It is a little unusual for the secretary of state to be involved in politics of any shape or form, but it sure does sound like good theater and im anxious to see if youd see it. David ok, many thanks. You will be back with us tomorrow night. We will have live coverage again of the second night of the Republican National Convention Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. As we said, secretary of state mike pompeo will be appearing from jerusalem as well as First Lady Melania Trump headlining the night. This is coverage of the Republican National convention on Bloomberg Television and radio. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets asia. Asia looking set for gains after wall street extended its record run, investors increasingly optimistic for a virus vaccine and that the Global Pandemic will not drag on the recovery. One progress,e the u. S. And china held trade talks and say they have made advances and both sides insist they are committed to the deal being a success. Rishaad and the Republican Conve
There was none of that for congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green who for years has spread lies and conspiracies rooted in bigotry. Greenes no longer the outlier in her party and the pervasive spread of lies, much of it on social media, has trickled down to exploit fears. When President Biden was sworn in i was just crying. I mean, i couldnt stop. It was that ugly cry that you do, just kept going. I was like, oh, my gosh, im seeing the funeral of our country. I went into panic mode. I called my mom and i told her, were all going to die. Were going to be owned by china. I might have to pull my daughter o you the of school because theyre going to take her. I was scared to death. Thats someone who does not believe the lies anymore but she wasnt forced to confront reality until trump left office. The spreads of qanon and likeminded conspiracy groups have left those outside the party looking in. So today republicans will have to go on record about what kind of party they want to have. More fro
Taking a vote of conscience on the former president. As for greene, she was given a Standing Ovation by some. Were live following all of it on capitol hill. Also where does the covid Relief Bill Stand and President Bidens first major Foreign Policy speech comes later today. Lets go to our colleague lauren fox on the hill. Good morning to you, lauren. The republican Leader Punting and punting on punishing Marjorie Taylor greene. Where do things stand this morning . Well, exactly. Hes essentially telling House Democrats to move ahead with their resolution. They will bring to the floor this afternoon. It will force every single republican member to Make A Stand On Whether or not they think that their colleague should be able to stay on the committees that she serves on. Thats the Education Committee and the budget committee. This is really an unprecedented move that democrats are going toward because they are arguing in traditional times, when there is a controversial member, it is up to
Llg ndrainti, President Trumps leadership during the pandemic that has killed nearly 180,000 americans as the president gets set to close out the Republican National convention tonight. Overnight authorities reveal the identity of the officer who shot jacob blake in the back and a new report there may have been a knife in blakes car. Also Police Arrested a 17yearold accused of the Fatal Shooting of those protesters. Sports on strike. The nba playoffs shut down by players, demanding justice over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Lebron and the lakers reportedly voting to end the season. Protests in the wnba, soccer and mat me t wide world ofports . President Trumps Administration accused of pressuring the cdc to stop testing asy. Dr. Anthony fauci not signing off on these new guidelines. What the white house is saying this morning and why men might be more susceptible to the virus than women. Dr. Jha joins us live. Plus, baby daisy is here. Cover me in daisies, daisies, daisies report
National security and tiktok says it is pure politics. And the official nomination of President Trump at the republican convention. He says his opponents want to steal the election. Haidi we have again u. S. ,arkets with fresh record highs a little relief given expectations of the fasttrack process when it comes to vaccines and therapeutics as well. The s p 500 notching another alltime high, there is optimism the virus will not hamper growth. We are seeing a muted session on it comes to the futures sessions, flat at the moment. Little negative when it comes to the start of trading in asia. The nikkei to do five trading in chicago seeing downside about 1 10 of 1 . Dollaryen holding. The biggest declines in the g10 space was the kiwi and looney. We are also watching the price of crude as we have twin storms approaching. 80 of refinery output in the gulf of mexico has been halted, potentially seeing some impact when it comes to crude prices, which did rise, gasoline hitting the five month