Arizona, and hospital cases in california all marking new highs. Plus top advisers to President Trump are set to urge the u. S. To undermine the hong kong dollar peg to punish china for its crackdown in the city. Ons get a quick check up how markets are set up for the open. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie in asia this wednesday, we are seeing a mixed start to the session with focus on china and if mainland stocks can keep up that rally we have seen for six days. Futuresd 14 so we have in the green for the most part. Hang seng futures settling higher after the rally did stall in hong kong on tuesday. Switching out the board, checking in on the hong kong dollar, which continues to have the 7. 75 mine as they continue to defend the peg, we are seeing little reaction in the curb. Jumping into the terminal for a big picture book, low 200 pips after the spike we saw in may but staying elevated on economic and political uncertainties. Tracking any reaction to a bloomberg report
Away with blaming this on the coronavirus when we know that the entire bail reform was changed he basically whats taken the largest city in america, and now were challenging chicago as a killing field. Its a tragedy. The man is a disgrace. Maria crime is surging in our largest city. New york city saw a a violent fourth of july weekend, 44 shootings, don. I saw weekend statistics, i thought i was looking at one of the Second Quarter statistics. I couldnt believe the damage of one weekend of activity. Maria should states and cities be reaching out to the federal government for help in terms of these spikes in crimes . Absolutely. And the president s been very clear about that, that localities and states, if they need assistance, then they should certainly call on the federal government. Maria broadly speaking, whether its china or tech or sectors, tell me where you want to allocate capital today. I think its time to start adding a little more defense to the portfolio now that weve alread
Away with blaming this on the coronavirus when we know that the entire bail reform was changed he basically whats taken the largest city in america, and now were challenging chicago as a killing field. Its a tragedy. The man is a disgrace. Maria crime is surging in our largest city. New york city saw a a violent fourth of july weekend, 44 shootings, don. I saw weekend statistics, i thought i was looking at one of the Second Quarter statistics. I couldnt believe the damage of one weekend of activity. Maria should states and cities be reaching out to the federal government for help in terms of these spikes in crimes . Absolutely. And the president s been very clear about that, that localities and states, if they need assistance, then they should certainly call on the federal government. Maria broadly speaking, whether its china or tech or sectors, tell me where you want to allocate capital today. I think its time to start adding a little more defense to the portfolio now that weve alread
Investment savings again as tensions continue to rise. Selling underway this morning. Dow futures down 50 points duh the nasdaq is up 4 and a quarter. S p 500 right now down 3. Growing concerns over coronavirus spikes and what it could mean for the recovery fueling a selloff yesterday. Nasdaq and s p 500 snapping 5day winning streak with declines in double digit. Facebook not getting a like. Walmart says retailer reportedly to offer freeday delivery and customers willing to pay a 100 a year. Defund police, this as crime is rising across america. We have you covered coming up at 7 30 a. M. I will speak with new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani, dont miss that. Secretary of Homeland Security chad wolf will join me. Secretary is live at 8 30. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are mixed. Take a look at european indices across the board. Dax lower by 86. Uk finance minister announced that the latest Recovery Plan lathe today later today is expected to open pubs
It is a tremendous pleasure to introduce a dear friend of mine, jim newton, who is the author of a splendid new biography, justice for all earl warren and the nation he made. Jim is a reporter and bureau chief at the Los Angeles Times. I first became familiar with his writing in the 1990s when he was the lead reporter for the l. A. Times covering the trials for the officers and the beating of rodney king and then the o. J. Simpson case. I was always dazzled by his writing. Concisely andings clearly. He always wrote with amazing speed and great elegance. I got to know him in another capacity in the late 1990s when he was covering the charter reform process in los angeles as part of covering city government. I was chairing an elected commission in los angeles to revise the city charter. I saw not only was he amazingly talented but a reporter of enormous integrity. He believed the Los Angeles Times was not devoting enough to charter reform and quit his position in protest of this. He put