Only have been carried out with the approval of bloody me of a russian dissident tells d. W. The order to poison alexina came straight from the top other activists say poison is just one tactic the kremlin uses against its enemies. Plus a stark warning for european football the head of europes Clubs Association says the coronavirus pandemic is causing a cash crisis and that the facts could be felt for years to come. Im told me a lot of its good to have you with us we start in bella ruse and developments relating to the fate of the leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikov after she went missing on monday but authorities said they detained her while she was try. Cross the border into ukraine now 2 opposition members who were in that car have spoken up dramatic new details. Chants of maria you are a hero people in del russo once again on the streets of minsk marching in support of leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnik of. She went missing on monday the russian authorities claimed she
Message because it will have an application on markets. Tom not a usual summer friday, folks. The news flow is absolutely extraordinary. We are going to get ourselves around what we are going to be doing with the democrats now moving to the republicans and the president , the usual convention cadence of august in an election year. But that is not the headline item today. The headline item is 13 consecutive hours in our thon. Llance francine will be with us through the morning and through our simulcast as well. I really look forward to it. This news with the slowdown in france and Emmanuel Macron is not a small item, francine. Francine im also looking forward to our tv and radio marathon. Surveillancethon. Francine i dont know if we will have to file for atv divorce after that. Tom we have already done that. I would not know anything about that. Francine which is why we get along, right, tom . Here is ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden slimes president as a National Embarrassment and vowed
Tuscany. Off, somewhere outside toledo. So Francine Lacqua joins us. That is not toledo, spain. Outside toledo, ohio somewhere. I want to get to the data in a moment, with markets moving. Futures 21. I would say this has really this is really jump circuit by the french pmi numbers. Why was this a surprise . Francine i was reading the breakdown. The sharp slowdown is basically driven by services. It shows that the escape from recession wont be flailing like some economists thought. Guess it is partly seasonal i would also point to the fact that infections are rising quite significantly, especially in france, germany, and other countries. Leaders are saying they dont want to go back into lockdown, especially when you look at these pretty terrible numbers in terms of many factoring pmi, but also services pmi. It might also be difficult not to preimpose measures if the number of people getting infected does rise. So it will be a complicated quarter going into the winter months. Tom a massi
There is no return to lockdown here. Europe shouldsays not return to full scale shutdown to avoid another hit to the economy as french daily cases hit levels not seen since april. Tech continues to drive gains. The nasdaq hits a new record, propelling stocks and futures even higher. Pfizere news on a vaccine serves as a tailwind. Plus, biden vows to end the darkness. Calling his opponent a National Embarrassment. He promises to support the working class and reform taxation. Look at the futures right now. In terms ofains tech stocks in the u. S. A new high. Now we see a little bit of a mixed picture with ftse futures pointing down, but continental futures are on the rise. Back all gaining. Lets take a look at what u. S. Futures are showing us. More green arrows. Almost 0. 2 percent on nasdaq futures right now. Alsond dow futures are gaining. What are you seeing on the gmm . Anna it seems that markets, investors taking a glass halffull approach. You can see some of those markets doing we
French Economic Data. Francine if you look at the numbers, tom, it really missed estimates. It was interesting yesterday when Angela Merkel met with emmanuel macron, that they seemed to have a united front and said that they would do whatever they can to keep the economy open. It doesnt mean that they will not put in more measures, but if you look at the numbers of infected rising in germany and france, it is a lot of a problem with these leaders. Will they go back to a lockdown . They seem to suggest with more targeted measures, they do not want to go back to a lockdown, and it was interesting, they especially talked about borders, that if they can they do not want to close borders. Tom may be the border between florida and new york would be one of the selected borders of debate. On friday, an extraordinary friday. The first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden slams President Trump as a National Embarrassment and vowed to end what he calls the darkness.