Declaring himself a president ial candidate. To discourage abortion, he says everyone who has a baby should get 1 million. He claimed Harriet Tubman never freed the slaves but had them work for other white people. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. Thank you for joining us on this monday. We begin with the debate over coronavirus funding taking center stage as the National Death toll surpasses 140,000. Overnight the bahamas announced it is no longer welcoming american visitors. Starting wednesday its borders will be closed to travelers from the u. S. As confirmed cases of covid19 across this country continue to surge. Today people can visit the statue of liberty again as new york city enters phase 4 of reopening, but no one will be allowed to go inside. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has the latest. Reporter the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. Nearly 64,000 new cases reported. Numbers rising in 80 of states across the u. S. , prompting Los Angeles Mayor
65 in oakland, 67 in san jose and 68 for concord. I will take you our by our user in a few minutes. Of the reopening plan begins for San Francisco, marin, and san mateo counties. Lets go live right now to someone who is in redwood city. Good morning. Good morning we are here at the redwood trading post in redwood city, a popular spot for outdoor and camping equipment. You know under the first steps of face two, this allows for them to reopen with order had Curbside Pickup and this includes but is not limited to books, toy, and Jewelry Stores, clothing, shoes, and Sporting Goods and florists, pet grooming, carwashes, Appliance Repair and residential cleaning. In other words, nonessential Retailer Services that do not require close Customer Contact we caught up with gloria and sammy run a Clothing Store in burlingame and they have been closed for months and they will finally be able to sell clothing today. They estimate they will have 10 of normal capacity but they are focus on keeping t
Says carlos ghosn left the country by illegal means. Theformal nice former nissan boss is expected to give a press conference this wednesday. Yousef it is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Are talking about those geopolitical jitters currently running through markets, so lets take a look at where gold is trading this morning. Gold trading at the highest level in about six years, with Goldman Sachs suggesting that shiny metal will be a better hedge against geopolitical risk than crude oil. Goldman sticking to its forecast for 1600 announced, but with risk for prices to the upside. Gold building off of what was a stellar year, up Something Like 18 in 2019. That is the biggest annual jump in over a decade. Changes the dollar, the dollar also strengthening off the back of that safe haven appetite. Yousef crude oil is extending its surge from friday. We are at threemonth month highs for wti and brent. You have the fallout between the u. S. And iran escal
Philippines down quite substantially today, around 1. 4 . Not really feeling your sort of risk on mood we had several days ago as well. Not to mention in case you missed it, the tie chin pmi numbers a little soft. I mentioned dollaryen. Dollar, the loonie was actually under a lot of pressure. Dollar, dollar, dollar, canadian dollar. Pressure on friday given the move we have seen here. The aussie dollar dipping below your . 70 level. As promised, very quickly, have a look at brent which is now back above 70. You have gold pushing 1600 an ounce. The entire crude your futures curve, you can look at it almost by the hair from the floor on friday. The longer end, and the reason i am pointing, the longer end of your japanese bond market seeing a substantial lift and the move back into haven place. These. Track all of yvonne our top story, the fallout from the killing of a top Iranian Military commander is widening. Lawmakers have voted in iraq to expel american troops and iran says it will n
And who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in the armed forces and in the congress, and so we do mourn his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to from seed witho proceed without giving our condolences to his family and for those who sent him to congress to represent them. At this point i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt so deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he sfefserved for more th0 years as a member of the committee including 20 years either as chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to the service in congress, he was in the Civil Rights Movement and was in selma, alabama, in 1963. He holds the distinction of