Whats happening is a covid spec. Cases in the state of california have doubled just in the last 10 days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, contra costa is one of 60 counties now in the most respect to purple tear. Joining napa, santa clara, and so dominant counties. Only San Francisco, san mateo, and marin counties are one step above in the right ear. Even so, Indoor Dining is also coming to a halt. Health officials say, the spike is occurring even before the holidays or the heart of the flu season. Thanks giving hasnt occurred yet. The weather just started getting cold. We havent seen anything yet. The fact that we already see surges in cases before all of this that events is particularly concerning. It seems restaurants and bars are getting the blood to the plane for whats happening. People sit at tables even if outside are pretty close to folks who the are not with all the time with the masks down. Those are th
Adviser in a new tell all book. A new report on racism and xenophobia in france finds that black people face increasing discrimination. Also on the program the harsh reality of displacement a un report says war in persecution displaced one out of every 100 people around the world. And oddly wellings with the sports news is the main d. X. Corruption trial draws to a close in paris the former head of war after dicks face is 4 years in prison if found guilty of taking bribes to cover up russian doping pleas lawyer says that would be inhumane and cruel. Lets get going beginning in the United States here on the news with the Supreme Court today dealing another setback to the Trump White House this. Time in a case involving young immigrants the court rejected the administrations efforts to end the program shielding young undocumented immigrants from deportation its known as dhaka deferred action for childhood arrivals there are around 700000. 00 socalled dreamers who were brought to the u. S
Virus vaccine be free of charge for everyone caught between a pandemic and civil war between tragedies increase the suffering in yemen and the coronavirus is the take that in a bangladesh camp home to more than a 1000000 refugees. A whistleblower has issued a stark warning over the coronavirus pandemic in testimony before the u. S. House of representatives rick bright is the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus he says he was sacked for raising concerns over the u. S. Colona virus response he told the house that unless urgent action was taken the country would be facing its darkest winter in modern history there have been more than 82000 coronavirus related deaths in the u. S. So far well our White House Correspondent kimberly how kid joins us live tell us a little bit more about what dr rick bright told the house. Sharply critical of the administrations response to the corona virus pandemic inside the United States dr rick wright repeatedl
Turs the dow and s p are a little lower. Nasdaq is on pace for the fourth weekly gain. Being looking at raise yeah, the nikkei up and shanghai composite. The ftse is down slightly, actually flat. So is the dax. The cac is up about. 2 . The 10year is yielding 1. 779 in our tariff news du jour, the u. S. Is going to temporarily free more than 400 products from the 250 billion in tariffs imposed. According to documents said to be published by trade representatives today. Including items such as Christmas Tree lights, retractible dog leashes. What . How did that get on the list that wouldnt work for my dogs if it went out, when i brought it in, something would be attached to the mouth. Filters for kcups, tiki torches, grills, electric skate boards stemming from more than 1,100 requests from companies. Holding lower level talks in preparation for higher level talks expected in october. Here is what Vice President pence and black stones steve squartsman had to say. For too long, one administ
Facebook said to offer hundreds of millions of dollars to allow users to pay for play. Betty welcome to daybreak asia , i am betty liu at bloombergs Global Headquarters in new york. Yvonne i am yvonne man out of seoul this wednesday morning. Appear in south korea, we are watching what is happening about 30 something miles away from seoul. Our neighbors to the north, so to speak. For the markets, it has been a perfect storm. For not only what is happening in pyongyang, but the hurricane heading to the u. S. Amid debt concerns. Betty we are putting out fires left and right. That was reflected in the markets today. Lets pull up the board. We opened up after the long Labor Day Weekend and went straight down. You can see the dow closing off 234 points. The nasdaq taking it on the chin, as well as the s p. Selling across the board. Asia, whiching into had been reacting the past several sessions this week to the north korean headlines. Lets bring up new zealand, which is just opening up, down