with north korea and modernizing the u.s. nuclear arsenal. this two hours. mr. rose: good morning and welcome to the brookings institution. my name is frank rose and i am a senior fellow -- sorry. good morning. my name is frank rose and i am a senior fellow here at brookings. thanks for joining us for this morning's program on the future of u.s. extended deterrence. and we have a great program this morning to explore a very important but extremely complicated national security issue. our program this morning will consist of two parts. first, we'll kick off the event with a key note address by david trachtenberg, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, who will outline the trump administration's approach to extended deterrence. the secretary's address will be followed by a panel discussion with three distinguished experts in the field to explore the issues in greater detail. on that note, it is my distinct honor and pleasure to welcome mr. david trachtenberg, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, back to brookings. secretary trachtenberg has more and than 35 years o

administration's nuclear deterrence policy. after that, a panel will discuss the credibility of the u.s. extended deterrent plan called the national posture review, which was released last year. understand the key note speaker is delayed in traffic this morning but they should get under way shortly. also live at noon, we'll continue in the foreign policy theme, looking at sanctions on iran. that's over at the hudson institute. live at noon. mr. rose: good morning and welcome to the brookings institution. my name is frank rose and i am a senior fellow -- sorry. good morning. my name is frank rose and i am a senior fellow here at brookings. thanks for joining us for this morning's program on the future of u.s. extended deterrence. and we have a great program this morning to explore a very important but extremely complicated national security issue. our program this morning will consist of two parts. first, we'll kick off the event with a key note address by david trachtenberg, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, who will outline the trump administration's approach to extended

time for another round in the u.s. china trade talks chinese wise premier knew he will resume negotiations with his u.s. counterparts in washington today well down tonight and bring a breakthrough. also coming up diana opens a new factory in moscow the carmakers hoping to profit from a rapidly growing russian market. welcome to the business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us the chinese delegation is making its way to washington for more talks aimed at resolving the country's longstanding trade dispute it's the nine's time the two sides of meeting to iron out of their differences u.s. treasury secretary stephen minucci described the last set as constructive prompting hopes that a resolution could be close but at a republican fundraising events last night u.s. president still much trouble continued to talk to. john. trading abuses and theft of intellectual properties and so many other things that they've done to us i don't know how you people allowed this to happen for so many years you've been here longer than me but they really have they've taken advantage

trade community with members of the u.s. government, congress, administration from the private sector, from embassies, academics and of course the press. so we're very pleased to have this fantastic panel here today to talk about what's happening in the u.s. china trade relationship. a lot of businesses, of course, are interested in what's happening. there have been a lot of concerns about what's happening with the tariffs. they're hoping, since we've gone down this road, we get a good result. we're having this conversation now. upcoming at wita, we hope you join us at upcoming come event. we'll be talking on may 9th and may 16th, we'll be looking at bank and the reauthorization and export financing, what it means for u.s. businesses. with that, i'll turn it over to our moderator, michael smart. grateful to him for all the support in wita and for what he's done with the trade. michael? >> thank you, ken. thanks to all of you for being here this morning. thanks to our panel. it's really a terrific lineup. let me just give a brief introduction. anna swanson writes on internationa

across the globe starting with the u.s. seeing a down day for the s&p 500, down by a half of a percent. 2880 right now. the dow jones industrial average is down even more than that, 0.8%, likely on trade news which we will get to in a moment. two stocks higher in the dow. one of them is disney after getting an upgrade at cowan. it is likelysaying to bring some positive catalysts for disney. turner is the best performer in the s&p 500. this after an activist campaign succeeded getting some seats on the board. , buybacks, and better targets on margins. a down day in europe. the dax down 0.7%. performer, airbus, down 1.8%. mid is down more than a half percent. we will get to all of these stories right now starting with trade. the eu with tariffs over the -- on the u.s. joining us is shaun donovan. as any of this tit-for-tat, punitive tariffs in preparation on both sides? >> this is something we have been waiting a long time for. the good news is the trump administration is playing by the rules to a certain extent. they are saying they will wait for the wto to decide how much retal

which was granted to avoid his being sentenced to death in the u.s. while the u.k. will promise to ensure he's not killed if indeed extradited to the u.s. u.s. federal prosecutors are investigating which. he leaks over the release of classified u.s. documents ecuador in turn has dismissed room as it will hand over his supporters say the whistleblower is doing important work and must be protected. it's not possible to mistreat someone this way just because he revealed by their breach and powerful people and as a publisher he has revealed all kinds of human rights violations war crimes are misinformation needs to get out united states says that they're defending democracy around the world and they're not just democracy in. the united states is is. trying to silence people. who are revealing what's happening and julian assange is just the person who made it possible for those people to be heard. much has changed in aquittal with authorities granted asylum unlike the london embassy almost seven years ago including relations between retail and washington. takes up the threat. thank you

