u.s. education system. the chinese government has invested in more than 100 confucius institutes located on campuses across the u.s. witnesses from the state and education department testify at this hearing. >> welcome senator carver. spirit inc. you mister chairman. >> hi witnesses, welcome. last night senator carver and i issued a report detailing concerns about the impact of the u.s. is education system by china, and the report is a result of an eight month investigation that details our concerns focused on the china confucius institutes. based on our findings we are here to focus on a couple of issues, transparency, and reciprocity. transparency in how american colleges and universities manage confucius institutes, which are controlled, funded, mostly staffed by the chinese government and aim to promote chinese interest and language and culture on u.s. campuses. lack of reciprocity and how the chinese do not permit state departments in china. a report how details in china known for the

the u.s. faces a trade deficit. >> the u.s. trade deficit has risen more than $100 billion. >> that is the weakest target china has set itself for growth. >> investors await a deal that will free both economies from the pressures of a trade war. >> paris is not making us way.r in any >> huawei tries to mend fences. >> huawei will say we are not a company that threatens the u.s. >> carlos ghosn and a battle in court. the ecb gets back into the lending game. >> stimulus will continue to be provided. >> it will get inflation towards target. >> larry fink in an exclusive conversation. >> i would call this a goldilocks moment, not so bad, not so good. >> plus, bill gross reflects on bond trading as he bids farewell to the business. his successor explains how he is reshaping the fund. yield, 270,on the as opposed to 14% or 15% now. >> the process will be the same. the risk profile will be different. >> it is all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." hello and welcome. this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most important b

u.s. also trying to sort of get support from other western countries from other european countries to also a raise concerns against while away and block qualis so definitely this is something that it's not it's not going to just be going about the city more but what is also interesting it says is that he said that he's willing to work with the government to address these concerns so they're not trying to also just to be aggressive unlocked at the u.s. market at the same time they're willing to move forward. in a productive way. and katrina this isn't just about why our way the chinese government has been very involved in this and it's become a huge diplomatic issue can you explain to us how that works within the structure of power or a way. that's right so well way is is is a champion of the nash of china's of china really it's a huge technology company it's one of the most successful chinese companies or overseas and it's something that china as a country is very proud of and so far this

the u.s. the southern poverty law center found that membership in white nationalist groups increased by nearly 50% last year. government agencies, including the fbi and the department of homeland security, have warned white nationalist attacks are on the rise and pose a major domestic threat. meanwhile, a recent huffpost -- huffington post investigation has found seven current members of the u.s. military belong to white nationalist group identity europa, which was founded by a former marine and was involved in organizing the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville in 2017. the military says it is investigating the service members. in mozambibique, the p president said the deathth toll from tropical cyclone idai could reach over 1000 people. the devastating cyclone brought winds of 110 miles per hour and massive flooding to mozambique and neighboring zimbabwe and malawi from thursday to saturday in what mozambique's environment minister called the biggest natural disaster the country h

u.s. army private turned whistleblower chelsea manning has been jailed after refusing to testify to a grand jury and what's believed to be the case against the wiki leaks founder julian assange the. u.s. continues to venezuelan president nicolas maduro to topple him from power even suggesting the possibility of sanctioning other countries for not recognizing the washington backed opposition leader as interim president. those figures show young britons are turning their backs on america for their holidays there's speculation that it's the president that's putting them off. yeah i can understand why people buy a car and then make sense but it's probably not. preferred to go somewhere a bit more. culturally appropriate. and i welcome to r.t. international live from moscow at eleven pm here in the capsule. the u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning has been taken into custody after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in what's believed to be a case against the wiki leaks founder j

goods and buy more u.s. products the u.s. in return could lift most of the tariffs currently imposed on chinese imports, but sources told the journal the hurdle still remain and both sides may encounter domestic political opposition to any such deal the 13th national people's congress kicks off in beijing this week as ex-president xi jinping looks to reassert his authority as the chinese economy continues to slow. the annual gathering of officials will see xi lay out the plans for the year ahead china looks to secure a trade deal with the united states. our colleague joins us now live from beijing what does president xi have up his sleeve in terms of the economy? >> reporter: well, in terms of the economy, the beijing leadership is expected to acknowledge that the economy is slowing down so tomorrow when the mpc kicks off, the premier is going to unveil his work report and we're expecting to see the annual growth target. so the annual growth target is likely going to be lowered to between 6 and 6.5% we'll also get an inflatio

