likes to slam trump doesn't really matter if the u.s. media slams trump because trump is the global negotiator and cheney is cutting deals with china and other countries around the world does it really matter what the u.s. media thanks this point then. i don't think it does i don't think it does or the chinese or the the policy makers shared that there was a a good article that came out by a professor from renmin university who said. and also an advisor to the chinese you know leadership he said china is no use united states is the divided states and you have to realize what we're dealing with and he went on to mention he said the pro establishment elitists and united states their criticism of the president trump is is completely irrational and non-logical and we have to view that from the perspective that was quoted in the even in the china daily here in english so but it's quite interesting reaction yours yeah i guess if americans want the benefits of the china trade they have to stop they they they they objection asked are they the folks th

except the u.s. media has debunked the claim. in the washington post, they show that the images, that the russian government provided as proof the u.s. was held in the jihadists escape is actually from a 2015 videogame. anchor: in any case, russia and the role in the u.s. elections was one of the main issues the

election u.s. media in particular c.n.n. have seized on that c.n.n. said that well point now was in the question of whether russia meddled in the u.s. now as i understand has been though hold. of any interference it's all been based on what has been said by the u.s. intelligence and spy agencies now what point did taking the word of organizations that all proven law is in history and that by their very nature deceitful organizations they even deceive their own people what point to taking their word as gospel suddenly become fact. well i'm trusting that the average american citizen who is well informed and has experience living in america knows that that shouldn't be done we've got here a very very difficult period in american internal politics in which elected president who won a legal election is being undermined and meddled with inside america by road intelligence agencies and by rogue media and that's the main struggle and that's the main meddling that's taking place i have to say it's extremely difficult to meddle in a u.s. election when the united

likes to slam trump doesn't really matter if the u.s. media slams tromping in non-logical and we have to view that from that perspective that was quoted in the even in the china daily here in english but it's quite interesting the reaction years yeah i guess if americans want the benefits of the china trade they have to stop they they they objection asked are they the folks that are getting in the way with all that you know and washington who are creating a problem there so now a viral video in china trumps granddaughter sounds pretty interesting i didn't care about our in china fam. yeah her video went viral it probably had four or five people that day asked me about it did you see the video it went all over the social media platforms like we chat basically her singing in a traditional chinese song and she was wearing a traditional chinese cheapo when she when she sang it but that was kind of the big takeaway of the visit and was kind of. you know the chinese was very you that very favorably really really like that endured from family i think

and just to update you on breaking news situation we're following for you right now u.s. media reporting more than twenty people are dead in a mass shooting in the u.s. state of texas now that number is unconfirmed we will work to conform it for you want to say a gunman opened fire inside a rule church in the town of southern springs the shooter himself has reportedly been shot. more of the top of the our c.n.n. . g.w. church diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on its own for thought of programming going there it will be. there with us in our innovations magazine for asia. our from every week and always looking to the future on d w dot com science and research for asia. go to visit africa and. your link to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news of easy to our website d w dot com slash freak out join us on facebook at w africa. did east germany cease to exist as a state more than a generation ago but what do we really know about east germany we'll discuss that today with roland yon the federal c

u.s. funded media outlets operating in russia tit for tat if you will. well u.s. authorities wanted a media war and russia is giving it right back to them obviously this russian announcement comes off the back of this new mccarthyite pharma federal reserve registering as a foreign agent rule in the united states we have got the full list but i presume that if radio free europe and voice of america are on this russian little one can only presume that the russian kremlin and the russian government they understand that these were well known as propaganda outlets well before that is decision so obviously it is just for tat no one in the world would think the voice of america is anything other than an american propaganda outfit it was used massively as propaganda against the left wing in the movement democratic movements in that american central america and once america is seen as that just as radio liberty is a radio free europe we know that there has been a propaganda outfit for years the fact that the russian government is now saying it has to register is clearly a m

our minder the top story we're following for you right now u.s. media report more than twenty people are dead in a mass shooting in the u.s. state of texas that number is still unclear witnesses say the gunman opened fire inside of a church in the small town on southern long springs the shooter has been shot himself. more at the top of the hour the other. when cities are engulfed by the c e. o.

