Now to the race for a vaccine for covid19. It comes amid new guidance about sending kids back to school. Earlier i spoke with dr. Imran ali. Thank you for joining us this morning. New jersey will now require kids to wear a mask in School Buildings even while social distancing. I want to know, what are your thoughts on that . Well, a lot of schools want to open, a lot of parents want their kids to get back to school. And some places are definitely hot spots. For example, mississippi. 1 out of every 5 covid tests are positive, and icu beds are filling up. Governor tate tomorrow is going to talk about schools reopening, and i think masks are going to be a big factor. We know cdc guidelines are people, kids over the age of 2, 2 and above, should wear a mask. And the mask should be wellfitting. I recommend parents not to get the ones that go around the ears because then kids fuss around with them. Theyre either too tight or too loose. Get a nice, colorful, comfortable mask, but it is now im
Nordstrom, one of the retailers that defined expectations this week, it seems like the market is all over the place with these retailers, to put out a positive vibe for the holiday season. Earningscame out with that pleased the street. A lot of shortsellers likely to get squeezed today. Other consumer goods were up 6. 5 . Smuckers has been punished with the likes of conagra and campbell. Guy in europe, we have stocks higher. Volume looks all right. The pound trading lower. In terms ofk services and manufacturing. We saw a week data coming out of the eurozone. Christine lagarde has been talking in germany, talking about the idea that we need some joined up thinking when it comes to Government Spending and monetary policy. Will that actually deliver . We will wait and watch. Vonnie lets get to hong kong. U. S. Legislation supporting protesters has been drafted and agreed to by both houses. As for President Trumps signature, he is counting amid trade talks with china. I stand with hong ko
We are worried by the fact that the new position announced by the United States on jerusalem risks further complicating the situation in palestinian israeli relations and in the region as a whole. Therefore we call on all parties involved to exercise restraint and to refrain from actions which might have dangerous and uncontrollable consequences. It is necessary that particular attention is devoted to the issue of guaranteeing freedom of access for all worshippers to the holy places of jerusalem. Russias principle position remains unchanged it stipulates facilitating a long term palestinian israeli settlement within the framework of which peaceful and safe existence is guaranteed for israel with an internationally. Acknowledged borders and also the hopes of the Palestinian People realize for the creation of their own independent state. In this East Jerusalem would become the future capital of palestine and western resulin would be the capital of the state of israel. As a permanent memb
Airbus of the a3 80 questions the future of the jumbo pending helps of survival on the emirates. I am yousef gamal eldin. The u. S. Bond market coming back online. To asian equity session off a strong start, although a mixed action or. On thebal market bloomberg, the hang seng up 1. 3 , some weakness with the aussie stocks. A bhp ratingsnd cut weighing heavily. Broader session dominated by Consumer Staples and Technology Sectors offsetting a decline in materials. Fluctuating, the dollaryen one of the major moves in the key currency pairs. , down. 4 . E speak relative stability in the u. S. Dollar for the moment. ,t is hitting the base metals aluminum down 2. 2 . Also sink down. 8 . And i will the board show you what is happening with brent crude. Currently down. Wti stronger, a diverging richer on that front. The u. S. Tenure currently unchanged. We have the eurodollar story. We will get into that shortly. S p 500 futures higher. We do have citigroup expected to post fourthquarter resu
Not seem to be having an influence on the major averages come even though its well above the survey. The dow,l moves for s p 500, and nasdaq. Mixed rating with the nasdaq down slight the. No longer on pace for a record close. On the week, big gains. S p 500 and nasdaq on pace for their best week since middle july. Despite the uncertainty in the real world about geopolitical tensions, debt ceiling, potential government shutdown, we are mainly looking at stocks trading higher in a bullish manner. The dow right now for and s p 500, trading higher. Lets see if the nasdaq can turn higher, in the way it opened. ,ets take a look at carmakers ford, gm, Fiat Chrysler, all gaining. Ford and Fiat Chrysler posted declines in sales for the month of august. Ford came in down 2. 1 , but beating the estimate of down 3. 5 . Fiat chrysler sales fell 11 . Gm sales grew by 7. 5 , beating estimates. Investors seem to be pretty pleased. It will be interesting to see in the month of september a toll of harve