Bill thats a scene a short time ago as Israel And Hezbollah are on the brink of an allout War Prompting the u. S. To send more troops to the Middle East and casting a shadow over President Bidens final u. N. Address scheduled in an hour. Big doings here. Im bill hemmer. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. I imagine this is not at all the speech that biden thought he would be giving at this point. Well track that for you. Were also tracking an eruption of intense fighting across the israeli lebanon border. Idf is going on the defensive. The worst Fighting Lebanon has seen in decades and could plunge the entire region into chaos. Bill the black drop of the bloodshed for the u. N. General assembly. It was supposed to be a Victory Lap for President Biden. Now addressing a failure of u. S. Foreign policy. Rich edson reports from the u. N. Nate foye from Tel Aviv and lets begin in israel with the conflict there. Nate, hello. Good morning. Breaking into within the past hour wer
Live now to discussion with main senator angus king who joins Healthcare Providers and Bipartisan Policy Center experts on the use of telehealth during the covid pandemic. Health team led by, Catherine Hayes and others. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Bipartisan Policy Center we were established a a little over a decade ago by four former majority leaders, senator bob dole, late senator howard baker on the republican side. Senator tom daschle and senator George Mitchell on the democratic side. Senator mitchell from the great state of maine which youll hear shortly his estate, very well represented here this morning. The country is indeed, indeed the world quite frankly is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic caused untold suffering and death. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, Healthcare Providers are struggling to provide Critical Care under some very difficult conditions. But if there is any good, and theres that much, but if theres any good to come out of this virus,
Basically kind of bouncing around. There is a lot of concern as to where this rally can go based on the fundamentals with the economy and corporate earnings. Caroline the economy, corporate earnings, this is exactly what Bloomberg Intelligences Gina Martin Adams has been talking about. The second phase of the recovery will be slower, choppy or. We have real earnings progress to underpin some of these numbers. Today, we got a little bit more betterthanexpected Consumer Confidence data. Taylor driving valuations on the s p 500. One of the first times in a very long time where the s p trading at a valuation is higher than the stocks index. Typically, those chipmakers have been so overvalued. Refocusing back here just on the u. S. Is really led that market higher. Romaine when we talk about risk assets, we look at some of the havens. Gold at one point today traded above 1800. Having one of its best quarters ever. Treasuries have been kind of range bound over the last couple of months. Year
For a visit will face consequences. M get away to the beautiful shores of South Lake Tahoe, the pristine mountain views are only accessible to property owners. If you are a second homeowner, it is okay to come here and live in your house. While we definitely love visitors, right now is not the time. The El Dorado County Public Health Office Issued an ordinance back in march, prohibiting visitors in an effort to help enforce shelter in place orders. If violated, any visitors are lodging facilities will face a 1,000 fine. That would effectively fine either guests and property or Business Owners in the city of South Lake Tahoe who offer lodging and actually have people stay. Jerry vindel is forest suites resort at heavenly village. His 115 suites spanning the fiveacre property remain empty. This is very difficult for someone in the Tourism Industry to say this, but we do ask that you not come up until were ready. But a few miles past the nevada state line, some small hotels not affiliated
A new cluster of infections. Also ahead how our knowledge of corona virus is changing and what that means for a future treat. The corona virus is wreaking yet more havoc in the u. S. Jobs market now almost 3000000 people have filed for Unemployment Benefits in the past 7 days that is down on the previous weeks but it does bring the nationwide figure of those seeking benefits to more than 36000000. 00 people since the lockdown over coronavirus began meanwhile global figures have joined together making a plea for the eventual covert 19 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries in an open letter more than 140 current and former leaders Nobel Laureates and academics all calling for the global sharing of data and technologies related to the virus the World Health Organization has won the virus may never ever be wiped out completely the health body says without a vaccine it could take years for people to build immunity. This virus may become just another endemic virus in our