stephen: according to the u.s. border patrol, about 224,000, or so, unaccompanied children, plus other families, have crossed the southwest border in the last year alone, data that includes 57,000, just in the last month. many of those, like jaime, fled out of fear that gangs in their home countries would kill them. the numbers of people fleeing central america have become so large, there's no room in court or in holding facilities. so after picking the refugees up along the border, federal agents rerelease them back into the u.s. if the immigrants have relatives already living here, who can pay for a bus ticket. in exchange, these refugees agree to report to local immigration authorities once they get to their relatives' hometown. galen hunt: many of them were dehydrated. they were hungry. their, you know, clothes were torn and dirty and-- stephen: over the course of several days, the investigative unit documented family after family arriving at this bus station in tucson, young mothers and their children, even a

the u.s. president. preferential trade status for turkey he says. failed to provide assurances that will allow access to its markets trade officials say turkey no longer qualifies because its economy is sufficiently developed so the u.s. currently allows five point six billion dollars worth of indian exports to the united states. generalized system of preferences program which allows one hundred twenty one countries to export some goods to the u.s. without tariffs in twenty seven turkey exported one point six billion dollars worth of goods. system let's speak to. professor and dean at the school of international affairs he's joining us via skype from india so of course india one of the countries targeted by the u.s. president. for exporters in india but are you surprised by this given trump's trade views on india and india's own recent protectionism. no it's not a surprise there in because of a nod from ease and isolation is kind of protectionist and believes in economic nationalism or not moc

huawei sues the u.s. government for banning the equipment, saying america should not plate judge, jury, and executioner. we are live at the black walk symposium will speak exclusively to our guests. ♪ francine: good morning, everyone. good afternoon if you are watching from asia. welcome to "bloomberg: surveillance" littlexx 600 is down, a bit of pressure as investors try to digest some of the potential cuts to forecasts by the ecb. euro-dollar will be the one to move a little later than we hear from the ecb and the pound, as negotiations are ongoing. you can see the pound at 1.3167. coming up, we speak to the vice-chairman of a black rock. we talk markets, central banks, and brexit, let's get straight to bloomberg first word news. huawei is suing the u.s. government, as you mentioned. the action is aimed at a law that blocks government agency from using their equipment. the company argues it is unconstitutional to single out a person or group without a fair trial. the chief legal counsel says china has

u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning is back in jail after refusing to testify to a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks. the u.s. threatens to impose sanctions on countries that refused to recognize the venezuelan opposition leader as interim president. those figures show young britons are turning their backs on america for their holidays we find out what could be putting them off. yeah i can understand why people blink and then make sense and i think it's probably not the. case. culturally appropriate. broadcasting live direct from our studios most of this is r t international john thomas glad to have you with us all right u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning has been taken into custody that is after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against the weak you leaks co founder julian assange here's how her lawyer describe the situation. judge hilton did find her in contempt of court this is an appealable order certainly a typical for this kind of proceeding u.s

a second u.s. jury finds that roundup is linked to cancer with billions of liability and damages at stake. saudi arabia, russia, the u.s. vying for oil markets. the u.s. government finds that high oil prices are not that bad after all. and drilling for profit. mark edwards, ceo of diamond offshore investing ahead of the bottom and rig rates. i sit down with him to see where he has pricing power. ♪ alix: i am alix steel, welcome to "bloomberg: commodities edge." it is 30 minutes focused on the companies, physical assets and hottest commodities with the smartest voices in the business. first, spot on. our take on the big story. joining me is the cofounder of energy aspects. and our spotlight is on oil prices, trading at a four month high. opec pushed back a decision to extend production cuts until june. >> in consideration that market fundamentals are unlikely to materially change in the next two months, the jmmc decided to forgo the full ministerial meeting in april, and schedule a meeting in may

u.s. government contracts and billions more than a billion dollars in u.s. government contracts to an area for over twelve years and yet a scathing u.s. state department investigation found that blackwater quote was over billing the state department and manipulating personal records its guards were partying drinking and even crashed an armored car and saw themselves as quote above the law pretty damning the u.s. state department saying this but the company they've given contracts to over billing and manipulating we never paid any fines for anything like that that's a fact you paid fines for a lot of things the only thing we paid a fine for it was a elation and i gave an example of the o.t. said the only thing you paid a fine for you paid seven point five million dollars fine and twenty twelve to settle seventeen criminal charges you paid a full million dollar settlement are a department in two thousand and ten for illegal arms sales. two thousand and twelve it already sold the business i s

