Today, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said he will take any nominee to the senate floor for a vote. First, i will talk about the markets moves of the day. Abigail doolittle is with us from new york. Abigail a volatile one. You cant go a day without massive swings in the u. S. Sharply lower. The nasdaq at the lows, down 2. 4 . The s p 500, down 3 . At the end of the day, the nasdaq 100, what a turnaround. Led by the mecca cap faang index. The tech index for the s p 500 up about the same amount. In the morning, it did seem like there were some buyers looking. Apple, up 3 . You saw that stock leading another mega cap higher. Confidence as the day went on. Bonds did not rally all that much. The yen was flat. It was not really risk off this morning as a result. Very interesting, one reason to think that they be the buying think that maybe the buying will continue. Ign, all thesecus stocks started out the day lower. Big gains for those stocks. On thers wanting in stocks up huge amoun
Over a chinaman square memorial and lining up to learn that millions of pakistani children head back to school for the 1st time in 6 months. Hello theyve spent a week finding shelter were ever they can but hundreds of refugees are now moving into a new tent city on the greek island of lesbos its been hastily prepared by the greek government and aid agencies after a fire swept through the giants morea camp that was home to around 12000 people greece wants to move most of them into the new settlements over the next few days but theres been resistance from those who fear they wouldnt be allowed to leave the camp and there been protests by others demanding to be moved to the greek mainland in the past hour there are reports that some european nations have agreed to help will. Discuss all of this with Stephanie Decker shes joining us from lesbos stephanie people have been reluctant to go to got new com but now theyre being seen in more numbers why the change. The biggest number weve seen so
And over a Tiananmen Square memorial. A neighborhood flooded with sewage conditions and senegals capital after 3 months of rainfall in just 24 hours. And im only a hearty and with all of the day sports news chelsea are off to a winning start in the English Premier League and manpower their way into the german cup 2nd round with a 5 nil beating of. Greeces Prime Minister has told the rest of europe its time for a change in its refugee policy as his country struggles with the aftermath of a fire in the continents because camp of its attackers is asking for practical support hundreds of refugees have begun moving into a new tent city on the island of lesbos but the total of homeless numbers 12000. 00. Many have protested refusing to relocate to the new site they say they want to go to the mainland and some locals want refugees offloads boss to saying they just cant cut the number. E. U. Countries are now offering to take hundreds of unaccompanied minors and offer an early meeting with the
Refugees move into a new tent city on the greek island of less pots but the Prime Minister says its time for europe to come up with a new resettlement policy. And locked up for daring to protest against the better russian president means we need the women now determined to carry on their fight. Well. Fight. And i know those. Are really willing for the sports news as formula one champion. Promises to keep speaking against Racial Injustice i dont. Reject a report claiming it will be the most expensive ever. Under the eyes of the u. S. President the United Arab Emirates environ have officially signed a deal to normalize ties with israel its been described as a betrayal by the palestinians but donald trump says it represents the dawn of the new middle east and has marked the moment with an elaborate ceremony at the white house. Together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region something which nobody thought was possible certainly not
Is china backing up its growing power with economic and Political Coalition thats an accusation being leveled in australia europe and washington so is there a line between acting like a great power and taking things too far this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. I just strength by your time that famous phrase from chinas communist leader Deng Xiaoping governed its Foreign Policy for decades but not anymore and its current president xi jinping beijing has become an active some would say aggressive player on the global stage when china and pull imports from germany the official reason was african swine fever but it was also seen as a warning to the German Government to not join u. S. Pressure on china australias products were also blocked off officials there called for an investigation into beijings handling of the coronavirus and none of this is new namely a year ago u. S. Secretary of state mike pump accused china of using coercion as a state craft tall beijings Foreig