Economic data in the u. S. , 7 00, we have the Weekly Mortgage application. That is a volatile number. 8 30, the account balance. 2 00, fomc followed by Janet Yellens News Conference. We will carry that live. That is a very big deal. Doesnt paint a malaysia 370. We will talk about that in a bit. Alicia Central Bank Cut their gdp forecast. Malaysia Central Bank Cut their gdp forecast. We have been supplying so much liquidity to world markets, that has helped other economies, malaysia is an example. I would argue the central bank is in considering any of that given all of the turmoil. They basically did not acknowledge it at the last meeting. They said, deal with it. On your own. Earnings before the bell, fedex is the one you want to watch. After the bell, guess. Stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities. Not much going on. On to the second screen. Currency markets. We will get to that in a moment. Sort of. Ly, even the Australian Dollar putting on a bit, a stronger aussie dollar. Putin ral
Shelterathome strategies we saw back during the spring spike. You know, putting a National Lockdown stayathome orders is like house arrest. Its other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on Civil Liberties in american history. More on the attorney general and eyeopening words ahead. First though the president creating new coronavirus confusion and in a remarkable public debate with his own top scientist. Consider just two of the Big Questions right now in american life. When can i get a vaccine . How can i stay safe until then . In congressional testimony the director for the centers of Disease Control dr. Robert redfield says vaccines wont be widely available until sometime next year and he held up his own mask to make this point, masks, if everybody uses them, are better weapons against the virus than vaccines. Pick a Public Health expert you trust. The odds are overwhelming they agree with dr. Edfield, but the president of the United
Down, this one in pakistan, in the countrys largest city. Right now only Emergency Personnel remain there. U. S. Citizens are being warned to delay any nonessential travel. This Terror Threat were told is separate from the one that has kept 19 u. S. Diplomatic installations shuttered throughout the entire week. Meanwhile, there are new details on the evolution of al qaedas organization. U. S. Officials say that Al Qaeda Ayman al zawahri gave his proposed by a regional leader based in yemen. It suggests more of a bottom up approach rather than leaders ordering a 9 11 style attack. Also the u. S. Has upped its u. S. Drone strikes. U. S. Forces launching three of them since thursday against targets in yemen killing 12. 34 people have been killed in drone strikes since late july. The u. S. Actually enjoying levels of popularity it has not seen since before the iraq war. Pew Research Shows 64 around the world have a favorable view of america. Thats a 14 point rise among those same countries
Jonathan alter and in bethlehem, pennsylvania, Professor James peterson of lehigh university. Welcome to all of you. I want to go right to Pete Williams on the nsa. Pete, you heard the president lay out four changes that he wanted to make, reforming section 215 with new safeguards, Greater Transparency and also the creation of some kind of new independent body. Your reaction to the president on the surveillance issue. Right. What the president said is that hes willing to look at the issue of having an adversary before the foreign Intelligence Surveillance corps, one of the criticisms of it is that the only people who ever appear before these judges in secret are the government. Nobodys there to argue against or say the government doesnt need this and shouldnt have it. The president has said hes willing to look at an adversary to represent in essence Civil Liberties interests. He didnt say he was committed to it. He said he was willing to consider it. Apparently this is something the go
It is my duty, my responsibility to take care of her. Its not its not somebody elses responsibility. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Fire and water are causing major problems on opposite sides of the country tonight. The storm system that brought tornadoes to the south and the midwest earlier this week have now caused torrential rain and flooding in the northeast. This is philadelphia. Flooding in the Florida Panhandle is suspected as the possible cause of a deadly gas explosion at a jailhouse. And heat, drought, and strong winds are feeding a wildfire in southern california. We have a team of correspondents covering the extreme weather. Reporter more than 700 firefighters have built containment lines to protect the homes along the foothills east of l. A. Smoldering brush could reignite at any time so captain louis delarosa and his team are digging them up and dousing them with water. Id say w