the u.s. trading sessions in the week. we managed to extend the gains with the s&p 500 gaining ground for a second consecutive session. the dow managed to rise a quarter percent despite the fact boeing was hit again. we saw energy leading the gains on the s&p 500. wti now pushing towards the four-month high. this after the opec plus coalition came together again, reaffirming their commitment to output curbs. we did get communications and real estate. some sectors weighing on the index. s&p futures unchanged at the moment. slightly positive. investors do have a lot to keep an eye on this week, as we have central bank decisions not only in the u.s. and u.k. but across asia, soph. sophie: futures an early mixed in asia ahead of this make or break week where we have the central bank decisions. key earnings from xiaomi and tencent. in australia, results from several coal players, including tpg telecom. an impairment from its decision to halt the rollout of the australian mobile network. we do have

sanctions in the sense of lack of u.s. dollars the lack of being able to use your u.s. financial instruments and i mean i would say that people here do. you know you have the society functions if that makes any sense but caesar said before on a much lesser scale probably before aside from the crisis in venezuela the brazilian president has some problems of his own to contend with back home i will those talks were going on in washington the brazilian media had a very different story to focus on after reports of a presidential families and their ties to violent gangs have more pain has more on the allegations. apparently he's facing a pretty big scandal back in brazil scandal related to his family and their ties to right wing militia groups that have engaged in both murder and extortion now we saw that earlier this month the arrest of two former police officers who've been sharjah with the killing of councilwoman marielle franco she was assassinated they're charged with the killing now these individuals actually live on the same street that molson our lives in in rio wher

economy and why the u.s. continues to be the world's destination for foreign direct investment with 33.7 trillion having been invested in the u.s., more than any nation in the world and today, want to talk about the functionality for how we can do that at a granular level at the state and local municipalities. today is different in programming and we will talk about the environment. not just nuts and bolts, but the environment and the economic environment where we talk about what the environment is from a workforce standpoint and then we talk about trade and how trade is the incentive for foreign investors in the u.s. and we have a great crowd gathered to date in order to do this with a substantive discussion and we enable future dealmaking. if there is one deal that comes out of this today, we've been hugely successful and i encourage that through the networking. we are excited to hear from multiple governors, representatives from congress and our first guest, the chairman of the white house council of econo

well the u.s. is not participating in the human rights council the seven was led by iceland a small delegation but one that was very committed and principled in its willingness to draw attention to the situation gradually all the other all the all the e.u. states joined on as it states from other parts of the world to the story a strong and clear message delivered today the council has three sessions per year and it's clear i think saudi arabia that it won't stop here this is a first step only and and the the pressure i guess is now on saudi arabia to heed that warning message to release the women's human rights defenders to cooperate with inquiries into codes killing and also to implement meaningful and genuine reforms if that does not happen then we can expect that at the june session of the council the special operator on x. usually executions as wants or an inquiry into the tragic because reggie's death and should be visiting presenting the report to the joint session so that will be more scrut

u.s. alone violence and poverty in their home countries remain detained three have died in government custody since the beginning of the year. republicans have sided against the president now emergency declaration as well fighting concerns that it exceeds the power of his office congress is expected to pass a measure to pencil that declaration to trump says he will veto. castro al-jazeera washington. well on thursday the u.s. president's former campaign manager will find out how much more time he's going to be spending in prison call him out of sorts is found guilty of financial crimes as part of the special counsel's investigation into the possible collusion between the twenty six campaign and russia but that's just one of a growing number of investigations into donald trump pedicle he and explains living it's a term he seems to use daily which of which i tweet and it's a great but he might need to start using the plural witch hunts because u.s. president donald trump has a lot more to wo

troops leaving the country in what has for the u.s. been its longest war in history also on another key point what the u.s. calls assurances on counterterrorism we understand that's the taliban making a commitment not to support al qaida what will happen to those two draft agreements is the leadership will go back to their respective commanders the taliban to afghanistan and pakistan the u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad back to washington d.c. to brief the secretary of state might pompei and quite possibly the president the u.s. secretary of state just happens to be coming to this region in the next week. california's governor is expected to impose a moratorium on the death penalty gavin newsome says the death penalty is a failure which is discriminated against ethnic minorities the poor and mentally year executive order to be signed on wednesday will impact more than seven hundred inmates on california's death row state hasn't executed anyone since two thousand and six the u.s. is preparing to close all its immigration offices abro

