a group that represents some of the top unis, the russell group, has said that any plans to cut them to go to university. let us know your view on that, particularly if you are an undergraduate right now. tuition fees, how did they feed into your decision about whether to go to university or not? and also the best way to pay for higher education. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live. the father of a british jihadi killed in syria has told this programme that he is desperate to find his grandson, left behind in the country. ash khurshid, a bus driver and acupuncturist from east london, lost contact with his three—year—old grandson salmaan a month ago. —— two—year—old grandson. the toddler was living there with his canadian mother who supports is and wants to stay there. ash and his wife hope to find salmaan and bring him to the uk to live with them. here's poonam taneja with the background to the story. in 2013, 18—year—old haroon khurshid travelled to syria from london without his parents‘ knowledge. his family say he was radicalised by extre

now, money saving expert and the russell group want to tear it says opening debit balance, total loabalance, my gosh, £59,000 it says! anyway, you can read it for yourself. now, money saving expert and the russell group want to tear up this style of statement and trial a new one, which focuses on projected monthly repayments instead, helping you understand how much you might pay before your debt is finally wiped after 30 years. they want your feedback on the new design. martin lewis isjoining us exclusively to launch this new idea. i should say we don't do financial advice, we are a consumer help website. did i use the word advice? big data term for independent financial advice. i did not mean to use that word advice, we have talked about this before and you have said this. i apologise. also with us — mimi tangney, a graduate who is paying back her tuition fees each month, caitlin marshall, a second year uni student and mum who wants to start paying off all her tuition fees as soon as possible and sharon mehari, hoping to take up a place at uni in october, who doesn't think anyone un

the russell group, and seven charities, want ministers to rule out an overall drop in funding.es are as important as fair access. the cost of first and second class stamps is increasing from next month. a first class stamp will go up by three pence to 70 pence. a second class stamp will cost 61 pence. royal mail says the increases will help ensure the sustainability of the universal postal service and say stamp prices ‘rate some of the best value in europe.‘ let's go back to politics and the morning that theresa may could be facing a rebellion of quite a few previously loyal tory mps over the prospect of a no—deal brexit. and also of course the news today that another labour mp has resigned from the party. let's go to a political correspondentjonathan the party. let's go to a political correspondent jonathan blake lewis at westminster. problems for both party leaders, theresa may and jeremy corbyn this afternoon. that's right, ian austin becoming the ninth labour mp to resign his seatin the ninth labour mp to resign his seat in what has been a watershed week here at westminster

four nations taking part all with the ultimate aim to get promoted back to the world group. 0ur tennis correspondent russell be intense, the next four days. there is a lot at stake but great britain have made a great start. a promising start indeed in this complicated format. the first match of the first round—robin match against slovenia is already in the bag. katie walton has made great progress up the rankings in the last 12 months, at a career high of 83. just inside the top 200 this time last year. winning her opening match. at the moment the british number one, johanna konsa, is up against the slovenia number one as far as this tie is concerned. she is leading for games to two. if she can win her match the doubles effectively becomes academic, the tie will be won and britain will concentrate on tomorrow's second round robin match against greece. fairly complicated behind you. the two top teams in these groups will play against each other on saturday, but there is a similar tournament going on in poland. this is the euro africa's. it is a long way back to the top. it is, always a frustrating process fo

that group represented by the russell 2000 is now up 10% from its most recent low. d for the week, all of the major averages had very good gains. dominic chu witnessed all today at the new oa>> stocksd higher fueled by high hopes for u.s./china trade talks that are now scheduled to take place again in washington, d.c., next week. both the dow and the nasdaq are riding impressive eight-week winning streaks for the first time since november of 2017. also worthha notingthe dow is now less than 5% away from record highs that i hit back on october 3rd. traders continue to talk about thiss a headline-driven market so the optimism is cautious. trame sensitive were all firmly in the green with boeing hitting another all-time high during the trading session. bank stocks alsoo getting a from news that warren buffer it's berkshire hathaway added tk in big names like jpmorgan and bank of america during the market downturn last one stock sitting out the rally, notably apple. redlow dow component in th for much of the day. this comes after the latest round of filings show berkshi

