And described his plans he said where possible he would mandate mass for example on interstate travel on airplanes and in federal buildings but otherwise would seek to influence americans by his example and they said it was important for him and the Vice President themselves to wear a mask as an example of course mask wearing has become controversial in some parts of the United States so there could be some pushback on that front but both biden seeming to stress that there would be an end date that this was for a limited time 100. 00 days to get the virus under control he also talked about the fact that his plan was not to close the economy but to offer clear guidance not to impose strict or not to impose specific lockdown so much as guidance he talked about if restaurants and bars need to close for periods of time that they need to know that there would be assistance in what the ground rules were going to be moving forward of course thats perhaps easier said than done for him because
A special session of the Un General Assembly focused on covert 19 it coincides with the release of a u. N. Study showing that over 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due to the long term effects of the pandemic. Firefighters in australia a struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco World Heritage site Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world the fires have been burning there now for 6 weeks and have already affected almost half the island. This is doubly news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news or visit our website w dot com. Or. Or it goes without saying that in this pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe and yet vaccine nationalism the race to be 1st in approving the vaccine if suddenly real what happens when nations race against each other hoping to beat the coronavirus with a virus usually wins in the United States almost 3000 people are dying every day from covert 19 more than 100000 hospitalizations
Investors concerned about rising Coronavirus Infections and what that means for the recovery. Global deaths are approaching one million with record cases in france and the u. K. The Trump Administration given an ultimatum over tiktok to delay a ban or respond in court. Ban isnt trumps due to take effect on sunday. ,aidi it was a meandering confused session in the u. S. Investors seemed to be trying to work out where the lead was. Investors weighing the scanned prospects of another stimulus package against a resurgence, the second wave we are seeing across europe and the u. K. Modest gains but the s p has wiped out all of its gains for 2020. Futures trading up by. 3 at this point. When it comes to the asian trading day ahead, the nikkei 225 regaining a little bit of positivity. Modest gains of. 1 , trading in the futures session in chicago. In sydney, we are watching as to whether this surge we have seen in growth shares will continue. The msci australia index jumping to a record high c
Half hour, joining us for questions. If you had to pick one, would you rather buy gold or bitcoin a lot going on this morning on squauchl thats actually a game we play on fast money would you rather that answer, the day after bitcoin crosses, particularly saling at the section. What i like best when they move in the opposite direction with pops and drops. Was that not a fast money that is like classic fast money circa 2007 classics are the best that is peered the way they are moving together. The way of the digital gold story. Weve got all of this money printing the depth of the crisis getting down to 4,500 . I think lower like 3,500. I wanted to ask you i dont know where you are i dont want to know what type of lease arrangements have you seen. When are they coming back to work at google summer 2021 what is it now . Summer of 2020 it is a year from now google, alphabet is the most out there. Facebook is june 30, 2021. I wonder if all the Big Tech Companies follow suit. Microsoft was o
For the people of lebanon cost of the damage from the blast is estimated to top 3000000000. 00 with food imported by the flattening of beiruts port. And breaking ground and stirring controversy indias Prime Minister lays the foundation of a hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque. Also sri lankans are voting in a much delayed election its the 1st poll in south asia during the coronavirus pandemic. And he stammered with the sport refound the dull confirms he will not defend these us open title later this month because of coronavirus fears. Welcome to the news are we begin in lebanons capital beirut where people are describing the fallout from choose days explosion as apocalyptic there were scenes of. Else after the blast ripped through the citys port killing at least 100. 00 people the lebanese are trying to come to terms with the widespread damage that stirred memories of the civil war among the hardest hit areas on the busy commercial districts beiruts governor says up to 3