the u.s. and china are said to be close to a trade deal. chinese goods lifted if beijing follows through on pledges ranging from things like better protection of ip rights and buying more american goods. let's get back to paul mckenzie -- tom mackenzie outside. we could see a deal. what do we know about what that deal might actually look like? certainly the sources we have in washington tell us the chinese demands in the last few weeks have been we will consider this deal, the purchases of aquacultural -- agricultural products. we want to see the tariffs lifted on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. speaks to the impact on exporters and the economy. what we are hearing is the u.s. side are actively doing this. as rich pointed out it is whether they will be phased out and withdrawn immediately. china has also said that beyond the additional purchases it may also look at cutting taxes on goods like chemical products and autos from the u.s. if we get this final deal. something else the chinese s

. -- the u.s.'s ability to project power, they recognize the competitive advantage historically. what they are seeking to do is undermine the credibility of our alliance structure in europe and in the pacific. as the case may be. from a military perspective, they have been on a path of capability development to make much more -- make it much more difficult to move in an area to meet our alliance commitments, and operate freely once we are there across land, sea, air, and space and cyberspace. in the past, we took for granted our ability to project power to advance our interests. we took advantage of the access our alliance structure gave us. neither of those things can be taken for granted today. in a nutshell, only think about -- in a nutshell, when we think about our competition, we think about credibility with our allies and the ability for the u.s. military to do what it has historically done, to give us a competitive advantage. >> let's drill down on the russians just a little bit. you talked a

the u.s. is demanding that china sell its stake in the company because they are worried about potential blackmail. it sort of is raising the specter of just how intertwined the ownership structures are of companies in the u.s. and china. sarah: i haven't seen that yet. i was curious how you are going to weave grindr into the u.s./china trade story. [laughter] sarah: but everything is so interconnected. that is the issue with these trade talks. the u.s. wants to make sure that china is actually going to double down on its promises, but when you have situations such as those, how do you make sure they are actually going to keep their promises? that is why now it seems like the u.s. is saying we are going to leave the tariffs in place. alix: grindr, huawei, trade talks. thank you so much. you can find all the charts we just used -- well, we didn't use any, but we will use a lot -- at g tv under terminal -- on your terminal. coming up, the surge in developed market bonds -- bondsg fears about

trump also said that the u.s. has yet to impose the toughest think sions on venezuela but he again reiterated that all options remain on the table and earlier before the meeting at trump when asked about possible military intervention this is what he said every options on the table with respect to venezuela they said that they don't want to give away the strategy but again has repeated that the use of military force continues to be on the table meanwhile the russian deputy foreign minister warned the u.s. against any attempts to use of force in venezuela because of spoke to r.t. . we strongly urged the u.s. side during the talks to be. any temptation to resort to military power it includes a warning against so to say hard core message military intervention which cannot be excluded given the type of behavior we see on the u.s. side and we see two years but it also includes what i would describe as low intensity conflict penetration into this over and territory of the new sailors from abroad a elements that could be

the u.s. president says he's disappointed about reports that north korea has begun work to restore a rocket launch sites a website called thirty eight north which monitors north korea says satellite imagery shows buildings are going back up at the sites that kim jong un agreed to dismantle last year it follows last week's failed summer's between kim and donald trump in singapore i would be very disappointed if that were happening it's a very early report we're the ones that put it out but i would be very very disappointed in germany and i don't think i will be but we'll see what happens we'll take a look veterans of algeria's war of independence have backed student led protests calling for president abdelaziz bouteflika to resign they say demonstrators understandable weeks of protests posing a challenge to the eighty two year old leader who standing for reelection next month after twenty years in power has offered to call early elections if he's returned to office and won't run again. in camer

this is about the u.s. come a wiwithin the presidedential auauthority cocome to recognizie territoryy as sovereign, even if it violates international law. what would be consequential is how the international community response. the u.n. and turkey have decried egypt, so if we see the international community stand in opposition and the u.s. declaration will be merely that come a declalaration where the loneis alone figure -- a figure the wororld. consider when it moved its states to jerusalem, 128 at the u.n. voted against the u.s. and there been very few countries that have followed suit. what this demonstrates is the weakness of the united states and its waning influence. and d it says more about domestc concerns in the u.s. and israel than it does for the region. this is a.net yahoo! deflecting from corruption charges thrhree weeks ahead of elections -- - ts isis about n netanyahu deflectig from corruption charges t three weeks s ahead of elections. more concernrned with being isrl establishing itself as

