is that what jermeir stroud did?ng shannon crawley and denita smith together that dreadful day in 2007 when denita was murdered? now three years later two families filed into the durham county courthouse. one family hoping for a conviction, the other an acquittal. reporter john mccann covered the trial for "the durham herald-sun." >> the tone was definitely, you know, somber. shannon's family here. you got denita's people on the other side. tense is a good word for it. >> reporter: especially tense for denita's mother, sharon, who for the first time made eye contact with the woman accused of murdering her daughter. >> shannon would look at me with this little smirky look on her face. she's very cocky, like she knew she was going to get off. no remorse. she didn't feel she had done anything. >> they had only been engaged for two months. >> reporter: assistant d.a. david saacks, an experienced, savvy prosecutor, would now square off against a younger court-appointed defense attorney named scott holmes. >> it's importan

is that what jermeir stroud did?ing shannon crawley and denita smith together that dreadful day in 2007 when denita was murdered? now three years later two families filed into the durham county courthouse. one family hoping for a conviction, the other an acquittal. reporter john mccann covered the trial for "the durham herald-sun." >> the tone was definitely, you know, somber. shannon's family here. you got denita's people on the other side. tense is a good word for it. >> reporter: especially tense for denita's mother, sharon, who for the first time made eye contact with the woman accused of murdering her daughter. >> shannon would look at me with this little smirky look on her face. she's very cocky, like she knew she was going to get off. no remorse. she didn't feel she had done anything. >> they had only been engaged for two months. >> reporter: assistant d.a. david saacks, an experienced, savvy prosecutor, would now square off against a younger court-appointed defense attorney named scott holmes. >> it's importa

. >> stroud's victims were contractors, working at the home stroud and his accomplices robbed.dered the men tied up, then shot each in the head with a pistol. >> when i first walked on death row, the thing that hit me first was the silence, the absolute silence. walking on there was like the type of silence that takes you in, the type of silence that's listening to you, watching your every move to see how you respond to it. i came on the unit 23 years old trying to project courage, confidence and strength, but on the inside i was upset, i was confused and i was afraid. the thing i remember the most was the cold concrete floor underneath my bare feet. and just sitting on the edge of that bunk, man. i just broke down and started crying, crying for all the people that i hurt, crying for justice, crying for my mother, you know what i mean. during those three years, seven men were executed. they lost their lives. >> a change in indiana's capital punishment laws saved stroud from joining them. his sentence was commuted to three life terms without the possibility of parole, but stroud

haidi: i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney.he 33,000 summit is underway with leaders from the 10 member states meeting in bangkok. among the attendees, the chinese premier and u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross who says he is optimistic on a trade deal . our chief international correspondent haslinda amin is at the event. trade is front and center. they have been caught in the middle pair they have become collateral damage at this prolonged u.s.-china trade war. malaysia is on the verge of being imposed with sanctions on palm oil. we have vietnam being singled out by the u.s. for a trade surplus with the u.s. singapore has been dragged into it as well. it is among countries named by cf u.s. for its current practices. estimations have been front and center, caught in the middle of it all. it is not surprising that over the weekend, we heard the leaders, the prime minister of singapore, saying they have to come together even more to do better in places like digital economy. they have to explore how to fund these initiatives to b

haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts.er busy week for you go data, expecting updates from japan, malaysia, hong kong. our next guest is the chief australia economist. what is top of mind? >> starting off with gdp numbers, pretty positive. we have got plenty ahead of tax hike. in contrast you mentioned hong kong, it will be a difficult number. it will give good indication of how damaging the protest has been. haidi: that the -- pmi number was horrible. >> the authorities in terms of what they need to do and resolve the situation and get things back on track. it could be a weaker number around retail and tourism because we expect those have been badly impacted. and that the interest rate decisions, not expecting anything from the rbnz but you never know. they like to shock the market and give us a few surprises. we are not expecting anything things data looking like are softening around business investment, consumption for global headwinds starting to drag. we think they will fit into next year. haidi: the domestic committe

i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney.ning from bloomberg's global headquarters in new york. sophie: i am shery ahn. sophie:i am sophie kamaruddin. welcome to "daybreak asia." haidi: tough on trade, china repeats it wants paris listed before -- tariffs lifted. remain optimistic of an agreement. oil is holding gains near the highest in six weeks. opec says the outlook is brighter. solomon speaks exclusively to bloomberg about recession, the global economy, and ties to china. korea comingth back online. let's get straight to the market action with sophie. sophie: we are seeing upside for the nikkei and the topix, adding .3%. continuing to rise above 23,000 points. demand for japanese stocks seems to be weighing on the yen outlook when it comes to strength. prompted jphat morgan to raise rates dollar-yen. checking in on what's happening with korean shares, the kospi just marginally higher this morning. aussie shares extending again, .1% higher. rising for a fourth session. a quick check on bonds this morning, onto yields -- b

