Bloomberg surveillance. This is what the markets are focusing on. There is quite a lot of m a news. That is giving a lift to the market. What im looking at is a couple of technology stocks. Couple of other things such as crude oil edging higher, so does gold. Global shares off a back to back decline. To bloomberg first word news in london. Optimism over a coronavirus vaccine. Pfizeref executive of says its likely it will by the end of the year. They say theyre dependent on Regulatory Approval but says the firm has a good chance of knowing the efficacy by the end of october. Secretaryief cabinet won the race to replace shinzo abe. National in the group will use this majority to install him as Prime Minister in a vote on wednesday. The uks justice secretary has warned he may quit over the government plans on brexit. He says it hasnt reached that stage just yet. The controversial rule has this week. Boris johnson is facing a growing rebellion to override part of the divorce agreement alre
Yeah, President Trump started promoting mask wearing on twitter. A major shift and the stocks have been fitted from a reopening economy are higher today and thats how the dow jones gained 160 out performing the s p 500 but trouhe nasdaq. the cramer covid19 index is out. The recovery stocks are in at least for today our country has the worst coronavirus outbreak because we turned wearing a mask into a cultural issue the president tweeted a stark black and white picture of himself wearing a maface mask wh the explanation saying many say its patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant social distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your president. End quote. Well, kind of the only one why does it matter because President Trump is the de facto leader of the anti mask faction. Thats why he spent months refusing to wear a mask in public and framing this as an issue of personal freedom. That emboldened people to take ridiculous stands against mask mandates invoking the first amendment
Pilgrimage to mecca. Began in the United States where the coronavirus death toll has now passed 150000 thats the highest number of fatalities in any nation and accounts for nearly a quarter of the global toll medical experts are warning america will see deaths skyrocket even higher if it doesnt take more steps to control a pandemic brazil has the 2nd highest death toll with more than 90000 deaths the country has just registered almost 70000 new infections in one day and the u. K. Is the 3rd worst affected with around 46000 virus related deaths confirmed so far why cant i joins us live from washington d. C. So mike this is quite a figure for the United States and a stark warning from from medics isnt there. Very much a stark warning and this is a truly disturbing figure for Health Professionals and the country as a whole now what is happening is that theres a mixed trend in terms of the spread of the pandemic there is a slight decrease in the rate of infection but there is a marked incr
Freedoms that are seen as key to hong kong status as a Global Financial center. M k richards and welcome to the show we start in the United States where thousands of people are gathering and toso oklahoma for president Donald Trumps 1st Campaign Rally in more than 3 months the city of seoul so was the site of a massacre that was one of the countrys deadliest white attacks on black communities almost a century ago now there are fears that trumps a visit it could spark clashes between protesters the day of the event was moved back a day after an uproar that it was originally scheduled for june teens which marks the end of slavery the United States. Stefan simons is at the rally venue for us in oklahoma this is what he told us about the atmosphere ahead of Trumps Campaign up here and were standing in downtown tulsa oklahoma and here tomorrow. To my right is a security fence build up and ride right there on this side to a camera can show you this is actually the checkpoint which lets those
Across the country in major cities. Seattle, chicago, minneapolis, also in new york city. Of course, all of this as protesters continue the call to defund the police. And staying in new york city, get ready for phase two. Restaurants allowed to reopen. But its all al fresco. Thats all right. The weathers good. You have to sit outside. By the way, another 300,000 people expected to return to work in the big apple. And President Trump officially restarting his 2020 campaign with a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, but there is controversy over crowd size. We are all over that story and so much more. We will get it going on Varney Company which begins now. Ashley all right. First things first. Ive got to get you to the very latest on the virus. Over 2. 2 million cases now here in the United States. This as those 12 states on your screen have seen a record spike in cases over the weekend. Susan li joins us on this monday morning. Susan, give us the numbers. Susan good morning. So the states that s