the u.s. was presenting that oriental decolonization had now been accomplished and achieved by the u.s. in south korea and also that in terms of japanese american internment, the japanese americans themselves also had accepted that history. now, during the kidnapping, the single most important demand that they were making, so bring us back to kotah island, so they wanted the cessation of precisely this, of the repatriation interrogation room, and the reason why they were asking for the cessation of that was that they were claiming that the u.s. was forcing subjects of the dprk to essentially renounce the state's sovereign claim over them. so let's return to compound 76 in may 1952, for the three days dod was in the compound, he actually had to attend multiple meetings with the p.o.w.s. they collectively, and dod signed papers representing this organization. this active writing by dod was central to the project of the p.o.w.s and, this is really where actually the p.o.w.s demand for a thousand

u.s. posture will go here. i'm joined by two scholars. michelle is a co-founder and managing partner, a former co-founder and chief executive of a center of new american security and served on the board . and she is at the heart of our nuclear policy discussion. she served as the under secretary of defense from february 2009 to february 2012. george is the ken oliver chair and vice president for studies at the karen egg's endowment for international peace. and nonproliferation issues and coming up with new issues of strategic and publications and books on these issues. and he worked for a prominent u.s. senator who became u.s. president. george, i will like you to introduce the report. >> thanks those of you who are joining online and michelle for joining us. i'm going to summarize 105-page report in 10 minutes. if i get carried away, it may get through it longer but i hope we will have a good discussion. we conducted a long discussion and analysis of, you know, all of the facets that go i

and they have u.s. operations. >> the is operations in dallas. they are based in monterey, and mexico. they are in egypt, they are all around the world. see what they are the saudi arabia cornflower. >> you could say that. >> give me another example of the mexican company investing in the unitede states, i think we never hear about this. there are tons of these there are lots of examples like this. the fourth largest confectionery in the world. >> largest breadmaker. they bought about four years ago, sara lee. >> host: really? >> guest: they own sarae lee. it is a huge mexican company. i think it's the most effective one in mexico in bread making is also a global company. they have o the best logistics you can imagine. and of course they have also more than 30 factories in the u.s. stuart are they the ones it on the twinkies? >> guest: i don't think so but i can check. sue and their also famous for the white bread. >> guest: yes yes.e basically they are great. they are other companies that are smaller,

as you travel the u.s. to report on her and her campaign, what has been the reaction of the indian american community to her success? >> it has been interesting. her selection as joe biden's running mate was celebrated and hailed. and when joe biden won the election and she became the first asian and black woman to ascend to the vice presidency, that has been a huge source of pride for indian americans everywhere in the u.s. and in india. you saw more tempered reactions when vice president harris was running her own campaign for president. in the days of her campaign, i had done some reporting to explore the reaction among indian americans, and while indian americans were glad she was in the race, and proud to see her there and proud to see more representation of indian americans and asians in the political landscape, they were not rallying to her campaign. there certainly was a generational difference. a lot of older indian americans were very excited about her candidacy, a lot of younger indian americans

u.s. lawmakers grilled key players and the gamestop retail frenzy. there was a 27% rally. wall street fell to its lowest in a week over concerns over rising borrowing costs. oil also declined with u.s. refineries remaining shut for days to come. and a new leader -- for the tokyo olympic committee. host 2: let's turn to sophie kamaruddin to find out what to watch for. reporter: a holding -- holding steady. consolidating around the mid-77 level. yesterday, we got an update showing a strong start to sales for the start of the year but they anticipate a slowdown in march. farmers getting a raise on tracking the recovery in australia. also waiting on japanese pmi and inflation numbers. we do have nikkei futures settling higher. some tepid moves expected on friday after the drop in asian stocks yesterday with tech leading the drop. texas is in the spotlight. the oil patch is resuming operations there. losing some ground, about 1% at the start of trade in asia. and another company sank to a eight

