They are suspending trading in hong kong. We dont know the reason for that but we will bring you the reasons when we get it. Backdrop, the hang seng up by half of 1 . The authority spending a lot of money to defend the dollar peg. That is something on peoples. Inds as people make a rush 0. 5 toi composite, about the downside. Of what istrends going on as far as Market Action in this part of the world. Lets look at some of the first word news. President trump seems to have abandoned any hope of a virus package before the election next hek, telling supporters that sees a deal coming after the votes. Package covid19 continues to soar in the u. S. In newlizations jumped , ando, 50 in wyoming elsewhere in connecticut. France is planning a nationwide lockdown bid one in four airports in europe are collapsed as the virus europe face collapse as the virus stifles travel. Kar inion people in kash were said toince have undergone checks over the weekend. Authorities found five confirmed asymptoma
Making more ppp loans than one of the Major National banks did nationwide. That is just the success of the ppp, but it is because of the engagement. Before i go, i have two questions. I would like to respond to something my colleague from california brought up about the recovering economy. There are areas of the country the economy is recovering strong , the state of georgia is one of those. Our revenue reports came out over a week ago. The tax revenues for 2020 r. 7 higher than 2019 because instead heavyhanded government putting longterm restrictions on the people, we decided to trust the people they would be safe and secure and opened our economy. I think of other states would like to see that type of economic recovery, maybe they should address the way their states are being governed. I know the Federal Reserve is looking at ways of broadening the main Street Lending program, which we all realize needs to be broadened. Areas i would like to see us take a look at. That ishose industr
Great single challenge to human rights around the world. Client climate calamity looms. Biodiversity is collapsing. The United Nations General Assembly opens the assembly with world leaders, including president donald trump, stanandg away. And a cririsis of dementitia n india, alzheimers is more prevalent there than in other countries. We take a look at what is to be done and how the Global Pandemic has complicated efforts to tackle it. I am brent goff. To our viewers in the United States, and viewers around the world, welcome. European Union Leaders have failed to agree on sanctions on belarusian officials linked to president Alexander Lukashenko, and that is because one member of the European Union, cyprus, vetoed the move. They union had implicated as involved in violence and electoral fraud in last months election. The belarus and belarusian Opposition Leader was in brussels and urged Foreign Ministers to be brave and we can Alexander Lukashenko by disrupting his funding. I ask you
Approve this unemployment payment. Because congress has the power of the purse, the unemployment payment would be 400 which is 200 less than what americans were getting before the july 31st deadline which might be short of what people really need right now and 100 of that payment states would be required to cough up. The request might be an unfair request considering that states have desperately needed funding as they prepare for School Reopenings and having to pay for the medical response to coronavirus among other things kron 4 political analyst michael yaki says the president s actions today were essentially a way to play on peoples emotions. I think that the American People are going to be asking themselves and this is a president who Still Believes that the coronavirus is just going to disappear magically. How sincere is e the fact that his chief of staff was to really represent him in the negotiations and apparently couldnt deliver on any of the items that the president said. Is