The u. N. Support mission to libya and going underground and for those of you watching in the u. K. And ireland this next. Time Afshin Rattansi and were going underground as u. S. Secretary of state and former cia boss michael meets ivan duke and marcus president of alleged narco state columbia as he wraps up a latin american tour still feeling the shock waves of successive u. S. Interventions coming up in the show 9 years after the formation of a un backed Transitional Government in libya in the wake of a nature war that devastated africas richest recovered a nation what hope is there for a country facing political turmoil civil war and no Global Pandemic we all saw the acting special representative and the head of the u. N. Support mission in libya and we investigate the page of the burden you fill. That explores the naked brutality faced by jill dran in war thats causing apparently mass walkouts and film festivals from venice to toronto with one of its lead star of the killing field
Afternoon towards t close. That will be your best guide to what is happening. We are approaching the point in europe and we are up by 1. 73 . The pound is actually catching a little bit as well. Earlier on it was turning around a little bit. Now abide. 2 . Now up by. 2 . Normality has resumed. Yields are a little higher and prices a little lower as we start to maybe get a little bit of a better news when it comes to the story. We are watching what is coming out of the u. K. We are now getting news from astrazeneca saying the covid19 trials, the vaccine trial may resume next week. This has been reported by the financial times. Alix we are watching that as well. Blackrock,from marilyn watson. It has been quite a week for investors in any asset class. You had a tech selloff in the u. S. , rising cases in europe. Looking to the ecb on thursday. Our bond markets pricing in the correct things . Markets aret bond pricing in our the fact you have supportibly ands weolicy from the ecb and need
All the fast moving developments. The back to improving trend here but the markets are chewing on that, i guess assessing not improving fluff. What is your take . I agree with you. If you look at continuing claims, they have fallen pretty dramatically. The weekly claims there is sense by the market to keep the momentum going. Maybe that is a stimulus package. We dont know. Obviously the market takes it as a slight negative. We have had in the economy last couple months is housing boom, explosion in building. It has driven up commodity prices. Lumber prices. Multiyear highs. Multidecade highs. There is a concern that may cool off a little bit. Housing starts slowed down a little bit in august. There is a little bit of concern, that maybe that bright spot in the economy is starting to go down a little bit but not so much if you look at the oil market. Look at the oil market it is kind of signaling Better Things ahead. Weve seen a big jump up in oil prices, the last couple of days, a big
Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today, what role the United States should play internationally. What role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s . So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam. And the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 1965. With the gulf of tonkin resolution in 1964, the president made his case that there was aggression coming from North Vietnam pointed at the south, and pointed at the United States as well in the attack on u. S. Ships in International Waters on that gulf of tonkin. And remember it is really important to understand when this resolution was brought before congress, every Single Member of the house of re
To watch. Plenty of investors telling us they like the story in europe but is that overdone . We have a bit fiscal promised overnight from germany, and extension. Tom let me get right to it. Or can laura in a moment and then we will go to Dennis Gartman. Your first word news in new york. From theing today National Hurricane center, and says that hurricane laura will rapidly strength into a category 4 storm with winds of at least one of the 30 Miles Per Hour. The storm is expected to make landfall late today or early tomorrow morning along the louisianatexas coast. It has already disrupted oil and natural gas operations throughout the region. On the second night of the Republican National convention, speakers try to humanize President Trump and highlight his leadership. First Lady Melania Trump spoke from the white house rose garden. I dont want to use this precious time attacking the other side. Because as we saw last week, that kind of talk only serves to divide the country further. I