i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. kathleen: i'm kathleen hays. we are counting down to asia's major market open. haidi: here the top stories we are covering in the next hour. rising food costs and falling prices leave china's leaders with a headache as new doubts over a trade deal. a saudi aramco moves one step closer to the market with an ipo perspective that offers more questions than answers. in the price is right for alibaba. single day after a scorching start as consumers around the world look for bargains. kathleen: let's get to u.s. stocks and how they ended. you can see the gains on the board are not large. however, go straight to the middle line, that's the s&p 500. another all-time high. 3093. it was a week of dueling trade headlines as china's commerce department and white house economic advisor said yes, a phase i deal will involve a phase in tariffs. tech stocks gains as well. anything that is good for a trade deal. global growth certainly helps. tech shares, the nasdaq closing at another all-time high. 8475. what is interesting is o

haidi: i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney.ief co-founder science officer, necklace. where do you see the greatest application in this part of the world for your technology? >> good morning. what we see in asia right now is a great willingness and great interest to embrace ai, and really make it applicable. a newt ai is still organization. we were founded just over three years ago, with the belief artificial intelligence should workpeople and machines smarter together. so we have been working tangibly to help people get better insights from data, to help them make better decisions that deliver value focus on tasks that are more meaningful. we have been working with our customers across the world and especially here in singapore, where we work with a financial services company to help them make better predictions, and with large, engineering organizations to equip their engineers and their scientists with deeper ai capabilities that help them really leverage ai to deliver value. there is a -- esgi: there is a strong aspect to yo

with shery ahn in new york and haidi stroud-watts in sydney.ake a look at the global top tech stories of the day. haidi? haidi: masayoshi son is paying the price from wework to uber. the sopping founder has seen his fall after his strategy of aggressively backing technology pioneers backfired. tumble to roughly 13 $1 billion a. that is according to the bloomberg billionaires index. facebook has expanded its production to vietnam and will manufacture its oculus rift virtual-reality headsets in the country, according to the facebook asia-pacific vice president of policy. facebook is seeking partners to manufacture other products in vietnam. and, huawei expects shipments to grow 20% next year even if it is blocked from the google software. this suggest the trump administration's efforts to contain the company's rise may not be working. the president of corporate strategies says the company can rely on its massive home market and in-house software to keep the division humming. those are the top global tech stories of the day. shery: more on huawei

i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery ahn in new york.kings fell short of estimates. in sanring in tom giles francisco. uber did expect to turn a profit in 2021. what was the big issue that investors did not like? tom: there's a couple things that worked. investors were looking at a couple of those metrics. one of them is gross bookings. and second of all, mostly active users, so both of those numbers came in below expectations, so there's a bit of disappointment there. you have to wonder whether there was also -- there is also some concern about the fact that this lock up x. , these restrictions that were put on certain early shareholders and their ability to sell the stock is going to be lifted in a couple days and that vast number of uber shares to the market and that is possibly weighing on the stock. you figure investors were looking for -- there have been blowout numbers today. maybe the concern about the lockup would be abated a little bit, but the numbers again, there was a little bit of disappointment. this way to profitability i

haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney.m -- the latest gdp figures underscore the economic challenge facing whichever party wins to election. the chancellor of the exchequer told bloomberg how his spending plans would boost growth. will beour fiscal rules should be win the election. it is precisely to give the andidence to businesses international investors. i do not take for granted economic investment at all. showw that you need to very clearly what the economic policies are of the government and also how we will work hard to attract and keep that investment in the u.k. the alternative to the conservatives is a labour party that will have spending out of control and also not remove the biggest uncertainty in our economy today, which is brexit. we have got a brexit deal that is ready to go. we can implement it within weeks of taking office and have a smooth exit from our friends in the e.u. lt issuance rise? >> it will stay under control under our plan. >> will arise? -- get rise? -- it rise? >>>> it will always the imbala

i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery ahn in new york. sophie: and i am sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. we are counting down to asia's major market open. >> here the top stories we are covering in the next hour. deal or no deal? an agreement is near. president trump wants a siding to take place in the united states. the world top oil company presses go on its long-awaited ipo. saudi aramco brushes off concerns. the fed says the u.s. is in a good place and the data justifies keeping rates on hold. we hear exclusively from the vice chairman. marketsck check of the close on the friday session in the u.s.. we saw fresh records for u.s. stocks with the s&p 500 dating 1%. energy and materials led to gains. oil jumping the most in six weeks on a more positive, solid jobs report, not to mention optimism on demand as we saw chinese manufacturing data more positive. we also had positive trade sentiment with that china commerce ministry saying the u.s. and china had achieved a consensus in principle. the nasdaq gained more than 1%, the dow gaining t