corporate erngz season as european banks and u.s. tech giants prepare to report sflierchlts shares drop as the dutch supermarket group warns strikes in the u.s. will dent 2019 margins zbrierchlts and shares in sync as germany's market regulator lists a short selling battle in the payments firm. >> you can see that things are beginning to get going in europe a quick recap in yesterday's u.s. session low volume day yesterday, but i want to point out that tech, the tech sector, is now at its highest level ever the nasdaq there it's a wig earnings week ahead in the u.s. this week. we've got 35% of the s&p index reporting. that's about 155 companies names to watch out for include united technologies, coca-cola, microsoft, exxonmobil, but, of course, tech space as well some of the big names reporting are snap, facebook, and amazon very big week ahead when it comes to u.s. earnings let's talk about europe. you can see this morning the heat map is pretty much mixed. about 60% trading in the red 40% green. overall, though, the stock europe 600 is trading about .2% slightly in the red. this after

francine: theresa may asks jeremy corbyn to help with brexit trade talks in crunch time, u.s. and china resume negotiations. stocks advance. and carlos ghosn could reportedly be arrested again in us prosecutors in tokyo alledge a breach of test -- trust. ♪ francine: welcome to "bloomberg: surveillance." good afternoon if you're watching from asia. these are your markets. for the moment, this is what we see 0.7%ng at, you can higher. looking at pound, is up for the third day in a row. at 1.392 and futures also pointing to a higher start. this higher optimism is coming from reports that the u.s. and china will be able to reach a better deal. and the euro area of march services pmi coming in better than expected, 53.3, instead of what we were expecting, 52.7. coming up, we'll speak to banko santander's executive chair. don't miss that interview. from 3 p.m. london time. >> the report says he consumed be arrested on reports of allegations related to an improper payment. the global economy is in a precarious position. christine lagarde says there is a quote synchronized the celebrati

seven four five zero one triple one four nine and the u.s. the democratic control or house of congress is suing donald trump's government over his emergency declaration to get funds for his proposed border wall along mexico a lawsuit says trump acted unconstitutionally all this comes as the u.s. president made a visit to the southern border where he said the country was for all trump was there to inspect a small section of a newly refurbished barrier that replaced an older one and two thousand and sixteen he campaigned on a promise of building a wall along the entire border this system is full of can't take it anymore whether it's asylum whether it's anything you want it's illegal immigration can't take it anymore we can't take your country is. there is still the sector's full can't take it anymore i'm sorry can happen so turn around that's the way it is . castro is monitoring developments from el paso texas so heidi donald trump has made threats is still basically saying you know go back we can take you i'm going to close the border but he's sort of backtracked on that why al

catalog of u.s. products it could get a terex response to washington's earlier list. also on the show portugal is running out of gas to strike a fuel tanker drivers enters its third day of the worsening energy shortage. and those things twelve hundred horsepower and up sell the reading to one hundred kilometers per hour just to win a half seconds electric car of a collaboration is giving the traditional auto industry a run for its money. welcome to the business i'm in berlin thanks for joining us it's the latest development in a decades long transatlantic tussle over aviation subsidies the e.u. has come up with a list of twenty billion dollars worth of u.s. products that could be hit by terrorists it's a response to what it says are unfair subsidies to american plane maker boeing it comes after washington published its own list of european politics attacks over what it claims is a legal state a two year olds. now all eyes are on the world trade organization for a way out of what could turn into a tit for tat spiral. planes. catch up. handbags suitcases and cigarettes are a part of the

reminding people that the u.s. government had donated money to france to repair the notre dame cathedral before they had allocated funds to repair the flint michigan water system and so she's been really out here as the face of it there's also been politicians and celebrities and tons of local residents who've been online saying how excited they are about this however they're still sort of a shade. the feeling can this set precedent for other communities where there's lead poisoning and water plays an ng we know that in the navajo communities on their reservations they've been dealing with lead poisoning in their water for several decades now in baltimore and detroit south los angeles really in these working class poor and black community as we've seen the same problem so it's a huge victory but especially if they can set precedent for for other places going to the same problem it really can because you don't a lot of our government especially politicians in the bridge really are there they're exempt from being sued for decisions they make in office because of the was you know completely

money. you will see that in the rising u.s. dollar. as soon the dollar begins to rise more decisively, which i expect this quarter into the next quarter, at that time you have monetary deterioration, and the stock markets around the world should peak. i think we have another two to six weeks left in the stock market, and then we go into a medium-term decline again. vonnie: there is a lot to digest and what you just said, but do tell me what wall street has wrong or why everybody sees it differently. the disparity between those who are bullish in the s&p 500 and those who are not has never been so wide. there is a 37% disparity with the top target coming in at 3250, and the bottom seeing a 17% downside from here. guest: i wouldn't be that extreme. it really defends on -- it really depends on what the fed is going to do. the world economy has slowed now for 12 months, and will continue to slow, and therefore corporate earnings will surprise on the downside, not the upside. at that point the market will wake up to the reality. monetary situation is as deteriorating as i just described, i