russell city. >> it was a great group of people. >> he and other past residents have worked hard to keep memory ofheir hometown alive. they are unit for barbecheartwa reunions was filmed. >> to see the warmth and the hugs. people would hug each other. that's worth it. you can't buy that. a city lost to the maps but found in the memories of the people who once called it home and the musical legacy it left behind. >>> we have showers in the general vicinity. mostly in the central valley and moving south from the weak weather system that motored through the area. you will see the lightning strikes in modesto. this was 8:00, 9:00. just east of the area. out in reo vis that or antioch probably got wet. that's the nature of the system. scattered and all over the place. that cell is down toward oakdale, and it's falling apart pretty quick. it will move into southern california. more of the showers working their way out of the area. tomorrow is a nice day. mostly sunny all day. starts off cool. tomorrow morning you will see mid-30's. you will probably see frost. not in the 20s. we should see with the clou

i kind of like to put those two things together here and i just don't see it for that group, especially the russellks like it really hit some technical. >> and it's also heavy in financials financial has ricochetted so much now it's starting to stall and that is a problem. >> crude starting to stall too you see crude flattening out as well when you brought up before, if your time horizon is longer than six months, look at xle. it's up 11% or 12% over five years it's done nothing. it's down still 2% depending on how you look at it on a relative basis, it's down still 2% these are names where yes, you make that big bang for your buck, but as carter said, if it's rolling over, the energy names get hit hard. >> small caps were deep low oversold they're borderline overbought. we saw a lot of small cap outperformance against the s&p 500 for about the first week of january. i think it's already stalled out. when we look at the potential for higher wages over the course of the next year or so, we look at these companies had very high debt levels. we would expect there's going to be underperformance in smal

matt: that was russell hardy, olo of the tall group, -- vit group.na, the battle for 5g dominance. we will speak to the orange deputy ceo. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back. this is the european open. we are 22 minutes into the trading day. looking at the indexes, we are up across the board. not huge gains, not as high as we have been in the past minute. the dax now only up .3%. it had been up .5%. we want to give you our stock of the hour, bank of ireland. the shares are the biggest losers on the stoxx 600. they are taking the most away right now, down 7%. one decent size they are bank of ireland, 7.5% and falling. a real problem is the net interest margin. the net interest margin underperformed more than expected in the quarter. also the bank of ireland has forecast to 216 basis points from 223 basis points earlier. so that is a problem. the bank of ireland ceo was on earlier with our own manus cranny on bloomberg daybreak saying she is confident in the strategy, not seeing an impact from brexit yet but the forecast credit card a u.k. business sale

russell fuller. i've been on the television, you can tell me what happened. 18 teams divided into three groups into sixs, rather and great britain, because of their recent pedigree are one of the seeds and when you consider they could have been drawn in the same group as the hosts with rafael nadal and all that strength in depth, the draw is as good as it possibly could be for leon smith's team. they will be in group e along with kazakhstan and the netherlands. great britain are by no means the strongest team in the competition, but kazakhstan have only one player in the top 100 and the netherlands have the only player currently from the netherlands ranked in the top 200 in the world. he is a roundabout rank 50. it is as good as they could have hoped for but only the group winners will be guaranteed to proceed to the quarterfinals, the last date for the competition takes place in madrid in november. and how would this rebut go down? there has been a lot of criticism. the australian davis cup captain has been outspoken on this. we hate the fa ct been outspoken on this. we hate the fact they won't be so

group. gb made a great start yesterday when they beat slovenia. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller is therereece today. there is every chance it will have to win all three matches to qualify for a play—off at the weekend and only if given that, well they have a chance to play in another play—off in april two reach world group two. that is a conversation we can have an months to come. they have tough task to greece, having won the match against slovenia. 0ur player is struggling, having won the first set, she was broken twice in the second set. she played extremely well to take the second set. but she has been broken back. the second single is likely to be very tight as well. 0nly back. the second single is likely to be very tight as well. only one place in the world rankings sell —— separates the british number one joanna konta and the greek number one. whoever gets through and we hope it is britain, will get a semifinal win. hope it is britain, will get a semifinalwin. you hope it is britain, will get a semifinal win. you can follow that on our website. the second weekend of the six nation