in the u.s. state of iowa a number of people were injured in a pile up of some 40 vehicles police said 2 officers were helping with multi car crashes in the area when the larger pile up and officials said there were no fatalities. to syria now where conditions facing refugees in the northwest of the country are increasingly desperate there's all ongoing fighting a coronavirus pandemic heavy rains and bitterly cold temperatures tens of thousands of people fled to the province about a year ago in search of safety away from the assad regime's attacks on rebel territory as hundreds of makeshift refugee camps are set up close to the border with turkey but they lack basic supplies and the winter weather is making things worse there's very little safety to be found there w. correspondent but to get a short visit a family in one of the camps. to bartend frame standing among charred to ruins the reminder of the horrible night 4 weeks ago when. just his 10 year old daughter . in the bitter cold his tent ne

the u.s. says the taliban have not kept their word, including cutting ties with al qaeda. >> it is time that the taliban and their supporters showed the same will for seeking peace as they have demonstrated in seeking conflict. reporter: the taliban say your insistence in completing your five-year term is an obstacle in this peace process. >> what is there alternative? reporter: elections? >> elections. the republic is a system that runs by the will of the people. the source of legitimacy of the next government will be absolutely clear. it has to be the will of the people. reporter: does that have to come at the end of your five-year term? >> no. reporter: it could be earlier if the right conditions are in place? >> this is a premature discussion. reporter: but everyone is talking about. >> everyone is talking. this is a free country. reporter: it's been talked about our regional powers, opposition politician >> let them talk. reporter: washington does not want its forces here a day longer tha

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see this as u.s. officials ramp up vaccination efforts across the country rolling out mass facts and . coast to coast san francisco opening a vaccination hub that has the capacity to administer 10000 shots a day. we watch it on the street while going to. just to be sure did he or did this fire is raging for the world's major sports stadiums across the nation also swapping live sports for cove in 1000 vaccines for a fascination for overhauling. new york thank you stadium drawing lines of people from surrounding neighborhoods in the bronx one of new york city's boroughs with the highest percentage of positive coronavirus cases they did move to sydney it's moving. to keep your point. so that back but amid the country's most ambitious vaccination effort in its history a recent survey says about a quarter of americans remain hesitate in getting the shot and say they probably or definitely would not get the coven 1000 x. seen and according to the centers for disease control there are a notable number of fro

in the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted calls to confront saudi arabia citing the value of arms sales and the importance of support in confronting iran and refused to take action against mohammed bin salman. joe biden promised if he won the election he would recalibrate relations with riyadh but again his white house won't take action against mohammed bin salmon directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate it. to be more in line with our interests and our values and i think that we have to. understand as well that this is this is bigger than any one person the u.s. has also knows what it caused by an imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not just those involved in the killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas so has dismissed the report calling it negative false and unacceptable the release of this report is an extraordinary rebuke to a man anointed as the next leader of a close

the u.s. president is going to speak to that directly in fact we've just received some excerpts of his speech and really that is the common thread throughout the excerpts that we are looking at here diplomacy now going to be the top priority of this administration a complete turnaround from the america 1st policies of the trumpet ministration the last 4 years the president's going to tell all of us that are listening to the speech that he's been talking to canada mexico the u.k. germany france nato japan south korea australia list goes on about re forming the habits of cooperation and rebuilding the muscles of democratic alliances that have after a feed for 4 years of neglect and abuse it couldn't be much clearer what he's saying is that i'm in charge now things are going to be different and the closing line of this excerpt particularly poignant he says the united states will again lead not just by the example of our power but by the power of example and that moral authority of the united stat

u.s. capitol that killed five people. they are arguing that trump had been stoking his supporters for months. our washington correspondent is standing by with the latest. the u.s. announces sanctions againsthe military regime in myanmar following a coup there last week. protester in the fifth straight day with two protesters -- hurt in clashes with police. one critically. a well-known activists in saudi arabia is released after serving three years. she was a leading voice in the fight in her countries ban on criminal -- ♪ hello, everywhere. thanks for joining us. the inciter in chief come the name house managers gave to donald trump as they argue h is responsible for an insurrection of the u.s. capitol on january 6. this is the second day of his impeachment trial in the senate. since he's already out of office he faces the punishment of not being allowed to run for political office again. they are using unseen video from the capital -- the u.s. capitol and clips of trump's statements to

