u.s. federal warrant and is expected to lead to an extradition effort by the americans federal prosecutors allege that huawei used a hong kong shell company to sell equipment to iran in violation of u.s. sanctions they also said that monk personally misled american banks about why always business dealings in iran among is fighting to be released on bail for health reasons. the us government is trying to downplay the impact of her arrest washington says it's a criminal matter which is separate from the ongoing trade negotiations but investors seem to doubt that it will work out that way. german exports rose eight four and five percent in october to one hundred seventeen billion euros that's what data from the federal statistics office shows today and let's say it's a sign that europe's biggest economy is still robust despite international trade tensions germany is the third largest exporter in the world off to china and the u.s. cars like mercedes b.m.w. and germany's top sellers around the world. they make up around one fifth of total exports machines chemicals and electronics also in high demand for gold. so pre

use. the u.s. army entered the were not really prepared with modern style were -- warfare so it wasn't really efficient. they did purchase a lot of these from the french. is probably one of the most common used. as a matter of fact, the u.s. used his need the british guns in the british sector depending on what or where they fought. the u.s. didn't really have their own machine guns as a war was ending. so, what we have is an eight millimeter, standard labelle cartridge. it seems all the other french weapons so they are the bullets are interchangeable. they came in a box of 12. a world train crew, was 450 rounds per minute. rate of fire. >> it was considered one of the most modern guns because it is air cooled and gas operated. these cooling fins on the barrel. plus the heavy metal of the made it keep it cool. it helps keep the barrel from overheating. what you see below works the piston. the piston would push and the gears over into the receiver to operate the gun. this is an adjusting knob on the

u.s. democrats to. a state election has been revealed in the new york times report we're going to tell you about coming up it's claimed they used the methods of an old adversity those much maligned russian. for the trumpet ministration defense secretary james mattis now announcing he's stepping down just days after u.s. president surprised. he's withdrawing american troops from syria. good morning mrs arty's news at midnight live from moscow with. first the police offices. at rallies over a federal government cabinet meeting which had been relocated to be held in the city as a conciliatory measure. do i who was was a who. was. was . was some pretty heated scenes there earlier on extra police were drafted in at least thirteen protesters were arrested demonstrators threw rocks at offices and they started fires in the build barricades the police in turn responded with battered charges i spoke few hours ago to journalists to evelyn kaczynski she's in both slowness brought me up to speed with friday's events. thousands of catalans took out of the streets today to protest against a meeting between the petro centers and their regional

u.s. from all of this stimulus. nejra: james aberdeen stays with us. up, a u.s.elegation is said to be planning a visit to beijing. tune in on bloomberg radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: we saw the nikkei fall into a bear market. a lot of benchmarks in asia. equities, looking at the u.n. -- yuan. oil struggling to hold onto its biggest gain since yesterday. it looks like that bounceback we got in the s&p 500 yesterday, the biggest since 2009, may not last. it is down against the yen again. looking to a positive open in europe. one of the chief concerns and .019 the one area that china is unlikely to budge on his changes to the economic model. the biggest risk i would say is on trade policy. we don't really know what will happen on u.s. versus china. on one hand, you can have a benign outcome. markets,cess to the that are protection of intellectual property rights. we have a deal, life goes on. the key question about u.s. china negotiations on trade is how much is the u.s. going to press china on its industrial policy? if the u.s. expects china to give something

us. as a u.s.ment delegation is said to be planning a visit to beijing to talk trade in the week of january 7, we will bring you more on that bloomberg scoop next. we will continue looking at what markets are doing. after the rally we saw yesterday , we are seeing a limited momentum in europe. dollar actually giving up some of wednesday's advance, but i'm looking at construction and technology shares still leading gains. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua and london. is's check in with what trending on tictoc. on bloomberg.com, u.s. stocks registered the best rally since march 2009 after falling to the brink of a bear market. and the most read stories on bloomberg terminal, jpmorgan will pay 130 $5 million to settle allegations it mishandled securities that represented chairs of foreign companies. in second place, super mario cavalli will not collect millions and compensation. story, trump defends the withdrawal of u.s. troops in syria in his first

