Misleading the investigation. Were live in washington. Yvonne, good morning and good morning to all our viewers across asia pacific. Markets. Ng a look at last night, i was writing to myself, we made 66 in terms of u. S. Markets. To it seven . Hop on the board because we didnt. S p down sixths of one percent. That w down 1 , we saw huge u. S. Treasury yield, a lot of folks going into that. Billion there. Hop into the bloomberg terminal. Want to show you whats happening in terms of yields. We can see that these lines twoyear te for the treasury yield, blue, fiveyear treasury yield and yellow for sevenyear treasury yield all hitting highs not seen since five and 011 for the seven and not since 2008, as i said in the intro, in terms of yield. Year so were seeing some decent demand as weve been reporting t, but, you know with these rising yields people are higher can wemuch go. We get used to these kinds of things. Off 258 billion worth of those government bonds of days or couple certainly
Good morning, everybody. Lets show you what has happened overnight. Lets start with the asian equity session. We have been in and out of positive territory in the asian equity session. Here is the msci asia pacific, vaguely in positive territory. China is still up for the lunar new year. Year. For the lunar new the u. S. Treasury coming forward with those numbers. We hit 2. 26 , which was the highest since 2008. Thosein yields getting to those yields getting to those levels that we have not seen since 2008. It continues to raise questions as to whether International Buyers will continue to be tempted in as rates go higher. How much does what is going on in this market we can that Investment Case for Holding Equities broadly . Big moves in the oil market. We saw the price of oil hitting eight two week high in yesterdays session hit a twoweek high in yesterdays session in new york. Mv with stakesot o in the north sea. Is 267 Million Euros 367 Million Euros. The fema coming through from t
But first, to our lead. Russian bots were found to be targeting certain hashtags, including gun control now, gun reform now, and parkland shooting. It makes compromise even more difficult. This has happened with past issues like that nfl anthem debate and the 16 president ial election. This ultimatum ultimately led to robert muirs indictment of 13 russians. Facebook and twitter are doing more to expose these bots and fake accounts. Are the tech giants doing enough . We spoke to the senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project from washington. Not only did you see that russian bots come out in full force after the tragic of it in florida, but you also saw the miller indictment Robert Mueller indictment. The Tech Companies have a number of problems on their hands. Divisiontry to create with divisive rhetoric and fake news conspiracy theories. The real concern here is that the same tactic and strategy is going to be taken again in the samerm election and the tactic is also take
Going to be in one location we did agree if any violence occurs were going to end the demonstration then and there. A number. Residents tell me theyre going to stay away from the area this weekend. Crowds are unruly. Its one thing to protest but to have an opinion about it there is a way to do thing was out hurting the community. Organizer of the march is taking a different tact. Tomorrow is his wifes birthday. He did have reservations in a nice restaurant in San Francisco until vandals hit uptown. We wanted to support local merchants and made new reservations in uptown so well have dinner saturday night here. Its been a rough week for the businesses. Bay area muslim others say theyre standing in solidarity with those in the Trayvon Martin case. The American Muslim Voice Foundation and naacp gathered in santa clara today and say standing together with make a difference. You remain somber because it reminds us there is a lot of work to be done. They need our support. Its crucial for eve
Was out hurting the community. A call for calm ahead of the planned demonstrations over the verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Oakland businesses prepare for the worst. Good evening, im ama daetz. Tonight uptown area is bracing for another weekend of protests. No one knows what to expect and no one wants more violence and vandalism. Mark matthews is live where organizers are predicting a massive protest tomorrow. And behind me, you can see people gathering for a march. As you said, police all promising this weekend will be peaceful. Oakland businesses have been hard hit. Tonight a fleet of vans pa outside waiting to ferry officers to wherever they might be needed. California bank and trufrt isnt trusting nouf take down the plywood to take down their windows. Bank of america windows boarded up for the weekend. A lumber yard says businesses have playwood left over from occupy protests and tlt is around uptown. Tribune building lost 6,000 worth of glass sunday when there was no protest