. cry foul after a palestinian activist is denied entry to the u.s. he spoke. about his experience. no. national human rights defenders. a new report claims an invasion is being discussed behind closed doors by high ranking american politicians. is now talking about military options so this could be done under the auspices of some kind of humanitarian intervention to save venezuelans. drive ahead. with me welcome to the program wiki leaks founder julian assange is now in prison waiting for his fate to be decided at an extradition hearing in may one is talented as a hero by much of the media outlets now appear to have turned on him painting him as a villain looks at what's behind his fall from grace. you want to see just how radically the media you turned on a songe from champion of the press to a leper an outcast all you need to do is watch saturday night live it's comedy but boy does it hit home. thanks to wiki leaks you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them thanks to facebook you can finally figure out which sex and the city chara

. and other news a u.s. republican senator ridges military help for venezuela to prevent what he calls genocide. claims an invasion is being discussed behind closed doors. on a military coup see sudan's president arrested in a state of emergency imposed in the space of twenty four hours. for joining us this is the weekly. seventy years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. was sensationally dragged down by police this week it came shortly after the south american country suspended the whistleblower his citizenship revoked his asylum. exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. he was found guilty of failing to hundreds of into the authorities and twenty twelve from relation to a sexual assault case which has since being dropped. the case was. saunders told he would be sentenced to a later date. songes legal team in the wiki leaks president came out take a listen to what they had to say this sets a dangerous precedent this precint mainstay any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states.

custody and he's potentially facing extradition to the u.s. where he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack government computers video captured the moment a distress looking was dragged out of the diplomatic compound. look i. was the only video agency to films you and i saw this being removed from the embassy a number of media outlets had initially claimed the whistleblower left all of his own accord and was arrested outside were forced to change their reporting off of the images were released following his arrest in assad's was taken to westminster magistrates court where he was convicted of breaching bail and twenty twelve more in the case reports from central london. well julian saunders found guilty by a pretty to be scathing judge inside westminster magistrates court here a little bit earlier on the judge told us on just a narcissist to call him that constitute a self interest and i saw him just told me he would be sentenced to a later date set up by a video link from the u.k. charges to tree in a sauna skipping bail back in twenty twelve they carry a month maximum s

. some of it has to do with stimulus. it does put china into a stronger bargaining position for u.s. trade talks. in january larry kudlow was saying china looks weak and that gave the u.s. a strong hand in exacting concessions from china. with china being stronger, they might push back at the final weeks of negotiations. want to talk more about trait in a moment but first let's go to kevin cirilli in washington. the president has his second veto coming up? kevin: the president issuing his second veto following a resolution that would have withdrawn u.s. support from the saudi civil war in yemen. the president saying in a statement this resolution is an attemptarily, dangerous to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of american citizens and brave service members in the future. of saudi arabia comes following the killing of jamal khashoggi as well as conservatives within the president's own heart -- own party, key allies, including rand paul from kentucky and mark meadows from north carolina. they do not have the votes as of now to override the veto. we should v

the decision as vicious and these valid to take action against u.s. forces based in the middle east prime minister says the us president ignored warnings. we reached out to all of our friends in trying to stop the american decision i spoke to king abdullah of jordan egypt in leadership and they also spoke to the american administration such decisions may have negative repercussions on iraq and the region but the u.s. administration went ahead with it. a three way battle is hotting up in the mountains of eastern afghanistan are still fighters started their offensive against the taliban province two weeks ago fighting forced around twenty thousand people from their villages and the afghan army special forces are being ordered to join the battle shallop both reports. the afghan army controls the roads and croon are but isolate and the taliban contests the countryside it's a police a school with you in convoy one of the few ways to exit areas further is the right for violence between the armed groups has escalated in recent weeks twenty thousand people from their hopes villages from the

the u.k. to be used in the event founder julian assange is extradited to the u.s. further fueling rumors the whistleblower is about to be expelled from his and to seek refuge in london. police in paris used tear gas and arrest more than forty people as protesters gather for the twenty first consecutive weekend of antigovernment yellow vests rally. supporters and opponents of the venezuelan president are preparing for a new wave of protests today all the opposition leader announces a new plan to topple nicolas maduro. i'm not in the play live from the history of the past for elections some vying to be prime minister spot control. until palestine platforms. even thanks for joining us this is art. wiki leaks says that it's obtained a press strategy agreed on by ecuador and the u.k. in the event we can leaks founder julian assange she's extradited to the united states that whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador as embassy in london twenty twelve rumors are circulating he's about to be expelled and potentially handed over to america according to wiki leaks ecuador will claim a son

