Delegates chamber. Charles, whats happening there . I am here inside the chamber. They are doing the the introductions. First and foremost, the mayor of washington, d. C. Is here. Thats mayor benson gray. There are five foreign ambassadors that are here, and they are always invited to see how democracy works. In addition to that, there are a number of individuals who are here who should be here who arent here. I want to point out yesterday there was the county executive from an rondo county was relieved of his post after being found guilty. Were not going to have his replacement here today, if you will. In addition to that, i wanted you to know that right over my shoulder is the former secretary of transportation. He is now considered the number one candidate to fulfill the office of secretary of transportation for the United States in lieu of the fact that secretary ray lahood has resigned. I did ask him just before we went on the air, should i start calling him secretary . He said no
Prudents position . We will be asking the france 24 debate. Once again to clear. Thank you. Here are the headlines. A cordial handshake as the g 20 open in the rift over serial threatening to overshadow talks in the economy. The egyptian interior minister, its not clear who was behind the attack onMohammed Abrahams convoy in the cairo. Taking the first tab toward withdrawing from the criminal court. The g 20 summit has started in russia amid sharp differences of military action against syria. The u. S. And france backed diplomatically by the uk. Russia is backed by brazil and china. A handshake and a smile for the cameras masking deep divisions. Vladimir putin greeting barack obama in st. Petersburg and officially it was dedicated to Economic Issues but the host who agreed to adding cereal to the menu. They have asked me to give the time and possibility to discuss other very acute topics of International Politics not included in the original plan. In particular, the situation around sy
Im well aware of the deadline. So are my colleagues. They cant lead their caucus to a deal. Anything that is remotely associated with me, they feel obliged to oppose. In an interview that aired this morning, president obama talked about everything from syria to congress, the constitution and his assessment of our economy. Five years after the financial crisis. The president sat down with Abcs George Stephanopoulos on friday before the breakthrough u. S. russian deal on syrias chemical weapons. Of course, the president had some interesting things to say about his counterpart in moscow. I dont think that mr. Putin has the same values that we do. And i think obviously by protecting mr. Assad, he has a different attitude about the assad regime. But what ive also said to him directly is that we both have an interest in preventing chaos. We both have an interest in preventing terrorism. The situation in syria right now is untenable. It remains to be seen whether those common interests will b
At one point, but 114 point gain. Two day of triple digit moves here. The russell had a nice percentage move up 1 1 2 . The nasdaq better by a full 43 points. David we have been talking about the up moves. Liz is wearing green in honor of the she saw it coming. We do have some red on the screen. Gold down significantly today. Almost 25 an ounce. Ending the day at 1673. Coming up, we have a very big bull on gold who says now is the time to get in, while some people are saying it could go down to 1200 an ounce. Liz media stocks surging the new highs today. Discovery communications, alltime high. Comcast also hitting alltime high. Time warner, getting a big boost here, 10 1 2 year high. Big move. David Overall Technology is todays Top Performing s p sector. Lets take a look at the etf xlk shares closing up more than 1 on this etf. We are closing watching oracle of course ready to break in with the tech giants earnings, any second they happen, keep it right here over the next hour. Liz we
Tonight at ten unprecedented measures as the government announces a multi billion pound rescue package to try to save businesses and jobs from the coronavirus crisis. Deserted restaurants, empty bars. The chancellor promises £330 billion of support, including government backed loans, and a business rate holiday for those hardest hit. Empty streets, too, as millions of people follow downing streets instructions to work from home and avoid social contact. Therell be mortgage holidays too for those who need it. The coronavirus pandemic is a Public Health emergency, but it is also an economic emergency. We have never in peace time faced an economic fight like this one. Its scary, you know . People in there. They dont know what to do. Theyve got mortgages. Theyve got kids to think about. Rent. First, the medical measures and now the money. Vast and expensive promises from the government, but still, will they be enough . The nhs in england will suspend non urgent operations for three months