As fires continue to burn in the amazon rainforest, brazils military chief says his government is in talks with four countries offering help chile, israel, ecuador and the United States. The Development Comes just days after brazil rejected a previous offer of money from the g7 countries. More than 80,000 fires have broken out in the vast rainforest so far this year. Sophie long reports from para state, deep in the amazon. This was once lush rainforest, but now sparse land, a result of deforestation in the years gone by. But this year there has been a massive surge in the number of fires set to clear the trees and the landscape along the bau road that takes us deep into the jungle bears the scars of the blazes that are now threatening a whole way of life. In the bau indigenous village they are preparing for a naming ceremony for the latest addition to this tight knit, traditional community. But as they prepare to celebrate new life, the village chief tells me the threat to his people i
We are going to take your ar 15. Your ak47. Are you forgetting what you said . I am the opposite of donald trump in many ways. He reminds me of the guy in the wizard of oz. When you pull back the curtain it is a small dude. Able to display students that a thriving school. How parents say they will fight back. The hottest amateurs of the week arrived in just a matter of hours. We will have that full forecast. Tonights democratic debate in houston was the first time for joe biden has faced off with senator Elizabeth Warren has been climbing steadily in the polls. Team coverage begins with the nicole on the big moments at Texas Southern university. Reporter it was an animated debate at times and the gloves to come off. I did speak with a few Top Democrats and Campaign Officials including a member of Kamala Harriss team. They are pleased with tonight. Former Vice President joe biden was aggressive from the start. Calling out his two closest competitors on their medicare for all plan. Nobod
Wasnt just haven bonds being sold it was also Precious Metals. Gold is down and so is silver. The worst day for these Precious Metals going back to 2016. What makes this so interesting is the dollar index is flat. Investors just wanted out of the haven assets. Thats not entirely surprising. Looking at the gold chart that goes back over the last five years, we have seen gold stuck in a huge range between 1200 and 1400 area right now moving this year moving above it. We have seen the indicator put in lower highs meaning that we could see some consolidation for gold coming up ahead. If not for treasuries, the big story of the day would be the fact that we now have a record week for highgrade issuance. Hitting 74 billion now. Curve, the yield extent to which that the essential best potential recession indicator. Lets look at sprecher. This is the 10 year trouble be spread less the twoyear people be spread. A gauge of the riskiness and the time component among the companies that are clingin
And the temperatures are rising a major heat wave set to hit the majority of the United States over the next few days here we are. Were keeping you calm, cool, collected and informed its friday, july 19th Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning welcome. Im Contessa Brewer in for Brian Sullivan stock futures right now are in the green. Implying an open of up 92 points the s p 500 is up about 6 points the nasdaq futures are up 41 it looks like the nasdaq, the dow, the s p, all on pace to break twoweek win streaks a decent day today could change those fortunes the major averages are less than a percent below theyre alltime record highs the bond market now, lets look at u. S. Treasuries, the twoyear yield at 1. 7 the fiveyear up at 1. 7. The tenyear up above 2 now lets go worldwide in asia, looking at overseas markets. The nikkei is up more than 2 . This is on talk about the fed rate cut and what anticipation lies in store. The hang seng up a percent shanghai up a percent as well
Here it is. Because of the faulty [ inaudible ] we have going for us at the federal reserve, we pay much more than other countries. In other words, our interest costs are much higher than other countries when they should be lower. Correct. All right. Thats where the president stands on the fed. 2020 democrat candidate liz warren going after wall street once again, this time shes also slamming private equity firms blaming them for the closures of toys r us, sears and other retailers. Hows this for irony . Campaign workers for Bernie Sanders say theyre not getting paid enough money. Theyre demanding 15 an hour. Of course, remember, bernie is one of the biggest proponents of raising the minimum wage. And by the way, we have astronaut scott kelly on the show this hour to talk about the new chevy corvette. He compares the cars engine to a rocket. Oh, yeah. Weve got a rocketfueled jampacked hour ahead including lara trump right here in the studio. Varney Company Begins right now. In fact, we