Steve scalise, nancy nancy maces Jeff Van Drew and louisiana senator, john kennedy. Futures starting on a mixed note. The dow industrials are down 120 points, the s p is also weaker by 3 and a quarter but the nasdaq is up a little bit of a rotation going on this morning, back into technology. The nasdaq up 50 o 50 points. This follows a mixed performance yesterday, investors rotating into the tech sector. Were standing by for key speeches from Federal Reserve officials later today. Well take a look at market moving words on rates and the economy. Pfizer and biontech 90 effectiveness report helping drive markets. What challenges do we expect before its rolled out of. Ill speak with the companys founder and ceo of biontech later this hour. Then, cruising into the future, one state is anticipating a future filled with flying cars and its making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. I just cant get you out of my head. Boy, your loving is all i think about. I just cant
That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Cspan radio area cspan, your unfiltered view of politics area. This week cdc director doctor Robert Redfield took questions from senators on the us Coronavirus Response and how soon a vaccine might be available to the public. He said a vaccine might not be widely available until next year and that facemasks are an effective way of fighting the disease. Afterwards President Trump contradicted doctor redfield coronavirus treatments on timing for a vaccine. Heres a look at thatsenate appropriations hearing from wednesday. Appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Ri want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today. To provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on the covid19. As we continue to be challenged by this pandemic in the country we know that 195,000 961 americans have died as part of the pandemic and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process
Welcome to news asia glad you could join us with more than 50000 deaths and counting india has the worlds 4th highest death toll from covert 19 the government has expanded testing and what is underway on the east vaccines but none of that hides the fact that cases in india continue to rise in daily life these numbers translate to people dying jobs last increased internal migration and pressure on medical services in a moment ill be speaking to the w h os chief scientist about way things are headed but 1st a quick look at the impact the pandemic has had on a country of more than a 1000000000 people. Yet another funeral. For yet another victim. Just one of the more than 50000 people in india officially recorded as having died of cope at 19. And just as the pandemic has robbed lives it has also dest hopes and deferred dreams until last march 20 year old ashish kumar worked at a factory in western india he earned a regular wage part of which helped his family here in the Northern State of
By british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us with more than 50000 deaths and counting india has the worlds 4th highest death toll from corporate 19 the government has expanded testing and work is underway on these 3 vaccines but none of that hides the fact that cases in india continue to rise in daily life these numbers translate to people dying jobs lost increased internal migration and pressure on medical services in a moment ill be speaking to the chief scientist about way things are headed but 1st a quick look at the impact the pandemic has had on a country of more than a 1000000000 people. Yet another funeral. For yet another victim. Just one of the more than 50000 people in india officially recorded as having died of cope at 19. And just as the pandemic has robbed lives it has also dest hopes and deferred dreams until last march 20 year old ashish kumar worked at a factory in western india he earned a regular wage part of which helped his family here in the Nort