remain constant contact with or counterparts in the united states, and i permanently raise issue with the acting ambassador of the united states weekthe course of this >> australia once again qualified test. test. the round game and that huge tournament. it was the decision to give streaming rights to some met in d what that effect for fans is they didn't get to see much at all. technical issues and as a result, another broadcaster had to pick up the slack. ferrell?or >> thank you, mr. president. of uestion is the minister communications, on monday, sbs michael ebid tor -- quotehe decision to does come down to finances. e've had about $40 million in reductions in our government funding. our e -- not looked at budgets, we probably would have retained it. we we were planning when bought it. the prime minister on monday refused to apologize for and football fans for his cuts to the sbs. ill the minister of communications now apologize to and all of s bill's watch turn >> order. senator? thank you, mr. president. i'm happy to share with other things e that he said. i think this is a self-evident point and i quote, beenain sports rights

dot com coming up it's not just independence day it's being celebrated the united states this week it's also the anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act back in one nine hundred sixty four we discussed the state of u.s. civil rights the proper. states.

as we mentioned this week here in the united states we celebrate our independence day on july fourth but the first week of july also celebrates another great moment in american history and july second one nine hundred sixty four president lyndon johnson signed into law the civil rights act a certain quote if government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves this came after years of sweat blood and protest by a black american seeking to overturn hundreds of years of oppression and discrimination both legally and socially following the end of the civil war and slavery the historic act representing the biggest changes to civil rights laws in the united states since the post civil war reconstruction era as politico recaps the agd outlawed racial discrimination in employment education and housing barbara szell segregation and all state sponsored public places such as schools buses parks and swimming pools and outlawed discrimination based on race color religion or national origin in hotels motels restaurants theaters and all other public ac

commission precedent to the united states next week in spite of the differences the final communique here in one of the site is was that of unity they said that the g twenty since the economic crisis in two thousand and eight has been focusing on controlling the state of the state of the world finding the saying and what was was mostly discussed here also was the impact of financial fallout tell it on emerging economies global infrastructure among other things and that's why most of those who are present here today said that this meeting was a success. well thousands of people gathered in the german city of munich earlier to protest against proposals to close the country's borders to migrants they say at least fifteen thousand people took part in that demonstration against horsy hoffa leader of the various christian social union in the country's interior minister he threatened to resign from the government unless i'm glad merkel agrees to turn away refugees who apply for asylum in the european countries. or now to iran where the president has iran is said his country is growing impat

to c to russia and participate in an interview with the 12 russian agents indicted by the united states last week. if in turn russian agents were allowed to go the u.s. andte ogate the investigators. >> i heard the rumors that we allegedly collected information on trump when heas in moscow. when he was in moscow back then, i didn't know he was in moscow. a whiteouse official e-mailed me to say the president has been consistent on this issue. when he lands in washington, he'll face tough criticism from members of congress who feel this was a missed opportunity. >> clearly while the reaction was swift in washington. there was muted reaction on wall stet today. joining us to talk about that echiomic relatio we have with russia is zachary wit land. >> thank you very much. >> first of all, why do you think wall street largely ignored all that was going on in russia day? >> wall street should ignore the main results of the summit today. the largest part of the actual results here were agreeing to keep on talking. the main linkage between what happens is the sanctns situation. we already knew going in,

for united states allies have stood with united states on battles for battlefields from korea to afghanistan the pentagon has reportedly been reviewing u.s. troop numbers in germany in recent weeks the white house has since denied there will be reductions but some u.s. allies are worried it's almost seventy years since the alliance was formed the treaty was signed in washington never has there been a u.s. president who sent such mixed messages about his commitment to it james al-jazeera brussels. well in all the developments donald trump's government says it's complying with a court deadline to reunite migrant toddlers with their families u.s. officials say seventy five of the one hundred two children under five who is separated from their parents are eligible for unions and of those thirty eight are likely to be back with either their mother or their father by the end of the day a judge had imposed a deadline of choose day for the government to ensure that all of those children were back with their relatives speaking to reporters at the white house before he left the president pushed back against court rulings opposing his administration's migrant attention policies are other s

