Bernie sanders signed a fight to the very end. Its a big win. I am lauren simonetti. Nicole good morning. Im nicole petallides. Double trouble to nukes conference isaac on the attack against the clintons. Nicole the s p 500 edging closer to an alltime high check in and its a market futures ahead of the opening bell. Dow futures higher by three, down. 3. Nicole actress and positive chinese trade data. The shanghai composite index down one third of 1 . Lauren oil right now 50. 63 a barrel. Nicole 5 01 a. M. In new york. When they come at june 8th. We welcome you to fbn am, your first look at todays market and what to expect the day ahead. Lauren thank you so much for joining us. Egyptian Officials Say an airplane that made an Emergency Landing in his pakistan following a bomb threat the plane with 135 passengers and crew on board was flying from beijing to beijing from cairo. The plane has been evacuated and is being searched. The incident comes a month after egypt air flight 804 crashed
Here and now. As the president ial Campaign Heats up, fists have been flying along with the expected political rhetoric. Critics are accusing republican frontrunner donald trump of stoking that violence and hate. Now, whos really to blame for the escalation of tension on the campaign trail, and how did we get here . Joining us today is the executive director of the new York State Democratic Party and political analyst, basil smikle jr. Welcome back to here and now. Thank you. Nice to see you. Oh, man. Lets get to it. It has just been, really, a realitytelevision show on the campaign trail. Say that, from the beginning, trump was kind of stoking this animosity and it just finally boiled over. Whats your take on that . Well, youre right to say that its somewhat of a reality show, right . And you have the carnival barker leading the pack, so to speak. You know, when i look at whats happening on the republican side, to me, theres a pall that has descended over this election season, mostly
Will address the pandemic and the hurricane. Approaching there. It comes as the president is drawing a rare rebuke from republicans even one of his predecessors for raising the alarming possibility of delaying the november election. This as more states opt for mailin ballots due to the danger of voting in the pandemic. We should note only congress can delay the election. That said, its part of a larger effort to delegitimize the election in advance. Randi kaye has the top story, that is the approaching hurricane in the midst of a pandemic storm. Reporter absolutely. We are awaiting for the hurricane to approach. 253 deaths yesterday. Florida still leads the nation in new cases, new daily cases. Nearly 10,000 yesterday. 9,956. 50 hospitals in the state are without icu beds at all. They have run out of them. So all of this as were waiting for this hurricane that is brewing out there to come to florida. It is supposed to get here on saturday and then work its way up the east coast. We are
Honest. We want to make sure the election is honest. Im not sure that it can be. I dont know that it can be with this whole situation, unsolicited ballots, unsolicited. Millions being sent to everybody. Just quick fact check on that, in 41 out of the 50 states, voters have to request a mailin ballot, doesnt just go unsolicited in a majority of states. Cnns Kaitlan Collins reports it follows months of the president stoking fears of fraud without providing any evidence and mounting an aggressive legal strategy. Reporter President Trump facing swift pushback today after he refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lose loses in november. We have to see what happens. You know that. Ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots. Though the white house tried to spin what he said on camera, Even Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a tweet saying there will be an orderly transition in january should trump lose to joe biden. But mcconnell and other gop lawmakers r
But not shy, battleground in florida. Four years ago, donald trump won a huge victory here in the villages but the latest polls suggest thatjoe biden is well ahead amongst the over 65 is. Riot police in thailand have clashed with a large group of Anti Government protesters in bangkok moving in to clear the streets shortly after the government issued an emergency decree banning all gatherings of more than five people and outlawing the publication of any news or online messages that, in their words, affect national security. As you can see, lines of police with riot shields were able to quickly drive back the lines of protesters and clear the area around Government House where thousands of people had been camping overnight following another day of widespread protests against the king and the Prime Minister. Video on social media showed police facing off against demonstrators and two protest leaders have been arrested. The emergency decree accused the protests of inciting chaos and threat