the u.s. use the familiar trivial way unsubstantiated accusations of russia violating its obligations under the treaty or the us already violated it themselves and did it a long time ago another reason why washington wants out of the deal is because it binds only the united states and russia and so as washington puts it other nations all other nations in the world are free to pursue their military ambitions and goals unhampered but according to blood i'm a putin this is hardly a problem. and because he doesn't see an issue with inviting other nations to join the deal instead of killing a good document instead of killing a good treaty that works but right now of course it looks like that washington is on its way out and so according to blood i'm a putin russia in that case will have no other choice but to respond and to respond swiftly he said that. the law school won't spend much time developing countermeasures for whatever the united states will have in store for russia then but the deal is a dea

the u.s. use them as their proxy army well after this used to there will be a strong deliberate and orderly withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria very deliberate very orderly turkey has already begun massing its forces on the front line and the kurds know all too world the consequences of that they've been there with afrin back in january the turks launched operation all of branch against the minorities northern most territories there were reports the syrian army could have intervened but in the end the kurds put on a brave face and decided to go it alone and efren fell and quickly for the turkish army the operation was hardly more challenging than a drill. the turks almost move deeper to another major kurdish stronghold of man bitch their u.s. generals literally had to put their bodies between the two to prevent bloodshed now the u.s. is abandoning syria and the kurds while erdogan has been making it clear that a kurdish held man bitch just won't stand with him. these terrorists have to go to the

u.s. authorities. we will get you more details as we get it. a rise in useutures suggests the dramatic selloff in stocks ease, particularly after china pledged to deliver on trade agreements reached with the u.s.. now withguest joins us what to expect in a thursday session after a 24 hour break to mourn president george h.w. bush. >> what we have seen in this timeout period, is a chance for many investors on wall street and main street to take into account a number of factors. the technical factors, we did close on the lows of the tuesday selloff which is a negative sign. now we have this news that perhaps there has been an improvement on the trade front. let's take a look at how the snapshot of the market ended on wasday and what we saw financials were the biggest loser cycle -- sector. the chip sector was done a most 5%. stocks ande momentum chip stocks were among those heavily sold. bloomberg,gtv is where you can find a library of charts. shallowness of the market. if you look at stocks above the =ily -- daily moving average, if you look at the breath of

u.s. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by china's way and z t e it would be the latest step by the trump administration to count two of china's biggest network equipment companies out of the u.s. market united states alleges that the two companies work at the behest of the chinese government and that their equipment could be used to spy on americans. santa claus came late for markets around the globe but in some regions it did show up eventually asian markets made up some ground following a record shattering rally on wall street where the dow jones gained over a thousand points on wednesday that's a five percent and one of the strongest days for u.s. stocks in history. as european markets were closed for christmas of course they're back in action now our financial market correspondent ali bads joins us in frankfurt now and only from what i hear the dock certainly started to the day in negative territory not looking very good what's holding it back. you know you used the word action i wouldn't describe it that way here and i think the traders are also complaining a littl

we confirmed u.s. us tomorrows and border commissioner will be there on tuesday to join them. >> quijano: mireya, thank you. the search continues for a mother from colorado who vanished on thanksgiving day. after dropping off her yung daughter with her fiance. investigator this weekend brought heavy digging equipment to the home of kelsey bar rhett fiance, patrick frazee. about 75 officers searched the property. there is a 25,000 dollar reward for information that leads to the location or safe return of kelsey berreth. evacuations ordered from pienlly lifted in paradise, california. more than five weaks after the down was wiped out in the state's worst wildfire. residents were allowed to return to their homes to see what was left. the fire killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. i paid a visit to the community struggling to rise from the ashes. >> well, this would have been my front porch area right here. >> it's been a month since high school teacher virginia partain escaped from paradise. >>

