Work and no relief in sight. Speaking of relief, the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer has republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell agreed the rekindle talks about a stimulus package the senate is on recess through next week. We will speak with Colorado Governor Jared Polis who just moved 15 counties including denver into level red restrictions he is also part of a group of governors speaking with president elect biden this weekend. Plus we will talk with the ceo of the National Association of manufacturers who is working with bidens team to help fight the pandemic today we have with us mike santoli, steer liesman mike, the broader markets are well off the lows as we speak. They are. Kind of a little bit of an aimless back and forth type day. Absorbed a little bit of a morning selloff. Didnt do any real damage it has been firmly bid, especially with son of the bigger nasdaq stocks coming back. Holding the indexes together relatively well. As we speak, the s p around 3,580. Tha
Curfew order most bay area counties are already under. We will look at where the numbers point to at this moment and what we are hearing from the governor from his latest update. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Major changes could be coming for hundreds of thousands of people right here in the bay area if those covid tiers are changed like many people are expecting. Lets head you to kris sanchez who is live in menlo park. Reporter here on the street, it is definitely something of interest right now because if San Mateo County along with San Francisco and marin have to transition out of the red tier and into the purple tier with the rest of the bay area, it will mean a lot of changes and stronger restrictions. It would mean an end to Indoor Dining in those three counties and return to outdough only services for gyms and houses of worship. Indoor shopping would be licketlimited to 25 capacity instead of 50 they are joenjoying right now a
British welcome to lead, you could join us the u. S. Decision to rapidly reduce the number of troops in afghanistan has set off alarm bells amongst those following events in the country. Some of trumps own military leadership, including the u. S. Commander responsible for the middle east, marine general frank mackenzie, have warned against too. He pull out from a country that has yet to see a stabilization of levels of violence in a deal agreed with the taliban. The u. S. Committed to a complete troop withdrawal by any next year. But the fear is the latest move to end americas longest running war could strengthen the hand of militant groups, including the taleban in the country. The sun could be setting on the u. S. Presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001 to help stabilize the country off to overthrowing the taliban. A mission thats cost more than 2000, u. S. Lives over time. U. S. Troop numbers have waned now. Outgoing president. Donald trump want
That, as things develop, nato will continue to adjust its presence. She says that even with the further u. S. Reductions that have been announced, nato will continue its mission to train, advise and assist Afghan Forces and is committed to funding them through 2024. And heres the interesting sentence, phil. She says, as secretary general stoltenberg said before the announcement, we must preserve the gains we have made in the fight against international terrorism. We went into afghanistan together and when the time is right, we should leave together. Now before the announcement secretary general stoltenberg said we will leave together. That clearly has been thrown into doubt by the us president. Well, i have told our daughter from back to you to australia. You need law to really. Because what you say, were going to hear next from the German Foreign minister, heiko mohsin. He also is concerned about these u. S. Plans. Its especially important to us that the progress weve achieved so far
And makes clear under what circumstances schools in kindergartens might be shut for politicians. This is about ensuring public support and keeping parliament in the loop innocently. In all these Health Protection measures which are going to be hard over the coming months, we have to take people with us. We cant just impose them by decree, it can only be done with dialogue. The law, the new laws should main events such as demonstrations can only be banned if experts agree, such a move is proportionate. But already plenty of people are saying, such legislation cuts too deep into basic freedoms and its aims are insufficiently clear. As to more about those objections than simon, because on the face of it, this sounds like its just clarifying the current situation. So what are demonstrators about . I think up for a lot of people, its really about letting the politicians know that they are hurting. And of course people are suffering as elsewhere, particularly Business Owners or people who ha