Rose. Microsoft saw a better First Quarter revenue, helped by demand for Cloud Services as more people work remotely. Sales through september topping 37 billion. Melbourne, the merge from a melbourne emerges from a strict lockdown. Ours and restaurants are reopening, even home visits are allowed. Shery lets get you started with a check of the markets. U. S. Futures opening lower, down. 4 . This after stocks fell to a three week low in the regular session. We had cyclical stocks taking the brunt as virus cases continued to climb globally. We have the nasdaq composite pulling back of yesterdays losses on the deal around amd. Durable goods orders coming in better than expected. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie we are seeing losses continue here in asia. Chip stocks very much a focus after amds deal to buy. Earnings. We have results from sony, zte, as well as budweiser asia to name a few. And a straley or, we have had
And tear gas the streets. Australia orders large scale from bushfires as the death toll mounts. Sophie lets check in on the open in sydney after the asx 200 best annualrop the performance since 2000. We see it open slightly to the downside as we wait for markets to come back online elsewhere in the region. We are getting some data from australia coming out this morning. Home prices notching up the biggest threemonth gain in a decade. We are not seeing much reaction in the aussie dollar, softening a touch after hitting a fresh high. New zealand equity markets remain closed and the kiwi dollar keeping fairly steady after topping 67 this week and japan also remaining offline thel january 6, again, currency cap a Fourth Annual gain. Paul thanks very much. President trump says he can assign the first phase of a trade deal with china on the 15th of this month ahead of a visit to beijing where talks will begin on the next part of the deal. Lets bring in our china correspondent now, selina wan
Way exonerates . Us President Donald Trump of allegations o of russian ininterference i is twenty sixtn election. Thank you very m mh f for joinig us you watching from. Twenty four your names in the key jobs in the county t to the new a british Prime Minister elect sell lists some of them for you dominic rob. Has been nanamed as foreign secretetary pretty patel ass the home secretary interioior minister and that such it job it named as the chancellor of the exchchequer or financee ministe. Boris johnson took over as britains prime minisister this wednesday succeeding theresa may with a promise to takeke the country out of the eururopean union on october the thirty first no a school bus he said. On his way to see the queen. At Buckingham Palace climate protest to stop his official vehicle and Police Escort these were unprecedented scenes in the brititish c capital. Johnson a divisive figure in the u. K. And what are very divisive times later outside ten downing street johnson revealed y
The white house announcing 300 million in new weapons for ukraine despite the gridlock in congress where is the money coming from . Haiti in chaos the Prime Minister saying hell resign, after armed gangs overrun the capitol. So who is in charge now . Inside the crackdown on retail theft. The mansion police say is the headquarters of a Ring Selling Stolen Goods on amazon. And months after i spoke with his father, we finally learn what happened to a 19yearold israeliamerican soldier believed kidnapped by hamas announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening and welcome. The Special Counsel who headed the investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents stepped into the middle of a partisan firestorm today. Robert hur buffeted from both sides as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee for several hours. And defending his decision not to prosecute the president , despite finding he willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after hi
Hur defending his yearlong investigation and saying he did not exonerate the president. Democrats blasting hur for disparaging President Bidens memory in his report. Republicans demanding to know why he ultimately chose not to charge the president. Our team at the capitol. Also this evening, the massive explosion destroying a home in pennsylvania. Two people killed. What caused it. The whistleblower who raised Safety Concerns about boeing found dead. What authorities are saying. It comes as we learn new details about that boeing plane flying from australia that suddenly plunged in midair. The white house announcing 300 million in new weapons for ukraine despite the gridlock in congress. Where is the money coming from . Haiti in chaos. The Prime Minister saying hell resign after armed gangs overrun the capitol. So who is in charm charge now . Inside the crackdown on retail theft. The mansion police say is the headquarters of the ring Selling Stolen Goods on amazon. And months after i sp