A year ago. Hello there good afternoon you with r. T. International our top story hundreds of tried to storm and set fire to the u. S. Embassy in Baghdad Embassy staff including the ambassador have reportedly been evacuated from the compound it all comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 funerals for some of the victims were held earlier on tuesday in the iraqi capital with mourners there marching to the embassy. I was i was i was. I. Was well earlier baghdad had summoned the u. S. Ambassador over sundays airstrikes the u. S. Hit 5 targets belonging to get tired hizbollah its an armed group that emerged after the us invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main shia groups fighting against Islamic State in both iraq and syria according to the u. S. The bombing raids were in retaliation for fridays rocket strike on the code base in iraq which killed one American Contractor and no group claimed responsibility for that but the
Moving news from around the world, from hong kong to new york to d. C. We start off with the latest in trade. Larry kudlow im a white house Economic Advisor, signaled the u. S. And china are close to signing phase one. We are coming down to the short strokes. We are in communication with them every single day right now. Joining me on the phone from hong kong is enda curran. Does china agree with this assessment . Musiccertainly, the mood from both sides now is that they are on track to reach some kind of agreement. Mr. Kudlows comments came only a day after china agreed yesterday to lift a ban on poultry imports from the u. S. They started to buy u. S. Farm produce again last month. Clearly some things are coming together, but there are outstanding issues. We still dont know where either side are on tariff removal. That is something of a redline on the chinese side. There are still other areas, like ip protection and the like. Still dont know when any agreement will be signed. Separate
Years since the fall of the berlin wall we look at how life changed for towns along the former inner german border. This is the w. Business im joined on in berlin welcome china and the u. S. Have said theyve agreed to ease tariffs on each others goods as part of a socalled phase one deal now tariffs have been the weapon of choice especially for the west and the months long trade duel between the worlds 2 biggest economies the announced rollback is fueling hopes of the trade wars eventually and. The announcement came from beijing where a Commerce Ministry spokesman said china and the u. S. Would remove tariffs in stages there has been no reaction from washington but hope has been growing for signs of tension will progress to a wider deal. If the 2 sides reach a phase one agreement both sides should in accordance with the contents of the agreement revoke the terrorists already in effect in the same proportion and simultaneously this is an important condition for reaching an agreement. Ch
Discussion on slave refugee camps during the war. Watch American History tv tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. This past june, facebook announced plans for its own crypto currency called libra. The cocreator of Libra David Marcus answered lawmakers concerned over the Digital Currency before the Senate Banking committee. This is about 2 1 2 hours. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sent a letter to facebook shortly after it was reported that the company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using its social network. Our letter asked facebook for more information about how the system would work. Its access to and use of Consumer Financial information, and facebooks access to and use of information on individuals or groups of individuals in credit, insure, employment or housing. I appreciate facebooks res
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