the smartphonemakers, and apple one of those names >> president trump is looking at using an executive order toban u.s. firms from using equipment from huawei and zte. the order could happen as early as the new year. this is according to reuters this is the picture for telecoms in europe. dt is an operator who said they would be considering ruling out huawei technology for their 5g rollout. vodafone is another. all of these telecommaks are trading in the red on the back of that news the huawei and zte story continues to weigh on telecom and the tech sector as well. this is the picture for european telecoms this morning, not so pretty >> thank you neil griffith lambert joins us from moody's it's that time to trualk about 2019 forecasts and the outlook for next year. what should investors think about? >> we cover a broad range, transport infrastructure, project finance and utilities. we published our outlooks for a couple of sectors including european unregulated utilities, which has had a torrid time the last 6 to 8 years. we've seen declining demand with economic shrinkage or weak gdp growth we've see

u.s. is guilty of throwing stones in glass houses. with us they even came after wiki leaks published a list of u.s. embassies purchases the report highlighted spy gear reportedly made for the cia and national security agency global operations beijing claims u.s. embassies are being used to spy on foreign nations around the world including washington's own allies diplomatic compounds are said to have bought various pieces spy quitman including cameras disguised as ties shirt buttons and caps and this is also purchased microphones night vision gear and secret g.p.s. locators the u.s. is yet to respond to those claims that work security expert benjamin chowed told us that this would be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping of its elete it's already common knowledge world presidents of its alley's have openly criticized the u.s. on the use of similar equipment before so this by behavior are right all right violations of international laws and agreements not to mention me

u.s. spying beijing is a key. using washington of using its embassies around the world of koval it's covert surveillance but the u.s. accuses china for tagging in cyber security but the latest wiki leaks released shows the u.s. is guilty of throwing stones in glass houses the statement came after wiki leaks published a list of purchases made by u.s. embassies worldwide the report highlighted spy gear reportedly made for cia and national security agency global operations beijing claims u.s. embassies are being used to spy on foreign nations around the world including washington's own allies diplomatic compounds are said to have gotten various buy equipment that includes cameras disguised as ties shirt buttons and caps embassies also purchased microphones night vision care and secret g.p.s. locators the u.s. has yet to respond to the claims network security expert benjamin chad told us this would be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping on it's al

the u.s. used the familiar trivial way unsubstantiated accusations of russia violating its obligations under the treaty or the us already violated it themselves and did it a long time ago. is one of the reasons why vladimir why the united states want out of the treaty another one is the fact that there is only it is only binding russia and washington and leaving other countries while addressing that flood and putin has said that while he doesn't really see a problem in adding in inviting more. countries to sign this deal as well but in general he of course has spent a lot of time emphasizing the importance of this deal to global security because back then when it was struck between the soviet union and the united states it was viewed as the deal that stopped the arms race that was fueled by the called war and now largely it is viewed as this containing factor that is not allowing this arms race to repeat itself nowadays now but this treaty wasn't the only thing that lattimer putin spoke to all the

my own advice would be that the u.s. useney for a significant infrastructure spend in the u.s., because it creates jobs. i think there's few people that would argue we do not need investment in america. that is what i think should be done and it should have been done years ago, but it hasn't. so, tomorrow is good. emily: you have made it clear that the privacy of apple users is of utmost importance to you. even as terror attacks continue to happen around the world. does the new ios strengthen user security and privacy? tim: these terror attacks -- first of all, our heart goes out to everyone affected by them. they are horrendous, and the united kingdom for us, we have been in the u.k. pretty much the whole length of time for our company. and it feels like they are our neighbor. we have thousands of employees there, and so our heart goes out. so, what do we do helping with this, we have done one thing since the beginning of the app store is we curate the app store. and so, we do not want hate speech on there. we do not want t

