Eased in time for the summer tourism season people will have to keep their distance and as a 3 day cease fire with the taliban comes to an end the Afghanistan Government frees around 900. 00 fighters from prison tolls grow for the militants to extend the troops. Well im terry martin welcome to the program in Hong Kong Police have fired pepper pellets to disperse crowds of protesters in the city Center Hundreds of riot police have surrounded the lets lights are building in anticipation of protests the territorys prodemocracy protesters have voiced their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem which lawmakers are currently debating. We hope to join our correspondent in hong kong a little later we hope to bring that to you before the end of this bulletin and now 1st to the corona virus pandemic heres a look at some of the latest developments there the number of people who have died of coded 9000 has passed 350000 according to Johns Hopkins university in th
Plus russia looks east to boost its Tourism Industry as european holiday makers stay away. But first the state media in tunisia has reported that they have declared state of emergency. The 38 people mainly british holiday makers were killed by a gunman at a beach resort. The gunman was killed by police, who have arrested eight people suspected of being involved. A state of emergency was last imposed in tunisia four years ago during the revolution, which toppled longtime president. Now to greece and the finance minister is accusing europe of terrorism. They told up in reporters that they expect a deem with creditors on monday regardless of the outcome of the referendum. Now lastminute preparations are being made. More than 9 million greeks are eligible to vote. 12 hours of voting begins at 7 00 a. M. On sunday and the results will be announced machine. Around 15,000 people have been taking advantage of the officer. They plan to continue the charity work until banks reopen. This are the
Im cool. You probably disagree. Yes, kind of interesting, just stuck in this low level flow, winds out of the northeast, off the ocean, keeping the moisture around, so dont expect to see whole lot of sun. If you do get few peaks, will happen later this afternoon. Outside pretty dreary. Again still misty, wet roads, need the wipers in morning headed out. Temperature 61 degrees northeast winds, picking up moisture, and there you go, storm scan3, having hard time picking up clouds. And obviously, radar, a mist. Thats what were dealing, with some locally dense, two and a half mile visibility in philadelphia, 1. 7 Atlantic City airport. Delaware at this hour, visibility of 7 miles in dover. Temperatures, final game of the regular season, putting a ends to the phillies, mets today, 07 degrees, 3 05, mostly cloudy skies, dry day, well get it in. Seventytwo for the high in philadelphia, and the shore, local 60s in the poconos, we warm it up a little bit tomorrow. Bringing back some sunshine, a
Up by over half a percentage point. Lets tell you about the top three stories that were focused on this morning. They all about regulation. The top one, pfizer and allergan will be mutually terminating that 160 billion transaction following the new inversion rule changes. Sources tell cnbc that pfizer will pay allergan a 400 million breakup fee as per that tieup agreement. Both companies believe the treasury overstep the bounds of its Regulatory Authority. Sources say neither drug maker wanted to risk launching litigation against the government. President obama weighing in on the Treasury Departments new steps to stop corporate inversions. Ive been pushing for years to eliminate some of the injustices in our tax system, so im very pleased that the Treasury Department has taken new action to prevent more corporations from taking advantage of one of the most insidious tax loopholes out there and fleeing the country just to get out of paying their taxes. The president called on congress t