we talked about stroud's in the trade.rade -- in the fur strouds were navy blue, produced in england, and were a big part of the textile exchange. they became black to cover the grades of the deceased, to allow relatives to put away the grief of those who had died and again, clear the ears, eyes, and throats. do we have any questions about the condolence ceremony or the calumet ceremony? yes. >> how did the british learn how to make it? did they trade with other indian nations for the wampum, or did they learn how to make it themselves? timothy: many manufactured -- native americans manufactured wampum before europeans showed up, but when european showed up they also bring tools that make it much easier to manufacture wampum. it tends to get much smaller, because they are using are in tools to grind and then drill holes from the beads. native americans continue to make wampum, but europeans also become very interested in purchasing it. it becomes commodified in early new netherland it's supposedly used as money when the economy is just developing, and by the 18th century, with a wampu

i'm haidi stroud-watts. we are under an hour away from the market open in japan and south korea.ning from new york. i'm shery ahn. welcome to daybreak asia. ♪ shery: top stories this hour -- hong kong braces for more unrest after a chaotic monday that saw one man shot and set on fire. carrie lam says violence is not the answer. boeing takes off thanks to a new

>> good morning i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. we are under an hour away from the open in japan. >> good evening from headquarters in new york. i'm shery ahn. welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: asia." sherry: top stories this hour. the fed chief pushes back on president trump and negative rates. jay powell says they are not appropriate for the u.s. economy right now. president trump says a china trade deal is moving along rapidly after earlier reports of negotiations stalling over foreign purchases. we have the first public impeachment hearing testimony revealing the president's lawyer was digging up dirt in his shadow diplomacy in ukraine. howi: let's take a look at we are setting up when it comes to the start of trading here in sydney. investors dealt a pretty mixed hand overnight. stocks closing pretty close to fresh record highs. still, uncertainty over the lingering trade negotiations continuing to chip away at sentiment. we are hearing potentially the agricultural purchases that had been a solid part of the phase i deal could b

shery: i am -- haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts. shery: u.s.ns are the worst they have been in for years. here is the chair at ucsb and the former deputy assistant deputy of state in the clinton administration. thank you for joining us this very cool morning here. >> nice to be here. shery: let me get started. decade ago.shed a you spoke about the insecurities of the chinese leadership which is perhaps the biggest threat. what are the securities of this administration? xi consolidated power in a way very different from his predecessors. mao-like leadership. and one of the first things he has to worry about is keeping the other leaders satisfied because right now, he is using the antlike and a climate of a real power-sharing system. the history of communist regimes is always that there is a risk of splits in the leadership. the second thing he has to worry about is keeping the public satisfied. right now, we have core prices. inflation is always the greatest risk. in 1989, -- a very important part of that context was inflation. he really has to

my you as a green candidate in stroud? my lips are sealed.t. let's say hypothetically it is. will you have lib dems party workers there, out and helping you campaign, is that how this would work? i think are really important thing to recognise is that as parties we have different policy platforms and were not saying we are standing for the same thing in this election so are not expecting party workers to work for other parties. but what we will do is strategically use resources so the greens will focus on seats where they are the main remain candidate and the lib dems will focus on seats where they are the remain candidate. so it's a strategic alliance, recognising that is the way politics should work and a normal democracy have lots of different parties and they stand and work separately during the election but come together after the election and we are trying to move to a system like that but what we need is afair system like that but what we need is a fair voting system. so a strategic alliance are not necessarily a pooling of resources.

made, but, you know, if i was in gloucestershire and i was a labour activist i would go and work in stroudocrats. so you can see these kind of informal arrangements, which suit both sides, because what is the point of activists working excessively hard in seats they have no chance of winning? why not go to a nearby seed where they have the chance and that is the seat you come from, but you go to the other party. we are hearing a lot, aren't we, about these packets forming between the lib dems, the green party, plaid cymru. —— pacts. but why not between the lib dems and a labour? what is the lib dems and a labour? what is theissue the lib dems and a labour? what is the issue there? the problem basically is that both parties feel that they would actually be damaged nationally more by a pact than by nominally fighting each other everywhere. the lib dems don't want to be seen as labour's poodles, a party trying to help jeremy to be seen as labour's poodles, a party trying to helpjeremy corbyn get into downing street, and jo swinson, the leader of the lib dems, has said she will do nothing to h