he says increasingly worried about the fed's independence. steve mnuchin says the u.s. and china are ever closer to a deal. he also warns about currency manipulation in japan. shery: let's get you started with a quick check of the markets close. investors were broadly optimistic over the global economic outlook after some positive data out of china. we saw the s&p 500 gain ground for a straight -- third straight week. financials leading the gains with some solid earnings out of jp morgan. the health care sector it was the only sector that was in the red with insurers falling for a second consecutive session as we had congress debating drug prices. u.s. futures holding steady at the moment. let's see how we are setting up for asia. sophie: asian futures posing modest gains. adding a third of a percent this monday. at the start of a week which marks the start of u.s. japan trade talks. economic data will be closely watched for signs of stabilization. today we look at numbers from india as the r.b.i. governor warns the economy has to deal faster with poverty and other challenges. as

we are coming in the next hours. u.s. stocks rise despite the emergence of the u.s. economy. the nasdaq climbing to a 10th of its all-time high. qualcomm and apple strike a deal, bringing their chip licensing battle to an end. and, indonesia kicks up the biggest exercise of one-day democracy in the world. we are live in jakarta as polls open. shery: later in bloomberg technology global link, we will analyze netflix's forecast as the giant feels the heat of competition and slowing user growth. a quick reminder on how u.s. stocks closed at the moment. the tuesday session in the u.s. u.s. stocks were higher with the dow up 3/10 of 1%. the s&p 500 stayed above the 2900 level, the highest level in six months. financials leading the gains with black rock result's upsetting some of the weakness from bank of america. we did get some other sectors like health care and utilities, really weighing on the markets. the s&p 500 barely changed. the nasdaq at the highest level since october. newsd qualcomm surging on that it reached an agreement with apple and entered a licensing agreement. u.s.

following the breakdown of talks with the united states u.s. president donald trump has met twice to see jack dorsey just hours after he launched an attack against the social media giant saying twitter was biased against him the meeting took place behind closed doors but according to the president it went great. scientists believe they have measured the feste seismological tremont on another planet the famed picked up by nasa is inside the probe and has been labeled amal's quake researchers hope to analyze how rocky planets were formed by analyzing seismic activity on mas well those are the headlines join me for more news here off the inside story. stop buying iranian oil or face sanctions will the u.s. ultimatum stoked tensions in the gulf and does donald trump risk alienating friends and antagonizing god this is its story. hello and welcome to the program on iran call on old prices are on the rise of the united states announced a new crackdown on iran's oil exports aimed at reducing them to zero the iranians say will never happen there again threatening to block the strait of hormu

extradition to the u.s. where the justice department has revealed he's wanted for allegedly conspiring to hike computer. for moscow you're watching international i'm daniel hawkins review was today thanks for joining us on the program. and a dramatic turn of events after nearly seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london wiki leaks founder julian assange was arrested on thursday morning whistleblower is now in police custody he's potentially facing extradition to the u.s. where he's wanted on charges of conspiring to hack government computer systems video agency ruptly captured the moment and distressed looking a song that was dragged out of the diplomatic compound. place was. probably was the only video agency to film in june a song being removed from the embassy a number of media outlets initially claimed the whistleblower had left on his own accord sian was arrested outside they were forced to change their stories off the images released following his arrest julian a song was taken to us once the magistrates courts where he was found guilty of breaching bail

north carolina hope solo a former member of the u.s. world cup team and a two time olympic gold medalist with the u.s. olympic team and in toronto canada shereen ahmed a sports activist and co-host of burn it all down a feminist sports podcast with a great name welcome everyone to this stream i hope i want to start with you i want to just dive right in there because you have lived experience with this i know so in your experience what do you think is the most striking difference between the way that football associations treat the women's game versus the men's well i think it is quite simple it all comes down some and at the end of the day money is what's most important to market the game money is let's most important. harder to make huge growth in the women's game and when you look at the men's game they are so much further along but many many moons ago several decades ago they were where the women's game is that to get it and it took investment it's that marketing and it took money to get where they are and it's exactly what the women need in this hope as you were speaking the

east. part. of the top stories here on al-jazeera forces supporting the u.s. government have been deployed to defend libya's capital as troops loyal to the warlord have to move closer to the city and u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting on friday to discuss the crisis libya's interior minister told on jazeera the u.s. government has lost faith in international efforts to resolve the crisis and the u.s. congress has given final approval to a resolution to stop american funding for the war in yemen build now heads to the white house for the president's signature but donald trump says he'll veto the move . the u.s. secretary of state has called the nato allies to adapt a new emerging threats from russia and china might bump made the call to foreign ministers gathered in washington seventieth anniversary state department correspondent roles in jordan as more. the twenty nine foreign ministers of nato spent thursday discussing the latest challenges to the security alliance chief among them the government of russian president vladimir putin from support for bashar assad