u.s. media company netflix says that it severed ties with the actor kevin spacey it's also said that it won't be involved in the production of its flagship series house of cards if spacey remains on board this comes as the star faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. u.s. president donald trump he has departed from the state of hawaii for an extended visit to asia if one just took off from an air force base in hawaii visited the u.s. navy mo morial at pearl harbor and u.s. pacific command is trip to asia will compass five countries in less than two weeks a key focus of the trip will be the threats sending from north korea's nuclear and missile programs it's a big trip five nations the longest by a u.s. president in more than twenty five years that once he's arrived in japan he is due to hold talks with prime minister shinzo intel kiyo from japan he then heads over to south korea where talks over north korea's nuclear program will definitely take center stage after that it will be on to

u.s. media have identified the attack suspect as this man twenty nine year old safe say pov from his back is tan witnesses said he could be heard chanting allahu akbar god is great in arabic authorities were quick to label the incident as a terrorist attack. let me be clear to based on the information we have at this moment that this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians u.s. president donald trump took to twitter to offer condolences to the victims and their families. he also ordered the department of homeland security to step up its vetting of people traveling to the u.s. . for now authorities say there is no evidence the attack was part of a wider terror plot and they believe the suspect acted alone. our correspondent coston phenomena joins us now from the u.s. capital costs not understand police have the attacker in custody what more can you tell us about him. well as we just heard in the report a young man was a big national who came to t

and u.s. media company netflix says it has severed ties with the actor kevin spacey and also says it will not be involved in the production of its flagship series house of cards if spacey remains in it this comes as the star faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. all right u.s. president donald trump is set to embark on a trip to asia it's a five nation journey it's going to the longest by a u.s. president in more than twenty five years trump is currently in hawaii but on sunday he will fly to japan where he'll hold talks with prime minister shinzo abbay on from japan he heads to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expected to take center stage after that it is on down to china where he will hold talks with president xi jinping is next up is vietnam there he will attend the asia pacific economic cooperation or apec conference and from there it is east to philippines for another summit this time of the association of southeast asian nations now this trip promises

fake guns police shot him in the stomach before arresting him he's now recovering at a hospital u.s. media have identified the attack suspect as this man twenty nine year old saifullah siple from pakistan witnesses said he could be heard chanting allahu akbar god is great in arabic officials said the suspect lived in this area of new jersey where he worked and rented the truck used in the attack he came to the u.s. in twenty ten and lived in ohio in florida before some news sources are reporting that the man left a note saying he carried out the attack in the name of the militant islamic state group. all thora t's were quick to label the incident a terrorist attack. let me be clear to based on the information we have at this moment this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians u.s. president donald trump took to twitter to offer condolences to the victims and their families. he also old did the department of homeland security to step up its vetting of people traveling to the u.s. for now all thorough say there's no evidence the attack was p

for update you on breaking news situation we're following for you right now u.s. media reporting more than twenty people are dead in a mass shooting in the u.s. state of texas now that number is unconfirmed and we'll work to conform it for you when to say that a gunman opened fire inside a rule church in the town of sutherland springs the shooter himself has reportedly been shot. more at the top of the hour c.n.n. . g.w. diversity. of the world of science is at home in many languages.

authorized meetings with israeli politicians during what was supposed to be a holiday in israel u.s. media are reporting that hollywood star kevin spacey is to be removed from a finnish but as yet and released film all the money in the world is due to be released in late december of way i can walk away. or over to control who gets it. in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations that the film's director and producer of decided to erase him altogether from the movie they'll be reshooting his scenes with veteran actor christopher plummer instead. his remind of our top stories at this hour u.s. president tad donald trump has his chinese counterpart to xi jinping to work hard to contain north korea's nuclear threat but the trump also criticized chinese trade practices but said he didn't blame china for taking advantage of the u.s. he sat in the country as possible his first asian tour of asia. steidl whose life and more for me at the top of the hour you get the latest news information around the clock on our website that's t w called and i will have a business update with that get out of us in

on his take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. media say the white house is considering replacing secretary of state rex tillerson with the current head of the cia reports say it's unclear whether president trump has given his final approval but if true it would be the biggest administration shakeup since he took office the relationship between mr trump and was to tell us that has reportedly been strained for some time. protesters in the philippine capital manila have held a rally against president of brodrick and deter plans to launch an unconstitutional crackdown against his opponents the protest was organized by rights groups who also condemn the possible return of police operations in the president's war on drugs. prosecutors are investigating the suicide of a boston crime leader as u.n. war crimes tribunal they say preliminary tests show the substance he drank was a lethal chemical. drank from a small bottle seconds after the judges upheld he's twenty year jail term for war crimes later died in hospital. and a lawyer for a former b

reporting thank you u.s. media reporting that hollywood star kevin spacey will be cut from the movie all the money in the world before it comes out next month oh boy i can't luckily it features spacey in the role of u.s. tycoon j. paul getty. but in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him the film's director and producers have decided to remove spacey from the movie they will reshoot his scenes with veteran actor christopher plummer and stad. all right to controversy now over a week killers that's up next with jared. allen i'll see you at the top of the hour . when i'm trying to be comfortable.