week. when i'm going to tell nato you get is paying your bills the united states. thank you last year on his first trip to nato trump was far from diplomatic here he pushes past montenegro's prime minister he denounced allies who did not but the nato target to spend at least two percent of the gross domestic product on defense twenty one out of the twenty nine nato members are still not over this threshold last week trump wrote blunt letters to some of his counterparts at this year's meeting watch carefully his interactions with canada's prime minister justin trudeau who he called very honest and week after last month's g. seven summit but his meeting with another leader could be even more difficult just listen to him again at last week's rally and i said you know. what we're protecting you and it means a lot more to you then protecting us i don't know how much action we can get by protecting you from the partnership between angela merkel and president trump is certainly at a very low ebb at this time it remains to be seen exactly what happens at the summit but i w

chinese exports to the united states. last week china imposed itself own dollars billion retaliatory tariffs gain the united states, i think you can take it, that president is displeased with the response of the chinese. to his demand for balanced and fair trade with all of our trading partners. that will require an attitude adjustment, you can take it to the bank on the part of the chinese. >> up next, left wing outrage breaking out moments after the president nominated brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. even before he was named. we'll take up that with john malcolm of the heritage foundation, stay with us. more ahead. we'll be right back. i joined the army after 911, cuz, um, i thought that was what i needed to do. we got our orders to go overseas and i went to baghdad, iraq. we were transporting a bomb sniffing dog to the polling stations. we rolled over two anti-tank mines, it blew my humvee up, killed my sergeant. after the explosion, i suffered a closed head injury, um, traumatic brain injury, loss of a limb, burns to 60%

his release and immediately sought a visa so he could reunite with his wife and son in the united states. weeks later, he was rearrested at a private gathering of journalists and bloggers. he was thrown into a cell with 200 other prisoners. once again, we raised our voices and mobilize start efforts and tonight, he is free. better yet, he is with us in this room. [applause] ladies and gentlemen. please welcome the pen freedom to write winner. [applause] [applause] >> thank you everyone. let me start by saying thank you to pen america for giving me this opportunity to speak on behalf of the press the voiceless, not just ethiopia but those of us throughout the world. for the cause of freedom the call of freedom. and at this point i would like to express solidarity with the chinese who despite thousands of years of history, i've yet to taste freedom. i see the chinese people he you two shall be free monday. you to show one day enjoy these freedoms. [applause] one of the things i remember is i shall not allow -- to commit a crime for the second time. and indeed they had committed a crime and they w

chinese exports to the united states. last week china imposed itself own dollars billion retaliatory tariffs gain the united states, i think you can take it, that president is displeased with the response of the chinese. to his demand for balanced and fair trade with all of our trading partners. that will require an attitude adjustment, you can take it to the bank on the part of the chinese. >> up next, left wing outrage breaking out moments after the president nominated brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. even before he was named. we'll take up that with john malcolm of the heritage foundation, stay with us. more ahead. we'll be right back. liberty mutual accident forgiveness means they won't hike your rates over one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ [music playing] (ceo) haven't been playing golf this year, i am sorry about that. (vo) progress is in the pursuit.

some of the united states products and this could deescalate the conflict we'll know more a lot more about this when the european commission president travels to the united states next week that's right and the gradual erosion of existing trade practices is causing a great deal of concern about the way this could impact the global economy in the coming months and years have they made any progress in diffusing those tensions and coming up with a plan to stave off that kind of damage. well the main point everyone here has made is that in spite of the tension in spite of the differences this g twenty summit is amend and once and since two thousand and eight and the crisis in two thousand and eight has focused on morning touring the global economy and working so that the global another crisis does not happen again so what we've heard from mine and finance minister in argentina and from other countries is that this has been a great success because they have been able to discuss issues that warry like for example the costs and the consequences about the devaluations have had an emerging economies of the state the current state of global infrastructure cryptocurrency is among o