u.s. has yet to respond to the claims that one security expert benjamin chao told us this would be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping on it's already common knowledge world president's office ellie's openly criticized the u.s. on the use of similar equipment people so this by behavior are right oh right violations of international laws and agreements not to mention mention trust for example the u.s. and china have signed agreements if you use or own stock in spying activities or commercial. the more than china is a peaceful country and we believe in limited situations through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in mordor warfare exposure in bending the country in electronic or. now girl scouts in the u.s. are warning parents not to encourage their children to hug guests this christmas the organization says this could pressure girls into showing other types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether to give a hug psychologist. or says learning about consent e

u.s. on the use of similar equipment before a sudden spike in behavior are right oh right by late into the international laws and agreements not to mention mention trust for example the u.s. and china have signed agreements a few years ago on stopping spying activities for commercial purposes the more than china is is a peaceful country and we believe in women's situation through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in modern warfare exposure in the fending the country in electronic warts. a christmas present has just become christmas past christmas future of course is still to come inspired by the festive season artie's germany correspondent peter all of us now gives his own rendition of a classic christmas tale. hello hello and welcome comes under fire would you like to hear a ghost story one involving three spirits which is quite similar but for many reasons quite different to a christmas carol well come with me to germany where i'm going to. be mercifully for german journalists abbreviated a k k has been elected to the role of leader of the christian democrat

alex: well, what the research u.s.,us is that in the syringe access programs have been incredibly helpful to reduce infectious diseases like hiv and hepatitis and also link people to other services. that's something that was talked about in the last panel as well, they are really good access points for people to other kinds of services to see doctors and mental health -- a whole host of services that we're seeing. the supervised consumption sites -- there's a lot of data from around the world, from canada, europe, australia, where these sites have been for the last 30 years that are showing that they help reduce overdose deaths, they reduce hiv, hepatitis c. they facilitate people getting into medically assisted treatment. and they also reduce nuisance issues in the neighborhood. they've reduced public injection, needles in the streets. and so this both helps the people that go there and the communities as well. lenny: supervised consumption sites are places where users can bring the drugs that they obtain on the street illegally and use them in a supervised setting. the people who are wa

the u.s. used the familiar trivial way unsubstantiated accusations of russia violating its obligations under the treaty or the us already violated it themselves and did it a long time ago. well another thing that the united states is why the united states is unhappy with this deal is the fact that it binds only russia and the united states and they say that while other countries going to explore their military capabilities and hampered well according to vladimir putin he doesn't really see a problem in inviting other nations to join and to sign this treaty as well but of course if this deal does fall apart eventually then vladimir putin has said russia will have to respond swiftly and well of really he said it won't take much time for russia to develop whatever military countermeasures for whatever the united states have in store what the united states have planned for this deal but a deal is a deal is so that outside of course it wasn't the only thing that the russian president has spoken in front

u.s. has yet to respond to the claims that work security expert benjamin chad told us this had to be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping on it's already common knowledge world president's office. openly criticized the u.s. on the use of similar equipment before a sudden spike in behavior are right oh right violations of international laws and agreements not to mention mention trust for example the u.s. and china have signed agreements a few years ago or on stopping spying activities for commercial purposes the more than china is a peaceful country and we believe in limited situations through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in mordor warfare exposure in bending the country in electronic or. tennis legend or martina navratilova is in the spotlight after getting embroiled in a twitter spat have a transgender people participating in the sport as women. clearly that can't be right you can't just be claim herself a female and be able to compete against women there must be some standards an

u.s. can use this soft power this investment of gulf money in syria u.s. still has cards it can play to ensure it has significant influence over syria i think the russians far from being happy i think the russians are sitting there thinking ok the u.s. . withdrawn militarily but now we have a new battle we have all of this influence that we've fought hard for but how do we maintain it we can't give us at the reconstruction he once we can't necessarily given the political support that he wants because turkey is trying to force opposition members on to this constitutional council to do these asserting elections and moreover now that you have a turkish military presence in northern syria fighting the kurdish forces in order to prevent the sieves separatist kurdish movement you see know that turkey is also a major player now in syria now what happens if us please on these divisions between russia and iran which is only a marriage of convenience and not really an ideological book the reality of the matter is this when you take a holistic approach when you look