. >> according to a u.s. media poll, 75% of americans support the daca program. these young professionals are forced to leave the united states, the impact on the country's economy would be tremendous because the u.s. would lose billions of dollars in tax income over the next years. host: will he or won't he? tonight, many in spain our wondering where the ousted leader will be tomorrow. he refused to return to madrid, despite being subpoenaed by a spanish board. he says he does not believe he would receive a fair trial in spain, where he could face charges of rebellion and the in prison for the rest of his life. >> the banner shows activists. the message is clear, help catalonia save europe. what is happening in the region is start. the spanish government is arresting people connected to the catalonia independence movement and charging them with crimes. the ousted catalan president is hiding on brussels, saying he will only go to maturity and he is -- madrid if he is guaranteed a fair trial. >> i think he needs to show his face and set of running off to a foreign

. >>> we're getting a look at some of the ads russians posted on u.s. media to instrument the u.s. election. maria medina reports mark zucker burg is vowing to do more to stop them, even if it means cutting into his empire's profits. >> what we're talking about is the beginning of cyber warfare. >> reporter: mark zucker burg may have not made an appearance in the hearings over russia using facebook to spread propaganda, but the ceo's message was heard loud and clear, quickly making national headlines. >> i invested our team to invest so much in security on top of the other investments we're making it will impact our profitabilitity going forward. >> reporter: the ceo made his remarks putting users before profits during an earnings call after he announced facebook made $10 billion in sales during the third quarter. bay area tech expert russ hancockk says what happens next could affect other social network companies, like twitter and google as lawmakers look at creating legal cause if tech giants cant stop the abuse >> these companies are on the hot seat. they don't want to be in the

migration, the situation particularlyly in libya, coming off the back of reports we saw from a u.s. media, cnn, about human trafficking. what struck you the most about what he had to say? union, the african france and europe, macron will propose to the african union and european union to bring back migrants from libya, where they are clearly under crime against humanity as he said. like, this is a strong engagement to stop the procedures. at the same time, there is a confirmation of the policy to policy, but also to bring back to their own migrants formic human rights. i think it is not the good solution, the wrong way. you cannot force people back peoplend you can force that cannot force people to go to europe. i think it is unrealistic love it is a confirmation of the extent of the migration policy of the e european union and france. host: we will go back just to hear the end of the speech. >> the most promising startups in africa and help spoport their development. alsoso, agriculture. africa needs changes in agricultlture, more than 70% off active workers work in agriculture, so we ne

except the u.s. media has debunked the claim. washington post, they show that the images, that the russian government provided as proof the u.s. was held in the jihadists escape is actually from a 2015 videogame. anchor: in any case, russia and the role in the u.s. elections was one of the main issues the u.s. congress was addressing and wanted to talk about yesterday. that is when they were questioning the attorney general. >> for five hours yesterday, jeff sessions was questioned by the house judiciary committee. he testified in january he had never met with any reference. that is well working on the campaign as an advisor. yesterday he said he only remember thehe meetings when the news announced he had met with russians. he changed his tune. they do not really by his argument, the new york times asking, what else are you forgetting mr. attorney general? the paper also says when he said quote "i have always told the truth," the times says he could be right if you change the definition of the words truth and always. anchor: they

perspective let's not look at the u.s. media want from the u.s. government perspective they're actually quite welcoming of somebody like mohammed bin cement somebody to ready to take these issues by the scruff of the neck not saying that they agree with anything he said and i'm surprised about some of the words coming out of my mouth ok. you have to stand by them though they are being recorded. what was your response to that. by the politics of the region. unnecessary. everybody. country. politics for example. after. arrest more than two hundred people in. the country so i mean. you want to come in. the country surrounded by. the. worst. experience. too. everybody some would be saying some very contradictory decision and that's a problem in that region very unstable actors. some strong words there are some of the dictators west of it takes a himself is that something that you might agree with yes i mean i mean i do not in what context exactly that was so that was mention all the just who shoots at that point which was again made by me just a few m

