China trade deal jobless claims fall. And real estate and staples are leading the charge joining us for the hour is stephanie link were both feeling the holiday red but we got a green market. Like a christmas theme were now starting to see internalsin the market thats confirming the stabilization look at the 210 spread, the yield curve is steepening. Nats a good sign asia stocks, they are breaking out. You look at oil up 10 in the past month all of these things are confirming were seeing stabilization and that sets us up for 2020 seeing better growth my biggest question mark does this translate into better earnings i think we will see better earnings which maybe not right away you have pmis globally that are stabilizing. I feel good going into 2020. It has to be an Earnings Growth year all three averages are up half a percent first lets focus on the big stories were watching Kayla Tausche has the latest on china trade and usmca. Then the senate spendling bill vote and Bertha Coombs has
The number of smaller pubs has halved. This week, the government pledged more than a Million Pounds to Community Action groups, working to rescue or reopen their local pub. Claire marshall reports. Theres no cosy christmas cheer at the rising sun, just a ghost of a pub. It closed nine years ago, the last wisp of the Community Soul of the village of woodcroft, which had already lost its post office and shop. Jerry, in his 80s, has lived here for over a0 years. Anna comes from a family most evenings he used to be found of sami reindeer herders in the sun, but now. Who still make most of my evenings are spent alone, up here. A living off the land. People call in, which is very nice, but theyre not here in the evenings late, its the start of the calving season so you spend quite and anna is checking up on the reindeer with a lot of time on your own, where you could be spending it down the pub a finish elective. Having a game of crib or darts or something. He joined the Community Group a fi
And his very presidency e. President trump today contending with the preposterous Speaker Pelosi who headlong rushes to the wrong side of history seeking still to overthrow this historic president who maddens already deranged dems who know hes unbeatable at the polls in november, and they have the little left with which to flog their better. The hapless dems are still demanding the Supreme Court consider his fight over the radical lefts attempts to subpoena his financial records, his taxes. The speaker and her callow cohorts in the house still hell bent on frustrating the will of the people. The facts and the constitution give us no choice but to move forward with impeachment of the president. [inaudible] i dont hate anybody. I pray for the president all the time, so dont mess with me when it comes to words like that. Lou dont mess with her. Well, President Trump also returning to take on the chinese communists and their hefty helpers on wall street, contending with american billionair
And his very presidency e. President trump today contending with the preposterous Speaker Pelosi who headlong rushes to the wrong side of history seeking still to overthrow this historic president who maddens already deranged dems who know hes unbeatable at the polls in november, and they have the little left with which to flog their better. The hapless dems are still demanding the Supreme Court consider his fight over the radical lefts attempts to subpoena his financial records, his taxes. The speaker and her callow cohorts in the house still hell bent on frustrating the will of the people. The facts and the constitution give us no choice but to move forward with impeachment of the president. [inaudible] i dont hate anybody. I pray for the president all the time, so dont mess with me when it comes to words like that. Lou dont mess with her. Well, President Trump also returning to take on the chinese communists and their hefty helpers on wall street, contending with american billionair
Now on bbc news, a special programme from the team at our world. In lapland, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, threatening the livelihood of its indigenous sami people. Erika benke has been to arctic finland to hear from sami women about their fears for the future. Lapland is europes great last wilderness. It stretches across norway, sweden, finland and russia, north of the arctic circle. The far north of finland is the home of the sami, europes only indigenous people, who still live off the land. But the life of the sami people is changing. Climate change is affecting the arctic more than any other part of the earth. You cant rely on that you know how nature acts or how animals act because everything seems to be changing. The melting ice is opening up opportunities for shipping routes and there is talk of a new railway. Its the Worst Nightmare we are facing at the moment. Which could threaten the sami peoples way of life. How can you put a price target fo