Starting the quarter with gains. The nasdaq was up more than 1 by an alltime high. S p was up half a percentage point. The dow was up slightly. A decline of about 0. 3 . Burke buckle your seat belts a lot to come. We have been watching what is happening with the futures at this point, all three in the green. The dow up almost 200 points all coming before the big jobs report the last trading day of the week before a long Holiday Weekend for the 4th of july. You could see some activity happening here a quick look at the treasury market youll see right now, the 10year looks like it is yielding 0. 676 . It is that jobs preview people are waiting for to get a sense of what is happening in the economy. Lets bring you the preview maybe not the numbers itself but get ready for them markets in the u. S. Are closed tomorrow in observance of Independence Day today is jobs thursday forecasters expecting an addition of 2. 9 million nonfarm jobs in june Unemployment Rate expected to dr drop calling
Return to work. And to stay ahead of the pandemic, america will need an additional 100,000 contact tracers, according to Johns Hopkins university. By one count, states have hired or announced plans to hire about 66,000 so far. Does the lack of a federal standard put your state at risk and surrounding states at risk . I certainly think if the feds were to participate, if the feds were to establish, as you say, National Standards or some rules around compatibility with respect to one state to another because youre right, there is a lot of back and forth between states. And people move. They dont just work, they move. I think that could be very helpful. Reporter as more americans test positive for the virus, researchers say confidentiality is key for contact tracing. That means shielding the identity of every covidpositive patient. Even from the people they may have infected. Contact tracing is critical. Virtually nobody disagrees with that. But out there in the public, there is a concern
Science with me. Good morning. Happy christmas and welcome to bbc news. The Foreign Office says its helping a british woman, after three members of the same family drowned in the Swimming Pool of a Holiday Resort in spain. Its thought a nine Year Old Girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16 year old brother and theirfather died after trying to help her. Nick quraishi reports. The Christmas Holiday that turned to tragedy in one of spains top tourist destinations. Police divers are visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three family members. Its understood a nine Year Old Girl first got into difficulty in the water. Her 16 year old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped in to try to save her. Why none resurfaced from one of the many pools here is now the subject of a major investigation. Hotel firm clc world resorts, which runs the complex, released a statement. It said. The firm says its helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the de
Celebrated in review 2019 we remember, in 30 minutes time. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The queen and members of the royal family are attending the annual Church Service in sandringham. Her majesty arrived a few minutes ago surrounded by members of her family, few minutes ago surrounded by members of herfamily, the duke of edinburgh came back to norfolk on Christmas Eve following a four night stay at king edward vii hospital. He is not attending the Christmas Day Church Service and he didnt last year either. Prince george and Princess Charlotte were there for the first time. Prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month earlier attended Morning Service with prince charles. The brothers walked side by side in peace St Mary Magdalene church before the service at the head of the real familys traditional late Morning Service. Letsjust the real familys traditional late Morning Service. Lets just show you those latest pictures of the moment when her majesty the queen
For the holidays, as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. And coming up in half an hour on bbc news, amol rajan takes a look back at a year dominated by the power of social media in review 2019 the media year. Good a very happy christmas. The queen has used her christmas message to say that she has been struck by the sense of purpose younger generations have shown in tackling issues like climate change. Her majesty also acknowleged that 2019 had been a bumpy year. It comes after a year of intense political debate about brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. This morning members of herfamily joined the queen in attending the Christmas Day service at sandringham in norfolk. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Morning service at sandringham. Notable for who attended and who was absent. Making their first appearance, six year old Prince George and four year old princess charlotte. Absent from the main service, Prince A