10 am here in the russian capital youre watching a week where we recap the most talked about stories of the week starting with of course the current virus the effects of covert 19 are proving increasingly in escapable one way or another among the latest developments donald trump has tested negative for covert 19 after hed met a brazilian official who later turned out to have the inception last night after an indepth discussion with the president regarding called the 1000 testing he elected to proceed this evening i received confirmation that the test is negative. So the virus seemingly hasnt got into the white house but it is having a devastating effect on the lives of the 156000. 00 plus who are known to be infected with the consequences rippling through jobs businesses and with schools of events canceled as people are told to stay at home reporting that its on the whole situation hasnt caused out of fear is growing fear is that someone discovered an actual jumanji board the real worl
Going to me on the phone is chuck grom, Gordon Haskett retail analyst. Joining me in new york is Lauren Goodwin, new york life multiasset per folio strategist, and Brooke Sutherland of bloomberg opinion. Give us a rundown of where walmart fell short. Brooke it was not great all the way around. The fourthquarter came in weaker than expected, and they called out unexpected softness in the weeks leading up to christmas, which is not what you want to hear from a major retailer. That is in line with what weve heard from a number of Different Companies that are not named amazon, which raises a lot of interesting questions about what the Competitive Landscape actually looks like. Also weighing on investors is the 2021 fiscal outlook, which was also weaker than expected on sales and profits. Alix the stock rating is heavy here in premarket. The bad news baked in. Is that is why is that why you have a buy rating here . Chuck weve had a buy rating for a while, not just here on the fourthquarter.
Military. Top sunday morning. Talk that all things strike toxic. I know ive. Got to tell you that that. Money was killed in a strike by. Hello im Richard Burton youre at the listening post here are some of the stories were covering this week the u. S. And iran after the assassination the media are playing their part in both countries just not the one they are intended to for anyone concerned about this conflict turning into world war 3 twitter has some handy ideas about how to dog a possible draft india bollywood is giving Prime Minister modi the Cold Shoulder as his government struggles to sell its new citizenship law and by how theyre covered by brazils mainstream news outlets the people in rios favelas have taken to telling their own stories. A little more than a week ago most americans had never even heard the name Qassam Soleimani now irans top military leader assassinated in a u. S. Drone strike has been cast as the worlds number one bad guy and thats not donald trump talking alt
We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We want to make history delivering articles of impeachment against the president of the United States. The senate prepares to receive articles of impeachment. Nancy pelosi now has proven to me to be political as she walks out of the chamber fist pumping. An associate of trumps personal lawyer dropping bomb shells. President trump knew exactly what was going on. U. S. And china are moving forwrd with the first phase of the trade deal. News of the trade deal sent stocks up. A very beautiful game of chess or game of poker. Cnn has released audio of the confrontation between Bernie Sanders and elizabeth warren. I think you called me a liar on national tv. Lets not do it right now. In utah a small plane crashed in a town home before hitting the ground and then burst into flames. The powerful winter storm is dumping snow on parts of the northwest. The storm will then begin to pound the east. All that check out blair onea
Forced thousands to flee and shut down the as airports. And german engineering giant siemens of sticks with a controversial coal mine project in a strain yet despite a backlash from climate activists. Now there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders after they admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but there have also been rallies against the u. K. By those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos and on the diplomatic front castles amir has arrived in tehran pushing for talks to resolve the crisis with the u. S. Dosage of r e reports. An important ally on an important mission. The 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar shift the membrane hammett all funny comes at a critical time for the region at the invitation of president Hassan Rouhani the 2 leaders discussed increasing economic and political cooperation. Rajoy. How many yet considering the importance of Regional Security especially in the waterw