russell was when born, there was no american conservatism. there were varied groups because america was a more conservative place so we didn't need a separate movement. but certainly it was not as organized in the 1950's. bill and russell engaged in the alchemy that you described in creating the modern conservative movement. so we're halfway, a century from now, 50 years from now, there have been some movements back to some of the values that kirk so espoused. there are groups of localist conservatives and others that are moving away from politics and focusing on other aspects of life. if you were looking 10, 20 years ahead, where is conservatives and going and where should it be going? mr. o'sullivan: i was almost blushing with some of the things that were said about me. obviously i am grateful for them and thank you very much. what i noticed, and what has been said so far and what is happening in the world today is that if you look at the people who were around national review in the 1950's, remember, this is a time when the editor of partisan review on seeing what

.2% communication services, real estate, energy, consumer discretionary and other groups, nasdaq closing lower. russelling lower a tenth of a percent or more really just a digestion as we look ahead to next week where trade talks will resume in beijing. radar for investors this hour, federal former reserve chairman janet yellen speaking to cnbc's steve liesman on whether sthhe thinks the fed could wave raising rates. and chipotle earnings and the company's expansion. >>> welcome back, carcarrie. nice to see you. >> thanks for having me, sara. >> quiet day in terms of earnings pretty strong rally off the christmas eve bottom what do you do from here >> it's interesting. we're up 16% from that bottom. two-thirds of the gap we've made up already from that drop on december 24th. we're back at 16 times earnings. we're 7% away from that peak we hit in september so it's really a question of can earnings push forward? can we move through expectations and be confident and investors feel good about buying stocks here even though we've moved up quite a bit? >> a more dovish fed allow 16 times to go to 17 times? >

russell 2000. in fact there have been gigantic winners in the group, double-digit gains this year.ke are five below and etsy. i think they will join the list of grand slams. the index in my mind has room to 1590. that is where the 200 day moving average is. if it has enough momentum, it can break out to all-time high of 1740. here to discuss, david dietze. david, trading desks are number three percentage winner today. that is the one of the hot names in the top 10 on russell 2000. every week, if you look at biggest winners, almost every week they're in the russell 2000. we never talk about it, we never hear about it. >> absolutely. these stocks were crushed last year. since christmas eve the russell moved up 20%. they are more thinly traded with much smaller market caps. when the herd moves into them. they can jump out the water. that is what we're seeing right now. charles: what do you make of the idea so many are being acquired, so many are making these huge moves? dec had a great number, copa software had a great number. they're delivering yet, feels like big, big players on wal

groups. talk about venezuela. have you completely stopped trading with venezuela? are you done? russell: we got ongoing business.n compliance with regulations and sanctions, language, that they have to comply with. guy: and will that be ongoing or something you are tapering off? russell: we are looking at it all the time to assess what we could be doing. guy: and in terms of what you stopped doing, how big a hit held -- and in terms of what you stopped doing, how big of a hit n?s that been questio been thatt has not significant for us. u.s. is on the doorstep and severely hit by the sanctions. u.s. refiners have to reorganize their crude supply because the crude they are used to buy from venezuela are no longer available. the venezuelans have to find customers in asia to take those grades because those grades are suitable the high complexity refineries, not so much the european refineries. this is just a reorientation of barrels. it is quite complicated because the sanctions make it difficult for many different companies to operate their. -- operate there. opecin terms of the situation going forward, does the ab

