Annual pilgrimage to mecca. Hello, we begin in the united where where could the the coronavirus death toll has now surpassed 150,000, higher than any nation. It accounts for nearly a quarter of the global toll. Many are warning the u. S. Will see that number climb higher if to stopnot take steps the pandemic. The u. K. Is the third worst infected with around 46,000 virusrelated deaths confirmed so far. Mike hanna joins us live from washington, d. C. Is quite a figure from the United States. Very much a stark warning and truly a disturbing figure. Now, what is happening is that there is a mixed trend in terms of the spread of the pandemic. There is a slight decrease in the rate of infection but an increase in the mortality rate. This is highly disturbing and experts are pointing out once again that this increase is a consequence of persontoperson spreading weeks ago, particularly in the southern states. The death rate, for example, recorded in the United States through tuesday was the h
Welcome to new york. Its been waiting for you. Welcome to new york. Welcome to new york. Welcome to new york. Its been waiting for you. Welcome to new york. Welcome to new york. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. What a shot of times square, getting ready for the big ball drop today. Thank you for joining us, im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren final trading day of the year e investors are looking at what could be the best year in six, even after yesterdays selling, dow up 17, nasdaq up 4 andahalf, volume expected to be light today. Cheryl asian markets, they have closed the books on 2019. Thanks to progress in the u. S. China trade war, the shanghai index had the best year since 2014. The nikkei, kospi are closed. The shanghai, slightly higher. Hang seng under pressure. Lauren in europe we have red on the screen. The ftse is down 1. 1 , the German Market is closed. Cheryl lets take a look at how the major averages performed over the last decade. Look at this, f
Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ah. Lauren good morning. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl beautiful shot of the new york city skyline this morning. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren the shot that never gets old, right . Lets take a look at your money this morning. More records perhaps today for the dow, nasdaq and s p. Rally mode, dow surging 113 points, s p up 10, nasdaq up 35. Cheryl never get sick of winning when it comes to the markets. Lets take a look at whats going on in asia. We have a mixed bag. Were watching the situation in hong kong, that escalated overnight. We are looking at positive comments about the u. S. Trade relationship going on. The shanghai and hang seng are slightly higher. Lauren in europe, stocks are in the green as well. A 1. 2 gain in london and in frankfurt. Cheryl our top stories is the crisis in hong kong, the violence continued overnight as a group of protesters remain hole
Uptown girl. Shes been living in her uptown world. Ill bet she never had a back street guy. Ill bet her mama never told her why. Im going to try for an uptown girl. Shes been living in her white bread world. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. The webbing which march equity market opened. Lauren happy veterans day to all those who served out there. The dow is down 102 points, s p is down 10, a third of 1 , nasdaq giving up 36 this morning. Thats about half of 1 in the red. Deirdre if you look, a sea of red in the asian markets right now, the nikkei, shanghai and hang seng all moving lower, this as part in tensions in hong kong soar again. Lauren good news for the u. K. Economy, the they avoid a recession, gdp in the latest quarter growing. The ftse 100 is down a half of 1 . The cac is up a point. Thats good news, i suppose. Deirdre well take it. Lauren he lets start with a bullish bull issue on the u. S. Economy. Jamie dimon talking up the strength of the u.
Morning along with california congressman darrell issa, great to see you this morning. Rnc chairman mcdon isle is here to talk boycotts and debate as well, acting director mark morgan to talk immigration and former ceo of toysrus, former target chairman jerry to talk u. S. China tariffs, taking a look at toys, former Federal Reserve chairman, capitalism in america, Alan Greenspan, talking Global Market and the fed. Dont miss a moment of it. Futures lower, lots of nervousnesses over the china situation and tariffs, yesterday markets finished up with encouraging economic data, fears of global slowdown, sparking up rally, nasdaq up 176, the u. S. Maintains pressure on hauwei, washington refuse to go grant licenses for u. S. Companies to do business with the Chinese Telecom giant after beijing refuse today buy american products, this according to bloomberg. Tit for tat continuing for hauwei and the u. S. Well, its about cooperation and noncooperation. President trump and the administration