u.s. president donald trump announces a new threat to trade with india and turkey will tell you what's at stake. and in football dortmund need a miracle tonight in the champions league they're looking for a high drama at home against england star harry kane and his tottenham team mates this game determines who moves on to the forefront. i'm serious oh my god that's good to have you with us china's economy is taking center stage at the annual meeting of the country's national people's congress around three thousand delegates from across the country have been gathering in beijing for the two week a vent in the opening session china's premier league cut the growth target to its lowest in nearly three decades that is partly due to a trade dispute with the u.s. lee said beijing would continue to push for a resolution. beijing's new airport it's set to be the world's largest when it opens later this year china's leadership often uses political advances an occasion to flaunt its successes to the

sanctions in the sense of lack of u.s. dollars the lack of being able to use your u.s. financial instruments and i mean i would say that people here do. you know you have a society function. in german court has ruled that the government bears legal responsibility for us drone strikes launched from german territory and the case was brought forward by a group of yemenis who accused berlin of complacently of complicity in drone strikes launched from a base in southwest germany artie's don't know hawkins reports now from berlin. so in a case that's taken a few years to come through the courts and indeed it's a landmark decision in german courts with the administrative court ruling that the german government does bear at least partial responsibility for ensuring that the use of its air base in southern germany in the city of ramstein by the united states air force complies with international law this case states will move back to twenty twelve to an incident when the three yemenis lost relatives in a u.s. drone strike in yemen five sell been lost his brother in law bin ali j

lead with gas and for the u.s. it is. indeed a threat to measure because the u.s. has less and less what they can offer the world otherwise they know they threatened to get a bankrupt. i but there's a from i'll be back in about thirty five and a half minutes with more news watching they were. we came here where did you work before you came here when you live well death row in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor of the death penalty there are some people because of what they did have given up the right to live among us some even proven innocent doctor years on death row but how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. the folks who prayed the money when they want more money they just print more money they don't rely on the workers to go and produce stuff that they have to go sell and then make a profit on. stuff they sell you do

entity the u.s. central intelligence agency now the cia's ties to right wing extremists and death squads in south and central america is hardly new information and at this point there got to be folks inside of trump's team who are wondering if his photo op with this rightwing brazilian counterpart is really such a good idea to look him up and r.t. new york brazilian political analyst bruno lima russia says even having his photo taken with the militias is a disgrace for the president. president being seen in old photographs of dictators with militiamen and with. it is. the position of the president and the presidency. state because. security policies is very much it's much more connected to the states while. the safety. regime still. there's another serious. employee called. in his self that is very. very committed so. i would say the hard core belief there is. president trump used the joint news briefing to reiterate washington's commitment to squeezing venezuela's economy but we haven't done the tou

a u.s. 30 year. still ahead on the program, the final spread and the week ahead, featuring mario draghi's path to normalization. under pressure as central bankers gather for the ecb and its conference. that conversation is next. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ jonathan: i'm jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." it's time now for the final spread. coming up in the next week, we begin in china as the development forum kicks off. the new platform for apple, the company plans to launch a video streaming service monday. academic gather in frankfurt for the ecb watchers conference. and we'll hear from president draghi himself on wednesday. elsewhere, potential trade talks as ustr, lighthizer and secretary mnuchin travel to beijing. our guests are still with us. luke, let's start with you. the worries in europe and what president draghi can do about it. what's curious to me, we've got a market and group of investors willing to look through signs of weakness in china because there's a

what is your vision actually for the u.s. military? >> a vision for the u.s. military? >> for the defense strategy. >> when we talk about domestic political conditions, with nonpartisanship? >> geopolitics. >> first of all at home, because you give me a chance to address it, i have spoken quite a bit about the importance of the u.s. military being apolitical. we have emphasized that quite a bit. we have a history of that, it goes back to george washington, marshall, those are probably the greatest examples. for me they are true north in how they managed the political space. we should all thing quite a bit about making sure we are trusted by the american people. although i am never complacent or taken for granted, the gallup polls routinely say that 78% of the american people trust the u.s. military, and we wouldn't want it to be otherwise. with regard to my vision of the u.s. military dealing with china and russia, the advice that i provide is to make sure that from a capability perspective, we demonstrate the ability to maintain this competitive advantage, meet our com

