With 19 of the fact that there are now you know 41000000. 00 plus americans out of work the economy has been shut down across the United States and this isnt a listen Election Year so the u. S. President has been long pointing the finger not just at china but also with the World Health Organization now he has made official what he has threatened to do for some time and that is to pull the funding a big deal because of course the United States is its largest donor and the argument from this president is that it this is a body that is the china centric he also in this press conference in the rose garden was very critical of china essentially accusing it of malfeasance is what he said saying that it has not done enough to prevent the spread and now is not even being transparent about the origins of the virus so thats headline number one number 2 a big one here and that is taking action against chinese nationals that come to the United States that are working in universities theres long be
Hong kong. , 3. 6 down. Hshares. Eight shares. Indeed, the volatility. 31 spike to the upside. Earlier, the hong kong dollar weakening. It has been right up against the strongest part of that. It went down to the lowest in six weeks. We have come off of that for the time being. Seven hong kong dollars. 75 hong kong cents. Now looking is pretty for the rest of the region as well. It is putting much red across the board. Tie one below its 10 day moving average. Currently down about 2 . The taiwan index is down about one and a half. Losses for the sti. Down about 1. 9 . Singapore grappling with the virus even though there are signs of stability. The city running out of time to hold an election. The benchmark down a tense of 1 . Down 8 10 of 1 . March numbers drink to the lowest mark numbers shrank to the lowest in 10 months. Crude down 2 . 3305. Crude at such levels could raise the possibility that shale producers slowly turn on the taps again. Gold futures getting some upside. 17, 26. Go
Bayer is learns that in the process of selling the roundup lawsuit, up to 85,000 suits could be resolved. We are just under one hour away from the start of your cash trading day in europe. A much ameliorated session in terms of liquidity. European stocks futures little bit higher by. 8 . The narrative is clear. It is the easing of the locked down from australia to japan. Japan is expected to lift the state of emergency. That along with the north of italy having almost zero infection rate, the lowest since early march, really changes the narrative. What is the pathway to reopening europe . The dax is up. A oneoff emergency fund. The narrative has changed. Stop futures are higher around europe. To the german data. Let me bring it to you. The gdp for germany quarter on quarter, this is the final reading, by the way, collapses by 2. 2 in the quarter on quarter. The year on year down 2. 3 . What is interesting in regards to germany, there is the dax over 1 , bloomberg expects the economy to
Demanding justice for george florries. 2 and a half months after the coronavirus close to the mosque an occupied East Jerusalem reopens to worship. Also ahead just a phone call away the zimbabwean grandmothers helping people with lockdown anxiety and depression. And on some a 100 or so with this board including x. In the form germanys top Forward Division as by munich crash a fortune at 5 nil closer to where cord extending 30th when does he get title. Curfews are in place in more than 2 dozen u. S. States after protests entered a 4th night the demonstrations were mostly peaceful but at times they did become violent or than 1400. 00 people have been arrested for 17 cities now began in response to the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody but now its real work. National outrage over racism sometimes at the hands of Police Officers mike hanna begins our coverage of. What started out as peaceful protests in dozens of cities or ruptured in violence in Los Angeles Police vehicles w
There and dealing with specific protests all over the city this is incredibly difficult work and there will be critiques and there will be things that need to be investigated and it will need to be things improved and we expect to do better today than we did yesterday but i want to commend the restraint that we saw all over all from the n. Y. P. D. That is crucial to keeping the peace in the city and respecting the right to peacefully protest thats what the n. Y. P. D. Has done for years thats what they did yesterday with that i turn to commissioner government shall. Thank you mr mayor so give a brief summary of yesterdays events what we saw across new york city from the Police Department perspective and. Policing some of the demonstrations was similar to the 2 nights before yesterday began which seems like a long time ago with to protest in new york city 1st was that 120th precinct in Staten Island the 2nd one was 125th street up and up in harlem. Both went overwhelmingly well what we