Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us lets get right to our breaking news this hour all right a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government Officials Say at least 78 people are dead and more than 4000 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. Wall. Was. Going to let. Her out. But. We heard from a reporter in beirut she gave us a sense of the severity of the explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very modest if it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blast was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it. Scores theres no compa
With the world news from aljazeera russia has reported a record rise in new covert 19 infections for the 4th day. Heading 425000. And also south koreas governing party makes huge gains in what is the 1st National Election to be held during the panda. Is 1100 hours g. M. T. 7 am in washington where president didnt President Donald Trump has halted u. S. Funding to the World Health Organization he is accusing it of mishandling the outbreak and failing in its own duties he also says the agency covered up how the virus was spreading out of china the u. S. Is the biggest donor to the w. H. O. Contributing nearly 15 percent of its budget well start with this report from mike hanna. In what has become a pattern president trying to use his podium to parade reporters if you keep talking ill leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking im going to leave and you can have it out with them its just allowed me to introduce a number of prominent members of big busin
Hello governments across the world continue to restrict the movement of their citizens as they try to reduce the spread of the corona virus spain which became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown has now confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths there as doubled iran has announced more than 100 people have died in the past 24 hours confirmed cases there are nearing 140021 says its fight is being severely hampered by u. S. Sanctions and in the philippines the capital manila is sealed off 12000000. 00 people have been told they cannot travel for a month schools are closed and large events banned over in the u. S. Increased screening measures for people returning from europe have caused chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ban on non americans traveling from the European Countries including the u. K. And ireland lets bring in paul brennan his joining us here in the studio and speaking of the u. K. Paul authorities here under pressure to introduce
Economic outlook remains favorable. Plain english, no recession on the horizon. Growth continues. Top banker jamie dimon joined the optimist club. Growth will continue, he says, and he expects a phase one trade deal with china. This week, we reported on jpmorgans call for market rally next year and Goldman Sachs call for a Strong Economy next year. 2020 looking good. Todays Market Action is somewhat clouded by the uncertainty of whether or not theres going to be what the results will be of that white house trade meeting. The dow will be down 30, 40 points. Small loss for the s p. Small loss for the nasdaq at this point. Now, the president s looking good. Reports this morning that some House Democrats will not vote to impeach. That means a split Democrat Party and a hyper partisan impeachment process. Not supposed to be like that. Oh, and the brits are voting. Looks like the socialists will lose. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart all right. We are beginning with the trade meeting
Maria big show this morning, joining the conversation fox friends, pollster and maslansky partners lee carter and chairman and ceo john peebles. Great to see everybody this morning. Great to be here. Maria you heard it here first, usmca is coming to the floor, House Speaker nancy pelosi announcing that House Democrats have reached a deal with the Trump Administration on the trade agreement, the pack likely to be approved by congress after the new year, the senate might not take it up until after the impeachment trial, President Trump and nancy pelosi weighed in yesterday as the impeachment battle raged on simultaneously. The Silver Lining of impeachment and witch hunt, thats the reason they approved usmca, thats okay with me because they approved it and they are very happy to have it. Theres no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than nafta, but in terms of our work here it is intimately better than what was initially proposed by the administration. Maria i th