i'm joined now by the pr agent mark borkowski via webcam from stroud in gloucestershire.ur advice had been sought by the duke as to whether he should do this interview or not, what would you have said? whether he should do this interview or not, what would you have said ?|j would or not, what would you have said?” would have said no, don't do it. to me, it's a gamble. and you don't gamble in this day and age with a reputation. particularly when the whole social media universe can judge you. i listened to a couple of extracts in the package and i suspected what. .. you extracts in the package and i suspected what... you know, i agree with nicholas witchell, you can't judge an interview until you've seen it, but there were a couple of tones in his voice where he felt the questions were quite wearisome. and i think he finds the whole situation wearisome. clearly, this is a man who wants to do a lot of good for the country and has a lot of charitable interests and i suspect he is looking at his diary next year and they probably isn't —— and it isn't as full as it has been in

morning.ry good i'm haidi stroud-watts. are under an hour away from market opens in japan and south korea. welcome to "daybreak asia." our top stories this thursday -- china andefies overwhelmingly backed protesters in hong kong.

. ♪ >> good morning i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney.an hour away from the open in japan. >> good evening from headquarters in new york. i'm shery ahn. welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: asia." sherry: top stories this hour. the fed chief pushes back on president trump and negative rates. jay powell says they are not appropriate for the u.s. economy right now. president trump says a china trade deal is moving along rapidly after

i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. kathleen: i'm kathleen hays.ng down to asia's major market open. haidi: here the top stories we are covering in the next hour. rising food costs and falling prices leave china's leaders with a headache as new doubts over a trade deal. a saudi aramco moves one step closer to the market with an ipo perspective that offers more questions than answers.

i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery ahn in new york. i am sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. we are counting down to asia's major market open. >> here the top stories we are covering in the next hour. deal or no deal? an agreement is near. president trump wants a siding to take place in the united states. the world top oil company presses go on its long-awaited ipo.

but if i was in gloucestershire, a labour activist, i would go work in stroud with the wind demo activists liberal democrats. and you can see these kind of informal arrangements in both sides because what is the point of activists working excessively hard in what is no chance of winning? why not go to a nearby seat where they have a chance and get the seat —— but the seat you come from go to the other party? we are hearing a lot about these pacts forming between the lib dems and plaid cymru, but why not between the lib dems and a labourfor why not between the lib dems and a labour for example, what is the issue there? the problem basically issue there? the problem basically is that both parties feel that they are actually going to be damaged nationally more by a pact than by fighting each other everywhere. the liberal democrats don't want to be seen as labour's poodles, a party try to help corban get into downing street. jo swinson said she would do nothing to help corbyn become premise or an equally the labour party wa nts premise or an equally the labour party wants to stand there as a p

now, we join shery ahn in new york and haidi stroud-watts in sydney to bring you the latest global techet's take a look at the top global tech stories of the day. haidi? haidi: investor confidence in europe's e-scooter sharing market is not slowing down. sweden's technology announced it closed $85 million in new funding. this follows an october funding round of $60 million. tencent is entering the indian insurance market. the chinese giant bought a 10% stake in indian online insurance aggregator policy bazaar. , the latest in the backing of the indian startup. it also invests in a ride-hailer and a food delivery platform. the deal was signed earlier this week. and, tesla is showing off its first batch of chinese-made cars. the model 3's were built in the shanghai giga-factory, which broke ground in january. it is working with local authorities to obtain manufacturing certification by year end. those are the top global tech stories we are watching. shery: another single day record for alibaba. the chinese tech giant racked up 38.3 billion in sales for the 24-hour marathon that is seen as

i want to thank bill galston without whom america with susan stroud who i see in the back, alan casey, and in the life in the country when president clinton said invest in your country, we will invest in you, it was a galvanizing moment. the social genome product, a host of initiatives, if anything is behind what happens with national service, now that you are conducting this. i want to thank john dilulio for the greatest years of my life and having the opportunity to serve side-by-side after 9/11. and seeing emergence from the country of people all over the globe wanting to make common cause and make a better country and world together is quite extraordinary. when i came in this morning i met doctor joseph hecht and that is that all? know. i found that the medical reserve corps after 9/11 and that is the model of what we are trying to achieve for the viewing national service or citizen service as fundamental and foundational. and civic education reminds me the people who found that our country, george washington who we assume the folder did not lay down citizens on adam said to serve

