Blake burman at it white house with more on that. Reporter neil, there are details coming out of Northern Syria that the ceasefire is not holding up as you say. One Nongovernmental Organization telling fox earlier this morning that 30 people were injured by force house are backed by turkey. Just moments ago the president announced on twitter that he has spoken with the turkish president erdogan today. It was a lengthy three tweets. Let me tick through them, neil. The president just tweeted the following says he has spoken with erdogan. He told me, this is the readout from the president , quote, there was miner sniper and mortar fire quickly eliminated. Very much wants the ceasefire or pause to work. Likewise the kurds want it. The ultimate solution to happen. Next tweet the president goes on to say there is good ill with on both sides and a chance of success. Third fine tweet, president says i notified some european nations willing for the first time to take the isis fight thats came f
Company could run out of cash next month. The week that was from the tech in the crosshairs from hong kongs prodemocracy demonstrations. Now visa, mastercard all valley got from facebooks cryptocurrency group. First, our top story. There has been a breakthrough in u. S. China trade talks. On friday, President Trump said we have come to a substantial phase one deal. Hes not part of the discussions, but what is not part is huawei. I want to bring in sarah mcgregor. What, talk to me broadly, did we learn about phase one of the deal today . Sarah what we do know about this deal which trump describes as substantial and a lot of people are parsing through the details the see if that is the case. Row we know is the Trump Administration has said they have reached agreement with intellectual property issues. There is a currency pact inside the agreement. There is going to be agricultural purchases, up to 30 billion from china over the next couple of years. Just a few of the aspects of it. This
China, which has chinese stocks bouncing today weve also got another big announcement as well dont miss the debut of a new segment here on closing bell today. The market zone is coming up into and after the close well bring you the stocks and stories every investor needs to know and it will look a little different as well. Joining us for the hour is mark tepper from Strategic Wealth partners mark, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Looking at the dow today, were up 154 points. The s p is also hovering right around 2980, it looks like a decent last day for the month of september as we head into these final three months of the year, what are you watching the most closely . I think the biggest catalyst right now is a potential trade deal all eyes are looking on this meeting next week between the u. S. And china, because if you think about it, its really, really difficult for ceos of publicly traded companies to execute on their growth plans if they have no visibility as to what
Phase one trade deal, there will still be challenges between the United States and china, even after that trade deal is complete. Maria mr. Secretary, we thank you for your time today. Of course, we are always giving you best wishes on your trip. Thank you so much. So long. Maria secretary of state mike pompeo. Over to stuart varney. Stuart good morning, mr. Secretary. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. The debate. All right. My opinion. No clearcut winner, but senator warren emerged as the clearcut leader. She was attacked from all sides. They went after her because shes out front. Joe biden asked about his sons Business Activities said only that neither he nor hunter had done anything wrong. Bernie sanders came on strong after his heart attack. Yes, he did. Mayor pete and Amy Klobuchar asked warren pointed questions on paying for medicare for all, but did not get a straight answer. Tulsi gabbard was the lone voice suggesting democrats be careful with their impeachment drive
And japan sign a limited get it resolved, so we can focus on trade deal we will be looking at what it covers the priorities that the british and what it means for global trade. People keep telling me when i travel and on the markets asia stocks gain as trump around the country that they want to focus on. Talks up china trade deal. We have just seen a little bump. The ftse up just a we have just seen a little bump. The ftse upjust a smidgen. Want to make the most out of your Airline Loyalty points . Well, theres a guy to help you do just that. The points guy and well find out his top tips. After amazon announced alexa will have an option for celeb voices we want to know would that make you more likely to buy a Smart Speaker . Whose voice . Do privacy issues worry you . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with alexa love it or hate it, you could soon be hearing a lot more from amazons talking virtual assistant. The tech giant has unve