It's 5 AM in New York City. Good morning. I'm Vonnie Quinn with your Bloomberg Brief.Let's get you set up for the day. Under pressure, the dollar weakening as the yen surges on speculation around a coordinated u. s.japan intervention shut risk rising. Senate democrats threaten to block a giant government funding package after a second death in Minnesota during an immigration crackdown. And markets assessing the impact of the winter storm.With power grids and transportation infrastructure getting tested ahea ...

There seems to be confirmation now that the Winter Games will not be taking place and that ski resorts and neom building on from some of our own reporting a couple of months ago, what were the reasons cited. So I think the same problems were seen across all the departments, not all of them, but certainly many of them where they start with this huge, hugely ambitious vision. They start building.They realize there's going to be massive cost overruns in some cases, just in terms of the topography and the engin ...

Let's talk about dollar weakness and yen strength for a change, shall we. What do you make of the recent dollar weakness here. Does this look as if it's building towards some kind of global intervention. I'm not sure if there's going to be some global intervention.There's a lot of speculation on that front, given the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were the ones who did the rate checks on Friday in US time. That is an unprecedented it is rare, but it's not unprecedented. I believe the last time was Cesena, ...

>> LIVE FROM LONDON, THIS IS "BLOOMBERG DAYBREAK: EUROPE." ALL NECESSARY MEASURES. THE YEN EXTENDS GAINS AFTER JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT STANDS READY TO STOP THE CURRENCY SLIDE WITH SIGNS OF POSSIBLE BACKING FROM THE UNITED STATES. GOLD BREAKS ABOVE THE $5,000 ANNOUNCE LEVEL FOR THE FIRST TIME AS GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY FUELS INVESTOR FLIGHT FROM SOVEREIGN BONDS OUT OF THE DOLLAR.PLUS, DEMOCRATS THREATENED TO BLOCK A SPENDING PASSAGE AMONG ESCALATING TENSIONS IN MINNESOTA, RISKING A PARTIA ...

>> THIS IS HORIZONS MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA. THE YEN STRENGTH UNDER JAPANESE STOCKS FALL AS TRADERS REMAIN ON ALERT FOR MARKET INTERVENTION. GOLD HITS $5,000 PER OUNCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SILVER RALLIES AS A GLOBAL UPHEAVAL FEELS HAVEN DEMAND.DEMOCRATS THREATENED TO BLOCK THE U.S. SPENDING PACKAGE AND LESS FUNDING FROM -- FOR HOMELAND SECURITY IS STRIPPED AFTER ANOTHER KILLING IN MINNESOTA RAISING THE RISK OF A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. I'M A JOUMANNA BERCETCHE IN DUBAI KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON DOMESTIC DE ...

TRADERS ON HIGH ALERT AS SIGNALS HIT THE U.S. COULD STEP IN TO SUPPORT JAPAN ON THE YEN. A RARE RATE CHECK BY THE NEW YORK FED HAD A SHARP ONE FROM THE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER WHICH FUELED SPECULATION. WE BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT -- WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR GLOBAL MARKETS.FROM SYDNEY, I AM PAUL ALLEN. THIS IS INSIGHT WHERE WE DIVE DEEPER INTO THE STORIES THAT MATTER FOR A CRUCIAL CONTEXT AND SHARP ANALYSIS. GOLD IS ABOUT $5,000 AN OUNCE.THE FIRST TIME EVER EXTENDING A RALLY FUELED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RESHAPING ...

What's the latest on the Democrats plans for a shutdown and what are the chances of it happening. Sure we have Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and other key Democrats saying that they're going to block a spending package and unless Department of Homeland Security funding is stripped out of it. The parts of this package include Defense, Labor, State Department and other departments as well.So they're drilling in the hills. They really want to see how the U.S. is funding the Department of Homeland Secu ...

Not in the Shanghai, Shenzhen. And here in Hong Kong, you're watching the China show. We are live for you at the Asia Financial Forum.I'm Yvonne Man. What. David English.Good morning. We are counting down to the open of markets in greater china. Let's get to your top stories today.We're looking at currency markets. The yen extending its gains, but traders on intervention alert after the prime minister's warning and signs of possible U.S. backing. Gold, as you can see, topping $5,000 for the very first time. ...

SHERY: THIS IS "THE ASIA TRADE." AVRIL: THE TOP STORIES THIS HOUR, THE U.S. FACING A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AS DEMOCRATS THREATENED TO BLOCK SPENDING AFTER A SECOND DEADLY SHOOTING BY ICE AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE YEN HITTING A FIVE-WEEK HIGH WITH TRADERS ON INTERVENTION ALERT. PRIME MINISTER TAKAICHI WARNING OF ALL NECESSARY MEASURES AMID SIGNS OF POSSIBLE U.S. BACKING.ALSO AHEAD, PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS CANADA WITH 100% TARIFFS IF IT MAKES A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA. AND WE BEGIN OUR LIVE COVERAGE ...

Snow fell steadily in New York City on Sunday morning as a massive winter storm reached the East Coast. New York City could see up to a foot of snow by Monday evening. Public schools in New York City announced remote learning for Monday.Public transportation like New Jersey Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority advise riders of modified service. Parts of New England could get up to a foot and a half of snow. Some of it could end up as sleet, which may be harder to clean off roads and could m ...