Bizarre photo op. Also coming up, a country already ravaged by war. Yemen is o on the verge frfrom collapse from the coronavirus pandemic. International donors have pledged more than a billion dollars in aid, but it is not enough they say to stave off a catastrophe. Brent to those joining us on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Protests, looting, a wave of unrest in cities across the United States has entered its eighth day and has turned deadly. At least six people have died in violence connected to the protests. Five Police Officers have been shot. The killing of an africanamerican man in Police Custody last week kicked off demonstrations. Many have been overshadowed by violence. President trump has vowed to deploy the military if the violence is not reined in. Critics including democratic opponent joe biden have slammed trump for fanning the flames of hate. President t trump chose the rose garden at the white house for a speech that was to become a show of
Ahead of his News Conference there later today. And samsung shares rise as the Company Beats on Quarterly Earnings. Memory chip prices finally begin to climb out of a persistent downturn. It is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates, 12 00 midday in hong kong. This is bloomberg daybreak middle east. Im tracy alloway. The middle east never has a shortage of news that this morning with iran announcing a seriesf missile strikes on u. S. Bases in iraq, the First Response to the killing of general soleimani, as i mentioned. Reporters are on standby to walk us through the latest developments. What are we seeing in terms of the reaction from the u. S. . So far, u. S. Reaction has been muted. The u. S. Did not release numbers for casualties, and basically, they are still assessing. President trump says all is well. Basically saying so far all is good. Meantime, meanwhile, we are looking at a response from the iranians where the foreign minister kind of hinted there might be actually a deescalation bec
Slide. The hang seng was up by 3 4 of a percentage point shanghai stocks closed down by 1 3 of a percentage point in japan, the nikkei higher once again. Another 100 points gain of half a percentage point. Trading at 21,255. In europe there is early trading taking place there are modest advances. It looks like the dax is the biggest gainer well continue to keep an eye on that. Were watching a developing story in the oil market. Crude and brent, they are moving higher on news that iraqi troops have seized parts of oil rich kurdistan. Theyre moving into parts of the city of kirkuk the u. S. Has supplied and trained Iraqi Federal forces and Kurdish Forces both have been fighting the Islamist State Group they are to if he cuss on the war with isis. One is missing, another five missing. Theyre trying to get to they were trying to get to a valve to cut off the flow of oil. Right now they are not ruling out the possibility that the oil is leaking into the lake the cause of the blast is unknow
Im wilfred frost along with seema mody. Good morning. Happy valentines day. I wore a red tie. What is this . My personality will shine today, how about that . Always does. But still, you could have given me a little bit of valentines day love. Great to have you with us. Lets check in on the Global Market action. Futures at this hour following another record breaking day for all of the manger indices yesterday not just hitting record highs, some momentum building, five positive sessions in a row for the dow and the nasdaq. Three in a row for the s p and the nasdaq, three in a row for the dow. It is broad as well. Yesterday 10 out of 11 sectors were positive, led higher by financials, telcos was the only sector in the red. The kb bank sector has had three Straight Days of gains. At its highest point since september of 2008, which is impressive on one side and astonishing on the other to remind us how much banks had underperformed until fairly recently on a longterm time frame like that.
The fbi has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trumps former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort business connections to russia. This comes as the backlash grows over clintons emails top aides for clinton accusing james comey of a double standard. Fbi official telling cnbc comey accused russia of meddling in the u. S. Election. Comey argued privately that it was too close to election day to name russia as the perpetrator of cyber attacks. Lets check in on the global market. Were seeing strength to kick off the move november after nearly 2 selloff for the s p in october. Worst month for stocks since back in january, third month of declines in a row. We start fresh with a mini rally. Dow futures up 33. S p futures up 4. 5. As for the ten year treasury note yield, higher yields continue to be the theme. Were seeing the ten year yield at one, just below 1. 86. Manufacturing number out of the u. S. Along with auto sales gearing up for a heavy few days of data. The bond move during