is the u.s. losing the war against cyber attacks american trade agents reveal that other countries hired them to spy on washington and its allies president joe biden is promising to make cyber security a priority so can he deliver this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage enjoy him the united states has one of the world's most extensive intelligence operations the government is projected to spend just under $1000000000.00 on cyber security this year despite this security experts say the u.s. is losing ground to other nations who are hiring american trained agents to spy on enemies and other americans the new york times says the united arab emirates hired former national security agency operatives to target they hacked e-mails between caught a chef homo's up and also and michelle obama during the former 1st lady's visit to doha in 2015 it's the latest allegation of the u.a.e. hiring u.s. expertise to spy on adversaries the revelations come as america is still reeling from o

it's a u.s. based far right extremist group why hasn't it been declared a terrorist group here that's what they're going to scuffs with our panel today there is a renewed interest of course in domestic terrorism now with the new administration of what happened on cheney or 6 in fact i believe president biden might be the 1st president ever to mention it in an operation speech here listen to this. a cry for survival comes from planet itself a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now a rise of political extremism white supremacy domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat. white supremacy and domestic terrorism in the not perish and speech now here's the thing the u.s. actually doesn't have a formal law for domestic terrorism is of the debate as should it but as we know from the past what happens when the u.s. has expanded temp powers under the name of terrorism often is minority groups in the u.s. who have suffered the most under those new laws so that's also can

the u.s. food and drug administration is expected to approve a one dose coated $1000.00 vaccine made by johnson and johnson for use in the u.s. today the approval would make millions of additional dose is available as early as next week it would be the 3rd vaccine approved for the u.s. market. door to telecom posted record revenues of more than $100000000000.00 euros last year that's thanks in part to its acquisition of its u.s. rival sprint the extra cash flow is good news for the german telecoms operator it's planning billions in new investment as it expands its global 5 g. network. now nearly a month since the military topple the government of sushi hundreds of thousands of people are still protesting among them business owners and their staff but while they believe in the movement it's getting harder to stay in themselves and their employees here's the story of one businessman. hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters have taken to the streets of myanmar's largest city young dawn in re

the u.s. 10 year. 113 is where we trade, five, six year highest, steepest for that particular yield curve. lots to talk about. european stocks futures are trending higher, setting the stage for a full week of sessions in the green. that's after u.s. equities hit a record in asian indexes woes. earnings focus after a slew of european banks this week. let's get into the market conversation. we're joined by our markets live team. let me ask you about where the dollar is because this could have an impact on other assets. we have seen dollar weakness as a very consensus trade. the 2021 story has been different than dollar strength. and the dollar has started rising in conjunction with stocks. some are asking whether the dollar isn't the haven anymore, or lease playing that role. it's playing a different role. what do you see? heather: good morning. the dollar, consensus trade for the dollar to be weaker in 2021 does seem to be breaking down. it seems that the dollar can continue to rise with stocks

a u.s. farm up by a pharmaceutical company is looking to bring an indian ming covered 1000 vaccine to america pennsylvania things to occupy an ink wants to get kovacs in approved for use here in the states hopes are that it can play an important role in protecting americans from the crown of ice which would most likely standings in the stock market artie's album i have it has a story it has been one of the hardest hit countries in the global pandemic. with more than 10700000 registered infections india has recorded the 2nd highest number of covert cases in the world after the united states more than 150000 people in india have died so far from the corona virus but things are starting to get better . the number of active code 1000 cases in the country is continuously increasing it is currently less than 160000 this trend of declining and cases is ongoing the mass coded 19 vaccination drive program kicked off in india in mid january so far more than 4500000 doses of vaccines have been administ

we will see where u.s.-china trade relations are, and we will look at what that means for rare earth and some of the things where rare it is going to -- where rare earth is going to. coming up, mohamed el-erian. that interview at 9:00 a.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in london, and this is bloomberg. ♪ want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance: early edition." over the last couple of minutes, breaking news. we understand that china may have some rare earth technology exports on security concerns. this goes back to the earlier reports that they could ac

