Remain independent. Economy ts, the global takes precedence over the geopolitical tensions between the u. S. And china. The price of the bailout. Brussels set its criteria for backing the state aid pac package from berlin. We are just under an hour away from the start of cac equity trading in europe. Ets take a look at where the u. K. Markets were closed yesterday. They didnt get that take part in the risk on rally that we saw across the continent. We also see u. S. Equity futures rising. U. S. Cash trade was also closed yesterday to honor the memorial day holiday. As a result we see futures in new york up about 2 on the dow and nasdaq futures as well as s p futures up 1. 8 right now. Lets get your first word news. Here are todays top stories from the bloomberg terminal. Once a virus hot spot in europe, italy reported the fewest cases since february. Below 100 for a second day. The global death toll tops 340,000 with 5. 5 million cases confirmed. In england, Outdoor Markets and car sho
County of santa clara. Thats 36 more cases than i reported on monday. I have signed a mandatory order prohibiting public or private gatherings of more than 100 people. Santa clara county takes dramatic action. Public schools in Santa Clara County will close to student attendance beginning march 16th through april 3rd, 2020. Each of these institutions are giving guidance, doing it frankly with the heavy heart because there are tradeoffs with every decision that we make. I recognize we are in very difficult times. These decisions are hard to make. We are balancing the Public Health need to slow the spread of infection with a significant impact, we know these actions will have on the lives of our residents. We believe these actions are necessary to protect the wellbeing of our community during one of the most historic Public Health challenges of our time. Once again, we begin with important knew developments on coronavirus. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. These new developmen
Mike, youre tracking the roads and i know that fog is an issue for drivers. Chp has been talking about it. They call it the fremont corridor. Were by the truck scales all the way up to hayward, the entire section of 880 as you travel along the east bay will be affected from time to time. I drove through there and it wasnt so bad and the fog drifted in and out so that will be an issue right near mission where the camera is. Farther north much more where the yellow highlighting is is sticking around. The south bay, though, weve seen it. Kari showed that to you in palo alto. It will be a factor here through contra costa county, 680 and interstate 80 and 580 through the north bay. There will be some need to slow down. Thanks so much, mike. In the wake of the deadly Halloween Party in orinda new reports of short term rental property. It found 42 cases of people shot over the past half year either in or near shortterm rentals. 17 of those people died including the five people in orinda. 12 s
And im laura garcia. Amaze to go hear from the guy who fell on the tracks. That video everyone is talking about it. Look, boom, pulled himp tt trai n comvideo. Its like a guardian angel. Well hear more in a bit. First, this fog. Thats really pretty bad this morning especially for people just trying to get out and get started with the day. If we cant get rain at least we have fog starting out to provide moisture in the air. Not as thick as we travel into dublin. Thats a look at your ride this morning with temperatures in the low 40s. Still a chilly start. Sunshine and warming temperatures for the afternoon. Now, mike, you have the fog and the car fire. F san rafael and 101 weve had all morning. Starting to clear up a bit. The clouds continue to drift through. You see all the way in through the north bay. The early commute will be affected by tougher visibility. The car fire reopened one lane. We have another incident over in brentwood. The bigger commute closer to the bay. A smooth driv
The us open. He is hardly a household name but he has had and is interesting journey. And matt taylor . If you are fed up of rain, more downpours to come, particularly for Eastern England tomorrow night. Where is the summer . I will tell you more in the next half an hour. Also coming up can you have a naughty corner in the oval office . It isa it is a fantastic financial statement. Lets do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer, i dont like that. If you get a cough, please leave the room. His views on germs are well known. Well tell you how the president reacted to that cough, during a television interview. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Boris johnsons campaign to become conservative leader and Prime Minister received a boost this morning with the endorsement of the Health Secretary, matt hancock, who said mrjohnson was best placed to re unite the fractured party. Matt hancock dropped out of the race last week. He made his announcement after the