Whether we are any closer to a phase one deal between the u. S. And china. The s p 500 hitting another reluctant record, i would call it, and u. S. Futures on the front foot. The euro study. We sought strengthen steady. We saw it strengthen against the dollar yesterday. 1070 right now. General concern about growth in u. S. Stockpiles, meaning it is trading at 56. 96. Coming up, we speak to the managing director of the fund,ational monetary Kristalina Georgieva. Dont miss that. Markets pushing down the 10 year treasury yield last week. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. Today, the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry start again. The u. S. House Intelligence Committee plans to hear from 8 witnesses this week. They are examining if the president lied to special counsel robert mueller. This comes as President Trump says he is strongly considering testifying in the investigation. The u. S. Reversing its stance that Israels West Bank settlements are illegal. The move is a big pol
Defense strategic advic advisort zest likovich. Your initial thoughts on this and the fact that they reportedly have a new leader in place this morning. The fact they have a new leader is nothing that wouldnt be expected. Isis is like a business, so they know exactly who is going to take over. In my opinion, who cares l. The number two, as far as im concerned, hes already dead. We signed his death warrant when he took over that position. He is now enemy number one. What is prove from the operation to kill Abu Bakr Albaghdadi shows the u. S. Military can reach into any place it wants to to hunt terrorists down and theyll be hunting the number two, number three, for the next Going Forward. Maria are you expecting any retaliation here from isis . Retaliation in terms of domestically in the u. S. Or something in syria. Maria getting the u. S. Back for taking down its leader, yeah. No, i dont think so. I think if isis wanted to hit us that, would. Theyre always looking for targets of opport
Good thursday morning, welcome to squawk on the street. Im carl canton . Eua. News is solid and question is can johnson sell that to parliament as early as this weekend. Sterling has had a big mix Housing Starts disappoint. Our road map begins with netflix soaring despite the miss, the streaming giant warning that increasing competitive head winds could weigh on growth. It shows Morgan Stanley to be rallying, this on what looks like a strong quarterly result the banks cfo will join us this morning. As we said, futures rallying on new brexit hopes, uks parliament, approval, though, remains uncertain. Lets start with netflix subgrowth did mix. Rebounded to almost 6. 8 million thanks to International Strength on the earnings call, Reed Hastings did talk about the competition with disney and apple, set to launch their own services next month. Fundamentally there is not a big change here. It is interesting we see both apple and disney launching basically in the same week after 12 years of n
The yield is trading right now and the opening markets. That will not match up with the auctions today and tomorrow. Keep an eye on the dollaryen. Kind of stuck within a bound, but we will see if there is a breakout, and you see the nasdaq, golden dragon. All the big Chinese Markets moving lower, down about 2 right now. Guy just a few headlines coming through from washington. The boss of the imf is speaking and she will be talking to tom keene later on this program. What she is saying is the Global Economy, much of which is deteriorating at the moment, warning about the impacts of the what war, and reinforcing Christine Lagarde kept saying again and again and again, the war is negative for Global Growth in that story continues. It continues in the market the stoxx 600, you have 500 up, sorry, 500 down and less than 100 up. The stoxx 600 is trading up slightly higher. Lows andith session the pound is under pressure. The brexit story is taking a turn for the worst. Vonnie we will hear fr
To the eu will not be appearing before a kangaroo court. Also on the programme the uk foreign secretary has told his us counterpart mike pompeo, he is deeply concerned that the United States is giving support to a turkish incursion into northern syria. And all rise for the doll that honours her honour. Mattel announces that judge barbie is in mass production. Hello and welcome, im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. With just 23 days to go until the brexit deadline there is no deal in place, and a vanishingly slim prospect of the two sides sitting down to find one. By all accounts, meaningful negotiations have come to a standstill. And in their place, a war of words between brussels and downing street over who is to blame. Expect to hear much more of that in the weeks running up to the deadline. Today borisjohnson spoke to Angela Merkel. And soon after a number ten source briefed journalists that the german chancellor had told the Prime Minister a deal based o