This friday right now. Good morning, im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan it is friday, december 13, 2019. Happy friday the 13th. After a record breaking day on wall street. The dow closing off the highs after hitting the 16th interday high, the s p coming off the second high record close it would go up another 11 points if if holds. Dow would go up by 112 and the nasdaq by 35 we are seeing some signs of life the 10year note yield just below 1. 89 . Twoyear yields 1. 64 . Around the world, asia following that lead on trade it was green across the board. The any kay up 2. 5 . Hang seng similar. Shanghai up nearly 2 and kospi up 1. 5 as well. In europe, it is green there as well stocks are surging on the heels of trade developments, what is happening with the uk. The german dax up, cac similar the ftse 1001. 5 up as well. The british pound spiking to the highest level since 2018 you can see here that spike higher in those particular currencies up 2 , 1. 3409 is what it will cost you to b
Waiting 20 kilograms heavier than his title rival and just what saudi arabia is getting ready to host the middle east and the heavyweight championship fight. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and what appears to be a related event sources close to the prominent shia cleric. Say a drone has dropped a bomb on his home in jaffa his party says he wasnt there at the time he has been a backer of the antigovernment protests which have swept across the country. Lets get more now from correspondent dosage of body he joins us from baghdad door so as to what happened to those h
Rock and less than 24 hours after protesters were gunned down there has been more violence in the streets of the capital. And fire was again heard in parts of baghdad people running for cover on friday night a group of armed men attacked a group of protesters near Kalani Square killing at least 20 people more than 70 others were wounded and in what seems to be a related escalation sources close to a prominent shia cleric. Say his home has been hit by a drone strike it happened in the city of new jobs were still getting details but his party says all saddam was not in the country at the time of the attack or more in the reports of the attack aimed at one of the most powerful figures in iraq. Weve just heard from various sources from the largest Political Blog within parliament that there has been an attempt on the life of the cleric shia cleric coveralls souther his compound in the holy city of najaf was apparently attacked by an armed drone overnight in that city you know we dont know
Cities tour. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] next, from the Ronald Reagan fact president ial foundation and institute, six former law clerks recall working with sandra day oconnor. This is part of an allday conference commemorate the 38th anniversary of Justice Oconnors senate confirmation. [applause] thank you. Its really an honor and a privilege to be here. Few wordsd to say a to introduce the next panel. I would start by saying something that we probably know. The court is a fairly powerful institution. It was not always so, one of the signs of how powerful it is is that you do see, in any president ial election, people say it matters who you vote for because they will pick the next Supreme Court justices. If you think about why that really is, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. About 75 of them need to be decided but thats not the reason court is powerful and not the reason p
Ive been for school and welcome a spanish and g o says it shipped with desperately need today. It is ready to head to gauze at the open arms is loaded with 200 tons of food. It will be the 1st to use and you maritime card or from the port of lanika inside purse, the European Union and United States of working with partners to deliver food medicine and emergency shelters. In the last hours, the us army has dispatched to ship with equipment to help build a temporary peer to offload date. The need for aid in gaza is huge. An overnight is rarely striking, rasa turned a tower block that once house 300. 00 families into rubble, already fighting hunger. These palestinians now must live without shelter. Out of what we were surprised, nice with knocking on the apartment doors, telling us to evacuate the tower. Our children fell on the stairs and women fell. A friend of mines wife was 9 months pregnant fell on the stairs. There was a stage of a panic and fear you have no idea on the European Uni