Germanys business conference figures that is a test below figures. Figures. H low a lot of numbers out there. The ecb is what people really want to know about. The treasuries edging higher. A surprise in ecb policy that will play out on eurodollar. Currently at 1. 1126. And the weakness of that economy. This ahead of later mario draghi. We will be seeing that press conference. Lets get to bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana Boris Johnson clearing out more than half of theresa mays top team. A stream ofidating brexit enthusiasts into his cabinet. Becomes l counselpecial u. S. Robert mueller largely disappointed democrats with his testimony yesterday. Some wanted him to read aloud potentially damaging parts that he declined. Trump. Resident Donald Mueller didnt offer any clues. Bernie made off asking trump to shorten his 150 year prison sentence. The 81yearold is hoping to finish his fight and freedom. Made off was jailed for running the biggest ponzi scheme in histor
divided we stand. president trump set to deliver his state of the union address, to a bitterly split congress and country. just ahead, what to watch before tonight. cross-country mess. a winter storm that s about to spread snow, ice and rain from the midwest to new england. al is tracking it all. those stories plus, inside the outbreak. the race to get americans out of china, as cases of the coronavirus triple in the last week. fight of his life. i have to tell you something today that i wish i didn t have to tell you. conservative radio host rush limbaugh reveals his lung cancer diagnosis. what it means for the future of his show. and hometown heroes. the super bowl-winning chiefs arrive in kansas city, with the trophy in hand. their plans for a massive victory parade. as j. lo pulls back the curtain on what led up to that unforgettable halftime performance. today, tuesday, february 4th, 2020. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb,
This is the final estimate. The earlier estimate was 56. 2 as well. The euro area pmi rising to 57. 5. The preliminary, 57. 5. Across data, flooding the eurozone today. As upn see, stocks are trading lower today, down for the third day surrounding optimism for tax reform in the u. S. Dying down. Before we look at sterling against the dollar, down by 2 3 f 1 , yesterday we were up 0. 5 . yesterdayp by 0. 5 and today we are down by 2 3 of 1 . Today talks will continue to get a conclusion of these talks. Nymex crude oil is down by 0. 4 . It rose by 1. 7 on friday before Government Data forecasted crude stock piles decreasing for a third week. A busy, busy day coming up on surveillance. We are going to speak to Stefano Domenicali later. Well get the outline of the Aviation Industry later. Trumps travel ban takes full effect while legal challenges go forward. It hands a victory and suggests the court will ultimately uphold the restrictions. The president can now restrict muslim basedx count
Features pulling back from record highs. Expecting a decline at the opening of trading about 130 points down one half of 1 . The s p 500 down and the nasdaq down two thirds of a percent right now 42 points lower expecting a lower opening this morning. European markets similar story. Cac in the dax all over between a fraction that almost 1 . Asia overnight markets closed mixed. The indices at the close with the nikkei average in japan was down a quarter of 8 . Shanghai index was up a quarter of a percent. Federal judges here but cisco has bought the Trump Administrations decision to end the daca. The judge said the obama air a program which protects 700,000 people from deportation must stay as the litigation unfolds. Early in the day the commanderinchief reiterated his commitment to Immigration Reform during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers. Very far right and very far left they are very unhappy about what they are doing, but i dont believe they have to be. If we do this properly, da
Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The ft leads with news that the German Government has taken a step towards breaking a four month deadlock, as Angela Merkels social Democratic Party voted in favour of formal Coalition Talks. The front page of the express features the bbcs interview with french president Emmanuel Macron and his comments that french people would also vote to leave the eu if they had the chance. The i says wildlife conservationists have issued a warning that the uk is aiding sales of ivory, because there is no outright ban on sales on the illegal goods. The telegraph leads with a story about the british army, the paper says that a lack of resources means our troops are struggling to keep up with military advances in other countries like russia. This so its a mixed bag of stories from those papers there, this with lots to discuss and more front pages still to come in. Ben and ruth, lets start things off with our first story. Is the childrens. The story of a lo