That 18 out. To see fascinating is the two different debates find, but then have it coalesce into a Running Stream on different websites and different media, including bloomberg. It was amazing. It was something completely modern and completely different. Like a european debate, tom, is how i would maybe describe it. You got a lot more policy than in the last debate. And possible shifting in some minds. Get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika President Trump and joe biden were on tv last night at the same time but on different channels. They held competing televised town halls. Instead of debating as the schedule had originally called for. At nbc, the president said he knew the coronavirus was a huge danger. Pres. Trump i knew it was a big threat. At the same time, i dont want to panic this country. I dont want to come out and say everybodys going to die. Ritika in a town hall monitor rated moderated by george stephanopoulos, biden was asked if he would take a vaccine once it
Security forces fired tear gas at activists gathered in front of a gate leading to Parliament French president of my new on my call is visiting the city urging lebanons political leaders to implement wide ranging reforms for. Police and batteries have detained scores of University Students protesting against all starts hereon president Alexander Lukashenko hundreds of students marched through the capital minsk on the 1st day of the Academic Year calling on the president to quit when rights group has reported that some students were beaten up. This is d w news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website w dot com. For foroohar or. In the last week wisconsin has become an American Battleground where racial Reckoning Police brutality Peaceful Protesters and armed militia are all colliding in the middle of it all a president and his politics donald trump visited could no should today some welcomed him as the consoler in chief others told him to stay away donald trum
Congestion dogs the lives of commuters but there are alternatives. But we begin in iran where a crisis might economy and a 2nd wave of the coronavirus attesting peoples limits. One country 3 crises the 1st is political irans government is built around Ayatollah Khomeini and president rouhani a set up thats viewed with suspicion by the u. S. Israel and saudi arabia in particular iran is also embroiled in the long running proxy wars in syria and yemen and then theres the economy strict u. S. Sanctions have left iran in dire economic straits flagging oil revenues rising inflation recession even before the pandemic the economy was struggling now its hit rock bottom. And then theres the Health Crisis iran was one of the. First countries outside china to face high corona virus infection figures. 6 months later the virus is still not under control. How are you mania coping with all of this. After every customer disinfect his car inside and out he tells us that no one would get into his taxi o
Begin in iran where a crisis might economy under 2nd wave of the coronavirus attesting peoples limits. One country 3 crises the 1st is political irans government is built around Ayatollah Khomeini and president rouhani a set up thats viewed with suspicion by the u. S. Israel and saudi arabia in particular iran is also embroiled in a long running proxy wars in syria and yemen then theres the economy strict u. S. Sanctions have left iran in diet economic straits tracking oil revenues rising inflation recession even before the pandemic the economy was struggling now its hit rock bottom. And then theres the Health Crisis iran was one of the 1st countries outside. China to face high Coronavirus Infection figures. 6 months later the virus is still not under control. How are you brainy and coping with all of this. After every customer disinfect his car inside and out he tells us that no one would get into his taxi otherwise despite this most people are still avoiding taxes for fear of getting
Weve seen the dow and triple gains. S p in positive territory too. Down 22 points, s p futures are off by four. Yesterday was a good day for the markets. You had the nasdaq wed been watching closely was a big outperformer gain of 293 points the first day out of the last four both the nasdaq and s p have been in positive territory. Those three days before that give you something to worry about . Futures had been higher. Down a lot but come off the highs in the session looking at the treasury market where the 10year stands right now. Just below 0. 7 . Oil prices which really fluctuated and sold off sharply. This morning are down again. Wti off 1. 5 andrew thanks, becky a couple big stories to talk about. The senate set to vote on that slimmed down relief bill today talks between the white house and House Democrats and a report that President Trump may step in with more executive actions to try and fill the gap if something doesnt get done joe . There are other places in the world too. We