Today, francine. After the three day weekend here in the united states, what i really suggest is the testing of how we get back to normal. The markets decided with futures higher. Francine we will have plenty more on the market shortly, but now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news from new york city. Ritika good morning, in france hasn hong kong, carrie lam defended the sweeping new security laws. She says it is untrue that the legislation would ban street protests. She promised Hong Kong Freedom would be preserved. Prodemocracy groups are planning another major rally tomorrow. President trump is vowing to move the Republican Convention out of North Carolina unless crowds are allowed. Statesa shot at the democratic governor, roy cooper. The president says he wants to be assured that republicans can gather in charlotte in august, whether there are coronavirus outbreaks or not. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing another day of pressure to discipline his top adviser.
These are the markets. A little bit of a lift, and a lot of focus on tray concerns between the u. S. And china. A letter concerns with turkey and possible sanctions. Overall, there is optimism about fed policy and when it comes to brexit. 26 and there seems to be hope on the market. It will be difficult on brexit by the end of the week. Thursday and friday is the allimportant eu summit in brussels. Wirecard under extreme pressure. Aumping this morning after ofry accuses the Company Total nonsense. The share price is down 15 . We will speak to the nobel prizewinning economist who won yesterday, Michael Kremer. Time, a london conversation with James Bullard. Brexit. Gan with the eu chief negotiator Michel Barnier saying a deal is possible this week, after the telegraph reported a mood of cautious optimism. The leader of thin land who says there isnd not enough time to reach a deal before thursday. In hong kong chief executive carrie lam denied the city is a police state. She repeated vio