Sep currently up 0. 4 percent, on the back of protests over the weekend. Rishaad 44 minutes to go before we get trading underway in india. Nifty futures coming under pressure, down by 0. 4 . Looking at the crude oil picture, they are sustaining some of the gains we have had. A 10 rise in the last five trading days. It could be on, the march to the 100 level according to some. And a look at what is going on with the yuan, at 6. 76. We see the fiveyear loan prime rate holding study from the previous month. Holding steady from the previous month. Lets have a look at what is going on with the first word news. Lets join karina mitchell. Karina a very good morning to you. New japanese Prime Minister has held his first call as leader with president trump, with the para bowing to strengthen ties. They also agreed to incorporate on a vaccine. He may meet the u. S. Secretary of state soon. Others. Spoke with trump says he will nominate a successor for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg th
Hes down right unamerican. And the politics behind a Coronavirus Vaccine. We may have a vaccine bef where it stands as it enters the home stretch. Unprecedented pledge. This morning nine of the worlds top drug makers joining forces vowing to deliver that vaccine only when its safe. So when will that be and who will get it first . The ceo of pfizer joins us live for an exclusive interview. Oneonone. Michael cohen, President Trumps former lawyer, speaking first to nbc news as his bombshell book about the president is released. The actions that i was performing for my boss were morally wrong. What hes saying this morning about the president s behavior behind closed doors. Those stories plus 15 million putt. And dti a dominating performance. Today, tuesday, september 8th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. So happy to be back after the long Holi
Be in the white house. So joining us today to kick off the democrats week and talk about whats making headlines is democratic congressman ted lu. Good to have you here. Thank you, kristen. Youre a second term congressman representing part of l. A. County. Lately, youve gotten a lot of National Attention though due to your tweets calling out haters, internet trolls and even President Trump. When President Trump said in an interview, if i pluz the election, youll have to learn to speak chinese and you, representative lu, tweeted, dear real donald trump, i speak chinese and serve on active duty military, something you were too afraid to do, to defend your right to say stupid stuff. That stuff, we blocked out. Fair to say theres quite a bit of edge there . Trying to tell the truth i want people to pay attention. This is not only not normal but what hes doing is destroying our republic. Also, in that tweet, i sense theres some personal experience that was driving the anger there. Is that ri
Prepare for the final day of the work week began. We are live at the czu august lightning complex fires base camp. This is a look at what it looks like. These are the battalion chiefs and operations personnel. Theyre getting ready for an update that they will give us at the 6 am hour. Right where we are standing, they were going on as business as usual but now where we are standing right now, this is all or under an order. The city of Scotts Valley west of highway 17 is forced to leave. This how shows how vast of an area it is. It is bounded by la honda to the north and highway 17 to the east and uc santa cruz to the southern by the Pacific Ocean to the west. At last count that is 48,000 people in that dark red area. That is the fire itself that is still burning out of control with 0 containment. This is video that cal fire shot out of a helicopter along the coastline. The fire has burned all the way to highway 1, which is shut down now. Employees were able to beat back the flames and
Wisconsin protests. World Central Bank Leaders coming together virtually, Federal Reserve chair jay powell speaking at key economic conference and investors closely watching what he has to say. Ahead of the speech, few hours are lower. We are taking a look at decline at start of trading. S p and nasdaq hit record highs again yesterday. This morning dow futures down 88 points. Mornings with maria live right now. Global markets this morning are red across the board. Take a look at european indices, the cac quarante down 31 and the dax index lower by 52. In asia overnight markets mostly lower, worst performer was korea down more than 1 . Top stories that we are watching this morning. Night 3 of the Republican National convention honoring americas bravest, devoting their lives defending our freedom. Since 9 11 ive seen americas heros up close. Some of them saved my life. Service, its more a word to me, its a way of life. Maria meanwhile mike pence touting President Trumps economic success