The nasdaq off 95. The dow off its session lows but still taking a hit today. The uncertainty boosting gold prices above 1900 an ounce. Take a look at gold as well. 1900. Okay. We will also take a look at johnson johnson, merck, fiedzer and fiedz pfizer and regeneron, on pins and needles awaiting the president s announcement. Lets go straight to Edward Lawrence for a preview of what we are expecting to hear. Reporter exactly, the president signing any minute an executive order that in one way will get departments the look at ways they can further reduce drug prices going forward. Also, we have heard it may include the provision that connects the prices the u. S. Pays with foreign prices. The prices Drug Companies charge Foreign Countries. That is the deal exactly the president worked out between gilead in the United States where the United States will basically buy the entire supply of remdesivir. Remdesivir is a drug that helps coronavirus patients. The president puitched a simila ide
A british woman who went to syria to join eisold when she was a schoolgirl wins the right to return and challenge the removal of her citizenship. And im proud of how much now have all the sport including. Theres a 33. 00 draw against south. Title in a row. Europeans top court has scrapped data sharing privacy agreement with the u. S. A decision that could have far reaching implications for businesses the case was brought by austrian privacy activist max sram so over the way that facebook sent personal information around the world now the ruling ends whats known as the previously shield its supposed to protect you or penes data when its transferred to america the court says the deal is no longer valid because many u. S. Tech companies are obliged to give some access to government surveillance the u. S. Says its deeply disappointed adding it still studying the decision to fully understand its practical impacts. Well the case began washrooms challenge facebooks data safeguards he says som
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you very much, everybody. Please. This promises to be a very big an very important meeting. So bear with me. It may take a little while. But it has to do with a thing called drug pricing and as you know congress has been working on this for decades an decades. And we are now doing something that is going to be incredible for the american public. Today, im taking a bold and historic, very dramatic action to reduce the price of Prescription Drugs for american patients and american seniors. Previous administrations did nothing, absolutely nothing. As drug lobbyists, special interests and Foreign Countries ripped off our citizens. Under the last administration, drug prices rose a staggering 55 . Thanks to my administrations aggressive actions since taking office, we have successfully lowered drug prices for the first time in 51 years. But this reduction is still not close to what i w
This morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement saying this, american leaders highest priority to protect american lives and interest but we cannot put the lives of American Service members dye mr. Mats and others further at risk for engaging in provocative and disproportionate actions, tonights actions further dangerous escalation of violence; 2020 candidate and former Vice President joe biden also issuing a statement saying he supported terror and sub chaos, none of us negates the cause that this is escalation move, deter future attacks by iran and almost certainly will have the opposite effect. Joining me now white house fox strategic defense adviser and Army Special Operation shoulder bret and foxs military colonel david hunt. Good morning p. Thanks for having us. Cheryl to you first, big concern and investors are concern about possible escalation of tensions between u. S. And iran, how concerned should we be this morning . First of all we did accurate job with the investig
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The scale of the conservative party triumph in last weeks uk election promises to have seismic consequences. Borisjohnson can get brexit done on terms and a timetable of his choosing. Parliamentary approval guaranteed. Not since Margaret Thatcher is a tory leader had such an opportunity to remake written. An opportunity to remake britain. Well, my guest is conservative mp and former cabinet minister andrew mitchell. Boris johnson has been handed immense power. What will he do with it . Andrew mitchell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with some very interesting words coming from the mouth of Boris Johnson after his election victory. He said, this election has changed this government and this conservative party for the better. What did he mean by that . I think hes right. I think what he meant was that the paralysis that has characterised the past 3. 5 years of mrs mays government has been swept away. There is a decisive conservativ