u.s. mediahowed this awkward moment over and over, particularly because trump himself mocked his rival marco rubio for drinking water on screen during the presidential campaign, calling him a choke artist. in a tweet, he offered some advice to the president. genie: thank you for that. it's now time for our press review. >> many papers focusing on the crisis in zimbabwe with this takeover and the unexpected ousting of robert mugabe. very unexpected. it's making the front pages of a lot of papers today. let's look at a south african paper. on their front page, they say it's over, grace. a message to grace mugabe who was widely believed to have been groomed by robert mugabe to take over. the guardian says, four decades that mugabe ruled and he ruled like a medieval monarch using corruption and coalition to stay in power. amidst the confusion, zimbabwe's capital is calm but tense. genie: what happens next? >> this is what the mail and guardian is asking. there has never been an independent zimbabwe

u.s. in a fight over news media. the u.s. has ordered russian state-owned broadcaster r.g.ister as a foreign agent. no russia is poised to make u.s. media outlets do the same thing. r.g. denies claims by u.s. intelligence agencies that it acted as a propaganda arm of the russian government. in brussels, brexit talks of ended for the week with no breakthrough. as for into european union chief negotiator michel barnier. the prospect of two sides failing to reach an agreement next month. they given the u.k. two weeks to come up with a better offer on the financial settlement. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. nejra: thanks, courtney. erickson's borje ekholm joins us to discuss leading the company through challenging times. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: live from london and new york, i'm nejra cehic. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn, this is the european close on bloomberg markets. today,is hosting games with 20% growth, that more than offsets weakness. taylor riggs. taylor:

twitter is doubling its one hundred forty character limit and what it means for the social media platform. u.s. president on the trump has arrived in beijing with a message for china's president xi jinping get tough on north korea early a truncated speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on pyongyang the president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u.s. today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated lived out of beijing al-jazeera is a dream brown is one of the chinese going to make of what donald trump was saying in south korea on north korea adrian. well i think given trump's language in the past they will see his comments in south korea as actually being quite measured there was a strong warning there from president come to north korea but no warning of imminent war and i think what china will be hoping for is the language can remain restrained jo

u.s. in a fight over news media. the u.s.dered russian state broadcaster rt to register as a foreign agent. now russia is poised to make the u.s. media outlets do the same. acted as claims it a propaganda arm of the russian government. a man accused of bombing a german soccer team's bus will go on trial next month. to people were injured when three explosions hit the bus as a left for the team's stadium for a champions league game. the 28-year-old suspect faces 28 counts of intent to murder, two counts of bodily harm and setting off an explosion. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. we just learned the senate finance committee is planning a markup of the tax bill or monday at 3:00 p.m. one of the proposals drawing ire is eliminating the deduction for state and local property taxes. that change would disproportionately affect people living in high tax states such as connecticut, new jersey, new york and c

u.s. media was rocked by another high profile firing today as nbc news announced the dismissal of matt lauer, the star host of their flagship morning show today. the chairman of nbc news said they received a detailed complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior and had reason to believe it was not an isolated incident. just last week, cbs news terminated their morning show anchor, charlie rose, over sexual harassment allegations. coanchor savannah guthrie wrote the news on air today. >> moments ago, nbc news chairman sent the following note to our organization. dear colleagues, monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. represented after serious review a clear violation of company standards. as a result, we have decided to terminate his employment. while it is the first complain about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented to -- presented with reason to believe this ma

this is the daily news live from berlin china rolls out the red carpet president trump u.s. media and president xi jinping host of a new found bond but does this show of friendship not to lack of progress on trade and north korea also on the program.

clung on to this fake news thing saying that well this president is nothing like you read in the u.s. media that distorts things so they're using this opportunity to frankly attack the media a both at home and overseas and this is i find that super interesting but in terms of what ordinary chinese think it's really hard to gauge i mean they read the papers it's state media controlled in china and they see that the two leaders have had a meeting and they just go on about their business i don't get a sense that people have an opinion one way or the other very interesting what's the chance of the robert bush foundation thanks for a second look at some of the other stories making news around the world the united nations says yemen is facing the largest a famine the world has seen for many decades a saudi led coalition has blockaded all of the country's ports and cut off the flow of arms to the rebels but it's also cut off international aid the saudis are backing the sunni yemeni government against an uprising by shia who see rebels in the north of the country. police in colombia have seized twe