the u.s. is stepping up the covid genome sequence being to give the vaccines a fighting chance. >>> thousands of people take to the streets despite a curfew . >>> good to have you with us. former president donald trump is about to enter the history books again. in just hours from now he will become the first u.s. president ever to face an impeachment trial twice. all the action takes place in this building today. first up, senators will debate whether the proceedings shall constitutional. trump faces a charge of incitement to insurrection for his role on capitol hill on january 6th. senate leaders say they are ready to go. >> the second impeachment trial of donald j. trump will commence. only the fourth trial of a president or former president in american history. the first trial for any public official that has been impeached twice. for the information of the senate, the republican leader and i in consultation with both the house managers and former president trump's lawyers have agreed to a

the u.s. has kind of alienated a lot of the international community and i think biden as a newly elected president has a lot to live up to he promised to enforce democracy and universal values and he wants to bring back i think of the u.s. as a global superpower a global player and i think he will pick up. the entropy sounded distinctly ruffle to do some commentary said it was just a quip this comment about china will it's our lunch but from my from my view it seemed like he was he was ruffled and very consternation about the future is i mean i think he has reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has as xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and right initiatives there china policy in infrastructure and the developing the manufacturing industry i think if the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to los

the u.s. penitentiary last year we're going to print 10 trillion this year with no way of we don't conduct of the common county and how to pay this back i mean who are. i think we're going to pay it back to you so even exports or scrap trash exactly trash and soybean sounds like a new fast food restaurant tank nonstop carrier all right 2nd segment but thanks for being on plaza report thank you and that's going to do it for this edition of kaiser report with me max kaiser in today's era but want to thank our guest dan collins until next time by all. measures human beings to change regimes that are big enough to suit their us i think is what is lost there is that there is going to make people uneasy but really why should we be forced to buy time just because major sites are not. supposed to be in your brain why don't we just choose that. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african americans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. no not much but us thoug

look at the progress the u.s. is making in terms of its vaccination program compared to the situation we find ourselves in from a european perspective. from a policy standpoint and a delivery standpoint, the u.s. is on the march. you see the sales retail numbers released in the u.s. yesterday. superstrong. you are putting money into people's hands and that money is being spent. you see a much more vibrant picture. from an investment point of view, as a fixed income investor, we are starting to see u.s. yields lift more rapidly than european yields. that, in a sense, is helping the dollar. dollar underperformance may be behind us. the other way investors are looking at this is looking at stocks. u.s. equities continue to outperform their global peers. guy: will european bonds outperform those in the u.s.? what will be the gravitational effect of u.s. yields going higher on say the bund market and is that a problem for the ecb? mark: we are seeing yields pulling. there is that gravitational pull, spot on. central ba

the u.s. blaming the saudi crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi, why the u.s. won't punish him for it >>> the exclusive inside nxivm group, the doctor branding 17 other womens how she's defending herself. >>> zillow offers to buy your home based on its zestimate, is it worth with quick cash >> announcer: this is "nightly news," with lester holt. >> good evening, johnson&johnson got a thumbs up. the final decision is in the hand of the fda widely expected to ging to meet the country's insatiable demand for more vaccines we are covering the fall-out from last night u.s. air strike in syria we'll tell you why the administration is on the defensive. >>> let's begin with the breaking vaccine news with tom costello >> reporter: j&j says they are ready to ship millions of doses >> we are dealing with the pandemic right now and this is like an urgent thing, we are in a race between the virus mutating and new variants coming out causing further disease and stopping it. >> reporter: johnson&jo

so i began in february and at a moment when u.s. policy was very much the same as it had been when i was in the reagan administration in 1982 and that is to say policy was what we call positive engagement and the idea was to negotiate with china and bring them into what we call the global systemti and hope tht economic development was result in china and political liberalization if not democratization. that policy added to change on march the first 2018 when the economist magazine cover story said that the west had made the wrong bet on china and what i've written about is how we made the wrong bet and what we should be trying to do about it. >> host: when do you think -- your titleor says the world turd upside down and when do you think in terms of the u.s. and china relationship things became upside down? >> guest: well, i think beginning in the or it began really as i said at the early 1980s when we began to embrace china and try to meld china into the world trading system and into the broader global system but things really got

