Word that the Trump Administration has completed a phase one drug deal with china. Thats calls for pushing back on tariffs on chinese goods. 50 billion in exports scheduled to kick in sunday. Well find out if that is the case. Michael pillsbury is here to join us on all of this. Wall streets vote is already in. The dow surging ahead 225 points, and the s p 500 up 26 points. The nasdaqs 117th close in the trump era. Two principle aspects to the trade agreement reached between china and the United States. Economically what benefits each country. What does each give up and what will rehave as a result in balanced reciprocal trade and politically what are the up reply cases for u. S. National security . With us tonight to take up all of that, dr. Michael pillsbury, hes director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. Good to have you with us. This is an extraordinary step forward. It is, however, still clearly unformed. What are your thoughts . I think its a tremendous
Its finally friday. Im out of control. Forget the working blues and let the good times roll. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Perfect song this morning. Let the good times roll. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, everybody. Im cheryl casone. It may be friday the 13th but markets are looking pretty lucky this morning. Lets take a look at futures right now. Youve got green arrows, were in l rallying mode after yesterdays big market jump. The nasdaq closed on new highs after news of a neigh phase one. S p is up 14 and a quarter, nasdaq up 46. Lauren the hong kong and nikkei both gaining more than two andahalf percent. Cheryl in europe, a vic lap fovictorylap for Boris Johnson. The ftse 100 is up more than two and a quarter percent, positive arrows for the cac and the dax. Lauren sources telling fox business that a phase one deal with china has been reached. Heres what we know at this hour. China has verbally agreed to 50 billion worth of farm purchases. The deal also includes a section
Its backed up solid before you get to mission north. Mission north over to this wiggly road here and the slow down on niles canyon road. That takes you through the windy dark area. Theres mist and drizzle this morning. This is complicated by this crash on 680. Roz has been out there for hours. Whats going on . Reporter weve made our way a little closer to where this accident happened. In the distance there those flashing lights is where the big rig jackknifed and where the fuel spill is. Were going into hour four now. This happened around 2 00 this morning. People have been stuck in traffic. You can see traffic is moving fine on 680 south. All lanes still blocked on 4680 north. Weve been here for two hours. Folks are trying to get to work. We spoke with an uber driver who has been driving all night and is trying to get home. Hes been sitting here for three hours. All lanes blocked. Were told there is a fuel spill, a hazmat situation. That will take a while for them to get it cleaned up
Jurors. What they have to do is evaluate the case by talking with each juror individually and find out the reason that these three jurors committed some type of err error. Only one alternate left. What happens if another situation comes up with another juror . Theres only one alternate left. This judge is in a tough situation. If we see another situation where we lose another member of the jury, we could have a mistrial on our hands. Thats something the Defense Attorneys will certainly be pushing for. In a nutshell we will be in this courtroom, in this courthouse following the latest on this trial for days, possibly weeks to come, guys. Thank you so much, melissa. They were deliberating for ten days very meticulous and this happened. Very frustrating. The families of the victims, they were actually called to oakland to hear about the changes. Nbc bay areas Jody Hernandez is also at the courthouse. Jody, whats the response from the family and friends of the victims . Reporter raj, ill t
Liquid smoke. The smell overwhelmed the whole house quickly and i overwhelmed it thinking my neighbors house might be on fire. Smoke billowing everywhere. The latest fires took place in and around the Roosevelt Park and nagele park neighborhoods. As you see all close together and five ignited within half an hour of each other. Its adding to homeowners anxiety and crime mapping. Com shows before this weekend there were already 36 fires around here in the past six months, and as we showed last week a Home Security camera caught a man actually setting fire to a pile of wood and brush at a home. Could it be arson . Could it be homeless encampments or sparked by fireworks . Could it be random . And the fear is the danger of the dryness, the lateness in the season and the winds. Its very scary. You dont know who is setting these and what the motive is and were all these thunderstorms are all in close proximity of each other and thats very worrying that a structure is going to be next and hea