and u.s. china trade continues to percolate some say to a boil with all that while we knew this we spoke about earlier but news reports suggest a deal could come soon on trade hitter discusses the c.e.o. of your pacific capital peter schiff and servant of commentator steve malzberg welcome gentlemen it's always great to have both of you on the program a peter i want to start with you we've seen a lot of back and forth and sort of these shuttle negotiations this year we've spoken with you about it before peter but as we've sort of look at this getting to the underlying issue of state sponsored. competition with u.s. companies with other countries to an intellectual property are pretty tough nuts to crack do you think we're going to have a substantive deal that gets to the root cause of that i think that there's going to be a deal i've been saying that since the beginning i think that trump can't afford not to have a deal sit with china because you know donald trump pretends that the reason we h

u.s. trade deficit surges to a ten year high another sign of the country's strong economy and not the best news for its deficit hating president so what happened i'll give you the details. also the world's biggest tourism show gets underway in berlin but the choice of this year's showcase country proves controversial due to claims of state sponsored homophobia. i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us. the u.s. trade deficit surged to a ten year high in twenty eighteen despite the trumpet ministration placing tariffs on a large range of imported goods the commerce department said almost nineteen percent jump in the deficit in december contributed to this six hundred twenty one billion dollars shortfall slowing global growth and a stronger dollar are weighing on demand for u.s. goods last year the u.s. posted record trade deficits with china mexico and the e.u. . and let's go now to our financial correspondent in new york who is a the we still haro jose this will obviously be taken

european high-yield rather than the leverage part of the u.s. -- the u.s. market. greg: we see more value in the u.s. as well. mary: not as much. they have typically traded inside the u.s. at even. it is lower duration and higher market. with seen deterioration in the credit metrics across european high yields. it has a larger component of autos, which has been suffering. the data in europe continues to be weak. at the margin, we would prefer for credit to be where the growth is. jonathan: coming up, a market check on where treasuries have in. up on a two-year by nine basis points, a 30 year by 10. the 30 year on yield. coming up, a decision from the ecb. focus shifting to mario draghi. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ ♪ i'm jonathan ferro. this is "bloomberg real yield." time for the final spread. in the next week, china's national people's congress in beijing. a slew of central bank decisions on interest rates, with the spotlight on the ecb. we will hear from mario draghi. we will hear from governor carney, too. capping it off, the main event, the u.

entity the u.s. central intelligence agency now the cia's ties to right wing extremists and death squads in south and central america is hardly new information and at this point there got to be folks inside of trump's team who are wondering if his photo op with this rightwing brazilian counterpart is really such a good idea to look him up and r.t. new york meantime more news lorenzo from the meeting president trying to use the joint briefing with the brazilian lead it islam president choking venezuela's economy happening there is a disgrace this was one of the wealthiest countries in the world and all of a sudden it's just it's grief stricken poverty stricken no food no water no air conditioning no anything no power for a long time last week no power and that's going to break down again because it's being held together by threats interestingly while washington claims venezuela is completely impoverished we thought you want to see those two filmmakers who spent a month shooting a documentary in caraca

his era kenya the u.s. state department has changed its description of the golan heights from israeli occupied to israeli controlled and its annual global human rights reports israel has been lobbying u.s. president donald trump to recognize israeli sovereignty over the territory and a separate section on the west bank and gaza does not refer to the palestinian territory as being occupied or under occupation jordan has more from washington. in recent years the u.s. state department has been criticized for using its annual human rights reports as political documents the reports are supposed to catalog how well countries are behaving and are observing human rights and whether they have been violating the rights of their citizens and other persons this year's report for twenty eight teen is no different the u.s. is no longer calling the west bank or the golan heights occupied territories language that stems from a number of united nations resolutions and so both human rights groups and journalists are raising

the u.s. president says he's disappointed over reports north korea has begun work to restore a rocket launched like a website called thirty eight north which monitors north korea says satellite imagery shows buildings are going back up at the site kim jong un had agreed to dismantle last year that follows last week's failed summit between kim and president trump in vietnam i would be very disappointed if that were happening it's a very early report we're the ones that put it out but i would be very very disappointed in chairman camp and i don't think i will be but we'll see what happens we'll take a look. on thursday the us president's former campaign manager will find out how much more time he's going to spend in prison while manifold was found guilty of financial crimes as part of the special counsel's investigation into possible collusion between the two thousand and sixteen campaign and russia but that's just one of a growing number of investigations into donald trump atic ohio reports let

