And those that have lost loved ones give them hope and faith and flawless. And those that have lost their jobs or their wellbeing, dont have nutrition or opportunities to take care of their family, keep them safe, we will get through this, times will be better. And to the police, give them the fortitude to carry on for peace in their hearts and understanding and acceptance and peace in the hearts of the protesters as well. And to the people that have rioted, give them understanding that there are better ways to go about their lives. Amen. Id like to start this hearing the committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone today to the hearing on protecting the rights of voters during the covid19 pandemic and thank the witnesses for joining us today and my colleagues are conducting this new format and continuing to se
Day. Thet issues and trade, ongoing battle between the u. S. And potential cyber warfare. Here in california. A lot of people commute. It is a feeling our colleagues in asia have been living with for weeks. How are markets opening up over there . Paul some unambiguous signals. New zealand has been open for an 2. 5 , aready off by move down of similar magnitude for futures in australia. 4. 5 , theures are off kospi weaker as well. We continue to see strength in the japanese yen. A lot of data coming out of japan today, retail sales, tokyo cpi, both of those contracting, even before the coronavirus outbreak. Take a look at the yields, big move down. Of at a fresh record low. 83. Global stocks plunging to fourmonth lows, u. S. Equities falling the most since august 2011 as anxiety over the coronavirus deepens. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york. A lot of red. And id be on the close. Averages all down more than 4 , there was a rebound rally attempt. Turned briefly higher, but that i
Resident trump wayne and yesterday on the protest. Saying this. To the leaders of iran do not kill your Protesters Thousands had already been killed or imprisoned by you and the world is watching. More importantly the usa is watching. Turn your internet back on. Let reporters roam free. Stop the killing of your great iranian people. The u. S. Blaming the attack on iran. No group has claimed responsibility yet. To you first. I just told up this New York Post. The protesters wont trample them. They call it a real enemy. With iran admitting that it downed the ukrainian airliner and this is the response in the streets. A lot of the outrage comes from the beginning that they denied that they have done it. I think the people knew they were being lied too. It reminds me of prior to the fall of the berlin wall. I think this is one that is good to get more and more attention i think the world should be watching and stacked one thing is when the treated adversity. He hes speaking directly to tho
Lets get your global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From hong kong to munich to paris washington to sarasota, florida and new york, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. There are questions about transparency for china. Rishaad salamat joins us from hong kong. Walk us through some of the latest. Now with63,000 cases the death toll up by 121, but the inconsistency in the numbers has led to a lot of questions. Some of them are not being answered, and that has led to people thinking that this disease is not really going away at the moment. We had some optimism a couple of days ago, but that has receded somewhat. Weve also got bickering between washington and beijing. The u. S. Saying they have been denied that. On a microeconomic level, weve got companies such as Fiat Chrysler halting production in one of its plants in serbia. They cant get enough parts out of china. If you want to buy a barbie doll in the future
The election in taiwan is set to lift markets. The victory moves the island further away from chinas influence. Saw stocks. S. , we falling, treasury yields falling with the disappointing december jobs report. We had hiring data lowerthanexpected. Wage growth the weakest in more than a year. The s p 500 fell for the first time in three days. We have industrials and financials leading the decline. Oil posting its biggest weekly loss since july. We had geopolitical tensions in the middle east fading a little bit. We have the dow being pulled down by boeing down. 5 . The new ceo officially taking charge on monday. Lets see how things are shaping up for asia. Offline. S we look to a week that will bring us chinese gdp and a decision from the bank of korea. We will check on korean trade and indian inflation. A mixed session mostly to the downside after a week reaching a high. It was a turbulent time for oil as well. We saw crude cap the worst weeks in july as the risk premium is fading and