Now. A very good now thursday morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Were starting out with fog in some parts of the bay area. Kari hall is tracking that for us. Kari, i saw a little bit coming in this morning. The visibility cut down in some spots down to zero. Looking good here in downtown san jose and that fog will cause a lot of problems for the morning commute, especially in the north bay and then the sunshine returns this afternoon and there is no rain in the forecast. Lets get to that visibility right now as we look at livermore down to zero and only a quarter mile visibility in novato and half mile visibility in santa rosa. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, that advisory those numbers well show with that camera. The Golden Gate Bridge an easy drive as far as the volume of traffic but the fog advisory from chp as we talk about fog impeding the view of the bridge itself. There goes a
By 7 . Will rise the trade balance is expected to be at 53. 75 billion in u. S. Figures. In november, in terms of export, it is showing the overall chinese economy with the recovery story. The dollar index is flat. Sterling is under pressure. Go at 1837 u. S. Dollars. Lets head to new york and get the first word news with Karina Mitchell. Numbers continue to rise with President Trump revealing Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. The news reported you has been hospital. He the Administration Says all of americans who want the vaccine should get one by the middle of next year. Several states have record infections. The u. K. Will roll out shots tuesday, while they going to partial lockdown. Iran will raise Oil Productions under the new administration. Joe biden wants to revive the Nuclear Accord dropped by President Trump. Tehran is ready to raise output within three months. Iraq is nudging production higher, while insisting it is committed to the latest strategy from opec and its allies.
Forecast. We will bring you that interview with the ecb president. And the ax falls again at goldman. The bank prepares to cut jobs for the second time in three months as the focus returned cost cutting. Very good morning, everybody. Welcome to the program. Lots of breaking news to get to. Lets have a look at some of these numbers coming through. Have the numbers coming through from the shipping business which transports 1 5 of the worlds containers so really interesting insight into the way the Global Economy is spinning and the shipping industry in particular. We are getting the numbers through. We already heard from them last night about how they were upgrading their guidance, raising their fullyear guidance so that already sets a positive tone. They said they will initiate a new Share Buyback around 10 billion danish krone. That program will run for 15 months. E will be speaking to the ceo that is the conversation at 7 30 u. K. Time, so in around 25 minutes time. Let me get to some
Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
First wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Austria is doing well as well. Are seeing the dollar at levels that we have not seen for Something Like two years. The falls in the dollar taking place overnight. Yenre seeing the japanese clamber up as well, reaching the 104 level. 103 yen. Terry gou. That is the current position. Kong is declining just a fraction at the moment. That is where we are without one. That is where markets are standing. Haslinda. Lets get back to our top story. President trump has attacked the credibility of the election, challenging counts and nevada, pennsylvania, georgia, and michigan. Speaking at the white house, the president made several claims and said that the election is being stolen from him. We will not allow the corruption to still this election or any election in that matter. We cannot allow anyone to silence our voters. Haslinda joe biden is urging patience and saying that he is no doubt heading to victory, in an election that hinges on seven states. Mr.