the u.s. offers a million dollar reward for information. in syria heavy fighting resumes as u.s. forces closed. last stronghold. having already. numerous times over the last few months. i'd like to see. as we put it to replace. the u.s. national security adviser. to. the country's current president. government approves a national. leader of the country's far left. saying that people should. have negative intentions towards the people. so that. we. today thanks for joining us. over the weekend in the north of syria the army incurred heavy casualties losing eighteen soldiers as it fought to repel a surprise attack by. a syrian offshoot of al qaeda the number of casualties were confirmed to r.t. arabic by the syrian army with washington recently putting up a million dollar reward for information on a solemn bin laden sun it looks like the war on terror has been given a fresh spur or i guess the if explains. war on terror. begins with. but it does not in there the war on terror is almost a traditi

as this goes on between china and the u.s., the u.s. trade with mexico has increased and they have been importing more from mexico. there's a story on the bloomberg that the u.s. and china got into a trade war. mexico one. do you agree? rep. reed: i do not agree. i'm seen manufacturing come back to life. we are seeing the u.s. steel industry come back to life. mexico and canada and the u.s. have to approve this updated agreement. this is not a choice between going back to the status quo. this is a choice between repealing nafta and going back to pre-nafta standards and canada and mexico as well as the u.s., it is not in our interest to do that. putting that aside in moving forward to china, what did president trump say is the biggest sticking point from where he sits on getting a deal done quickly? rep. reed: it is congress in regards to the mexico/canada agreement and the speaker making a decision whether or not she will schedule a vote. the biggest issues there are the enforcement mechanisms in the law to approve the agreement. what c

u.s. stocks, equities and treasury yields, risk obsession throughout. we saw the dow fall 0.1%. almost every sector on the s&p 500 was in the red. led lower by health care. nasdaq down 0.6%. data over u.s. housing markets are retail sales, it is about the economic outlook and fears of recession growing around the world. u.s. futures down 0.2%. let's look at how we are shaping up in asia. a tepidcould be seeing session. aussie shares little changed. 0.2%,e kiwi stocks up heading for a 10th record high set for the month of march. futures trading lower in seoul and tokyo. mario draghi's dovish commentary. mnuchin and lighthizer kicking off the two day visit to china as the u.s. trade deficit narrowed on the drop in chinese imports. let's check -- let's check in on movers. the kiwi dollar up 0.1%. the biggest drop in seven weeks triggered by the rbnz's dovish tilt. the new zealand economy can whether a downturn, but traders nzx likely focus on the data. kiwi set to lose 27 based -- basis point

also on the show the latest round of u.s. china trade talks is over officials say they were constructive but haven't said how . or bad news for boeing amid reports that the anti stall system was on and that ethiopian airlines flight crashed. business i'm joined on in berlin thanks for joining us it's the first friday hailing company to go public lift sped past its bigger rival beating it all the way to wall street high demand for the offer lifted lift stock erased two point three billion dollars in the i.p.o. its market debut is expected to set the stage for our other companies preparing to get listed but some are warning of too much excitement too fast. i friday's now stock trading right at the california headquarters of the ride sharing it almost being seen as a turning point for the so-called sharing economy founded in twenty companies now valued at more than twenty four million dollars in those early days we were told we were crazy to think people would ride in each other's personal vehicles. and now after more than one b

the u.s. and china may be close to signing a major trade deal and trump removing some or maybe all of the chinese goods the markets like the news. dow futures up 68 points right now. nasdaq futures and s&p also higher by the way, here is a stat to wake you up on this monday the nasdaq is now up 10 weeks in a row, my friends. that is the longest winning streak since 1999. a 20-year record tide right now. well, that news also pushing asian stocks this morning. china closing near a nine. month high japan squeaking out just above 1% gain as well. and we are also seeing some green across the screen all across europe, not quite the same size gains. germany barely up, but hey, see this, lot of green on the screen let's get more on the details of what is moving markets and the optimistic talk of a trade deal. eunice is live in beijing. where do we stand right now? >> reporter: well, brian, a source familiar with the deal told me to expect big purchase targets and also "the wall street journal" fleshed

