That really has been down to currencies. The dollar index is up at the moment, but if you look at it over 24 hours, actually, its down by. 3 ,. 4 percent. One of the main beneficiaries of crown weakness has been strength. Sterling has been propelled about 1. 5 in the last day or thereabouts. The dollar weakness has been felt with the yen also moving to the upside. Theres another reason we are seeing upside on equities in japan. Gold not a major beneficiary, though it was at oneweek highs at one stage after the dollar was sagging earlier on. Thats a look at markets. Lets head over to tom. Tom lets get you up to speed with some of the other first word headlines. The Trump Administration is ramping up tensions with china once again, designating six asnland Media Outlets foreign which it says are controlled by beijing. They include the economic daily, which provides a look at beijing economic news. The Administration Says all six are substantially owned or by atively controlled foreign gov
Engagement. The black lives matter of Global Network shegs also the cofounder of supermajority an organization for womens 5c9 vism and serves as a strategy and Partnership Director and hosts the partnership and culture podcast called lady dont take no. And i just want to say, alicia, you have, like, seven jobs. Right there thats seven fulltime jobs that you are working object at any one time. And we are so grateful that you have joined us today. So thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Lets start a little bit by talking about just how this summer has been obviously as one of the cofounders of the black lives patter movement, you have been centering some of the issues all of the issues, really, that have kind taken even a bigger place and center stage in National Politics and also just sort of National Conversation more generally this summer. And how do you feel today . Today is september 3rd, so we are almost at the end of summer. How do you feel looking at the Political Landscap
Today. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Lets start by talking about how this summer has been. Obviously, as one of the cofounders of the black lives beenr movement, you have centering some of the issues, all of the issues, that have taken even a bigger place front and center stage in national politics, the national conversation, more generally. Lookingou feel today, at the Political Landscape today versus how you felt at the beginning of summer, early june . Like time is not a construct, but ever flowing. Ill say that in the beginning of the summer, we saw unprecedented rebellions spread not just across the country, but across the world. I think it has a lot to do with a few things. Number one, at this point black lives matter is kind of in the muscle memory of this nation. Getn years ago, we couldnt politicians to say black lives matter. We couldnt get a lot of people to say black lives matter. We got a lot of all lives matter, blue lives matter, every life except for black
Obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate Via Videoconferencing as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and as a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullen at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is, okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine
People dead and communities in ruins after it batters the u. S. Gulf coast the state of louisiana is hardest hit by the most powerful storm to hit the u. S. In years. Im told me a lot of welcome to the show donald trump is expected to accept the u. S. Republican partys nomination during a speech on the south lawn of the white house in iran an hour from now the u. S. President acceptance of the nomination will cap the 4 day g. O. P. Convention that has seen the republicans pitch themselves as the party of law and order closing speech comes amid simmering tension over Police Shootings and racism. In a poll went out on the streets of washington d. C. And found people austar to be divided. In their expectations of trouble so what do you think hes focusing on tonight. Oh man lets see. Bringing the country together im a lot of nonsense a lot of a lot of craftsman asherons a lot of misinformation a lot of lies. This but it would just prefer just hope and pray for another 4 great 4 years like