seen in the past so when it comes to you know disputes between the united states and china everything can sometimes be connected last week of course the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei went to north korea after he left north korean media accuse the united states of gangsterism saying that the united states had gone against the spirit of the singapore summit between president trump and kim jong il now after that president trump tweeted that it seemed that perhaps president xi jinping was exerting his influence with the north korean leader in order to gain some leverage in the current trade talks and then of course we see the increased friction between the union between the united states and china over taiwan just last week several u.s. warships sailed through the straits of taiwan and then of course there is the continuing tensions and strains over the south china sea so yes it is possible we will see those areas become more tense as well obviously what happens in the coming hours for the moment adrian thank you now the u.s. president donald trump says meeting vladimir putin may be the easiest part of his three nation

to strengthen alliances with countries which like china oppose the trading policies of the united states next week a summit of chinese and leaders of the european union will be held here in beijing so it's possible that the decision to free lu is a goodwill gesture china's president xi jinping has presided over a three year long campaign against most forms of dissent what was permissible a decade ago can now land you in jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish in adrian brown al jazeera beijing with the rescuers in southwestern japan they're searching for survivors after its worst flooding from metal decades fifty six people are still missing and at least one hundred fifty people are now confirmed dead with thousands evacuated from their flooded homes rubble bride reports now from the city. right soldiers and emergency crews go from house to house to make sure no one has been missed in the flood scale. hello they call out is there anyone there with dozens of people still unaccounted for the rescuers appeals are being repeated in affected commun

and the rift really undercuts the ability of the united states, coming a week after a trip to europe that has to be one of the most contentious, difficult conversations, and you have president trump insulting our allies, calling the european union foes, and reaching out to vladimir putin for a secret meeting of his own asking. this is not normal. >> david, a friend of t"the washington post" that dan coats is finding out an invitation has been extended to vladimir putin. they said the optics were especially damaging saying at momenting -- moments coats's seems to be laughing. >> don't catch him when he doesn't know a major foreign policy announcement. this is what is so distracting. his attempt walk certain things back, and claim he has will be the worst enemy, it is all going on top level. it is just negotiating this relationship without his top advisors or national security team not knowing what is going on. on it's face, the idea that the president of the united states is driving summits without any knowledge of tit. the view that he alone can fix this relationship with russia in a

to strengthen alliances with countries which like china oppose the trading policies of the united states next week a summit of chinese and leaders of the european union will be held here in beijing so it's possible that the decision to free lu is a good will gesture china's president xi jinping has presided over a three year long campaign against most forms of dissent what was permissible a decade ago can now land you in jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish in adrian brown al jazeera beijing so it's soulsby hospital says the british man who was exposed to the deadly knowledge out nerve agent has regained consciousness officials say charlie rowley has experienced a small but significant improvement and is now in a critical but stable condition the forty five year old was poisoned along with dawn sturgis who died on sunday the nerve agent used on the pair was the same type that form the russians isis cripple and his daughter were targeted with in march. well there been more resignations today from to reason may's ruling conservative party ove

chinese exports to the united states. last weekhina imposed itself own dollars billion retaliatory tariffs gain the united states, i think you can take it, that president is displeased with the response of the chinese. to his demand for balanced and fair trade with all of our trading partners. that will require an attitude adjustment, you can take it to the bank on the part of the chinese. >> up next, left wing outrage breaking out moments after the president nominated brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. even before he was named. we'll take up that with john malcolm of the heritage foundation, stay with us. more ahead. we'll be right back. the employee of the year, anna. [music playing] (vo) progress is in the pursuit. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during summer of audi sales event. wells fargo has supported community organizations like united way, non-profits like the american red cross, and our nation's veterans. we knew helping our communities was important then. and we know it's even more i

to strengthen alliances with countries which like china oppose the trading policies of the united states next week a summit of chinese and leaders of the european union will be held here in beijing so it's possible that the decision to free lu is a goodwill gesture. china's president xi jinping has presided over a three year long campaign against most forms of dissent what was permissible a decade ago can now land you in jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish adrian brown al jazeera. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera all twelve boys and their football coach trapped inside like the cold and thailand for seventeen days have been rescued in just three days an elite team of divers succeeded in navigating the dangerous cave system to bring them out safely they are now recovering in hospital and are expected to be quarantined for a week. out leave me one so we're glad we're so happy that all thirteen from the soccer team had left the cave today we're giving away apples giving away everything food there so if anything i would