group a to progress to saturday's play—off. katie boulter is on court facing dalma galfi — our tennis correspondent russell fuller is there...laying well number 311. she has a fantastic weekend so far. —— fantastic weekend so far. —— fantastic competition so far. in the end, in the seven set... it has just gone into the tie—break. she will be hoping that she will be able to close this match out. johanna konta is very much favourite in the second match. she is playing a more inexperienced component. if they manage to win, they will take on serbia on saturday which will decide which country survives that we can qualify for the next stage of the competition. reporting from bath. thank you very much. let's have a look at some of the other stories around today. ben stokes has been named in the 12 man squad for the final test match against the west indies tomorrow. he had been in doubt after suffering a bruised heel but will feature along with mark wood and keaton jennings. wicketkeeper ben foa kes has has been dropped. ten teenage football players have died in a fire at a youth training ground belonging to one of brazil's top foo

becausere varied groups america was a more conservative place so we didn't need a separate movement. it was not as organized in the 50's. bill and russell engaged in the alchemy that you described in creating the modern conservative movement. a century from now, 50 years from now, there have been some movements back to the values that kirk espoused. there are groups of local list that areives and other moving away from politics and other aspects of life. ahead, whereooking his conservatives and going and where should be going? i was almost blushing with some of the things that were said earlier. obviously i am grateful and thank you very much. what i noticed, what is been said so far and what is happening in the world today is that if you look at the people who were around national review in the 50's, remember this is a of partisane editor review upon seeing what james burnham was doing said james burnham has abandoned liberalism he is now a dead duck. when you see who was in the national review, it was bill and russell and james burnham. people.re links with it is an astounding collection of incompatible talent. they were sufficiently

group of friends also took the day off from school, but not from activism. we caught up with them as they loaded onto a bus to support teachers at a downtown rally.zadie russell/student- "we're all part of a bigger movement, and i mean, if they get what they need then that's ideal for everyone." the grand lake theater also dropped the price of admission to a couple of popular movies down to one- dollar. and, several families took advantage. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) our coverage of this story continues online at kron4 dot com.... there you can find more information about the strike... what students and parents can expect during it... and what the district is doing to make sure classes and after school programs are affected as little as possible. all that on kron4 dot com... (grant) immigration officials have confirmed the man killed in an officer involved shooting over the weekend was a mexican national who had been previously removed from the country three times prior to 20-11. we showed you the officer body cam video yesterday where javier hernandez-morales shot at a napa poilce officer. ice officials say they notified the napa an

every group within the s&p higher led by financial. check out the russell000 index of small caps on a roll up another 1.3% and strong gains for the week begin at the white house eamon javers with the latest on the funding bill and kayla tausche with more on trade with china. eamon? >> reporter: that's right. we are getting word that the american civil liberties union is now going to be filing a lawsuit to try to block the president's emergency action that he took here at the white house today. look at the dollars and cents. this is what the union is upset about. $1.375 billion from the appropriations bill that was signed today that was passed yesterday up on capitol hill they're going to take some money out of the drug forfeiture fund and the national emergency declaration gets the president access to $3.6 billion from the department of defense's military construction budget. that's the piece that the aclu is going to be suing about the president talked about this earlier today in the rose garden and he made the point he said that democrats opposing him are

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group of friends also took the day off from school, but not from activism. we caught up with them as they loaded onto a bus to support teachers at a downtown rally.zadie russell/student- "we're all part of a bigger movement, and i mean, if they get what they need then that's ideal for everyone." the grand lake theater also dropped the price of admission to a couple of popular movies down to one- dollar. and, several families took advantage. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (pam) our coverage of this story continues online at kron4 dot com.... there you can find more information about the strike... resources for parents and students... and what the district is doing to make sure classes and after school programs are affected as little as possible. all that on kron4 dot com... a big story we are following.. new information tonight .... about the man who opened fire at a napa county sheriff deputy on sunday.according to immigration officials, before the shooting, he had been deported multiple times and had a lengthy criminal record in the north bay. the deputy involved returned fire and killed the suspect.we have to warn you the video you will see in

