look at the toll the war in syria is taking on children there. and germany remembers one of the most controversial chapters of world war 275 years ago today allied bombers began their attack on the city of dresden or some of the bombing was a military necessity for others a needless fashion. i m brian thomas a very warm welcome to our show today well there has been an alarming surge in the number of infections and deaths from the coronavirus now also being referred to is covered 19 now this is what health officials are worried about the number of infections worldwide has shot up 260000 after nearly 15000 new cases were reported in just one day. and over 240 deaths were recorded on wednesday alone in the chinese province of who bay it was the deadliest day so far since the virus emerged . ok let s get the latest on this sharp spike in corona virus cases now it s correspondent but here s berlinger in beijing mathias can you tell us what s behind this unexpected spike in fatalit
Exactly to where we should be defaced the environment that we have, to face the regulations and forces that we have. Francine this is bloomberg surveillance. Francine lacqua at london, tom keene in new york. We have to look at banks and of course the political system in the u. K. Tom i agree, United Kingdom politics is front and center. We will have a little bit in the 6 00 new york our as mr. Sanders i believe is going to endorse secretary clinton today. Feel and youbetter really wonder if brexit is moving on to a new stage. Lets now get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra theresa may now has just two days to build a team to rescue the u. K. From its worst political crisis in a generation. She is going to replace David Cameron by tomorrow night and will need to decide fast who will be in charge of negotiations to leave the eu and will lead to elect someone to steer the economy. In japan, the Prime Ministers government is keeping people guessing on a stimulus passage package. He sa
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Big marketmoving events. Information first. Top analysis. Stay tuned because when the bell rings then the real action may just be starting exactly. More after the bell news today called babe weibo. Will weibo disappoint . Well take a closer look. This is the canary in the coal mine stock to see how that sector is doing in the market. Absolutely. Here ewhere we stand. Dow up 140 point to about 16,400. Meanwhile, the nasdaq, up almost 1 or 38 points to 4072. Pretty big pop off of the lows of the session. The s p 500 broad market index adding 15 points,. 8 of 1 , if 1858 is level this hour. All right. Lets talk about todays markets, where were going from here in our Closing Bell Exchange with Abigail Doolittle and Jack Bouroudjian from index Financial Partners in chicago and Peter Anderson from Congress Asset management, no idea where peter, is and Rick Santelli is in chicago as well. Folks, welcome to all of you. You know, abigail, earlier today, Arthur Cashin as we all know, the legenda
Carney. And there is a request would the president consider sending troops . Well, it is speculation, and i have not heard that. And joining me is a u. S. Based britishborn nigerian writer and commentator and broadcaster, lola, and thank you for joining me. Thank you for having me. And heartbreaking news that reuters is reporting, and we are working to get more confirmation, but they have now again attacked a village and taken eight girls, with all of the International Pressure on the group right now to be more brazen to go in to take more girls is stunning. Yeah, i mean, in some ways i am thinking that it might empower them that there is so much attention on them right now, and it seems that is the case. And also, we are hearing from the white house saying that the Nigerian Government has not requested assistance, and we are not sure what assistance the administration would provide, but that there is not a request at this point. And also a development that is unsettling to so many. Ye