the u.s. launches an airstrike targeting iranian backed militia in syria the pentagon says it's in response to attacks on american personnel in iraq. hello again i'm watching al-jazeera live from the also coming up fears in brazil that a more contagious covert 19 strain is pushing the health system to the verge of collapse as the death toll exceeds 250000. to speed up the blocks back scene rollout but one of the difficult weeks ahead. and the song calling for change in cuba that's gone viral and has the government's fighting back. the u.s. has launched an air strike in syria targeting structures that belong to iranian backed militia it's the these strike targets at the military base near. the pentagon says it's in response to the recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. we're confident and the target that we whatever we know we did. and we're confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia. that conducted the strike. she had pretend she is following developments fr

the u.s. says the ball is in iran's court as the republic and washington spar over how to revive the deal. we have the latest. it :00 a.m. across the emirates. welcome to the monday edition of "daybreak: middle east. " assets ride -- rise as yields ride. it is melting quite literally in front of your eyes and our guest says this is the consequence of the reflation is trade as bond markets reprice negative yielding debt. i am asking the question, i didn't yesterday, i ask it today. are we at the beginning of a regime change. let me show you where bond yields are. big moves and copper and oil, playing reflation trade but the movement in the government bond yield still as more to run if you want to get back to pre-pandemic levels, 1.6%, the consensus is 1.45 by the end. the british bond market is up. the german market is up by 10 points. i take it to copper, ripping it up, above $9,000, the longest running rally since 1986. they say this is the largest deficit in a decade and inventories are shri

the u.s. has a huge role to play in that not only in its own development aid on its own overseas international. but you know how they. let me banks and i think we were in the eye on that. other country. on earth. sort of leadership navigating international institutions doesn't grab the limelight something where the u.s. still has unique influence things and crucially cutting carbon emissions involves fundamental changes to economic incentives affecting how global sectors like energy work this makes any real change far less vulnerable upswings in american politics future presidents powerless to stop it it sounds like a modest view of american leadership but listen to the man now fronting us foreign policy and his message is one of modesty i believe that. you military and confidence should be the flip sides of america's leadership coin. humility because we have a great deal of work to do at home to enhance our standing abroad and humility because most of the world's problems are not about us in

syria has condemned u.s. astronauts on its territory as cowardly washington says its targeted facilities used by iran backed militias president joe biden ordered the strikes in verse allegation for an attack against u.s. personnel in iraq syrian authorities say at least 17 people were killed and insist the u.s. has broken international law it's the 1st major military action taken by the by an administration has the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin. with. a record of it we were there you know. you were pretty good or did we read you the story about lucia good good good good good good history. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news this hour i mean miles u.n. ambassador opposed the military coup in his country during an emotional speech to the u.n. general assembly on friday ambassador shore moton the international community to condemn the coup and refuse to recognize the military regime that comes as protests continue across me and mom. in chile hundreds of anti-government proteste

u.s. president joe biden has one saudi arabia their rules are changing their relationship it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it says crown prince mohammed bin salam gave approval for to be killed or captured the kingdom has denounced the report as false and done acceptable ellen fisher reports from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures

he announced that the u.s. would rejoin the u.s. climate accord. >> so now as our first speaker in this program, we welcome the 46th president of the united states. president joe biden has truly been a loyal and long-term friend of the munich security conference. in 2019, mr. president, you said in this very place, in this very hall, we will be back. mr. president, thank you for keeping that promise. we welcome you back to the stage and you have the floor. thank you so much. president biden: thank you. it is great to be with you. we just spent from washington's perspective the morning together. i want to say hello to everyone and thank the munich conference for hosting this special session. for decades, as you have pointed out, i have participated in the munich security conference as u.s. senator, joining my colleagues from both sides of the aisle, to reaffirm the transatlantic partnership. three times as vice president of the united states, including but delivering the first policy address in the months we were in office, and two y

now u.s. president joe biden has outlined his vision for u.s. foreign policy in his 1st major policy speech biden said he wants to reassert u.s. global leadership we build alliances and reverse donald trump's america 1st agenda he added that he aims to end u.s. support for the war in yemen and halt the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany the united states is ready to engage with the world again that was joe biden's message from the modeled holes of washington state department for biden that means foreign policy must be grounded in a multilateral world rather than a defense of america's interests that puts america 1st. is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy so the u.s. will once more try to find solutions to the world's problems like in yemen dubbed the world's worst humanitarian crisis years of conflict has destroyed much of the country killing hundreds of thousands of people and leaving more near starvation the u.s. has given tacit backing to one side of that war no more says by. this war has to end. and to underscore

