The people versus the president anger grows in belarus against the disputed election the ballots and the sanctum so will these protests topple his 26 years this is about story. Hello and welcome to the program. Protests already in by the roots president Alexander Lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1994 silencing nearly all forms of dissent but his controversial reelection last sunday has triggered a week of unprecedented demonstrations and a tough response from police the opposition protesters accused of rigging the vote many demonstrators say they were beaten and tortured during the Police Crackdown Opposition Leader svetlana techno skya who escaped to lithuania after losing the election is calling for more peaceful rallies chance for lucas and co to leave echoed around the square minsk where people held a memorial for a protester who was killed will bring our guests in a moment but 1st this report when you step back and the brother was and kept. 34 year old. Until.
U. S. Markets, all three major market gages rising more than 7 . The dow with best august since 1984. Shares of zoom soaring premarket, ceo 4 billion richer in just a few hours after a huge jump in revenue for the company. An Appeals Court delivering setback to Michael Flynn rejecting bid to toss out charges against him. Amazon taking to the skies, drone delivery coming one step closer to reality thanks to the federal Aviation Administration. Mornings with maria live right now. Dagen checking global action, france factory activity slipping back into contraction, the purchase Managers Index below 50. Better use out of uk, rising above 55 showing growth. In asia overnight, markets fairly flat, south korea kospi big winner. President trump heading to kenosha, wisconsin to deliver law and order message. Cheryl casone with the headlines, hey, cheryl. Cheryl the former Vice President blaming President Trump for the uptick in violence in cities across the nation. He doesnt want to shed light,
That is a big headache for the ecb that meets next week. Alix one of the worst performing currencies in march. Scarlet is here to look at those. Scarlet a new trend. Alix that is me. Thelet i was hoping for return of summer. Weakness in the u. S. Dollar is index felle bluebird fiverounding up straight months of losses. When you look at who performed better versus the dollar everyone except brazil. Commodity currencies for the biggest gainers. Down 6. 3 rial is down 6. 3 . A note published today says the dollar moved further than the shifting growth expectations would justify. The positioning to get the dollar down has been extreme, but what triggers a correction is not for castable. The feds leadership was more pressure on the dollar because lower rates for longer continue to pound the dollar. Forever and a day is the phrase i like the best now. The fed is willing to tolerate higher inflation to get fuller, higher employment. As much as we use the dollar index as shorthand for the perf
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Your headlines. The people versus the president anger grows in belarus against the disputed election the ballots and the sanctum so will these protests topple his 26 years this is its own story. Hello and welcome to the program. Protests already in by the roots president Alexander Lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1900 full silencing nearly all forms of dissent but his controversial reelection last sunday has triggered a week of unprecedented demonstrations and a tough response from police the opposition protesters accused of rigging the vote many demonstrators say they were beaten and tortured during the Police Crackdown Opposition Leader svetlana techno skya who escaped to lithuania after losing the election is calling for more peaceful rallies for lucas and co to leave echoed around the square minsk where people held a memorial for a protester who was killed will bring our guests in a moment but 1st this report and you step back and the brothers and kept. 34 year