Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. President trump has again claimed the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is receding. The us, with 4 of the worlds population, has suffered nearly 23 of total global deaths from the virus. Mr trump has also criticised one of his own top medical advisers, dr deborah birx, who said the disease was now widespread across the us and a greater threat than when the outbreak first began. Our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. Peter, what has been the reaction to the president s latest claims . Well, this is another example of the president apparently disagreeing with one of the medical advisors that has been very close to him throughout this pandemic, doctor deborah birx, describing as pathetic an interview that she gave over the weekend in which she talked in very serious terms about a new phase of the pandemic in the United States, help people in rural areas werejust the United States, help people in rural areas
Inshestors shrugging off a drop in First Quarter sales. They were hit by adverse currency effects. And the italian Prime Minister shakes up the corporate sector proposing ucos and investors take a dim view. Shares trading lower. Welcome to todays program. Well take a look at where we stand with equities. Just over an hour into trading. Pretty even stephen advancers versus decliners. Of course, yesterday it was up 22 points. Very strong retail sales out of the u. S. That pumped the u. S. Markets up. The s p was up eight. Played a little into todays session. Right now the ftse is down some seven points. Ukraine, just weighing a little bit here. Dax is off a third. Number of individual stocks that were looking at this morning, well kick off with those. There is a lot going on with this particular stock and shares suspended. They were down 10 at one point. Reports that the tuscan lender was planning to increase the hike. Trading down nearly 10 before they suspended. The bank now confirmed
Thats it for us. Thanks for watching. Early start begins right now. Bracing for the big one. Two winter storms about to merge into a monster blizzard for parts of the northeast. American spy secrets exposed . Iran claims it has hacked into a captured u. S. Drone. We have a live report. And, john t is high drama on capitol hit. President obamas big pick for cia director up for con fir make in a few hours. But will members of his own party derail it . I dont know. Lots of drama. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im zoraida sambolinment. Im john berman. Its thursday, february 7th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets get started. Up first, brace yourselves, bundle up, buy a shovel. This will be a big one. At this moment a blaizzard watc is in effects for new england. A storm is headed that way and could be historihistoric. It could drop two feet of snow in some places and it all starts tomorrow. You told us this was coming yesterday, you were on top of this one. Were trying. Boston could riva
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