The chicago fed president australia heads into earnings season amid the worst recession in decades and a pandemic crippling the economy promises to be one of the most challenging periods on record. Shery u. S. Futures opening flat. This after they finish mixed on the friday session. We had u. S. Stocks falling with the s p 500 flat after five sessions of gains. We have escalating u. S. China tensions. Some positive data. We have the dollar inventing after u. S. July job dated beat estimates. The nasa composite was led lower. Composite was led lower. We had small caps leading the gains on those better than expected econumbers out of the u. S. Here is how oil is trading. We are seeing oil gaining ground above 41 a barrel with brent coming in around 44 a barrel. This after the biggest loss in a week. Not only u. S. And china tensions but the outlook for the u. S. Stimulus. They saw the biggest advance since early july. See some are going to of those uncertainties, the lack of a deadline w
Hold on to power in a bellary selection thats brought an unexpected challenger. Welcome to the program the calls for complete political reform in lebanon growing louder and louder after the beirut port explosion that killed at least 158 people lebanons information minister has become the 1st Senior Member of government to resign since it happened on tuesday when those some odd says that all hope to change 6 m. P. s have now resigned and maronite patriarch bashar trust the other guy is urging the whole cabinet to quit the political upheaval comes after mass protests blaming the government and corruption for the glass the demonstrations descended into hours of street battles with Security Forces the igniting of 2000 so. 100. 00 tons of explosive monium nitrate cause billions of dollars of damage in just a few seconds and a virtual donors conference seeking to raise money for a rebuild will begin in less than 2 hours its because to buy fronts and the United Nations senator is following ev
Way for peace talks in afghanistan the president agrees to set free 400 taliban prisoners. Protests have erupted in cities across bella russas president aleksander local shankar claims another win to lengthen his quarter century in power but testers have set up barricades in the capital minsk while riot police have responded with stun grenades a police van drove a crowd of protesters and ambulances have been called in for the injured protesters as an internet blackout of belarus is so step vast and is joining us on the phone step i know you were out on the streets when the protests began just talk us through what youve seen. Yes well that its now well 2 oclock in the morning here in minsk and still the city is filled with with anger and frustration just only 2 hours after the polls closed the sense of people took to the streets going to a Central Square where they were gathering to protest against what they call again fraudulent elections when they tried to write their police was alrea
And the hunt for the missing billions in one of germanys biggest foreign scandals. Im joining the with the sports including south a Major League Baseball fan now the Miami Marlins have the Upcoming Games despite as the team battles occurring to find southbank. Countries and cities in asia praise for effectively tackling the pandemic are now raising the alarm over new infections vietnams Prime Minister says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak after being virus free for months hong kongs leaders also warning the city is on the verge of a large scale outbreak and that the Hospital System there is at risk of collapsing. Meanwhile in india a new report says more than half of the people in mumbai slums have had coronavirus about 40 percent of the citys population lives in shanties in the u. K. A report by m. P. s criticizes the government for sending thousands of patients into care homes without testing them britain has imposed a 2 require 900 for people coming from spain as it
I. Mean right now today on capitol hill 4 of the most powerful men in the u. S. Tech industry are being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the industry and the marketplace arties Rachel Blevins is monitoring this hearing she is joining us in studio to discuss it so rachel who is testifying today and what has led us up to this point well this hearing comes after a year of research that was conducted by the house judiciary is antitrust subcommittee and which they are looking at these 4 Major Tech Companies and trying to decide whether the major monopolies that they already have are being used to stifle their smaller competitors now of course we are still dealing with the coronavirus pandemics is a very unique situation in which these tests. The monies are being carried out virtually but they are being held from a lineup that includes alphabet c. E. O. Sundar Pichai Facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg apple c. E. O.