S p indicated up fractionally. The nasdaq up fractionally as well overnight in asia, the nikkei ended higher it was up by 11 points thats still a win hang seng was up by a quarter percent. So was the shanghai composite. This morning and in some of the early trading weve seen take place in europe, modest advances actually things are relatively flat the cac is up by 0. 1 . The ftse is flat the dax is flat. Well see how things react as we get deeper into the trading day. Lets look at crude oil prices crude was down yesterday this morning its back above 50. 50. 7 5 50. 70 Hurricane Maria is lashing the islands, and puerto rico is preparing for a strike Steve Mclaughlin joins us now. From 7 00 p. M. To 1 00 a. M. , this storm had winds of 175, were down to 155 this is a strong category 4. The eyewall a bit bigger, now on land, mainland puerto rico we dont get an official landfall until the center of that eye crosses land. Here are the implications. 150mileperhour sustained winds, gusts to 1
This shows the topics that re going to be covered in this round. The round that begins today scheduled for saturday. Now i believe theyre going to through tuesday. So that is the 28 items on it. Them had also been discussed in part at prior sessions. Undoubtedly will be iscussed in subsequent sessions. I thought you would find it interesting to see the range of that will be discussed round. O se in terms of timetable going forward, theres no precise deadline. With tradeu familiar negotiations know these are progressing at lightening speed with the normal ones. Many ot usual to have so days of consecutive negotiation. To have such small intervals between negotiating sessions. Theres a reason for that. And the reason for it is the calendar. The fast track authority, the we have in the u. S. Of 2018. N july of congress now who knows whether that will be extended or not. That could be one deadline. If we lose tpa, i dont think deal done here a because what tpa does do is not that its fast.
Commerce. Welcome here. 39th United States secretary of commerce. Welcome here. Why dont i just leave that open in a question to you . How are the negotiations going in your view . Sec. Ross i asked my associate to how handout to you a sheet of paper. This shows the topics that are going to be covered in this round, the round that began today, originally scheduled on saturday, now i believe they are going to extend it through tuesday. 28 items on it, some of them have also been discussed in part , in prior sessions. Some of them will be discussed in subsequent sessions. I thought you would find it interesting to see the range of things that will be discussed, this go around. Talks have mainly done basic background things, what i would call boilerplate issues relatively easy and the list i have given you there, some more contentious issues will be coming up shortly. Like would include things rules of origin, sanitary, medical and pharmaceutical, technical barriers to trade. And textiles
Victims a dire warning from the u. N. As the situation worsens in yemen due to the blockade by the Saudi Led Coalition. Welcome to aljazeera life for my headquarters in doha with me in a soprano also ahead. More pomp and pageantry for the u. S. President as he seeks to push beijing to put more pressure on north korea embattled british Prime Minister tony is a mate loses his second a cabinet minister and one week as pretty patel quit sort of a secret meetings and israel and becoming selfie obsessed the part of things such as messages to stop happy followers coming up. The uns humanitarian chief is warning of the worst fan in the world has seen in decades unless the Saudi Led Coalition allows aid into yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened the situation has become being described as catastrophic as a stark warning from the u. N. Official but as our diplomatic editor james bays reports the u. N. Security council has struck a different to
Our road map begins with ge, immelt is set to retire this summer the tech stocks are on track to tumble apple under pressure missolo downgrades apple first up, jeff immelt is resigning as the Ceo John Flannery will take over we have talked about immelt and ges trouble just trying to keep pace with the dow. Really since his tenure began. Its the worst performer in the dow since he came in apple hes down 31 some people can always argue at that moment that he came in it was a high water mark. Others have said, listen, he did cut the dividend, but many who cut the dividend i think thats whats happened when you compare him to a honeywell, when you compare him to david cote, even to greg hayes at united technology, difficult to compare very difficult to compare. Meaning immelt does not meet their standard its empirical. Im not saying listen, i know the guys, i know them pretty well, and they were able to reshuffle the portfolios in ways that generated a much better return honeywell did a muc