that all is still ok with regards to the next round of talks between north korea and the united states spain's week long running of the bulls trustable has kicked off in pamplona five people have already been taken to hospital on the first day after being gored trampled injuries happen every year as the five hundred kilogram bulls chase festival goes through the cobbled streets around two thousand people took part in the nearly one kilometer sprint. to. correspond call them home. how many people across the entire week call it generally hospitalized. last year peter around sixty five people were hospitalized and seven of those who are by the bulls the others suffer fools who are in on the call the streets not result in damage to the legs lame so the heads and faces as well so far in both the days and yesterday's running events a total of nine people have been hospitalized only one of those has been born and this street where we're on now well this was where the bull running was this morning this was where hostile and wild animals with very sharp tones were running down. saying crowds of hundreds dow

week. to tell you get is paying your bills the united states. with thanks last year on his first trip to nato trump was far from diplomatic here he pushes past montenegro's prime minister he denounced allies who did not but the nato target to spend at least two percent of the gross domestic product on defense twenty one out of the twenty nine nato members are still not over this threshold last week trump wrote blunt letters to some of his counterparts at this year's meeting watch carefully his interactions with canada's prime minister justin trudeau who he called very honest and week after last month's g. seven summit but his meeting with another leader could be even more difficult just listen to him again at last week's rally and i said you know. what we're protecting. a lot more to. them protecting us because i don't know how much protection we get by protecting the polish between angela merkel and president trump is certainly at a very low ebb at this time it remains to be seen exactly what happens at the summit but i would suspect that chanc

warns north korea may be building new long range missiles that could pose a risk to the united states. just weeks after president trump pronounced that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. i'm wolf blitzer, you are in "the situation room" on. . >>> breaking news, the first trial in the mueller investigation gets under way as the jury is quickly seated and prosecutors label paul manafort a shrewd liar who ran a global scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars in secret income. manafort faces 18 counts of tax and banking violation and could face life in prison. and he still faces another trial related to foreign lobbying. i'll speak with senator chris van hollen. and our koerptss a corresponden specialists are standing by. but first let's go straight to evan perez outside the federal court in alexandria, virginia. you were inside today for the opening statements. what did the prosecution have to say? >> reporter: prosecutors made it clear that they were going to put paul manafort's what they called his extravagant lifestyle on trial essentially. it will be used to illustrate how pau

what damage has all that done, as people listen to these comments from the president of the united states week after week? what effect does that have, and how do we think about repairing that so that we get what we want, which is independent, professional, self-confident, and lawing intelligence enforcement? this country cannot protect itself, cannot defend the interest of the american law,e, without the rule of and without a strong national security, a strong defense force that can help protect this country from our adversaries. ability to that is the to get the best intelligence possible on what our adversaries and others are up to. knowledge is critical to the ability to protect our country. that is what intelligence is all about. that is what the cia and all the intelligence agencies are all about. it is the importance of being able to determine what others are doing that can impact our national security interest. .hat doesn't just happen that isn't something where you can just pick up the "washington post" or the "new york times" or the "wall street journal" and figure out what is happeni

of that done as people listen to these common it-- comets coming from the president of the united states week after week. what effect does that have and again, how do we go about preparing that so we get what we want, which is independent, professionalic, self-confident w abiding intelligence law enforcement? >> well, look but it's just establish basic premise. this country has not checked itself, cannot defend the interest of the american people without the rule of law and without strong national security , a strong defense force that can help protect this country from our adversaries. critical to that, is the ability to get the best intelligence possible on what our adversaries and others are up to. knowledge is critical. of the ability to protect our country. that's what intelligence is all about. that's what the cia and all the intelligence agencies are all about. that's what the nsa is all about of the importance of being able to determine what others are doing that can impact on our national security interest and that doesn't just happen. that isn't something where you can just pick up

