At the Economic Club of new york, warning wall street and Business Leaders that all the Economic Growth and record stock market gains we have seen under his administration could all be lost. Listen. I think the biggest risk is the election, i will be honest. I think the biggest risk because i actually believe some of these people mean what they say. Our country is strong. Our country is great. Our economy is probably the best its ever been and we want to keep it that way. David we should note the dow turned slightly negative after his economic speech, but finished the day unchanged. Liz, i want to talk about what he said. I also want to talk about how he was received. He was interrupted 20 times, 20 different times by applause in this speech in the heart of manhattan, where the elites supposedly dont like him much. Yeah, i think actually the applause and the Standing Ovations he got were somewhat surprising, but i think it really surprised President Trump. I think he started speaking a
European stocks are down a little bit, a lot of focuses on trade. A lot of focus on what happens next. We heard from donald trump saying hes not ready to roll back tariffs, some and we heard from his advisors last week. The focus is on alibaba as a litmus test of the strength of the chinese economy for a single day and the numbers are staggering. China approving new loans coming it 661 billion yuan. Pound at 1. 2805. We will be speaking to u. K. Chancellor, that interview was later today. Lets getntime straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. Spain has left more ungovernable than ever. Their leader now has fewer lawmakers than before, he now faces torturous negotiations to form a government. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, flames in the eastern seaboard and even areas of great sydney are facing catastrophic threat. More people have died and than 150 homes destroyed as fires rip through areas hit by a two year drought. Chinas consumer inflati
Lot, you have to let them fight and then you pull them apart. The president saying his deal for turkey is great for civilization. Were live with the very latest. Chaos in mexico, the son of notorious drug kingpin el chapo captured leading to this dramatic shootout, an entire town terrorized but this morning hes free again. What went wrong just ahead. Those stories, plus one giant leap for woman kind. Well meet the nasa astronauts behind the all female space walk. And one on one with Michael Jordan. Why are you more outspoken now . When i was playing, i had tunnel vision was my craft. This morning, the hall of famers message to todays stars. And a star is down, lady gaga and a fan tumble off stage mid concert. Shes laughing it off. Today, friday, october 18th, 2019. Fr nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, and welcome to today on a friday morning. Its good to have you with us o and a lot has ha
The leader of plaid cymru says he expects a referendum on welsh independence within a decade and he sees the nations future as a member of the eu. Adam price told his partys annual conference in swansea that they need to look beyond brexit, and he offered disillusioned voters a new political home. Wales will live and thrive as a european nation, or it will die as a british backwater. That is the choice we face and on that choice oui choice we face and on that choice our feet choice we face and on that choice ourfeet depends. Choice we face and on that choice our feet depends. Choice we face and on that choice ourfeet depends. Ourfate. Meanwhile, the green party have gathered in newport with their co leader Jonathan Bartley opening the party conference. In his speech, mr bartley stated the green party would abolish the home office and replace it with a ministry for sanctuary, before setting out the partys position on another brexit referendum. We may disagree with those on the other sid
Is causing huge problems, so, yes, oui is causing huge problems, so, yes, our constitution is being stress tested by the necessity to proceed with brexit. Do you agree with that, alison, and if it is being tested, almost to destruction, what do we need to do about that . Is that something the Supreme Court is going to address this week, potentially . |i do to address this week, potentially . do accept that it is being tested, andi do accept that it is being tested, and i think it is because you are in and i think it is because you are in a very difficult situation, you have an issue that is very divisive, very strong opinions on both sides, and you have a strict time limit set out by the legal requirements of the European Union, so i can see the pressure, but at the same time if you are going to start thinking about a new written constitution, you need to think very carefully about what those principles should be and how they should work, and i dont think that is a job for the Supreme