. let's stay with the markets and the latest on trade. stocks rallying in asia as the u.s. treasury secretary says talks with china are hopefully getting close to the final round. a sign that two sides are edging closer to the deal. steven mnuchin says the u.s. is open to facing repercussions if it doesn't live up to the commitments in an agreement. data released after trading ended last week showed growth in china exceeded estimates last month. joining us is henrietta, head of investment rate credits for europe at wells fargo asset management. great to have you with us. there's an op-ed piece saying the data we've had from china is good. he's just not convinced of the long-term nature of the growth trajectory. is that a fair take of the data sentiment this morning? welcome. henrietta: good morning. thank you for having me. i think it's probably true. they have tried to facilitate credits at the moment under the transfer mechanism. it's done a degree of stimulus, but nothing like what they did post financial crisis or 2015-2016. it will be interesting to see how much it lasts and wh

grows in equity markets. cash trade is less than 30 minutes away. anna: helicopter money. the u.s. proposes retaliatory tariffs on european goods including aircraft. official site the wto report on aircraft. socgen/is jobs. 1600rench bank has gutted rolls globally with investor solutions seeing three quarters of the losses. novartis will complete gets share repurchase this year as goldman sachs assesses the danger of a world without buybacks. good morning. matt: less than a half-hour away from the european open. take a look, first off. i have the bones here in my screen -- the bunds here in my screen. we are back and forth between positive and negative territory. this u.s.-eu trade story combined with the eu-china trade talks that happened today in brussels could really weigh on bund yields. could be a real problem for the european economy. it is only $11 billion in goods donald trump is talking about right now. that doesn't -- include some important french cheeses. german futures were mixed of this morning, now pointing down across europe. dax futures up three -- 0.3%. cac future

lees our global report today as u.s. president donald trump puts an end to exemption for sanctions against the oil nation previously eight countries china greece india italy japan south korea taiwan and turkey or granted waivers regarding the u.s. sanctions against iran energy sector now the white house has announced that president trouble will not reissue those waivers effectively making those nations subject to sanctions under u.s. laws as of may second white house press secretary sara sanders said this decision is intended to rein iran's oil exports to zero u.s. secretary of state mike pump a claim that iran's regional rivals saudi arabia and the u.a.e. are working with the u.s. to boost oil output which would offset the loss for more we're joined by hillary for which the all of straw mark the guide to having a hilarious iraq so right now by not be issuing these authorities when they expire president trump is effectively trying to bring iran's oil exports down to zero and denying this regime this principal source of revenue is that he's trying to bring them back to the negotiati

russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election was total nonsense and a domestic audience speaking at the international arctic formants in petersburg the russian leader said it was clear from the beginning they had been no collusion between the kremlin and donald trump the need for trying to reports. at the international arctic forum where are. the main discussion events of this get together the draws and the audience was being frank they wanted to hear answers to the questions that had nothing to do about the arctic quantum or appalled and didn't want to or didn't get a chance to call them and on the end of the robert moore probe this time amid questions about climate change amid issues lie. c o two emissions the moderator of the discussion decided to devote a chunk of the whole panel discussion to international issues mainly in particular a lot of our poor take on the next chapters of the u.s. marshal ations and one of the questions was about the end of the more probe so let's listen to what a lot of reporting said to that. we were saying from the beginning to this commission wou

weekend. get a quicks reminder of how u.s. stocks ended the session on friday. the s&p and nasdaq rising to record highs driven by better than forecasted earnings. also considering the u.s. gdp report showing underlying weakness i could see markets pricing in further rate cuts from the fed. this will be closely watched. looking at how we are shaping up in asia, we have japan off-line for the golden week break that marks the start of the new imperial era. we have keeley stocks gaining -- kiwi stocks gaining. s&p.w gains for the over in korea, we could see stocks snapping a three day decline. we will get export figures along with earnings from samsung, that come after disappointing number that we got from korea. let's get to breaking news right now from spain. spanish socialists have won the election. we will have a little bit more on that result in a little while. for now, let's get the first word news. start with boeing. they say all of the 737 max 8 customers will get a software update as the model remains grounded, following those deadly crashes. a feature known as the angle of

activist investor. u.s. house democrats issuing a subpoena to don mcgann, a key witness in robert mueller's investigation. tois the biggest move yet mine evidence over whether donald trump obstructed justice. president trump dropping plans to put herman cain on the federal reserve board, amid opposition from his own party. democrats are urging republicans to block the president's other pick. accusesdictment corporate injury. funds.gedly used foreign global news 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. todd -- viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. francine: saudi arabia has pledged the global crude market will not go out of balance and will coordinate other producers after the white house announced it was ending waivers. announcing we will no longer grant exemptions. we are going to 0. we will monitor compliance. any nation or entity interacting with iran should use due diligence. the risks will not be worth the benefits. francine: joining us, our managing editor. this is probably our biggest story of

