A count. On the World Trade Organization find saudi arabia broke global rules and failing to stop a pirate broadcaster stealing content from a qatari sports network. Welcome to the program a day off the north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected souls offer to discuss reducing tensions and for its part south korea says it will no longer accept unreasonable behavior from its neighbor well rob mcbride has more now from you on the south korean side of the border. I think generally there is a feeling of disappointment and how this all seems to be unraveling and unraveling so quickly i think also among a number of people there will be concern about just how bad this war of w
That south africa sees its biggest single day increase in company infections so communities are still not called breaking with the government in fighting the disease. Im phil gallo welcome to the program oscar winning composer and you mark tony has died at the age of 91. 00 he helped to define an era of cinema writing music for more than 500. 00 films he was perhaps best known for his scores of italy spaghetti western films including the good the bad and the ugly a friend said he died in hospital from complications after a fall. Let. Me see the film music i write is constrained by the cinematic images their exact length like a stopwatch little when it comes to interrupt in the music. Thats a kind of person at a concert i have more freedom i can conduct faster or slower and be more independent and the audience loves that. His music for once upon a time in the west is this famous is the film itself. It was just one of many collaborations with spaghetti western pioneers set surely on it b
The World Health Organizations morning that africa could become the next epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. So far, there have been fewer than 1000 deaths across the continent which is a lower rate than the u. S. And europe. Pandemic willthe kill at least 300,000 people on the continent and push 30 million into poverty. The u. N. Secretary general said africa needs more than 200 billion to combat the virus. The who fears the death toll could be far higher. , there hasast week been a 51 increase in the number of reported cases in my home continent, africa. 60 increase in the number of reported deaths. With the current challenge of obtaining testing kits, it is likely that the real numbers are higher than reported. To ans speak now epidemiologist and professor at Mercy College who joins us on skype from new york. This morning from the who about numbers being higher, we are talking about 20,000 cases across the continent and less than 1000 deaths. That sounds very low. Indeed, you the
Twitter storm, we have it for you. The force is with amazon at least temporarily, a judge ruled microsoft and the pentagon must put the multimillion dollar je distribution contract on hold as legal battle rages on. Sweet success this morning, valentines day busiest day of the year, selling more than a million strawberries, the company ceo is here. Nicole phelp is here and take us on a trip to sesame street, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria some of the stories we are watching this morning retaining vigilant the new York City Police Department Warning of, quote, credible threat after last weeks assassination attempt, the Department Said that there are no specific threats at this time but stress that every station security post needed to be staffed around the clock, a surprising tribute from attorney general william barr amid the pending doj investigation of roger stone case, hitting back against President Trumps criticism of the justice. I think its time to stop the tweeting,
The yield curve inverts again, the fifth time in the last week but stocks are shrugging it off. Weaker than expected manufacturing data and this season of retail volatility continues sharp moves in the stocks with more earnings movers coming in the next hour. Watching signals of the Federal Reserve. Philadelphia fed president harker throwing some cold water on any imminent rate cuts. In december i was not supportive of the increase i was supportive of the decrease somewhat reluctantly this time around to get us back to where policy should be were roughly where neutral is i think we are roughly where neutral is right now and i think we should stay here for a while and see how things play out. Well get another view from the Federal Reserve in the next few minutes here on closing bell. Coming up, an interview with dallas fed president Robert Kaplan with steve live from jackson hole joining us for the entire final hour, is mark leeman mark, it does feel like theres a little more optimism o