Already attracted criticism. And Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim pushes his case for becoming the new Prime Minister of malaysia. And im santa hummus and i have all the sport. Major League Baseball welcomes back fans as the Atlanta Braves win the opening match of the National League championship series. The government says cyprus is suspending a controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera the countrys attorney general has also announced an investigation into possible criminal offenses fall. The revelations that expose high ranking officials expressing a willingness to see aides convicted criminals to obtain citizenship in august all to serious investigative units released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the citizen buy Investment Program well lets say across live now to our Investigative Reporter David Harrison he joins us now from nicosia david its the cypriot government has always tonights there was any any wrongdo
President is insisting something can be ahead on this and nancy pelosi is pretty much only thing stopping that. We are hearing that nancy pelosi and treasury secretary mnuchin will be having more conversations today on that i dont know where theyre going. It is a program often reminded me but the priorities for that spending. In the meantime, the debate over a facebook and twitter trying to silence those who want to pass along and retweet or recomment on this New York Post story. Now, a Facebook Twitter both are telling folks that look we are not shutting down this story just trying to make it difficult for people to sort of carry it on and pass it along to others there are enough doubts about the story we cant pounce it. And conservatives saying you wouldnt do this if individual or roles were reversed nay. Edwards lawrence following developments us joins us out of washington. Hey, edward. Major backlash and threats from u. S. Republican senators possible regulation over big tech giant
Thing back. In the new york, new jersey, area, some promise that the worsthit states are at least pondering openings as soon as tomorrow. The very latest read on all of this from jackie deangelis. Hey, jackie. Reporter neil, as reopenings continue in slow phases across the country, reminder this mornings weekly jobless claims added three million more people to the list of unemployed. The number was higher than expectations but it was lower than it was last week. So that was positive. Remember the total number of jobs lost in eight weeks, more than 36 million. That is a backdrop here. That is why reopening is so important. The sooner the country can do it, the more people can get back to work. Now in florida universal orlando is partially reopening today. The citywalk portion is going to be on reduced hours but masks are a must. There will be temperature checks. On may 20th, the plan is to open disney springs. That is where the shopping and dining complex is. The rest of the park is clo
Losses in tech. The s p is looking at the best year, potentially here in two decades. Deirdre bolton kicks us off. She is at the New York Stock Exchange whether thedre . Thats a great question, blake. You mentioned the s p 500 is on track to havehe year since 1997. Todays red on screens doone foe year. The groups putting most pressure on the markets right now are ones that outperformed last week. Really sent stocks to all new highs for the christmas rally. They include info tech, consumer discretionary, also communication stocks. Youre seeing that pattern as individual stocks too. Some of the biggest winners of the year are lower today. Here are some top three weve been following. Apple, microsoft, visa. They are all stand out stocks for 2019. Apple, we have to highlight. It is the best performing stock on the dow for the year. It is up 82 . The gains pushed companys market cap back above the 1 trilliondollar mark. Analysts talking a lot about wearables. They are beating forecasts. By
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