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Of us here, welcome. Happy new year. Glad to discuss an issue we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope with positive developments. We are all anxious about the state of the north korean prices. In todays discussion, which by the way you can see as being telecast on cspan and also as a japanese translation, todays discussion will begin with some by unitedat was done states and japan respectively with various other realizations and support. This is looking at United S...

[indiscernible] good morning everyone, welcome to brookings. By michael him up Foreign Policy program and behalf on my good friend and colleague richard bush and others and all of us here, welcome. Happy new year. I am happy to get a chance to discuss an issue that will be when important in the new year and we hope with positive developments. Were all on edge about the north korea crisis. We are fortunate that in todays discussion, which by the ways you can see his thing telecast a cspan and als...

Peninsula. This runs one hour, 35 minutes. Chatter ble] good morning everyone, welcome to brookings. Im with the Foreign Policy program. On behalf of my good friend and alleague richard bush and of us here, welcome. Happy new year. Glad to discuss an issue we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope with positive developments. We are all anxious about the state of the north korean prices. In todays discussion, which by the way you can see as being telecast on cspan and...

With theel hanlon, Foreign Policy program. And on behalf of my colleagues of us here, welcome. Happy new year. Very glad for the chance to discuss an issue that we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope, with positive were all a, but little on edge about the state of the north korea crisis. And were fortunate that in todays discussion, which, by the way, as you request see, is as you can see is being telecast on cspan, also has a translation dimension. But in todays ...

The ftse 100 is dipping into negative territory. Switch up the board. Here is the yellen scorecard ahead of that speech. What a run it, has been on over the last few days. It keeps climbing. Yields for a look bit lower by two basis points at 1. 86 . Is fascinating. We have a little history of what we might hear. Is speaking in singapore and talking about the dow plot. He said today that he thinks it is still a good idea to have the dot plot. He wants to wait and see if it wasnt a mirage. Jonatha...

In a lastsecond decision, the president blocked the release of thousands of more records. This is a huge disappointment and a total mess. And a countdown to tax cuts. After the budget passes both chambers, the push on passes goes into high gear. The republican, they want to get this thing passed before th t s thanksgivi thanksgiving, no matter what. Some of the things, im sorry, are ridiculous. Plus, new calls for investigations into the teeny tiny company that got one of puerto ricos biggest Di...

Testimony and that of two other former aides. On the senate side serious questions are being raised about the fbi investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh. In just moments we will speak with a top democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee who says he tried to alert the fbi about these misconduct allegations, the newest one against brett kavanaugh. Lets begin with cnns Nic Robertson in riyadh with the breaking news. Tell us the breaking news, nic. Reporter what we are learning fr...