank >>> th manager is looking for answers from gun manufacturers after last week'soting leslie picker has that from. >> blackrock is the top owner in ruger and american outdoor and vista outdoor. the firm says in a statement that they put out yesterday that we will be engaging with weapons manufacturers and distributors to undertheir response to recent events we are working with clients who want to exclude from their portfolios weapons manufacturers or other companies that don't align with values. take florida state's board of administration which manages the state's pension. the fund owns almost $3 million in gun stocks but says about two-thirds of those positions stem from investments in the russell 2000, which holds stocks of gunmakers so if they wanted to, blackrock could customize a product for them the russell 1997 says excluding the three gun stocks >> this is fascinating clearly as you say, a simple tracker etf can't cherry pick which stocks it does and doesn't want to hold, but what about shareholder votes. you have activist managers, then you have active m

jane foley, seniorforeign exchange strategist at rabobank, is with me.ause many cities around europe are thinking about it and trying to already implemented rules. we know that pollution is a big issue and a lot is not from diesel engines but it isa lot is not from diesel engines but it is a contributor and the nitric oxide within the diesel engine is something we are very worried about any contributes to 400,000 premature deaths every year in the eu. we do have very high levels of pollution. very high levels in polish cities. coal not just very high levels in polish cities. coal notjust diesel engines but this could set a precedent. you could perhaps create zones, perhaps banning the most polluting cars. that is something going on as well with the mayor trying similar rules, heavy penalties if you come into the capital with a very old diesel car. the other side of the coin is what about the jobs within the industry? in germany, it is very sensitive, given the amount of cars they produce. thousands of thousands of jobs. campaigners say this will promote

joining us is jane foley, senior currency strategist at rabobank. welcome.in the us. there was lots of concern about that. huge. more than any other time in yea rs. huge. more than any other time in years. huge focus on this us inflation release. we are all aware of the big plungers in the stock market last week which was triggered by another inflation really. that time it was the average earnings for january. generally if people are paid more than we have more money in our pockets and we demand more and the consumer rate goes up. it is this release, as welcome if that is also strong, the market will worry about higher interest rates, and that can lead to more volatility again across the markets. thanks very much, we shall see you later for a look at the newspapers. still to come: airmiles, air miles, credit card points, a certain deal and airline is offering is worth it, we have a team of writers researching, so you don't have too. spin forwards, a few years... 20. how to fly first class without paying a penny. i meet the mean who knows all the tricks of ai

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francine: jane foley there from rabobank group from the u.s. to china, the country is drafting a proposal to allow gambling on hainan island. this is an unprecedented move that could reshape gaming in china's territories. the proposal comes as part of a wider plan to draw more hainan,tourists to which is facing a fiscal deficit. joining us now is the head of bloomberg's asia consumer coverage. good morning. just how unprecedented is this? reporter: good morning. this is really a very rare move. we saw the stock reaction because of that. this is so rare. right now in china, they are only a couple territories, hong kong and macao, that actually allow gaming right now. it's only macao that we see physical casinos. so, any move to legalize gambling, as our sources say, could be very transformative for this region. i think right now we are hearing that things are in the early stages of planning at this point. they are considering online gaming, which would include sports betting, perhaps a lottery, but there is a roadmap that paves the way for casin