President is in brussels meeting with key leaders from the European Union but will the worlds two most powerful Trading Blocks reach a deal . The American Food giant, kraft heinz, walks away from its proposed merger deal with rival unilever. It would have been the largest merger ever. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, a nose for talent. Indias Perfume Industry takes on a unique hiring approach. But first the us Vice President mike pence meets the president of the European Council donald tusk in brussels this morning. They will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical Fire Crackers at each other in recent weeks. While mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uks decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. Between them the us and the European Union are the worlds two biggest Trading Blocs figures from 2014 puts the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over one tr
right now, how hinges are going on the rule thing and where we set up for a vote on the entire matter. chad? this rule vote is still open again to do a reset for the viewers. you have to approve the way the house of representatives is going to consider the legislation, how much time they devote to a bill, if any amendments are in order. if you approve the rule, you can play the game. right now on the house floor, the rule is being defeated. they can t put the bill on the floor unless you have the votes to pass it. right now there are 28 republican nos on the board. as we say, it s about the math. republicans in the house of representatives can only lose four votes on their side on any given issue without needing a cyst answer the from the democrats. so if you re at 28, now 29, you re in deep hock right now. that s the problem for republicans. if they don t get this through,
they like to bring in donald trump and talk about the big lie. that message seems to be resonating more with voters according to that nbc poll, if you believe it. but when it comes to certain states like texas and arizona, the immigration issue looms very, very large for voters. so it is a mixed bag. i do think that democrats are facing a huge challenge because they only have, the republicans only have to gain a few seats in the house, and it looks like it s almost impossible for them not to at this point even though the generic if poll is pretty split right now. neil: i m just wondering too, i mean, everyone is passionate about a given issue, but it really is the economy, stupid. and i think that the clinton forces got that right in 1992. and now a lot of people when they re told that, you know, we re rounding the bend, things are getting okay, the president almost sounds like herbert hoover. and i m not saying it s that dire, but when you tell people that inflation isn t a concern,
and they have not got their act together. we ve been too divided. what s she like as a person? there are great videos flying around of her dancing at a nigh nightclub. is she married? has she got kids? what s her story? she s married with two daughters. she was she doesn t parade her family around. she s proud of them. she is as a politician fantastically, wonderfully indisgreet. you will not be eliting with liz truss. exactly what i got. she calls a spade a spade. she will let you know where she stands on a given issue or person. she s very personable. she s not aloof. they say a diplomat. somebody who says nothing.
any anyany given issue. there will be a formal press conference at the white house, but as you say, all eyes will be on what they can do on voting rights if these two bills fail as unfortunately for democrats it looks to be the case. the biden administration hits the mark on thursday. we ll have complete coverage all week on way too early. thank you so much. president biden is calling the hostage situation in a synagogue in the dallas area over the weekend an act of terror. the fbi yesterday identified the man who held the rabbi and several others hostage for ten hours before he was killed in a s.w.a.t. team raid. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has more. reporter: the fbi combing the scene near congregation becht israel synagogue where authorities say a gunman held four people hostage for 12 hours before his death t president making his stance clear. this was an an act of terror.