let's dig into the comments and reaction with brian gardener, managing director at kbw, also stephanie miller is with us. welcome to you both. >> thank you >> stephanie, first to you what was the most important takeaway from the treasury secretary's remarks? >> what investors really wanted to know was any little nugget about those chinese tariffs and whether or not they might go away sometime soon and so what we learn second down we still don't have an answer on that not really surprising. but any sort of mention around the easing up of those tariffs would be welcome by investors who are just completely exhausted of watching this whole thing. >> why do you think it is that he could have said well, yes, of course when we reach this agreement, those tariffs were lerchged to come to this agreement, but he specifically did not say that. so is the conclusion that those tariffs will persist >> i think that's one of the biggest parts of negotiations, obviously, in terms of the leverage here. there's clearly things that are not completely worked out otherwise we'd have a deal at this point why make t

stephanie miller and. now want to turn this lithium into cash. they work for an australian mining company the firm plans to invest around four hundred million euros up until now the shares of their company have only been work a few cents but lithium is becoming an extremely sought after more material. we don't rely on our own evaluations it's standard practice in the mining industry to get forecasts from independent companies before costs are also bankable which is helpful for financing based on the survey we believe we could earn up to one hundred thirty million dollars a year if the operations go as planned that means moving eight hundred thousand tonnes a year from the mountain with. the would be by is of the metal located on the other side of the alps in germany. companies such as lisp actually manufacture the company needs lithium battery cells for electric cars it currently has to source all its but she sells in asia because there are no batteries cell manufacturers in germany. spend our wants to follow the example of the u.s. company tesla

know is in charge, however, on the immigration front, stephanie said his name, meet the president's senior policy adviser and right-hand man, steven miller. he's the hard-line aide who reportedly has been linked to the massive shakeup at dhs and convincing the president to get much tougher on his stance with mexico. now you may not know a lot about there guy, but let me bring you up to speed. he's had tremendous influence over the trump administration since donald trump took office. but he's held roles that don't necessarily support being a key decisionmaker on the topic of immigration. >> this is so important. his background is in communications. >> right. >> he's a great speechwriter. >> yes. >> in terms of policymaking, if you want to point to someone who can get the job done, it's a mitch mcconnell, who truly understands the nuts and bolts of government work -- >> how you make policy in congress. right. >> correct. steven miller has no experience doing that. by the way, the president's frustration thus far has been why is nobody getting done what i want him to get done. guess why -- easier said than done. now you got the speech write

stephanie decker al-jazeera northern israel. more than one and a half million people in mozambique and i reliance on food days after their homes were devastated last month cycle it i for me to miller has the latest from china macondo near the port city of beirut. we're inching i'm of congo where at least seven hundred families have gathered to collect food from the world food program they're distributing penes rice and whale and so far every well known has distributed food to about half a million people now that flood waters have receded and areas like this are accessible they're able to reach more people now to mostly one to hand out to at least one point seven million people who are in areas that were devastated by cycle only it dies so far they've used ed as well as boats to get that food arrived at another areas are exists of all people here have lost their homes lost farms and with alt there's food distribution really would have nothing to survive on this is about helping them survive the off the effects of the cycle and the w. if peace is it could take several months for recovery and for people here to be back on their feet. in the u.s. the democrat controlled laura house of

stephanie j. block, the cher show. caitlyn kinnunen, the prom. best leavel, the prom. kelly ohara, kiss me kate. >> kelly's a veteran. and the nominees for best revival of a play are -- >> arthur miller'sritten by harvey fierstein. the weaverly gallery. >> the nominees for best revival of a musical are -- bebe. >> kiss me kate. rodger and hammerstein's oklahoma. this is a really big category. the nominees for best play are -- >> "choir boy." "the ferryman." "gary, a sequel to tie does andronicus." "ink." "what the constitution means to me." >> the nominees for best musical, brandon. >> "ain't too proud -- the life and times of the temptations." "beet "beetlejuice." ""hadestow ""hadestown." "the prom". "tootsie. there's some favorites there, but are you surprised that neither network or to kill a mockingbird were nominated for best play. the actors were nominated. but did it spruz you? >> i wish everything could be nominated. >> we all that, bebe, but that's not the question. >> it's a wonderful year for plays. there's wonderful work, so it's a tough year. >> all right, thank you for joining us. there you have it, norah and john. the top eight categories for the 2019 tony awards. the no