investment in the united states arms sales a whole range of things that in particular the saudi crown prince promised when he came to washington he was in the united states for a three week visit he promised a whole slew of things that he has not delivered on so i think in part you see president trying trying to turn up the heat on our allies in saudi arabia and in the emirates that you know that they're not the only game in town the united states could at a moment's notice pivot and meet with someone like president rouhani that we don't need the saudis we're not dependent on them so i think that is in part really part of the strategy. that trump is pursuing. all right the u.s. reportedly plans to create a new security and political alliance with six gulf arab states egypt and jordan it will be known as the middle east region alliance an organization similar to nato that's made up of sunni muslim allies its main job will be in part to counter iran's influence in the region and to increase cooperation on missile defense military training counterterrorism and developing regional ties sources say the plan might be discussed later this year at a summit scheduled in washingto

well last week the united states targeted china's industrial sector going after telecommunications and high tech now the united states is homing in on chinese consumer products saying that thousands of chinese food products beauty products pet food chemicals and tires will be subject to a ten percent tariff if there is no breakthrough in the current standoff between china and the united states in total we're talking about some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products on wednesday morning china's assistant commerce minister reacted he said that china regretted this decision by the united states saying that it harmed not just globalization but also the world trade organization saying that china wanted to cooperate with the united states and remained committed to improving the investment climate for countries companies that want to come and do business here in china in the meantime china is looking to build and strengthen alliances with other countries that have also fallen out with the united states over trade just this week china's prime minister has been in germany talking

will continue down the path of trying to pressure governments into taking action the united states passed last week in the lower house a sanctions bill that still has to go through the senate and then on to the president but if that does go all the way we could see targeted sanctions against prime minister hun sen himself and other members of his in a circle wayne thank you. now a teenage palestinian activist who was jailed for kicking and slapping an israeli soldier has been released from prison seventeen year old i had to mimi people to continue to fight against israeli occupation of palestinian lands al-jazeera is under simmons has a story from not in the occupied west bank free of dread jail ordeal much the same as hundreds experienced by young palestinians every year but the case of a had to mimi is profoundly different with her mother now a man who shared jail time with her she was greeted by her father i had to mimi is already being portrayed by palestinians as an icon of resistance to the occupation who now love the body she spoke on a range of political issues including gaza and the rights

that he seems to prefer meeting with putin, kim jong-un, we're long-time friends of the united states. >> this week it will also include details with that upcoming meeting with vladimir putin, president trump insists he's more than ready. >> putin's fine, he's fine. we're all fine, we're people. will i be prepared? totally prepared. i've been preparing for this stuff my whole life. >> the president will also have time to neutral the special relationship between the u.s. and the u.k. he is expected to limit his time in london where several protests are scheduled during his visit. >>> that is that continuing drama, that is the white house. today was epa's scott pruitt's last day. the president has a brand new communication's director as well. bill shine. congress will be heading back to work as well next week. the senate returns on monday, the house on tuesday. it's likely to bring increased scrutiny to one of president's most vocal allies, jim jordan, a powerful meeting of the house's freedom caucus. it's alleged jordan knew about sexual assault of a teen doctor when he was back at the school. he di

week. united states has proposed more tariffs on chinese imports as the trade dispute between washington and beijing escalates the u.s. trade representative says new tariffs may be imposed on an additional two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods but the chairman of the senate finance committee has called the move back this. us president donald trump says meeting flooded near putin may be the easiest part of his three nation european tour this week he's just arrived in brussels for what's likely to be a contentious nato summit with america's traditional allies. saudi arabia says who the rebels have tried to attack the city of design near its border with yemen state media is reporting that saudi forces intercepted a missile fired by the rebels who these are launched dozens of missiles at saudi arabia in recent months it's in response to the saudi emma rotty operation to defeat the rebels. the u.n. special envoy has met in yemen as president to discuss the four year conflict including the ongoing fighting around the port city of her data the saudi a majority coalition is backing a go