a top u.s. diplomat has died at the age of 100, he was secretary of state under ronald reagan and saw to keep distilled -- diplomacy going despite strains between washington and moscow. he also saw the decoupling of the dollar from the gold standard. he was a labor secretary in the nixon administration and pushed consensus-based foreign policy under ronald reagan. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell, this is bloomberg. paul: protesters turned out in the thousands in myanmar and india over the weekend despite efforts to stifle demonstrations with arrests. myanmar saw the biggest protest in more than a decade as demonstrators demanded the release of a civilian leader. we have the latest, describe what we have seen in myanmar over the weekend. dan: the breadth of the protest was staggering, tens of thousands of people filling all major cities in myanmar. this was very widespre

u.s. chamber of commerce and greece and much more to come. we will continue to be a strong voice in not observing the problems but really being actors of change. this year the eu will be our priority. we will partner with the eu delegation in washington to launch a national campaign to reset eu-u.s. relations and explain the european union to americans and explain why a strong and united eu is a core national interest of the united states. the mr. president, you've been transformational leader for europe leading the way to a more sovereign europe on the international stage to face these challenges, and this is why we're so delighted to have you with us today. we brought a group of americans and europeans from all walks of of life and generations to ask you questions on foreign policy issues, the global economic challenges, but also the societal challenges that our countries face together. let me ask you the first question, mr. president. joe biden was inaugurated as president two weeks ago

capital never before has the u.s. senate been both the impeachment court and the scene of the alleged crime and never before have senators been both jurors and witnesses as witnesses it may be painful to recall the events of that day as jurors deciding don't want trumps fate for some it may hurt less if they choose to forget i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. what happened here today was an insurrection incited by the president of the united states we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country if there were 3 could say we couldn't see it coming with drug good try. to come to try and baldness that they need to take back our country inciting a mob to attack the capitol let's walk down and still they knew this temple to democracy was desecrated we will never give up we will never concede it does it but the. pension committee and i speak assault on our nation and to our people. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we beg

the u.s. president heralds a return to multilateralism pledging to work with america's allies to solve the world's greatest challenges america is back the transatlantic alliance is back. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program the u.s. and other western nations pledged billions of dollars to the un's vaccine scheme to ensure the world's poorest get of that shadow. and in myanmar the anti could movement mourns the loss of a young protester who died after being injured by live ammunition. alone welcome to the program our top story u.s. president joe biden says america is back and ready to rejoin the international community stepping away from his predecessor as america 1st policy and his presidential debut on the global stage biden said his commitment to nato is unshakeable stating that an attack on one member is an attack on all president also used his speech at the munich security conference to push back against what he described as russia's

president also becoming the 1st sitting u.s. president to address the conference in munich america is back that was the overarching message throughout his speech if it was to be summed up and he certainly repeated it enough times when i last spoke in munich i was a private citizen but i said at that time we will be back. and i'm a man of my word america's back i speak today as president of the united states at the very start of my administration and i'm sending a clear message to the world america is back the transatlantic alliance is back and we are not looking backward we are looking forward together what we did hear from the u.s. president there was a lot of things we've heard from the united states in the past this russia is a problem when it comes to the european union we also heard from some of things about china particularly when it came to business joe biden saying that competition with china is going to be stiff but it's something that his administration relishes he also said that everybody has to play by the same rules

u.s. president joe biden says he's ending american support for saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons saudi arabia says it welcomes a political solution to the crisis and its former coalition partner u.a.e. says it's eager to see an end to the war in button's 1st foreign policy speech since taking office he promised to restore america's leadership in the. old a line says that what fraction jaring the trompe is a state department correspondent was in jordan reports. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st foreign policy speech at the state department and made news on the long running war in yemen where saudi and rocky forces have allegedly targeted civilians with u.s. made weapons this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales. and the coup in me and mark the mermaid's military should relinquish power they have seized release the advocates a