the u.s. has been conducting airstrikes in somalia since 2007 i believe. they have almost trump old -- tripled since donald trump took office. amy: the trump administration's rapidly escalating a secret air war in somalia. at least 50 people have been killed by u.s. airstrikes so far this year. then we speak to a historian, author of the new book "how to hide an empire." >> what surprised me when i was looking at the history of the united states was all the land over which the united states has claimed jurisdiction. how many aspects of u.s. history that seemed familiar to me. the musicacal oklahoma, the peae symbol. and events i hadn't thought much about. a shooting in congress in 1954. the discovery of some uninhabited 10 islands -- juan oh islands -- guano islands. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house judiciary committee launched a wide-ranging investigation monday into president trump, his busines

and critics of u.s. drone operations in yemen when a small legal victory in germany where a court house ruled in favor of increased oversight on the american or a base to coordinate strikes. in the afternoon here in moscow this wednesday march the twentieth hello and welcome i mean and o'neill their top story run greater scale than the cold war speaking at a conference on disarmament in geneva said he regrets america's willingness to undermine some cornerstone treaties on controlling weapon stockpiles west to our to the north for more of the details on this maria certainly an issue it must've ramifications what else did the foreign minister have to say. hi you didn't while speaking at the design conference the international forum that brings together sixty five states russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov i have to say has been very critical and has in fact accused them. erica of destabilizing world security lover of has expressed his dippers concerns frustration and theories over the current situation

u.s. diplomats are out but as well it gives the american officials seventy two hours to leave the country or the u.s. backed opposition leader one quiet dove receives all bara tea to declare a state of emergency in the country from the national assembly incorrect. a very warm welcome you are watching our c international with mina key air and our top story this hour british m.p.'s have cause their ballots in westminster for jacketing to raise a maze adjusted divorce agreement from the e.u. margin of one hundred forty nine votes it marks another crushing defeat for the prime minister who saw her initial draft deal rejected just two months ago by an overwhelming majority of m.p.'s. a profound the decision that this house has taken to. i continue to believe that by far the best time is you. leaves the european union and orderly fashion with the deal. that the deal we've negotiated is the best and indeed the only deal. that force night we will table a motion for debate tomorrow to test whether

you said what's the tail risk to the u.s. economy. i don't think it's sitting within the u.s. economy. the bigger -- people underestimate. china is now, depending how you measure it, 40% of global growth today. it is hugely important, and it's about 50% of commodity demand. and it's a massive component of trade and manufacturing trade. they're a tremendous exporter. why does europe slow significantly, the rest of asia slow significantly? you could look at china as a really big driver of that. we have to keep one eye on china. the economy is tremendous now. it's the second largest economy in the world now, and it's been growing faster, slowing now to about 6% or so. you have to keep an eye on it. if china stabilizes finish which i think it will, because the amount of stimulus they're putting in, monetary, fiscal, legal, regulatory, etc., is going to stabilize that economy. which means german manufacturing pick up, korean manufacturing will pick up, taiwanese, etc. so you've not to keep an eye on that. if we're wrong, that's where i think the risk is in the u.s. economy. it's if

the u.s. trade representative staythe tariff option must to ensure china adheres to any potential deal. breaking start with news out of south korea. the unemployment rate for february came in at 3.7%, which is a much better number than 4.2%.xpected it is a better jobless rate than the previous month when we saw a rise of 4.4%, which is the highest since january of 2010. south korea saying they added 263,000 jobs in the month of february, that against the 19,000 jobs added in january. we have not seen the unemployment rate in the 3% range since december of last year. this coming at a time when the korean economy is suffering from restructuring in the manufacturing sector as well as retail. let's get your type of the u.s.t's close in the session. the second consecutive session on the s&p 500 with health care and utilities leading the gains. we have the dow under pressure, dom .4%. that of course after boeing saw its biggest two-day drop since june of 2009. boeing, brexit, and another reading pla

u.s. has seen a string of tornadoes this deadly in one day. multiple storms sweeping across three states. and when the sun rises, so too the fear of a rising death toll. >>> stoomz you can go home. venezuela's self-declared interim president juan guaido plans to return on monday after a tour of latin america, and it seems he's almost daring the maduro government to arrest him when he arrives. >>> i want to be able to speak the truth as loud as i had to speak the lie. >> and the devastating new documentary bringing to the surface once again all of the disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against pop star michael jackson. hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. great to have you with us. i'm john vause. you're watching "cnn newsroom." >>> a clufter of severe storms ripped through the southeast of the united states, killing at least 23 people, including children, and leaving behind a trail of devastation from alabama to florida to georgia. lee county, al