In the meantime lets get you caught up where we stand. Yesterday the markets had a rebound. The dow was up by over to 230. Volatility is back at least for a few days. Dow is down by almost triple digits decline of 96 points below fair value. Nasdaq down by 24 and s p down by over 30. Overnight in asia the nikkei stabilizeed a bit after the big losses it posted the day before catching up with what we had seen on friday. Right now you see nikkei closed up by 56 points. Shanghai composite was flat. In the early trade in the european be markets youll also see that the dax is higher up by by. 4 . Were also watching oil prices today. The International Energy Agency Cutting its forecast for global oil demand, the iea is citie ii wobbling asian demand and its taking prices down. Wti down by 2. 5 . Decline of over 1 to 45. 17. Some other headlines. Goldman sachs now cutting the odds of fed rate hike next week to 25 from 40 porjsly. The firms call came after fed governor brainard caused against
The pentagon and taiwan say beijing put surface to air missiles on a dispute island and it happened as president obama was meeting with south asian world. Welcome to your world. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters, chinas foreign minister says the western media is hyping the issue but does not deny the presence of the missiles. Its been detected on woody island. They are claiming the island and china is building on it. Reporter chinas response bears scrutiny. The foreign minister in a statement said western media was hiving or manufacturing stories, but did not deny that the ad took place, as they say, two surface to missile batteries has been deployed on the island. Translation i hope that media everywhere, including those in western countries will bring your attention to the lighthouses that we have built on some of the islands in in the South China Sea. Which have been very useful in ensuring the safety of the pagers in those water passengers in those water. Reporter china said it had i
Turning on each other all three republican president ial candidates are now backing away from unconditional support of whoever becomes the partys nominee. Welcome to your world this morning donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich each given the chance at that town hall meeting last night to say that they would support the eventual nominee. All three declining that goes back on a pledge the candidates signed with the republican party. It also makes the race important complicated also this morning donald trump defending his Campaign Manager who has now been charged with battery. As al jazeeras michael shaw reports it is an issue that is over shadowing policy discussion. Reporter please welcome ted cruz. Reporter senator ted cruz was first up in cnns g. O. P. Town hall in wisconsin. Right off the top a talk about the news of the day. The arrest of Donald Trumps Campaign Manager the reporter alleged that she was physically assaulted. That i will say its consistent with the pattern of trump
Well done. Were on the way. The arrival of top officials in libya government of National Accord in tripoli provides an unique opportunity for reconciliation. These are the pictures in tripoli. He arrived there with a naval escort. They tried to bring together the countys two rifle administrations. But some members on both sides have disputed the deal. At this historic moment we have core government work of tripoli and the beginning of a new era with the sons of our people. Regardless of their Political Attitudes this would be based on the libyan political agreement to achieve the goals of the february 17th revolution. While on that matter in the press conference we understand that theyre taking place or about to. Well have our correspondent in tripoli. Hell give us the latest. In the meantime, to pakistan to thousands of protesters who held a sit in. They agreed to leave after talks with the government. Mumtaz qadri was hanged. 5,000 Security Forces are on stand by to remove the protes
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. An unconditional pledge by the republican candidates to support the eventual gop nominee is all but dead this morning. At a town hall last night, all three candidates were given a chance to say they would support the eventual nominee but all declined. That goes back on a pledge the candidates signed with the Republican Party and it makes the race that much more fraught. This morning, donald trump is defending his campaign manager, who has been charged with battery. As al jazeeras Michael Shure reports, its an issue that is overshadowing policy debate. Please welcome ted cruz. Senator ted cruz was first up in cnns gop town hall in milwaukee, wisconsin. Right off the top, a question about the news of the day, the arrest of Donald Trumps campaign manager. The reporter alleged that she was physically assaulted. That, i will say its consistent with the pattern of the trump campaign. The culture of the campaign has been a c