u.s. on the use of similar equipment before a sudden spike in behavior are right oh right by allusions to international laws and agreements not to mention ones interest for example the u.s. and china have signed agreements a few years ago or when stopping spying activities for commercial purposes the more than china is a peaceful country and we believe in limited situations through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in mordor warfare exposure in bending the country in electronic or. tennis legend martina navratilova is in the spotlight after getting embroiled in a twitter spat over transgender people participating in the supporters of women. clearly that can't be right you can't just be claim herself a female and be able to compete against women there must be some standards and having competing as a woman would not feed that standard. the tweet provoked a mixed reaction online including from cyclist rachel mckinnon who last year became the first transgender athlete to win a world title. that's transforming genitals do not play sports what part of it's related t

u.s. will use any pretext to defend its interests in the country. if a military force from another country is inside the borders of your country. and their exact location. so i think that we're trying to say. we want to know when you arrive. that wrecks you you. need for the us asian regions i mentioned well way back when. you said. it's going to take. so we don't do it. very. well because there are. troops trip comes amid critical changes in his middle east policy including pulling troops out of syria as well as talks of slashing the military presence in afghanistan. policy shifts come right after u.s. defense secretary james mattis resigned just a week ago he also advised donald trump to keep troops in afghanistan opposing the idea of using private contractors in more so now it does seem that's precisely what could happen next as more and explains imagine you're sitting there on your porch reading about guns and huntin all things good and then you see this as we are coming blackwater judging by the logo the infamous private security group who is t

nations global migration pug to the meeting in morocco to some of you states as well as crucially the u.s. used to attend. salo with what they've been those who were in attendance were intending in what they were attending for the migration pact the un migration pact to set out to put in place a framework for a global solution or at least to try and get a global solution to tackling migration one of those world leaders that was in attendance was the german chancellor angela merkel. the whole migration pact idea was roundly supported here in germany only the right wing opposition alternative for germany spoke out against it they have this to say the migration pact contains lots of political commitments and leads to more migrants entering germany but it proved far more toxic elsewhere another of the big names in attendance from europe was the belgian prime minister sharpe michel now he in fact lost his. governing coalition because of this migration pact on sunday the right wing flemish nationalists that were helping to give him a ruling majority in the belgian parliament walked out of the coaliti

us. coming up, exposing facebook. u.s. lawmakers seized internal facebook documents and made them available for all to see. what it tells us about how facebook and mark zuckerberg does business -- do business. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ there's no place like home ♪ argh! i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." u.s. stocks slumped as concerns intensified. walk us through the moves you believe are directly tied to news of this very intriguing arrest. >> where we can see movement that would be tied to it is in companies that do have exposure to huawei. some of its suppliers, these are some of the semiconductor names that do have more exposure than some of the others and we have seen outside pressure, but it's interesting because if you look at market action, yes, the nasdaq was lower, but it was outperforming the dow and the s&p 500, and you saw the likes of facebook, netflix, amazon outperforming. this was not a situation where it was not just tech hit across the board. we did see o

u.s. can give us and the u.s. can take us away in the case of china so if they want to remove the subsidy to china subsidy as you know you're going to sign economic go into reverse and that's a heavily indebted country so they have more to fall down the debt you know elevator then elevator shaft of debt china can go down there i say they go down that fast that's where they have the speed they'll collapse their debt ponzi scheme will collapse faster than america's debt policies game and therein lies the edge of the american empire yet to maybe pull out those ahead of china in the twenty first century well of course you know i didn't mention payment system and global settlement system our friend safety and i would say bitcoin is going to be the international global trade settlement system and it would make sense because a lot of the imbalances in the world have arisen because of the u.s. dollar system that nobody you know the u.s. dollar the national debt is a prob. but so is the huge surplus and china and germany th

