Good morning welcome, im Courtney Reagan in for Brian Sullivan what a day it is shaping up to be again today, but looking different than what we saw on monday well kick off this morning with a tuesday turnaround dow futures are pointing higher indicated higher by more than 900 points 920 points at this moment. The s p 500 indicated higher by more than 104 points and the nasdaq up by 323 points. We have a lot of hours left until the opening bell sounds but this is come after the worst day for stocks with the dow falling more than 2,000 points in a single day. The selloff triggering the first halt to u. S. Trading in 20 years. As it stands right now, all the major averages are in correction the dow transports and the russell are in bear market territory down more than 20 from recent 52 week highs. Same thing goes for energy financials, industrials, materials and tech all those sectors also in that same boat bonds are hovering off the low, ten year is back above energy pouncing back after
Hello good afternoon youre watching r. T. International now u. S. Forces have reportedly fired tear gas at protesters in the iraqi capital he gathered outside the American Embassy there for a 2nd day reports say protesters tried to set a building in the compound on fire it comes a day after a crowd tried to storm the embassy and also talk shit demonstrators are calling for the full withdrawal of u. S. Forces from the country when the u. S. Says it will deploy 750. 00 troops to iraq in response to the threat posed to its embassy President Donald Trump has accused iran of orchestrating the attack and is found to that it will pay a big price meantime 100 marines have already been redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of force. U. S. Army had he called his did fly over the compound foreign flag as as a warning to the protesters the embassy unrest comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 people at the weekend kind of mopping as more. Iraq is in flam
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
Away and we should have that understanding and that sympathy of oui understanding and that sympathy of our responsibility to ensure eve ryo ne our responsibility to ensure everyone is able to live in safety, where ever they are in this country. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 72 people lost their lives on that night in june 2017. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 2017. If that situation rocked the community and shocks the whole country. And it brought together help from lots and lots of people, local churches, mosques, synagogues, people from Different Community organisations, and people rushed to grenfell and as the fire was still blazing, with gifts of food and toys and support and so on. That understanding, that simple Human Understanding of so many people are something that i think we have to cherish and begin to understand. Because there is a natural human instinct to help people and thats what was demonstrated and i cannot forget going there straight
Where this year there have been when getting your Morning Coffee at least five deaths becomes an extreme hobby across 33 states. Well talk to the starbucks customer plus, a big day for apple with the goal of feeding his caffeine addiction, as the tech giant unveils its latest round of products. But is the company losing its shine . Well discuss. In every one of its shops worldwide. Hello and welcome, now, you may have thought im michelle fleury, in washington, Christian Fraser in london. That the us midterm elections were done and dusted in november. Think again. There is more upheaval today, the last race will be in the trump white house. Decided in North Carolina. The National Security advisor, its actually a re run john bolton, one of the most senior after the authorities figures in the administration has uncovered absentee ballot fraud been fired, by tweet. It comes just a few days after talks in the 9th district. The surprising thing is that this is a republican stronghold with th