1. 8 trillion. And jobless claims disappointed the street coming in at 898,000. It was the highest rating since mid august. Rising coronavirus cases in europe and the u. S. Affecting sentiment. 59 minutes left of trade down only 23 on the dow. The european measures definitely weighed on european markets. We have improved since the european close coming up, we will speak with gregg lemkau about how the pandemic changed the m a landscape. Plus the ceo of zoom will talk about the companys efforts to branch out beyond video meetings and the stocks run thissier. Fir mike, lets start with you the Broader Markets well off the session lows. A resilient showing throughout the last few years. You mentioned the market lows in the u. S. Were just before the european close perhaps that was one of the bigger pressure points, the overseas action. Where it has taken us though is really hasnt disturbed much of the trend. This is this area. Last week we broke above this range we have been in for a while
A very warm welcome you watching r. T. International with me making. Close to Ukrainian Military plane has crashed landed on a highway in the countrys eastern kharkov region 27 people were on board but only 2 survived theyre said to be in a Critical Condition suffering severe burns the twin engine antonov a n 26. 00 is reported to have crashed while coming into lonsdale the city of chalky which is around 500 kilometers east of the capital clear of the preliminary cause for of the accident is beings data does left engine failure but all thora teams are still investigating the countrys president vladimir selenski used to visit the crash site on saturday. A machete a time near the former powers headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is being treated as a terror incident 2 suspects were detained at the scene with 5 others arrested at the flats linked to the attack the french Prime Minister and interior minister have visited the scene from their shoulder depend ski reports. Th
U. S. Vice president ial debate the American People have witnessed what it would be great to feel you know of any president or administrator history mark from the from the very 1st good President Donald Trump to put the cold turkey for. Comma harris and my pants faceoff debate in issues ranging from the Supreme Court appointments to the climate but did they have any answers though. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program a leading Health Official in germany says that the spread of the corona virus could become on controllable if people do not stick to hygiene and distancing rules the warning comes as official figures show the number of new cases in germany has leapt with more than 4000. Its reported in the past day that rate has not been seen since april when the country was still in lockdown authorities have tight restrictions in high risk areas and they have warned against domestic and International Tourism speaking with the press today the head of germanys robert costa institute expre
Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now russia is accusing germany of using the various pretexts to withhold information on the election of all the case the russian opposition figurehead a recently came out of a coma in berlin where he is being treated for a suspected no but poisoning and moscows permanent representative to the Global Chemical weapons a watchdog has told r. T. That all requests for data have so far been denied. The Russian Federation has been waiting for answers from our german colleagues the general Prosecutors Office has sent 2 requests for Legal Assistance unfortunately we have not received any answers there were various explanations from the german side firstly there were references to National Secrets the german said they were afraid of revealing secrets and german technologies during our specialist acquaintance with the results of the analysis in a boon to swear labo
Well have hit the half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic another big story, the cdc causing some confusion for people over just the last 24 hours. It is now backtracking on recent guidance on how the virus spread in fact it was just last friday that the cdc posted an update on coronavirus saying that the virus spreads through small airborne particles. The friday posting said covid can remain in the air for longer and travel farther than 6 feet and added that singing and breathing to the ways that the virus can go airborne. But today, the cdc said that update was a mistake. The cdc has come under attack for backtracking several times during the pandemic critics say the inconsistent messages erode the agencys credibility. Others say that they worry the cdc may be succumbing to political pressure. It relied on them for so long. But now with you know the influence of politics on science i think thats really emblematic of whats been going on the cdc recently. So although the draft version