u.s. currently embroiled in a tip for attack trade war with beijing the chinese tech giant has come into the spotlight washington says it's concerned that using weiwei hardware will give beijing the ability to spy on foreign countries and exert too much control over western infrastructure weiwei has raise serious concerns among u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state security services and wire way threaten the security of our new. works due to their close ties to the chinese government and now the u.s. is pursuing well ways chief financial officer who was arrested in vancouver at washington's request to now faces extradition to the u.s. over possible violations of sanctions against iran but the case appears more than a little politicized the u.s. president suggested he might use china's tech princess as a bargaining chip with beijing if i think it's good for the country if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made which is a very important thing which is good for national security i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary australia o

u.s. military saying -- give us their explanation for what they did and why they would strike a community was trying to put in a well. is nothe u.s. military doing the bombing. u.s. military has stopped refueling. for a while they were doing aerial refueling for the saudi -backed coalition, which is important because that allowed for something called dynamic targeting, which is when the planes go up and they look for things to hit, essentially. they don't necessarily have to and plan intelligence to strikes in advance. when you're able to loiter, you can look for things to hit. at the time, the u.s. was providing the roof -- refueling, which we are since stopped. the expedition the saudi have them backed coalition, there's something called the joint stoodnt, jit, which salute investigate some of these strikes and recommends action. they eventually investigated this, came out with a brief statement that said in essence the water digger looked like it could be a ballistic missile launcher. -- theyanation kind of don't look that much alike. if you hit a ballistic missile launcher, there woul

and the saudi royal family will have to decide on this issue what president trump is signaling us that u.s. congressional pressure is not going away so he's providing the space for the saudi right royal family to deal with this issue internally and let itself play out and a congress right now is in the driver's seat on this issue and that it's also understood in riyadh. great thank you all very much indeed john jones sigurd nuba and chris garcia thank you very much indeed for a very interesting conversation from washington d.c. and as ever thank you for watching the program you can see it again any time you like by going to the web site out to zero dot com should she want more discussion you can get a facebook page that's facebook dot com for a slash inside story and there's always the fair. side story i'm at martine dennis thank you from the whole team here in doha. my name's phil novell and i an addict i'm on my phone all day every day and my tumblr is never really more than a few feet away the use of the internet elevates dopamine just like gambling does and just like cocaine does i wil

could be with us today a u.s. judge has ordered pyongyang to pay huff a billion dollars in damages to the family of a student who died after being released from north korean custody it is a quick look back at what happened to otto won't be. after i planted in detail to accomplish my plan i arrived in pyongyang on the early morning of january first two thousand and sixteen i committed my crime of taking out the important political slogan from the staff only area made the worst mistake of my own life but the point is. to say for me. he was sick. lined he was dead he had a large scar on his right foot north korea is not a victim their terrorist hate today's droid hate they purposely and intentionally injured i think you need to define torture the fact that he had. an ox ache in several up at the were brain damage caused by the lack of oxygen to bring we don't know what the request was and that is i mean could that have been torture at the time we don't know we don't have enough information about what happened. at tha

about whether to use their equipment. the u.s. will not use them.n terms of the timing of this, do you think there was a sense of urgency around arresting this executive if there have been violations of sanctions? sanctionslook at the questions, they came out in july. the timing of this, we can go through multiple theories if we like. number one, u.s. trade talks with china. number two, you have the 5g rollout. it could just be the first time that the chinese -- the company cfo was out of the country and an opportunity where she was able to be arrested. perspective, we think longer-term in terms of 5g equipment, this could be a potential negative impact for the company especial with the 5g rollouts coming out. had many warnings from security experts in the u.s. and canada about the use of the technology. it already exists across the world. do we need to worry about older technology? is it only the next generation? >> in terms of intellectual property infringement, the company has been caught in terms of theft. them for ip infringement. equipment, th

u.s. warrant us officials want her to face charges of fraud in connection with efforts to evade u.s. sanctions on iran the case has deepened trade tensions between the u.s. and china sending shares an international stock markets lower because off the incidents invest in a snow. trade talks might be stalled for this week and made the situation may worsen china has threatened both the u.s. and canada with unspecified serious consequences if money is not released beyond the allegations of sanctions busting u.s. officials have long considered while way a national security threat there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over months bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an of