secretary of state rex tillerson continues to lead the state department now that after reports by u.s. media that donald trump is considering firing him if true it would be the biggest administration shake up since trump took office the relationship between trump until it's in has reportedly been. strain for some time later in. the leaders of germany's two biggest parties are in talks tonight hosted by the german president at bellevue palace right here in berlin it's taking place at this hour in the latest attempt to form a coalition government of the parties have actually been governing together for the past four years but these social democrats that been reluctant to renew that partnership now under pressure to end germany's political crisis they've agreed to come to the tape but the talks are unlikely to be smooth sailing our looks at the likely sticking points. the two get along well and respect each other. and her foreign minister. if it were just up to the c.d.u. chief and the former leader of the social democrats negotiations for the grand coalition would be rather straightforward but

of the kingdom the lawsuits against the saudis by the nine eleven victims the much more critical u.s. media coverage of the kingdom in recent years to any of that will actually translate into a more tougher stance by the u.s. government on the issue of saudi arabia i do for the first time the military realizes that congress is really scrutinizing what's going on in yemen i think there is no longer this carte blanche and now the chairman. royce who is a hard liner on iran for him to go on the house floor and say this resolution is going to give us leverage to make sure that the saudis are at least providing humanitarian access leads me to believe that behind closed doors some people are going to say to the saudis look we have had your back but if you continue to embarrass us by creating appalling headlines of nine hundred thousand folks and kids with cholera you're going to lose public. opinion there's been much talk this week of conflict and crisis in the middle east especially with the resignation of the lebanese prime minister allegedly on the orders of the saudi crown prince the rocket a

advertisement spy a big tobacco companies will be back in the u.s. media from sunday for the first time in almost fifty years but they're not what you think these ads were ordered by the court to warn of the dangers of smoking after a judge ruled the tobacco industry had been deceiving the public she had written the reports. smoking is highly addictive these messages will air in primetime for one year on major u.s. television networks along with adverts in fifty newspapers. radio and t.v. ads promoting cigarettes were banned in one nine hundred seventy but the new adverts should have added years ago they were ordered in two thousand and six after a big tobacco was found to have lied misrepresented and deceived the american public about the effects of smoking by a federal judge they brought appeal after appeal after appeal and contesting every issue they could think of to try to delay the time when they would actually have to be forced to tell the truth to the american people campaign as a skeptical as to the difference these ads will make partly because th

standard in terms of how terrorism is portrayed by our politicians by the us media by some in the u.s. media yes i mean let's face it gun violence last year alone killed fifteen thousand americans over fifteen thousand americans since nine eleven including the two deaths yesterday because a number of the deaths actually were foreigners only two of the deaths yesterday were americans there's five arjan tines and one individual from belgium but including those deaths from yesterday there's been a ninety seven deaths from jihadism in the u.s. on u.s. soil since nine eleven and every single one of those deaths is tragic but it pales in comparison to the number of deaths from the opioid epidemic for example i mean over one hundred people a day die from opiate overdoses and you know it took months to even declare that you know he said he was going to clear it a a national emergency just declared a public health crisis he hasn't said anything about gun control in the wake of last vegas which was again the worst mass shooting in modern history but yeah immediately he politicizes what occurs in manha

controversial labor reform a number of buildings vandalized in paris and also this hour media outlets funded by the u.s. government are notified they may have to register respond agents in russia the move is similar requirements imposed on r.t. america in the u.s. and the deposed plan leader talks about his regions in the pendants push and the turmoil it triggered in a rare interview on artie's brand new talk show he opens up to host alex salmond about his feelings when violence erupted on referendum that. was a tragic day to. see directly the violent way fate. cooled by hometown there are a lot of injuries and worth of injuries. but i welcome to r.t. this the evening where it's just turned nine o'clock here in moscow in our top story thousands of students and trade union members have marched in cities across france today protesters were voicing their anger over president micron's labor reforms the changes were signed into law in september and are widely seen as eroding workers' rights and handing more power to employers in paris some demonstrators vandalized buildings from their charlotte dubinsky rep

u.s. media says officials are considering closing the palestine liberation organization d.c. mission unless a group does a peace talks with israel palestine foreign minister says the group won't give in to what he called extortion. well after being completely sealed off since august the rafa border crossing from gaza into egypt has reopened but only temporarily run through is meant to open indefinitely that was part of a palestinian reconciliation deal brokered by egypt under the deal the palestinian authority is handing the crossing and not hamas hundreds of people queued for hours at the border to have their paperwork processed so they could cross only humanitarian cases from guards or will be allowed into egypt at this stage. four hundred thousand syrians living in the damascus suburb of cooter have been besieged by government forces for the past four years the area sided with opposition fighters and that's meant that food aid and medical supplies haven't been making it in doctors there say many residents could die if they're not immediately evacuated the salvage of it rep