Purchases have on the economy. Brown we have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. Suarez then, in her final report from turkey, Margaret Warner looks at the growing clout of syrias kurdish minority, and the impact thats having on the other side of the border. Brown when does a coworker count as a supervisor . That question was before the Supreme Court today in a case about harassment. Marcia coyle explains. Suarez and we examine new figures from the Pew Research Center showing that young voters played a decisive role reelecting president obama. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving r economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations.
Says the use of force may be needed in syria if a chemical weapon attack on civilians is confirmed. This as activists say that Government Forces continue to bombard damascus suburbs. Good morning, everyone. Youre watching a brandnew edition of Worldwide Exchange. I want to bring you eurozone august flash pmis. We see the eurozone private sector growth beating forecasts in july, for the august number we got the pmi of flash at 51. 3. This is versus a forecast of 51. 2. So that beats expectations. The july manufacturing pmi was 50. 3. The august services pmi flash was estimated at 51. And no, the estimates, sorry, 51. The forecast was for 50. 2. So, again, that looks to be better than expectations and this is, again, an uptick from the month of july. And this comes after we got those really strong numbers out of germany, slightly mixed numbers coming out of france. Joining us from singapore is richard jerron, chief economist at bank of singapore. Your initial response to those numbers .
President wooten took a message to america. Do you believe in it . The phone lines also send us a tweet or you can post your comments on facebook. You can email us at journal c span. Org. This comes as the president , on september 10 in his address, americanout exceptionalism. President putin responded with times,ce in the new york taking issue with the word exceptionalism. Oh lets begin with what the president had to say. [video clip] america is not the worlds policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. When, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run am a i believe we should act. That is what makes america different. Thats what makes us exceptional. With humility but with resolve, lets never lose sight of that essential truth. Host Vladimir Putin responded in the New York Times. He said we are getting your thoughts on american exceptional
Bernie sanders hopes to open a big delegate lead while joe biden is hoping to act on the momentum of his big win in South Carolina. Israel is small, we know, but resilient and surrounded by adversaries. If you caught the last couple president ial debates, you know that i can empathize. We cant even agree on who is the funniest new yorker, jerry steinfeld, larry david or me. We begin the hour with a global Coronavirus Crisis and new trouble signs here at home. The weekend brought the first two confirmed coronavirus deaths here in the United States, two men from a nursing facility in washington. This morning confirmation from new yorks governor that the virus is in new york city, and a guarantee from the governor that it will spread. We will be testing for community spread. I fully expect to find community spread. You cant have it in this many places on the globe and in this many places in the country and it not be in new york. That is going to happen. The number infected here in the Uni
The dow, nasdaq, the s p fell more than 10 in record time. It is just as bad overseas. Global markets lost 5 trillion bucks so far and keep going down. European and asian stocks fell 3 to 4 again today. Markets are in the red, could move into the green at any moment, but this is serious business. I want to bring in cnbcs dom chu. From a markets perspective, what is the logic . 16 days ago we were killing it. Six days we were at record highs for the s p 500. 16 days for the dow. This is a market right now where traders have maybe not necessarily been surprised by the down side move but it was a combination of down side move in as fast a period as weve seen. By the way, the six days it has taken for the s p 500 to fall by at least 10 means that this is the fastest span in history for the s p 500 that we have lost 10 . It only took six trading days. Thats what caught traders off guard. Theres a notion stocks were elevated. For perspective, we are within 12, 13 of record highs. The uncerta