Watering 5 billion. The implications of unrest, weeks of protest and hong kong. The effect on the citys top names. Shery we are seeing pictures being pressured down half a percent on that news that the white house is halting any licenses for businesses to work. Ith hallway huawei this after a stellar performance. Green. Ector was in the the s p 500 was able to erase this weeks loss. Nasdaq two and a quarter percent. The Energy Sector leading those rises, gaining ground with news that saudi arabia was in touch orbital in and order to slow the decline. Lily catching the eye of investors. Lets see how we are shaping up in asia. Pointing to a mixed open. Futures down almost. 5 , but in sydney, seeing a little bit of positivity. That sentiment is strongerthanexpected and it was shortlived. Bloomberg reporting that the u. S. Is planning to publish that final list in chinese imports. They plan to hit with tariffs this week or early next. Reporting the white house is holding off the decision o
Heidi welcome to daybreak australia. Betty over the next hour we will be looking at how all the action in wall street is going to play into the asiapacific trading day. The fed meeting later this week. On friday, we saw the jobs report. The economy is heating up and thats it u. S. Stocks to rec ords. We saw the late day push for the s p and the dow. Lets show our viewers what happened in u. S. Stocks. S p higher. Dow adding 100. Aimlessres a little but still rising by. 04 percent. Bitcoin futures will be trading for the first time on the cvoe global index. One step towards legitimacy . This year one of the things has been the debate over bitcoin. And it legitimate for an option for those wanting to have control over the worlds money supply. We have been talking about Bitcoin Futures and one of the twins saying were going to see a 17 fold increase in bitcoin due to volatility. A record session high in the u. S. Probleme did see the with wage growth. To new zealand for a quick check of t
A government deal. Or again im certain this is al jazeera live from london also coming up ukraines government and pro russia rebels completes a major Prisoner Exchange swap in the war zone east hundreds of new shelters are set up in the philippines for the thousands of civilians displaced by fighting and flooding. And we visit the christmas else a parade in colombia is taking place in the world salsa capital. We begin in syria where aid workers have run the show evacuate at least eighteen critically ill patients from a suburb of the syrian capital damascus isnt guta has been under a tight government seat since twenty thirteen and subjected to hundreds of airstrikes on artillery attacks but before wednesdays transfers could be completed seven people several people died waiting for help including a six month old baby zena how there are reports from neighboring lebanon and the warning some of the images in this story may be disturbing. Its a start but its not enough only a handful of east
The subcommittee on energy will now come to order and the chair will recognize himself or an opening statement. This years atlantic Hurricane Season was unprecedented. More named storms in close succession slammed the gulf and the u. S. Virgin islands. These hurricanes caused catastrophic damage in Energy Supply disruptions across the country. Both texas and florida are further down the road to recovery in the humanitarian crisis is unfolding in puerto rico. A number of colleagues from this committee have been down there and the u. S. Virgin islands where the majority of folks still remain without power for more than a month after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Todays hearing will review the response in Energy Recovery efforts in the wake of the storms that will help us begin to understand what went right and what went wrong. What lessons can be learned and how we as a risk and identify gaps so when the next hurricane hits we will be better prepared. As a result of Hurricane Harvey mor
Season was unprecedented. More named storms in close succession slammed the gulf and the u. S. Virgin islands. These hurricanes caused catastrophic damage in Energy Supply disruptions across the country. Both texas and florida are further down the road to recovery in the humanitarian crisis is unfolding in puerto rico. A number of colleagues from this committee have been down there and the u. S. Virgin islands where the majority of folks still remain without power for more than a month after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Todays hearing will review the response in Energy Recovery efforts in the wake of the storms that will help us begin to understand what went right and what went wrong. What lessons can be learned and how we as a risk and identify gaps so when the next hurricane hits we will be better prepared. As a result of Hurricane Harvey more than 275,000 customers lost power in texas and severe flooding affected supplies and fuel. Compounding the response to challenges in Energy