he will. be trained to be a prize or. some of the leaders of the chinese will have said the u.s. military officials are confused and that they will be dealt with as they've done in the past with other uprisings but there's been little information from the chinese one turns on the question of this government as to what they plan to do and of course this was a surprise. surprising event this morning and it took them by surprise as well. i mean these events this morning they called everyone seems old guard. why do you say that. he started the final phase of his plan to alst president much zero do we know why why he's doing that nail and the fact that the u.s. secretary of state went from pay was so quick to tweet that the u.s. supports why the today is is that a sign that maybe there was cord nation in the events leading up to today. well it's going to follow the new government went through starting from jan words today there's been a lot of elements that have left the journalists and politicians perplexed as to what organization is there and terms of anything that's going on and w

be some kind of trade deal. will it be beneficial to the u.s.? >> i don't think it will make that much difference. i think we will reduce the trade deficit with china. as long as we run a big busted -- budget deficit and the dollar is high, we will have a big traded deficit anyway. it is just a matter with whom. instead of a big trade deficit with china, we have one with malaysia, it does not make much difference for americans. we will not fix trade problems until we have a slightly lower dollar. does usmcawhat point pastor congress? >> i don't think this congress will do anything that helps the trump administration. we are at a clinical deadlock and -- political deadlock and gridlock. vonnie: we will continue on this in just a moment. david kelly is staying with us. let's check in on the news. >> in sri lanka, the government is blaming a local muslim terror group for the series of deadly bombings. the attacks on churches and hotels killed at least 290 people and wounded hundreds more. christians and tourists were targeted. authorities have arrested 24 suspects. there had been sev

morning the u.s.'s designating iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, a foreign terrorist organization, and the u.s. has never used the designation for an entire foreign government entity. iran has threatened to retaliate. secretary pompeo answers questions before turning the news conference over to the u.s. special representative for iran and the state department counterterrorism coordinator. this is about half an hour. secretary pompeo: good morning. i'm here to make an important foreign policy announcement concerning the islamic republic of iran. today, the united states is continuing to build its maximum pressure campaign against the iranian regime. i'm announcing our intent to designate the islamic revolutionary guard corps, force, as s k quds a terrorist organization. this designation will take ffect one week from today. this is the first time that the united states has designated a part of another government as an f.t.o. we are doing it because the regime's use makes it different from any other government. this historic step will deny the leading state sponsor the financial mean

all americans. untruths based near washington d.c. . this is where our journey starts to the u.s. naval base at guantanamo bay. forty five square miles of america on the southeastern corner of cuba. the military commission hearings take place at camp justice inside this camp there is a multi-million dollar legal complex series secret about to film it all say where it is journalists meanwhile are billeted in these tents. the trip it again tom has only been possible under very strict conditions we've had to sign a long document agreeing to restrictions on what we can film where accompanied at all times by a military mind that mind checks all footage so all the pictures you will see from here have been vetted. thirst lighted camp justice kuantan a man every day begins the same way with the star-spangled banner. to media h.q. is based in a partially derelict aircraft hangar where we await a military minder to accompany us to the secret court we cannot film. we come to observe proceedings under strict conditions journalists n.g.o.s family members of nine eleven victims and sit in a sp

grabbed global attention and spark concern as possible extradition to the u.s. . also this hour a u.s. democratic presidential hopeful says african-americans should receive financial compensation for the suffering of their ancestors under slavery we debate the issue . because somebody. doesn't mean i'm responsible for it you know you should have been able to while they were alive if the government had literally buried it head and paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people in america. and the military coup sudan's president arrested and emergency rule imposed on the space of twenty four hours. welcome to the weekly here on our to international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. after almost seven years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london at wiki leaks co-founder joined the song a sensational dragged out by police this week it came shortly after the south american country suspended the whistleblower citizenship and revoked his asylum video agency filmed exclusive footage of the moment he was arrested. ah. ah ah. following his arrest the w

include the potential for a sudden tightening of market conditions if u.s. trade talks collapse now, the chairman of ubs, though, he has sounlded very, very optimistic. jumana spoke with him at the spring meeting and asked him whether china was on course for a hard landing take a listen. >> i've heard so many hard landing discussions are not china that, you know, even when i started in 2004 and governor joseph was asked hard or soft landing, he said no landing, and he was absolutely right. i do see that the fiscal monitor stimulus in china is going to work out china is recovering. the trade dispute with china is -- looks like it will be resolved at least on the trade side some of the dark clouds over the chinese economy are disappearing for us at ubs, because we had a strong asia and a strong china presence was the diversification didn't help, but when the economy came down over the end of last year, the recovery that is v-shaped and different shaded emerging markets are already rebounding we're benefitting from that. we're seeing that once diversification across business and regions did

