Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
And we begin with our daily chrono virus update the Global Pandemic now nearly 87000 deaths and more than 1400000 and factions on tuesday President Trump the World Health Organization even threatened to withhold funding from the institution he said the organization is very china centric. W. H. O. Thats World Health Organization. Received best amounts of money from the United States. And. We paid for a majority of the biggest portion of their money. And they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time i did it and they were wrong theyve been wrong about a lot of things. And that a lot of information early on they didnt want to do very they seem to be very china centric. And we have to look into that so were going to look into it we Chinese Foreign ministry responded to trumps comments by defending the United Nations helping agency. China will as always firmly support the work. And support the do to continue to play leading rule in Global Cooperation in the fight aga
Disagreed with my travel ban for the time they did it and they were wrong theyve been wrong about a lot of things. And then a lot of information early on they didnt want to do very they seem to be very china centric. And we have to look into that so were going to look into it with Chinese Foreign ministry responded to trumps comments by defending the United Nations helping agency. China will as always firmly support the work. And support the do to continue depleting rule in Global Cooperation in the fight against the epidemic amid the current debate demick the United States has indicated that it will suspend. This will have a negative impact on International Cooperation in fighting the epidemic we hope that all countries will help and support each other in jointly contribute to the global foot against the epidemic. Now lets take a look at some of the numbers here a global level the United States it remains a country with the largest number of confirmed cases with 404000 the death toll
Later on cnbc. Rbs posts a forecast meeting profit the british lender dials down the return target for the medium term looking for the market and what feels like a good return. We believe 9 to 11 represents a good share for shareholders. And a concern the results from the coronavirus will be felt for mores well talk to the ceo later on cnbc the story that has been gripping markets, chinese Officials Say over 63,000 people have now contracted the coronavirus, while 1,383 people have died japan has confirmed the first fatality and over 200 people on board a cruise ship have been infected lets get out live to hong kong with all the action. Emily, give us the latest on what is now known as covid19, coronavirus. Thats right. We are keeping track of the developments of the virus. Here with the latest tally of over 64,000. As far as that cruise liner in japan, they are still in the process of testing 3,700 on board. For the first time in four days, they are going to start letting people off t
President trump talking about trade gave us an insight into the u. S. And china in terms of negotiations. A lot of focus is on what is happening in hong kong with heightened tensions playing their part in a selloff. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 1010. Eurodollar at coming up, we speak to a bank chief executive a little bit later on. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news here in london. 3g capital is said to have submitted a bid for an elevator business. That comes as a surprise with 3g having made a name for itself buying food giants. They understand the elevator unit could fetch more than 15 billion euros. They are still debating a minority or majority stake. Hong kong has announced a suspension of all schools in the city. This as the security chief warns of unthinkable consequences if violence continues. Early commuters packed on to the first trains amidst calls to impede rushhour traffic. The International Energy agency says Global Oil Demand will likely plateau around t