We saw a poll coming out of the weekend on sunday, a couple polls, actually, saying a majority of americans that were surveyed had very strong feelings about the fact that the president himself managed to contract this virus. Emily to a certain extent, it has served as a little bit of a wakeup call, if you will, that the president , with all of his security, testing, and the people that have been around him, even the most powerful man in the world can contract this virus. Can contract the virus. You see republicans. They have been sort of pushing forward and saying we are going to go ahead, continue with the debate, continue from what they can do with campaigning. Look over in the senate, where there is a huge debate going on right now about filling the Supreme Court vacancy. We have not seen any changes to that schedule despite the fact that we have three republicans who currently have the coronavirus and a couple of them sit on the committee that is going to be responsible for having
Debts are about 700,000. The Trump Administration dabs up its attack on chinese tech. Mike pompeo wants to cut ties well beyond just a campaign against tiktok. Alert on start with an the bloomberg. South korea announcing its surplus widening to 6. 88 billion. This is a recovery from the 2 billion level we saw in the previous month and recovery after logging a deficit in april. When it comes to the trade surplus, widening to 5. 867 billion. We have seen south korean exports slump, slowing in july. We are seeing an economic recovery in china and demand for semiconductors. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check of the markets. What should we be watching out for in south korea today . Sophie we have more data coming out. Tourism revenue falling for a fifth consecutive month so the focus will be on the consumer sector. Of o have the likes reporting earnings. Consumer sentiment has rebounded for a third month in south korea and online spending will continue to be key as the
Few smiles and the magic kingdom. Disney suffers a coronavirus hit with seem parks shot, movie theaters closed, and sports on hold. Shery a quick check of the market. This after u. S. Stocks gained ground for a second day in the regular session. We have sentiment being boosted as more economies move towards easing lockdowns. Still, in the last hour of trading, there were some cautionary comments on said officials that cut gains in half. New zealand stock scanning. 8 . This would be a Third Session of gains. Therir rate. Rate. Ir we have the rba leave rates unchanged. We are looking forward to retail Sales Numbers very soon and we will see how all of that toilet paper hoarding that we saw in march is reflected in the numbers. Not Much Movement for the japanese at the moment. Tosident trump continues push the theory that the coronavirus originated and escaped from a lab inside wuhan but sources within the u. S. Intelligence Community Say the intelligence is less than definitive. That as
Way better numbers anticipated coming through. This is in yuan terms. March exports thought to be down 12. 8 . Official number suggesting they were down just 3. 5 . Imports year on year from 7 . 2. 4 . Ht increase of that is what we have at the moment coming through with the latest data from china and the department. Lets have a look at what else is going on. Hong kong schools have been closed since late january. Little hope classes will be resuming soon amid this coronavirus. They wonder there could be an exodus of students. Issue with thehe hong kong education secretary, kevin yeung. Kevin good morning. Did theseow long schools stay closed, secretary . Kevin it is difficult to tell. Health of our students is always our first priority. Are stillage we monitoring closely the coronavirus,f the whether the situation in hong kong and other places in the world, before we could finally make a decision when our schools could resume. What needs to change for you to actually change your policy
Hopefuls, front runner joe biden fights back ahead of next weeks democratic debate. What did you mean when you said you wont be as polite in the next debate . Well see. Those stories, plus, remembering ally. Friends and family gather at a vigil for the murdered ole miss student gone way too soon. Scooter skirmish. New battles over the rides popping up in cities across the country. Are they too dangerous for riders and pedestrians . Fortnite fever. We take you inside the first ever world cup of fortnite, getting under way this weekend. Massive numbers of fans gathering. An even bigger jackpot up for grabs today. Friday, july 26th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this friday morning. Thanks to kristen welker, who is filling in for savannah, who is enjoying some time off. You picked a good friday. I picked a great friday to be here. Im excited about this c