he seems to be doing more than his party in the senate. >> and the united states. last weeked, same thing that got caitlin collins barred from the rose garden yesterday, and said are the russians continuing to attack u.s. elections? and the president said no. now, later they said he meant no, as in no questions. but that is not -- >> she's never -- something he's never done before as president. >> so the president is -- he has not taken heed to dan coats' warnings as leigh ann referred to. >> blinking red light. >> exactly. and i would expect cory gardner would try to separate himself from the white house stance. >> he says, i'd label -- he would say i'd label russia stays-sponsored terror, it's a political form of terrorism of some sort. >> they're going to continue. what's incredible is that we get this information right after the helsinki meeting where mr. trump is trying to say that we have a new relationship, things are going to be much better. he's taking advantage of you. she should be more responsible. >> he had confidence in both sides. >> exactly. so it's amazing.

to strengthen alliances with countries which like china oppose the trading policies of the united states next week a summit of chinese and leaders of the european union will be held here in beijing so it's possible that the decision to free lu is a good will gesture china's president xi jinping has presided over a three year long campaign against most forms of dissent what was permissible a decade ago can now land you in jail which is where many human rights lawyers political activists and journalists now languish adrian brown al-jazeera. i know. about you. know some of the like. life. stuff. out. there. now. al jazeera. where every you. know. a global appetite for fish is increasing at such a rate some experts predict that within fifty years there could be a total collapse of all the fisheries that we currently have a lie on. and even though roughly a third of the seafood we eat is farmed the majority of aquaculture takes place in land or in shallow coastal waters often polluting locally to systems with herbicides and to both takes fish waste but i'm not. did not come to mexico's baja peninsula t

i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states, president donald trump. weekpresident trump said that the men and women of ice are "incredible people ♪ -- and i know that to be true, incredible patriots. he sent me here with a message. i stand here today at a time when people are calling for the abolition of ice. bethis white house, let me clear. we are with you 100%. as the president said last night, we will always stand proudly with the brave heroes of ice and our border patrol. let me give banks to a few other great leaders. all, secretary kiersten nielsen not just for the introduction but for her strong and resolute leadership of our department of homeland security. she has stood strong for the courageous men and women of this agency and the american people and our safety has been advanced as a result. please join me in thanking secretary kierstin nielsen. -- secretary kiersten nielsen. let me also take the time to recognize a new leader of this agency is of monday. a man who is spent more than 43 years upholding our laws and borders and sing to the law an

told the bbc what happened to her when she and her six-year-old son attempted to enter the united states six weeks ago. they totold us, y you are criminals. you will be imprisoned and your kids will begin been up for adoption. they yelled at us so badly that our kids got scared. they told us to lay our kids on the floor. at midnight, they came to pick up the kids. there was a mom rest feeding her baby in one e of the officers td her she was not an animamal to e taking her breast out like that and they took her baby. a copter and changer in n frontf the kids. and cinedffed her r in fro of the ds. i ha no information myy son. it is be m more an 50 0 sis i last hea of him. amy: that is yessica talking about when she and her six euros an attempt to do enter the united states. if you could tell me, lomi kriel , hohow typical is this story? are using the stores i increaser decrease rigight now? from what i think kedw, just from having tal to parents and lawyers, that story is pretty typical. sometimes their children were taken away and it were told about it or s sometimes -- there were some cases where

crisis prompting thousands in honduras, el salvador, and guatemala to seek asylum in the united states. this weeke trump administration disclosed it may have deported up to 463 parents of children separated by immigratioion officials at the border, even as their children remain in u.s. custody. this comes as a federal judge has ordered the trump administration to reunite all separated migrant children and parents by july 26. the administration says just over 1000 parents have been reunited with their children so far, less than half of the families it must reunite by tomorrow. earlier r this month, president trump pushed back against the court ruling. mandating the reunification of families. >> well, i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. that is the solution. don't come to our country illegally. come like other people do. come legally. amy: this comes as a federal judge in boston ruled monday that a lawsuit could proceed in court, that argues the trump administration's end to temporary protected status for immigrants in the united states from honduras, haiti, and el