beginning of may in twenty ten wiki leaks published footage provided by whistleblower chelsea manning of u.s. soldiers killing civilians in iraq the u.s. said the hack posed a grave security risk but the website also leaked e-mails from the inbox of ecuador's president and first lady sanders hosts weren't amused by people who think of us as the patients of ecuador has breached its limits on the behavior of mr song he installed electronic and distortion equipment that was not allowed he blocked the security cameras of the ecuadorian mission in london he has confronted and mistreated guards he had access to the security files of our embassy without permission other former supporters won't forgive him for the twenty sixteen us election they think the wiki leaks publication of democratic party e-mails may have tipped it for donald trump. al-jazeera london. still ahead on al-jazeera trapped in a remote camp with worsening conditions will have more on the plight of tens of thousands of internally displaced syrians more threats of u.s. military action in venezuela to remove president maduro from po

capabilities from the korean peninsula. russian national jailed in the u.s. for failing to register as a foreign agent but a lawyer says she's a victim of the current political climate in washington. not of. his activities in the us were illegal. of them selves but she got caught up in this. hysteria. and saudi arabia comes under fire from the un and human rights organizations for a mass execution with concerns of the charges against the thirty seven mostly she. hello sunday morning here in moscow russia around the world to you this is out international with me kevin now in thanks for watching it's a news review of the week in the big stories we brought you over the last seven days first and from a nuclear free north korea to bilateral relations with even approach and kim jong un met for the first time on thursday russia's far eastern city of light of all stock hosted the summit and after more than two hours of face to face talks that he's expressed their willingness to further develop relations and tackle the situation on the korean peninsula. and that's just if we just had a fairly n

of the extensions to the u.s. sanctions a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry denounced the move as an example of a quote unilateral sanctions and long arm dura stiction the turkish foreign minister was similarly indignant over the trump state department's policy change now a senior iranian military official has been quoted in state media saying that officials are prepared to block traffic through the strait of hormuz and all prices are hovering near a six month high. now about this strait of her months what and where it is and how could it be a threat to the move of the oil markets the strait is a twenty one miles of ocean between iran and oman and geo graphically separates a permit her persian gulf from the gulf of oman roughly twenty percent of global oil production passes through the strait in route to markets around the world virtually all of qatar's output of liquefied natural gas is also shipped through the strait. in years past iran and the u.s. were in tangled in an international equivalent of trash talking around the strait for decades most seriously in one tho

now apply that to the u.s. dollar the u.s. dollar is a ponzi scheme why do people buy the u.s. dollar because if they don't the u.s. military a cent and they're obliterated whether it's iraq or libya or some other place like this around and so that's what paul krugman a set of the new york times rightly said the u.s. dollar is worthless it's backed by violence. so for example europe not america has eleven trillion and negative. denmark is one of the longest suffering of negative yield and they have their own currency so you know where why it is worth earning because u.s. dollar is still the majority of all transactions in the globe are u.s. dollars to post world war two standard economic the measurement is the u.s. dollar and that's why at the moment you have day dollars a shindig level ization going on pretty rapidly and you have the the new york times would say this constant reminder to people around the world whether it's a c.n.n. that just came out recently and warned venezuela to stop playing games so back to the story about bank of america and their charts and looking at the glo

u.s. formally enables yvonne's revolutionary guard a terrorist organization. and welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with them also ahead as rain voters go to the polls and an hour i'll decide whether to give benjamin netanyahu a fifth term. pick challenger ben coutts. the u.n. secretary general calls on libya as one partings to stop the true operations and a verdict in the trial of three natives of hong kong's pro-democracy movement we will be live from hong kong. and the president and move donald trump has designated iran's revolutionary guard a foreign terrorist organization as the first time that washington has taken such a step with an arm of another country's in the tree also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps i r g c one hundred twenty five thousand troops strong is joining sixty seven others on the u.s. is a foreign terrorist organization list the secretary of state says the i.r.g.c. is a fundamental threat to u.s. national security the urgency masquerade as a legitimate military organization but not of

troops and it's here that he connects with u.s. intelligence agents here in chad he actually defects from the libyan military and pledges loyalty to the national front for the salvation of libya which is this u.s. cia saudi backed operation that's dedicated and planning to overthrow gadhafi he and his men are literally trained by the cia special activities division which is the cia's paramilitary on. arm in sabotage and these other guerilla skills now this coup attempt fails to the point where in one nine hundred ninety s. officials had to rescue him and his fellow libyans to find them a place to live because the new chad government was actually planning to kick them out a u.s. military aircraft flew three hundred fifty of these men including hoft are to the u.s. and they're given refugee status this is where he continues to train with the national front for the liberation for the salvation excuse me of libya in rural virginia he was very close to here in anticipation for another libyan attempt and are smarter audience members might notice this is quite close to cia headquarters so s

