Welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Futures are indicated higher this morning, triple digit gains for the dow up by about 167 points but yesterday was a big down day for the markets. Dow was down by over 400 points, 1. 4 the s p and nasdaq done evz nasy even more. This morning s p indicated up by about 25 and nasdaq looks like it would open up by over 100 points fairly significant obviously everybody watching what will be happening with the stimulus talks with the deadline that nancy pelosi has said for later today. Lets take a look at the treasury markets ahead of that, you will see that the ten year looks like it is yielding 0. 777 so a little stronger yields for the treasury markets right now but andrew, obviously washington is where people are watching and that is exactly where well go because House Speaker nancy pelosi and Steve Mnuchin are saying that they are making progress in their latest stimulus talks with time running short of
Supporters. And as cameroon eases coronavirus restrictions the governments accused of politicizing the pandemic. Welcome to the program the chorus of voices demanding an end to systemic racism and Police Brutality is getting louder with millions marching across the u. S. And around the world it follows the death of george floyd while he was being arrested in minneapolis 2 weeks ago tens of thousands of people turned out in washington d. C. The peaceful gathering centered on the newly named black lives matter plaza thats not far from the white house earlier hundreds of mourners attended a Memorial Service in North Carolina where floyd was born people waited in long queues outside the church to pay their respects. Ive seen whats going on in this country and though my family has been said by the news this is just an allergic reaction to an ongoing issue in the United States just like the coronavirus Police Brutality has yet to be found a cure it is a difficult time for us oh and we must a
Entirely. Just after midday in lagos 9 pm in canberra to me often and right here in moscow this thursday june the 4th welcome to our international. The remaining 3 you know former Minneapolis Police officers present at the death of george floyd well now also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs theyre not charged with aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pin floyd to the ground has had his charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted the spy the coasts the coasts the colts for just the sun Police Reform person appear many are peaceful but not all. Near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators of reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected. R. T. Americas Rachel Blevins reports from the capital. The protesters are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d. C. And we are hearing crawls i know gas is no peace say his name georg
Is not innocent. Protests erupt against brazils president after the government stops telling people how many have died from corona virus we visit the Worlds Largest fruit and Vegetable Market and the tiny Army Fighting to prevent an outbreak. And im santa how much now have all the sports including more teams in germany has been does he get to join the protest against Racial Injustice. Thanks for joining us the National Guard is pulling out of washington d. C. Nearly 2 weeks after the death of george floyd sparked rallies and cries for justice across the u. S. President donald trump who once ordered troops to dominate the streets and stop violent protests now says the forces are no longer needed but demonstrations have continued with thousands of Peaceful Protesters vowing to keep up the message that black lives matter meanwhile the u. S. Attorney general has denied that Law Enforcement is institutionally racist. I think theres racism in the United States still but i dont think that c.
Backed government we take a key town and will often leave for half this push to capture the capital. We the National Football league in it we were wrong for. An apology from the National Football league in the United States it admits to making mistakes but ignoring players concerns about Racial Injustice and Police Brutality. So then a growing number of u. S. Police departments are enforcing changes to their tactics in the wake of George Floyds death the city of minneapolis where he was killed is Banning Police chokeholds and will require officers who see colleagues using improper force to step in and stop them as well as banning chokeholds new york state plans to classify false race based calls to Emergency Services as a hate crime and california will start training its officers to use the type of restraint that killed george floyd. Across this country we train techniques on strangleholds that put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at the end o