And climate warriors try to blockade australias largest coal port in a protest over Global Warming. Good to have you with us. The secretarygeneral of the United Nations ban kimoon has launched another urgent appeal for funds to help fight ebola after a United Nations drive for donations fell short of its target. It comes as his predecessor accused the worlds richest countries as responding to the Ebola Outbreak only after the disease reached europe and the United Nations. He told the bbc that he is bitterly disappointed with the International Community for not moving faster to stop the spread of ebola. Earlier, president obama authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to west africa if they are needed, and the number of people who have died from the virus is expected to reach 4,500 by the end of the week, 236 of those were Health Workers. Of the five countries hardest hit by the outbreak, nigeria and senegal are saying theyre on the brink of being clear of the disease, but the
Sovereign debt. And a slowdown in australias mining boom catches up on revenues. It sent the nations deficit looming well past earlier forecasts. Plus, the prognosis with doctors, less than healthy. Gsk will stop paying doctors for promoting its drug, a first for the pharmaceutical industry. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. And welcome. Youre now watching cnbcs worldwide exchange. Plenty to get through on todays program as we get into the christmas and new years spirit. Will there be much cause to celebration as far as assets are concerned . Well speak to an expert who is advising caution on european equities in around to minutes. After months of rapid gains, the u. S. Housing market appears to be well on the way to recovery. But buyers beware, the seconder could cool off. Were going to check on housing at 11 00 cet. As glasso smith cline announces a shake up in its policy to promote drugs, well take a look at pharmaceutical
President obama spent some time today with leaders from some of the nations Top Technology companies. The group discussed several issues during their white house meeting. It include electronic surveillae programs. Mike viqueira for us, mike, good to see you again. This they have. Yahoo, twitter, apple, they were here as well. Many were significan signatoriey wanted to know about the scope of the program, was it proportionate to the risk involved. They want it to be more transparent as well. At the endd the fall out over td snowden leaks at the top. So when will perhaps in january. Mike viqueira for us at the white house. Thank you. A little later in the hour well find out what that meeting means for privacy issues here in the United States. Oncal toll hill the senate is poised to approve a bipartisan budget deal. The plan which passed the house last week has cleared a major hurdle in the Upper Chamber and eases some of the across the board spending cuts and goes a lo libby casey is on
Be the best way to invest your money. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, in a strongly worded opinion a federal judge used words like ind indis indiscriminite saying it may be unconstitutional and this is since edward sthoe den leaked information about his activities. The issues involving the nsa Surveillance Programs go back more than a decade. In october of 2001 president bush signed the patriot act into law, it allowed for the first time american communication and personal records. In september of 2007 microsoft became the first major Internet Firm to cooperate with nsas Prison Program. The online giant gave the nsa access to internet search history, email and live chat. Over the next few Years Companies including yahoo, google and facebook also joined the program. In june 2013 reports of the nsas Data Collection programs went public, after edward snow den revolution in the newspaper the guardian and a judge ruled the nsa is likely violating the constit
Thats what a number of democrats believe after trump supported antidemocratic governor protests. Plus hospitals and state Officials Say they dont have enough supplies or funding to ramp up coronavirus testing and the president has all but refused to help. What trumps refusal is going to mean for fighting this pandemic. End of this hour, potential good news to report. Promising data on a possible treatment for coronavirus patients. Lets begin with tonights numbers. Numbers of deaths linked to coronavirus worldwide has passed 151,000. More than 2. 2 million reported cases of the coronavirus around the globe, in the United States, 698,366 known infections. 36,559 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States. As the numbers continue to climb, trump is looking to blame anyone but himself to the disastrous federal response. Who better than the officials who often stepped up when the federal government let down its citizens . The nations governors. In a series of all caps tweets