if you look at the u.s. alone, over the course of the last 12 months, we have seen about one trillion raised in cash funds. cash balances have increased by $1 trillion. so by our reckoning, u.s. mutual funds are currently holding about 5 trillion u.s. dollars in cash. we think that 50% of that is retail money. so i guess the question is, when that wad of money does hit, where does it hit? in our view, the probability that a large portion of that goes into equity markets shakes down the dividend. >> just returning to the gamestop story, did you go on reddit? do your traders go on reddit? i'm curious as to how engaged you guys were with that process? >> we were massively engaged. it was interesting looking at the situation with reddit. from the outside looking in, i would have really hated being involved in that particular situation, but i think it is becoming very, very clear now that reddit was not the sole driver of the rice action and volatility that we saw in certain stocks in late january. in fact, data

the u.s. under former president donald trump has clearly opposed to china in this ongoing conflict the same is true of the ever escalating dispute over the other island groups on the strategically important trade route between asia and the rest of the world. in an emergency will the u.s. risk reward for the sovereignty of taiwan and other asian countries. the big questions being asked about taiwan we touched on it already some are suggesting that we may be sleepwalking into a major conflict. yes i think it is very realistic as we can see what happened in hong kong the last 23 years nobody expected i mean of course hong kong was already in a much bigger influence under the communist regime in beijing as taiwan is at the moment but nobody expected that really destroy hong kong's democracy in such a fast way. to the way the chinese government did and. sort of also a failure of the west that they didn't pay enough attention and that they didn't take enough hard stands on beijing dealing with hong

u.s. says it is willing to talk to iran about the nuclear deal to find common ground on an accord abandoned by president trump. >> we assess the outlook for foreign banks in china as the big names jostle for position. we are joined exclusively by helman sitohang. >> asian stocks having a rough time coming back off the records we have seen of late. a retreat taking place. investors mulling what is been going on with the treasury yields in the u.s. and we look at the outlook of equities. and we had a wall street session in the doldrums providing a tailwind. shares down across the board. australia feeling it as well. data which was disappointing. the nikkei, 0.8% to the downside. we had a key inflation gauge easing in january which was after rising coronavirus cases forced the government to suspend a toward some -- tourism discount program. kospi -- positivity in the open. jakarta opening higher. yield creeping up for the 10 year appeared crude seeing -- yield creeping up for the 10 year. cru

and south africa spread right here in the u.s. scientists found the number of new variants are that originated from right here the most dangerous one being the q 677 spike imitation which has been found in the u.s. right now it's difficult to answer even basic questions about the very end because the u.s. researches less than one percent of corner buyers test samples now lastly on a february 16th and another a very contagious and deadly there ian was also found in several continent in fact this latest variant has been detected in 11 countries listed right here plus the fact that this is very and has been in so many countries indicates that it's been around for some time now. now the fear is that this a mutation could also make the vaccine less effective and brand all these new very and stay post to major threats 1st to counteract the higher risk of infection i t v could once again be tightened pushing you know economies back into recession in britain for example where one of the fast spreading variant is now widespread they re ent

a de kock before u.s. intelligence report claims the saudi crown prince approved the model of childless to mouth astrology in 2018 and what may become a game changer for us saudi relations. which has come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccines for front line was. the head of the e.u. clashes with germany to angle of mochel claims that paul's words will have to be used by all member states.

the u.s., germany and the eu are all calling for his immediate release. there have been public displays of anger against the military coup in myanmar. the biggest city, banging pots. she has moved into house arrest. scientists aa covid-19 variant found in u.k. has further mutated in a way that could help in data vaccines. tests show it is similar to south africa and brazil. the uk's tightening measures to control the spread of new strains. the government is also working with pharmaceutical companies to identify whether vaccines need to be modified to tackle the variants. the u.s. has rejected a call from iran to revive the nuclear deal, a spokesman said it is too early, in toronto must come back into full compliance. the foreign minister proposed. the u.s. left the nuclear deal in 2018 and reimpose sanctions. since then, iran has enriched uranium enrichment levels beyond the limits set out in the agreement. joe biden has signed a series of executive orders aimed at reversing donald trump's har

