Set to move in later today. Good friday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well check in with mike in just a moment. The wind advisory also in effect ahead of that storm. Yeah, we are seeing some high winds picking up this morning out ahead of this cold front thats moving through, and we are tracking the storm as it approaches on storm ranger now moving into far Northern California as we go into this morning. Yes, the first storm of the season moving in and its really great to see although were not seeing a lot of rain with it, its going to be spotty. Were starting out dry as you get ready to head out the door. Were going to see some gusty winds throughout this morning into the day. And those high winds and chilly temperatures continuing. By this afternoon well start to see some spotty rain around the bay area and then another chance of showers on sunday, so ill be talking all about this with the time line coming up in a few minute
The us President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary marc esper via social media esper clashed with trump in june over sending military troops to Disperse Protesters is being replaced by the head of the Counterterrorism Center Christopher Miller speak to a White House Correspondent can really help it in washington d. C. So what more do we know about this firing. Well it had long been rumored that this could happen in fact so much so that marc esper had a Resignation Letter that was all set to go but then the feeling was that in fact his job was secure in so this was never handed over is what we understand now it was expected that potentially if donald trump won the u. S. Election that he would fire mark asked for but it appears even though donald trump has not been the projected winner that this is happening anyway and. What the concern is and all of this and why this has been talked about for so long as the 2 of publicly really had some distance in terms of their positions fo
High profile dismissal President Donald Trump announces hes fired defense secretary marc esper on twitter. Thousands leave the regional capital in nagornokarabakh as fighting between azerbaijan and armenia intensifies. Terms in doha with only sports news 27 team asas champion Sergio Garcia withdrawals from this weeks tournament after testing positive for corona virus. American drug maker pfizer has released interim results show its vaccine is effective against the corona virus the news has been welcomed by scientists and World Leaders and triggered a surge on Global Markets the vaccine developed by pfizer and german start up by on tech was found to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing covert 19 among study participants no serious safety concerns were observed among the more than 43000 Party Percent across the globe a study showed just 94 confirmed cases of kevin 19 of the news has been called a great day for science and humanity and while the World Health Organization says t
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Treasury yield target. Chancellor merkel looks to repair the transatlantic trade ties but bidens Irish Heritage threatens the u. K. s special relationship as his views around a hard border in ireland remains central to brexit talk. Welcome to the program, everybody. Just under one hour to go until the start of cash equities trading. Lets have a look at where users have us positioned. We saw a strong appetite for risk assets last week and that continues with the big news over the weekend about president elect biden. Point 21. 550 futures percent, echoed by ftse futures and dax futures. Buyave a sense of if not everything, buy risk and treasuries. We are not seeing full wholehearted embrace of the fixed income asset class this morning. This is what got on the global stocks outlook. Mastec futures outperforming. A lot of this had to do with hyden the optimism around what President Biden might do around stimulus although there is a senate conversation. What does this mean for reflation . W