News the president of the United States threatening executive action this hour as negotiations have collapsed. The president is about to speak from his resort in new jersey. He has just stepped out and told people assembled there hes going to be speaking in a couple of moments. It comes as the House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin describe the talks as far apart or at one point today very far apart. And new jobs numbers show an incredible slowdown in hiring, the United States down 13 million jobs since the start of the pandemic. So, the issue here is the 600 weekly jobless benefit which expired at the end of the july so people didnt get that this weeb. Currently more than 30 million americans are collecting those job let events. I want to go first to Jeremy Diamond at the white house. Jer mist just to be clear here, the president had what he called a lid. He was done for the night. He was going to have his private time. That was lifted and hes going to be com
Fefederal. Groups like antifa and black lives matter working with the radical dems, the leftwing national media, Corporate America and even Big Technology trying to push their messages, and they support their destruction of almost anyone who defies them, opposes their views. Their claims of systemic racism, the toppling and vandalizing of statues, their looting in the streets and all of it an attempt to force the American People to accept their violence, their upending of the nation. Anyone that doesnt comply, it seems, risks being called a racist, being fired from their jobs, their lives ruined. Democrat leaders have already allowed these groups or encouraged these groups to handcuff, to neutralize their Police Departments. Today some of those same democratic leaders, like the city council in seattle, said quote demonstrations and advocacy are part of how people in america disrupt the status quo. And meaningfully move government towards social change. Well, senator dick durbin calls i
They say were kept in unsafe conditions for years at the port several officials are now under house arrest. Lebanons main grain silo was destroyed at the port leaving less than one months reserve spokesman for the u. N. Says the damage to the port of beirut does pose a major humanitarian challenge for both lebanon and other parts of the region. We expect that the damage to the port will significantly exacerbate the economic and Food Security situation in lebanon which imports about 85 percent of its food. Our colleagues at the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs also expect that this will of affect our ability to provide aid to syria because the port in beirut was one of the ways that we should be in need and of course we also use the airports so well need to find alternate plans but 1st joe will need to do a Damage Assessment and see what is needed. To repair the port and to go about our operations help is arriving Turkey Russia qatar iran and the European Union are am
Which saw the brunt of the fallout. Billion but in60 the positive this tuesday morning. And now performer coming up by 1. 2 at a 52week high. Samsung among gainers. Numbers we sawp today, 42. 9 declines, a long road to recovery for the singapore economy. Malaysia up 0. 2 . Look at where we are in terms of the dollar, showing a little strength today, up for a third day. Forging rising risks holding the dollar with the november elections approaching quickly. Down 0. 4 , still close to a record last week. Good to see the tencent recovery, but not close to making up for all the losses we saw the last two sessions. Our top story with the u. S. Tensions and china retaliating with sanctions on u. S. Officials. And ahead of those trade discussions. We did a phase one deal, it was a wonderful deal. All of a sudden it means very little, that will never pay the loss of life in our country and around the world. We view china differently than we did eight months ago. Yvonne looking at china differe
National salvage National Rescue we need to be part of the people so i declare today the resignation of this government god bless lebanon and the headlines and us president of the trumps Coronavirus Briefing was interrupted by a shooting outside the white house a secret Service Agent i should trump out of the room the president then returned a few minutes later to continue the briefing dismissing concerns about children going back to school theres been a recent report by a medical association which says more than 97000 children tested positive for 19 in just the last 2 weeks of joined by the president resumed his briefing. Within minutes of the incident here is more from mike hanna. Pully repeated the questionable claims that the United States leads the worlds in its rate of testing that despite the fact that the number of cases has now gone past the 5000000 mark he continues to insist that is administration is doing better than anybody in the world in terms of combat in the virus this