susan stroud, who's been carrying this torch forever, domestically and internationally helping to spread the idea all over the world. steve cullbertson, who was here. who has built the service for young people showing you can be nine, ten, eight, 12 years old and change the world through service. so many people have built the movement it's amazing. i want to thank bell and brookings. bell is a hero, she has put the issue of poverty, opportunity, the middle class on the national agenda and it's amazing how she keeps coming up with new ideas to advance the cause but also action oriented. i'm glad we've been able to embrace the service brookings and alliance together. i want to thank jesse, who's fabulous. when i called him about taking this job we said i believe it's time for a new generation to take the lead, and honestly, jesse, i can't wait. and also duval patrick, who's a dear friend, no one gets this more from their personal experience. i want to thank them. my chairman, joe heck, i am honored to serve on the commission. he's done an amazing job leading us. we've come together in a gr

i want to thank bill galston, without whom actually americorps, susan stroud, alan casey, a lot of people in the audience, wouldn't have come into existence in a time in the life of the country where president clinton said, you invest in your country, we'll invest in you. it was a galvanizing moment. i want to thank bell. she launched the social genome project and a whole host of initiatives. seems like anything bell gets behind actually happens. so i'm more optimistic about national service now that you're conducting this panel. i want to thank john and pete. i had 15 years in public service, greatest years of my life. having the opportunity to serve side by side with john and pete after 9/11 and seeing this emergence from the country of people all over the globe, wanting to make common cause, to make a better country and world together, was really quite extraordinary. when i came in this morning, i met general, congressman, and dr. joseph heck. i said, is that all? he goes, no, actually, i founded the medical reserve corps after 9/11. so that's the model of what we're trying to achieve

morning.ry good i'm haidi stroud-watts. shery: we are under an hour away from market opens in japan and south korea. welcome to "daybreak asia." our top stories this thursday -- china andefies overwhelmingly backed protesters in hong kong. president trump is expected to sign the bill into law. jay powell saw elevated threats including global growth and trade. sophie: macro uncertainty over trade in hong kong certainly looming large, given what we stocks.n so far in ozzie shares opening to the .1% after being tracked lower wednesday. aussie bonds are climbing for a third session tracking the rally we saw in treasuries overnight, to flatten.ontinued the move to the downside while treasury futures a fourthing a bid for straight session. all itsstronger against peers. checking in on what is going on -- i'm actually looking at the terminal right here because i wanted to show you it is testing the 100-day moving average, some that level. we are hearing google is changing its political add policy, limiting audience targeting. we k

i have worked with their communities and councillors in stroud and hebden bridge and other places aboutg is in middlesbrough to tell us about something a little bit different on nationwide — the first of a special series of election programmes that starts this evening and will go out on the bbc‘s local radio stations in england. you were in the neighbouring village of stainforth for us yesterday. tell us where you are today? welcome here. this is going to be my impression, i hope you will bear with me, of supermarket sweep. this is the middle of the church and just look at all the provisions. i would imagine that even some supermarkets haven‘t got as many tins and various other commodities as we have here, we have these two smashers here working very hard, and that has been the sign of the whole thing. i will stop packed here because this young man has been working nonstop for about three hours. why are you doing this? why not? we are helping everybody else out. the whole village is coming together, i have been very lucky, my house didn't get flooded, but lots of people have and they ne

we can speak now to the public relations specialist mark borkowski, who joins us from stroud.athy for you. there is no sympathy for you. there is no sympathy for him in the papers, no sympathy for him in the papers, no sympathy with the public. it is a bad day for him in his brand. in terms of the process here, he was very careful, he chose his words very careful, he chose his words very carefully. has he been prepped for this, has somebody sat down and done some trimming with him, or has he just done some trimming with him, or has hejust gone in done some trimming with him, or has he just gone in and said, done some trimming with him, or has hejust gone in and said, right, let's do it, sat down and given it his best shot? clearly, if you are reading the newspapers this morning, there was some unrest in his pr camp and supposedly a key adviser had quit or had exited the building on the knowledge she was determined to do this interview. sometimes your clients will feel that it is very important to get their story out and you have to challenge that at times and say this isn't a

let's speak now with mark borkowski, a public relations specialist, who joins us from stroud.st going. because it frames other stories, the news, the news that barclays pulled out yesterday, but picture the palace is in problems. the first good move was clearly the statement that was made on thursday, withdrawing from all public duty. that was a statement that should have been made in 2008, when the allegations and the conviction of jeffrey epstein went live. he should have just killed it then. this jeffrey epstein went live. he should havejust killed it then. this is jeffrey epstein went live. he should have just killed it then. this is an ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very severe ongoing flawed pr response to a very, very severe crisis. just to look at the kind of things he is pulling back from, this whole pitch at the palace initiative, he is pulling back from that, there will be people who will be benefiting from this scheme who will be really concerned as we hear more names are withdrawing. this is true. let's look at it