u.s. has criticized the cooperation between the associated press and china's agency. for propaganda. with. a us judge. who died after being released from north korean custody. every hour this is international welcome to. the u.s. defense secretary spent his christmas working at the pentagon even after donald trump's decision to remove him from office two months earlier than he had planned to resign. wrote this holiday to american soldiers in this world awash in change you hold the line. because of you you'll fellow citizens safe at home. last week after the u.s. president announced his decision to withdraw troops from syria he also advised donald trump to keep troops in afghanistan opposing the idea of using private contractors in a war there now it seems that's precisely what could be happening next. imagine you're sitting there on your porch reading about guns and huntin and all things good and then you see this ad we are coming blackwater judging by the logo the infamous private security group who is trigger happy antics further disgrace the very name mercenary. for the person that. they wer

us in the program. the maria boots a russian national detained in the u.s. on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent has now entered a guilty plea at a washington d.c. court who said i was told she faces up to five years behind bars or could be deported. as the details. well in the washington d.c. court room we saw maria boots and come forward and enter a plea of guilty to acting as an unregistered lobbyist now she has not pled guilty to any of the other charges and sensational accusations were made in the media regarding being a spy espionage and out of that effect and in her statement of a fan she came forward and said that she sought to establish unofficial lines of communication with americans having power and influence over us politics and now at this point we don't know exactly what sentence she'll be facing there will not be a sentencing hearing because she is still cooperating with law enforcement the next hearing will be on february twelfth a status hearing now the prosecution is not asking for more than five years and they could file a down

averages off highs as the president hints about positive news around the u.s., china trade war, productive conversations going on joining usan emanuel, and investment management chief strategist alicia levine welcome to you both. we have some cross currents to deal with. we know the u.s. and china spoke by phone after the huaway cfo arrest, you take that. >> we'll take it for now it is an example that the market will trade on different news on the trade side today it is great, may not be great tomorrow >> what's your take on this. how constructive do you read it? >> talk is better than no talk, no question about that if you're a professional investor in particular, today is a perfect example why you have been pulling out your hair the last couple of months. you have news on china in the morning, a major ceo of a technology company testifying in front of congress, you know, you have a brexit vote there's a number of things it makes it more difficult to think about stocks fundamentally. but the backdrop is that the consumer is in good shape. >> that being the case, there have been times the market is perfectly able to shake

u.s. weapons were used in an attack on a funeral in. killing one hundred forty people however u.s. president donald trump overturned that's ban in twenty seventeen. the u.s. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of the us government as the biggest arms dealer anywhere in the world and results are catastrophic as we're seeing in yemen right now whoever has been a terrible humanitarian catastrophe and yet u.s. companies have profited every step of four way when that bomb was dropped it was a lock even martin bomb made in the usa. the politicians are concerned that the united states has no direct involvement in causing that humanitarian conflict and that humanitarian outcome so our elected representatives want to be certain in their mind that our actions or our in actions are not contributing to the deaths of civilians and children. as international pressure increased the coalition started to shift its position further denying responsibility was no longer an option and. its public statements began to just it might be seeking to other ways out of the crisis i was considering op

u.s. support to the the context of resource reviews represents a responsible use of our own scarce national resources. in addition to support for the imf and others, the u.s. can help countries that have limited options to finance needed investments. passage of the build act and the indo pacific transparency initiative allowed the u.s. to offer a positive agenda for infrastructure development. i think the subcommittee for the chance to offer my thoughts. young: i thank each of you for your testimony. there is a lot for us to deal within a short amount of time. why don't i begin with our first three panelists. the needou spoke to for a more coherent and comprehensive strategy with respect to some of the issues we are dealing with. lowery, you indicated congress needs to assert our role with respect to trade policy and perhaps pressure, you didn't say this, but perhaps pressure this and future administrations to clarify our economic security strategy. i will give you an opportunity to respond. illman, you focused on the wto, indicating a need to fix the binding dispute settlement system, and