This trillion budget deficit the australian budget deficit turmoil withs in tensions in china and the virus lockdowns. Shery lets get a quick check of the market. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online a quarter percent higher at the moment. In the broader context of things, the s p 500 goes down for the fourth consecutive week. On friday we did see some misfires and after the market closed we had news that stimulus count had resumed stimulus talks had resumed between speaker of the house nancy pelosi and steepener nguyen. W steve mnuchin. 4 . Is down it did manage to stay above that 40 per barrel level but we do have concerns over the virus search. The dollar seeing its best week since april. Haidi we are seeing currencies in asia at this early part of the session holding pretty steady. We are seeing some downsides when it comes to trading already. Isare looking like tech possibly following the lead in the korean and japanese markets. In asia, it is a muted first half of the week w
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A new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already of place but now includes the opening of embassies its a pivot point they hope will end old conflicts that lead to new Cooperation Among israel and eventually even more arab nations to all over israels friends in the middle east. Are with us today. And those who will join us tomorrow i say. Earlier in the day trump hinted that other countries will also be signing diplomatic pacts with israel but well have at least 5 or 6 countries coming along very quickly and were already talking to him but noticeably absent from tuesday steel signing the palestinian leadership the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates acknowledge their participation in the agreement require the preservation of current palestinian land. I thank you for choosing peace and for halting. Territories at position that reinforces our shared will to achieve a Better Future for generations to come
3386 is the number to watch for that s p 500 record close. 59 minutes until the close we have a big show coming up to day the s p 500 makes yet another run at that record close bob doll will tell us why he is expecting the economic recovery to be more choppy. And why hes cautious in the short term plus, gaming the impact of the dnc. Well speak with a policy expert who says this weeks Democratic National convention could be a negative for the market even though its happening virtually. Right now, were going to focus in on the big stories were watching to day. Bob pisani is tracking to days action we have the latest on growing tensions with china. And joining us with his outlook for stocks is tony dwyer bob, start us off with the Broader Market whats going on behind the scenes and whether you think we could see that record s p 500 close today. When you get this close within less than 1 he , you usuy can get over it. Were still not there. 3386 as you heard before is the old closing high t
General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait