Simply concerning. Could the bay area run out of hospital beds . We continue to be at risk of exceeding our hospital capacity. Its not all bad news. Tonight a positive trend doctors and nurses are noticing. Plus what will it take to flatten the curve . Tonight we ask the experts. And cant wait to clear your head and hit the slopes . California just releasing its covid rules for ski resorts. We begin now with this. At this rate we could see a statewide lockdown as early as tomorrow. As of tonight, many people are simply defeated, especially business own. They already see the writing on the wall. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana leads our coverage from the east bay. Reporter after governor gavin newsom hinted at a possible statewide stayathome order on monday, members of his cabinet had a Conference Call with Business Leaders yesterday. Should we consider this imminent . We should. In fact, i think were understanding that were expecting that the governor is going to be making an announcemen
Ofodollar getting a bit traction. The dollar is going down. This is part and parcel of the yellen trade, which seems to be getting reaction now. It will be interesting to see how she works handinhand with the fed chair. Minutes,e last few crude went through 45. This is wti. We are backing off the little bit, but that line in the sand is the highest level we have seen since march 6, which gives you an idea of the turnaround we are seeing. The big question, is it running too far, too fast . Alix some analysts starting to scratch their heads a little bit, particularly as they look at the curve. President elect joe biden said to announce his selection of former fed chair janet yellen as secretary of the treasury. Joining us as michael mckee, Bloomberg International policy and economic correspondent. What about this appointment is giving confidence to the markets specifically . Theael janet yellen ticks most important box for investors, she makes them money. Take a look at what happened whe
Consecutive day. They say the country is still far from ending its lockdown. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo is in israel for a three day visit. It comes as the countrys Prime Minister in bahrains foreign minister held talks, the first since normalizing relations earlier this year. The talks supported by the Trump Administration has angered palestinians. A visit to an israeli settlement, the first ever by a u. S. Sectary of state. Reporter stepping off a plane in israel in what is his last International Tour as u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo reasserting changes to many of the longstanding policies under Donald Trumps fouryear term, including the recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. It is great to be back in jerusalem. Reporter standing alongside the Prime Minister of israel and the foreign minister of bahrain, he held a series of accords between israel and a number of nations. This agreement tells malign actors like iran that their influence in the region is waning.
Years at the helm of siemens and activists point to massive human rights violation in violations of western china. Volkswagen plant their welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. The used to largest economies are signaling more help for business. As rising covert infections keep their countries in lockdown, french finance minister, bruno la, saying thursday, hes working on an aid package for small and midsize businesses, including rent relief and new tax credits. His german counterpart told reporters he will do everything necessary to cushion the economic fallout in germany. The government in berlin is currently working on a 10000000000 euro package to help restaurants and bars, among other businesses get more from chelsea delaney, our financial correspondent in frankfurt. Chelsea, how hard is this 2nd wave hitting european businesses . Were definitely seeing big divergences between european economies. If you look at germany, for example, what weve seen so far is a hit that
Priced out of the brink of censorship, flags, and documentary on u. S. Troops potentially being offensive. We hear from the films producer, we have to fold notification system in place for this particular documentary, and that is word. This is something i heard, i think plus fury in armenia over a new peace deal with azerbaijan says, no sign of dying down the country is fighting for political survival. This protests rocked the countrys capital. We speak to a woman who fled the war zone, found refuge. I didnt want to leave my home, but another. My daughter said, mom critique of my children. I left good morning, youre watching r t and the prominent kremlin critic, ne could have been targeted with a nerve agent after leaving russia that claim comes from russias foreign minister, sergey lavrov. He was speaking at a Video Conference with journalists and the diplomat stressed. The valley had tested negative for toxins. While in the country it seems russia has had enough after months of what