ready coming into a fact to on terms of tariffs on chinese imports into the united states that goes into effect in about two weeks time if the united states doesn't like the climate doesn't believe that china has yielded in terms of the imbalance that donald trump believes exists in terms of the trade relationship another two hundred billion and then after that there are another three hundred billion in terms of the number of goods that could be subjective to tariff so this is pretty serious very much an escalation and you have to ask why will don term announce this nick back in april there have been high level talks since may between the two nations trying to come up with some sort of solution to what the united states says is ongoing theft of intellectual property as well as this imbalance the trade relationship we should point out to be fair there are other countries saying the same thing but so far no one has been able to remedy it so donald trump has decided to take matters into his own hands and why this moment while you know what risks all that for his administration. ok big risks in the long term in the s

when one door closes, the united states, will another be open between china and the e.u.? paul: it is a big weekin the united states. we will have goldman sachs out on tuesday and netflix due out this week. we will be digging into u.s. earnings more. a new guest is coming along and 15 minutes. the deputy cio. that is it for daybreak australia. all of the action next in daybreak asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ phones have made our lives effortless. streaming "must see tv" has never been easier. paying for things is a breeze. and getting into new places is even simpler. with xfinity mobile saving money is effortless too. it's the only network that combines america's largest most reliable 4g lte with the most wifi hotspots and it can be included with xfinity internet. which could save you hundreds of dollars a year. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call or visit a store today. yvonne: here in hong kong, we are live from the asian headquarters. welcome to "daybreak: asia." president trump heads for helsinki as he bashes allies again. he will be meeting president

china says bully united states started a trade war the united states has started a trade war and china will defend itself the chinese vice minister of commerce weighing shewan said last week urging the united states to take the gun of tariffs away to smooth the way for talks quote the measures taken are against the interests of china they're against the interests of the united states businesses consumers workers and farmers they are hampering global economic growth they are just a trade bully. you know you've got these global trade organizations that are gamed by china and the u.s. gets a short on the stick so it's up as tearing up the playing board and saying it will start over from scratch and that's the right thing to do we're actually have some analysis on that and by the way i just want you to say that if you want to find analysis that confirms what the chinese vice minister of commerce said you can tune into c.n.n. b.b.c. or m s n b c or fox or c.n.n. and there because they're all unanimous that this is a disaster but i'm going to look at some alternative headlines about the other side of this one from the voter and one from wolf richter who says well maybe this is

number is that it does show that the united states is not the only game in town there's a lot of trade going on with or without the united states which is seen it last week with jeff being signed the japanese european free trade agreement the biggest free trade agreement in history and we also have see that for the e.u. with canada and other countries of course have options as well well hell to from business desk thank you so much for your work your insights or cuba has begun a cautious process of reform instigated by its new president began. in april he became the first non castro head of state on the island for sixty years and this weekend parliament approved a new cabinet consisting almost exclusively of ministers who already served under kustra deputies are also debating constitutional reform which among other things will permits private property but cements the communist party's hold on political power. cuba's parliament has been debating constitutional reform since saturday it would be the first update since one nine hundred seventy six focusing largely on a controlled opening of the economy above all reformers want stronger recognition of private

. >> president trump will return to a united states this week where foes abound just as much as abroad. one sign of that, house democrats applauding fbi special agent peter strzok. mr. trump found his testimony worthy of disdain. >> i thought it was a disgrace to our country. >> for all the contentious atmosphere of those open herings -- hearings, republicans say closed-door hearings are yielding process. lisa page returns monday for more. >> i'm not going to characterize her testimony because i think that would be not in spirit of what we're trying to do with transcribed interviews. i will say there's new information we have been able to gain today, and that new information is credible. >> elsewhere the president's tough talk on tariffs is meeting not with productive negotiation as hoped but with retaliation, potentially hurting american manufacturers and farmers, often in states where trump won big. >> so at some point this year, i think it will show up in the economy. that's what we're trying to avoid. >> i'm not a big tariff fan and i'm disappointed that the president has taken tha