rights organizations cry foul after a palestinian activist is denied entry to the u.s. we spoke to omar barghouti about his experience. with the u.s. administration has been mobilized to do israel's bidding and trying to silence the israeli international human rights defenders. and the belgian government center first time for security fails to find evidence of any threat from away despite the chinese tech giant been accused of spying by the u.s. and allies. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r.t. h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. wiki leaks co founder julian assange is now in prison i had a hearing next month on extradition to the u.s. lawmakers have spoken to the media outside the jail they've been scheduled to meet in london's acord or an embassy and to last week's arrest misha southie has the details. i'm outside the prison where chilliness songe is being held in custody it's a category a prison in south east london now today members of the german bundestag and the european parliament were in front of the prison holding a press conference pro

forward to it. as money managers have not been this optimistic about u.s. oil since october. meanwhile, talking about global risk, seven straight days of gains for u.s. equities. you could ask if it was a goldilocks report for equities markets. we had gains and payrolls but a little softness coming through in the wage number. 10 year yield lower. foot,-yen on the back 3/10 of 1% lower. the bloomberg dollar index overall is steady. we did not see it react too much on friday either to the jobs report. it was in the equity markets where we saw that reaction. futures in europe pointing a bit lower right now. cable on the front foot, up to tenths of a percent. theresa may will be asking the eu this week for that extension to june 30. will they want a longer extension and what does that mean? we will discuss later in the show. manus: you touched on the oil market. both wti and on brent. hedge funds are building up their positions. . the question is, is this a supply-side story? that is the debate we will have at part of the forum. libya, sanctions on venezuela, nigeria, and iraq,

u.s. depending on how you measure that. so we have enough scale to invest across the group, which is one of the ways we are aiming to work more for countries like the u.s. or other countries where we don't have the profitability we want. we are going to really take advantage of our size globally. your returns to a --holders, when with when will they rise globally? francine: your returns to shareholders, when will they rise globally? up.t: we took our capital we are increasing different cash dividends per share, and our share price is lower than a few years ago. having said this, what is important is our does not havehare adverse effects. we delivered 55% earnings-per-share over this time period. euros it was above 20%. definitely the markets value was different than most european banks. francine: is there anything investors ask of you? is it capital? is it recurring? guest: people ask about capital all the time. what i can say is first, we are not getting from the supervisors today recognition for our certification. however, the market does give us that recognition. at verytually

used in the event its founder julian assange is extradited to the u.s. for the fueling rumors the whistleblower is about to be booted out of his embassy refuge in london. the u.n. security council calls on libya's rival factions to avoid bloodshed as a commander from the east of the country advances history towards the capital. limits of archer the current injured i'm not sure but he was from. and as israel prepares for elections with some of those vying for the prime minister posts and sparked controversy with their tough anti palestinian platform. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q well in the russian capital thanks for joining us this hour. wiki leaks claims to have obtained a press strategy agreed on by aqua door in the u.k. in the event its founder julian assange is extradited to the u.s. the whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador us embassy in london almost seven years ago rumors are circulating that he's about to be kicked out and potentially handed by britain to the americans according to wiki leaks ecuador will claim a songe broke the t

this hour the u.s. africa command is forced to defend itself after a report reveals washington has been running dozens of military missions on the continent. a project of truly epic ambition britain and germany held china's belt and rode trading network initiative of the countries take part in a major economic forum on beijing's plan. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the french president emmanuel mccrone has gone on the defensive claiming he's done nothing wrong and the way he's been dealing with the country's issues they tell me televised address on thursday night he made an impassioned plea to the public and the protesters who've been rocking the country for almost six months now. you can please many of the q i asked myself the question did we take a wrong turn i think it's quite the opposite i believe that to lead a democracy today no matter the country has to accept not to be popular and i'd rather be responsible for it and be unpopular rather than to seek to charm in such a way that would always be

assange is to be extradited to the u.s. the whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador us embassy in london in two thousand and twelve rumors are circulating that he's about to be expelled and potentially handed by britain to america according to wiki leaks ecuador will claim asylum he broke the terms of his asylum with the u.k. giving assurances it won't let the u.s. sentence him to death that's precisely the fate of songe fears is in store for him if he's extradited with the u.s. still furious about wiki leaks having release classified material foreign minister meanwhile took to twitter to dismiss rumors that his country would hand over the whistleblower just supporters say he's doing crucial work and must be protected. but it was obvious not possible to mistreat someone this way just because he revealed news that by their beach and powerful people and as a publisher he has revealed all kinds of human rights violations war crimes this information needs to get out united states says that they're defending democracy around the world and they're not defending democracy at all really t