the u.s. is sold more than a 1000000 barrels for writing oil sales last year as part of washington sanctions program while another vessel with the runs intercept and crude also is selling to an american poet the seizures become standard practice for the u.s. this punishment than for to runs alleged nuclear plans washington claims all income generated will go to fund for victims of state sponsored terrorism but next artie's don't call it looks at who actually gets that money. need not idea for a side hustle put sanctions on a country pirate its oil exports and sell it that's what the us did with a 1000000 barrels of iranian oil seized under its sanction regime last year and suffice it to say there were some handsome profits to be made while the value of the seized fuel has not been announced compared to european gasoline prices the sale could equate to tens of millions of dollars while washington says the revenue will be used for the greater good the u.s. victims of state sponsored terrorism fu

former u.s. president came under fire when he declared so-called islamic state defeated and then ordered u.s. troops in syria and iraq to come hold the kurdish fighters who had helped the americans were left behind what has happened since should serve as a wake up call to those under the impression that isis is down for the kill in northeast syria the kurds are struggling to hold off and isis revival isis fighters are regrouping around the town and in the prison camp the kurds say they are facing isis alone and that they have been left to fend for themselves. sets off a. fear travels with him the 43 year old father depends on his job as a bus driver to support his family but he risks his life on every journey. every day they find 2 or 3 dead bodies here people who have been kidnapped killed and tossed aside. islamic state militants have been spreading fear with increasingly frequent attacks on the main road through northeastern syria they strike villages and towns especially at night they extort

u.s. president joe biden signs 3 executive orders rolling back donald trump's hardline immigration policy. and amazon's founder jeff bezos is stepping down as c.e.o. as latest quarterly profits hit $7000000000.00. we begin in myanmar where the biggest protest yet against monday's military coup happened overnight in the country's biggest city young go on. people banging pots and honk their car horns to show their anger against the generals who overthrew the civilian leader understands cinci and seized power so she has been placed under house arrest the head of mi and mas army the man who now runs the country says the deposing of suchi was inevitable. what i found is one of the few foreign journalists based in me in monte joins us via skype from young gone into more details emerging about. being house. pretty much got confirmation that she is being held in her home in a fetal which is what we've long suspected that hasn't really been any actual nation that gto one of the n.l. these folks cou

but it's important to remember that u.s. election officials have said there is no evidence of significant fraud in the 2020 presidential vote which they called the most secure in the country's history jim hoft of the gateway pundit things there's no justification for shutting out those who disagree twitter does not want to just release any more of this information they're citing as spreading in violating their there are laws they just put in where you cannot challenge anything about the 20 twentieth's action and yet there are still individuals who are challenging the 2016 election that's still allowed on twitter there are so secure with their position why are they cracking down in a limited eliminating. sites like myself from the social media platforms it doesn't make sense and this is what we've fought against for several months now . a paris court is set to rule later on wednesday on the case of a french girl allegedly raped by 20 firefighters the case has sparked protests across the country but demonstrators demanding leg

the u.s. and china are entering a period of profound confrontation and biden wants u.s. allies on side was on that merkel seems decidedly cagey. we've pressed her on this just. essentially asking why she seemed reluctant to line up behind the new president on china and. believe that it is very important for the european union to have its own china policy he know pretty cut it's really no surprise that machall is so cautious china is after all a massive market for germany's export driven economy but they could come a time when biden says you have to pick sides. finally in the biggest crisis of all for the world perhaps more hope for transatlantic togetherness climate change is back as a top priority for the u.s. after 4 years of denial john kerry is the new team's climate czar a high profile name raising hopes that the u.s. and europe can make progress together on cutting back on carbon but there's one thing that transcends all of these global issues for leaders watching biden from here in euro

u.s. president joe biden continues his push for big spending to drive up employment but not everyone is on board with some fearing inflation others fear a proposed minimum wage hike could come at their expense. also on the show a group of amazon investors demands the company stop interfering with efforts by its workers to unionize as a crucial vote against. the welcome to the show. it's good to have you with us washington is consumed with the impeachment trial for donald trump president joe biden continued to focus tuesday on a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package and congress met tuesday with a group of u.s. business leaders to build support for the measures which include cash payments to u.s. residents. and an increase in unemployment benefits his administration argues the spending will supercharge the u.s. economy and drive job creation and at the risk of inflation is low. well chris for thornburgh is a founding partner of beacon economics and he joins me from los angeles christopher