Response to the pandemic but also pointed out Hurricane Season is approaching and the agency needs to deal with that and other disasters. He participated in an auburn virtual discussion. Good morning. On behalf of the auburn president and board of trustees i would like to welcome you to a conversation with the acting secretary of the department of Homeland Security, chad wolf. The event is brought to you by the Mccrary Institute for the cyber and Critical Infrastructure security here at Auburn University. Weekse over the past few used the term unprecedented more than any other time in history. The copan 19 pandemic has brought about many changes in our country and affected virtually every aspect of daily lives. As an institution, we had Auburn University have tried to respond quickly with our researchers and scientists directing expertise andrd fighting the pandemic its impact on our health, our economy, and our way of life. The department of Homeland Security you are going to hear fro
Day. Thet issues and trade, ongoing battle between the u. S. And potential cyber warfare. Here in california. A lot of people commute. It is a feeling our colleagues in asia have been living with for weeks. How are markets opening up over there . Paul some unambiguous signals. New zealand has been open for an 2. 5 , aready off by move down of similar magnitude for futures in australia. 4. 5 , theures are off kospi weaker as well. We continue to see strength in the japanese yen. A lot of data coming out of japan today, retail sales, tokyo cpi, both of those contracting, even before the coronavirus outbreak. Take a look at the yields, big move down. Of at a fresh record low. 83. Global stocks plunging to fourmonth lows, u. S. Equities falling the most since august 2011 as anxiety over the coronavirus deepens. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york. A lot of red. And id be on the close. Averages all down more than 4 , there was a rebound rally attempt. Turned briefly higher, but that i
We have seen action from the pboc already. They have cut their mlf rate. We are also headed towards the loan prime rate announcement this thursday. All eyes on what the easing measures could look like. Lets look at the Market Action now with sarah ponczek. Sarah it is a mixed picture across the asiapacific region, but it is really just tip japan after the weaker than expected gdp, donna bowen. 7 but well off lows of the session. At one point the nikkei was down 1. 5 . Making its way back to positive territory but still seeing steep declines. Mainland stocks and hong kong stocks continuing to see upside after strong returns last week. Now making up all the postLunar New Year losses. And hong kong hang seng up. 6 . U. S. Futures extending gains after closing at a record on friday. But remember, u. S. Markets will be closed for the president s day holiday on monday. One index i want to show you is the ms ci all country world index, one that houses emerging and developed market stocks. Giv
A very warm welcome here watching r. T. International with me to carry on our top story this hour democrats have labeled fox news an existential threat to the u. S. Describing it as a russian stooge with some on the blue heart of washington calling for the channel to register as a Foreign Agents. Voices in the mainstream of the Democratic Party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views pacifically about Foreign Policy the target now seems to be the Fox News Network one of the most watched Cable News Networks in the United States prominent democratic voices have called for fox news to be forced to register as a Foreign Agent and specifically a Foreign Agent of russia fox news should register with far as an agent of the Russian Federation if its going to peddle the kremlin agenda and propaganda while hurting u. S. National security interests then it should be treated the same as our t. And nick these allegations and this call for suppression of fox news and forc
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