group within the s&p is higher. materials and financials in the lead only rae estate is lower nasdaq up 1.4% even the russell which ledesterday is up a percent on its own. >> a last week europe kind of was lower and we were resilient against that this week, sorry europe and the rest of world much slower. we have taken that lead each morning from the international and improved it. near the highs of the session. let's begin today in washington with the latest on the government shutdown. ylan mui has more for us ylan >> reporter: mitch mcconnell putting the ball squarely in president trump's court. gop senators just wrapped up the weekly policy luncheon meeting and senators came out and talked to reporters and they repeatedly said that this deal is a down payment on the president's priorities. >> first of all, i hope he signs the bill and second, i think he ought to feel feel free to use whatever tools he can legally use to enhance the effort to secure the border i would not be troubled by that. >> reporter: the president can still use his executive powers to build the wall even if he does sign the deal and what you hear

groups lower financials, health care and staples consumer discretionary, communication services, technology led the charge up naz d-back outperforming all day. the russelldex lagged closing up .2% fifth day in a row for gains for the s&p 500. that post-christmas eve comeback koptds for the markets investors setter for a trio ofg earnings we'll bring you the numbers when they're released joining us is sarat sarephi. mike, overall the drift higher continues. >> yeah. it is like don't call it a melt up that was the curse last year the broad market up about a third of a percent looking at the average stock, s&p up half a percent like you said. i think the pattern of volatility and funds seeing it to be somewhat more safe to raise exposure something behind this pattern we have seen of a little bit of strength in the market day and fang leading today. if you look at the proxies. >> google up. >> played along with that. so the question now as the market had a 16%, 17% rally at the down trend line is it 2017 when basically a market like this would stay overbought and just kind of drift higher and then rest? or is it last year when you kind of wanted to sell the

groups turning green nasdaq winner all day long up 1%. strength in names of microsoft and apple. a lot of tech names doing well today. invidia and chips, as well russelllding on the win streak we have seen in the new year. investors awaiting a trio of big earnings reports and we'll have results when they're released. some of the stocks headed higher today. alphabet up 2% ahead of the numbers. joining us is cathy wood of arc invest launching a new atf today. we'll get to that in a moment. but first, mike, it was a very quiet day in terms of the news flow. >> yes. >> seems like we are digesting the news added up into a decent rally. >> it is a new rally and upward drift seems like a default mode and a phase of self reinforcing and coming into the year and looking for this signal of volatility to drop and being something that's an input in the process and kind of can carry larger positions and have more exposure if volatility goes down i think maybe we saw that on the close today but we're still kind of getting used to this idea of no sharp deceleration of the economy apparent and the reaction to earnings good and bad earnings or not so great and even be

groups like staples, financials and industrials weighed down the overall market. the nasdaq positive. tech did better today thanks in part of good earnings and cisco and russellps outperformed again really the highlight of the day the weak retail sales. new york state senator michael gianaris one of the biggest critics of the amazon new york city headquarters deal and will react to amazon's decision today to cancel those plans. >>> investors awaiting a trio of big earnings cbs, nvidia and cannabis company canopy growth. let's talk about this market, though joining us is stephanie link, cnbc contributor and jason fuhrman with us from harvard kennedy school first, though, mike, nice comeback from what looked like a sharp slide that was confirmed in the bond market on the release of that economic data. >> yeah. it was definitely confirmed. reflex lower and then, you know, it just sort of settled it out. you had a bid in the day i'd say the market in this hesitation mode. really started about a week ago. even though we've made nominal highs for the run and basically been flattening out after the very strong run. the breadth of the market remains good support look

the russell group, and seven charities, want ministers to rule out an overall drop in funding.—year—old law was passed by the church of england‘s ruling body. the general synod voted to end the law — dating back to 1603 — which required priests to hold a sunday service in every church they looked after. earlier i spoke with rose hudson—wilkin, the chaplain to the speaker of the house of commons, who said working a recreational commitments mean church and sunday services no longer go hand in hand. they do go together but of course times are changing, it is notjust a shortage of clergy, it is also the fa ct shortage of clergy, it is also the fact that people work on sundays, the fact that we build recreational activities, football, rugby, so things are happening that prevent people from being in that place on a particular date is sunday. so we have to find creative ways of holding acts of worship, notjust on a sunday, so we have other places that will say, a tuesday is the new sunday, for us in the city here in london thursday is the new sunday because i don‘t do a sunday service