Arizona, and hospital cases in california all marking new highs. Plus top advisers to President Trump are set to urge the u. S. To undermine the hong kong dollar peg to punish china for its crackdown in the city. Ons get a quick check up how markets are set up for the open. Here is Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. Sophie in asia this wednesday, we are seeing a mixed start to the session with focus on china and if mainland stocks can keep up that rally we have seen for six days. Futuresd 14 so we have in the green for the most part. Hang seng futures settling higher after the rally did stall in hong kong on tuesday. Switching out the board, checking in on the hong kong dollar, which continues to have the 7. 75 mine as they continue to defend the peg, we are seeing little reaction in the curb. Jumping into the terminal for a big picture book, low 200 pips after the spike we saw in may but staying elevated on economic and political uncertainties. Tracking any reaction to a bloomberg report
We cant be overconfident until we have some measure of being able to say its in the past, because if we let our guard down, were not going to fight this. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity investments. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The kendeda fund. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the Supreme Court handed President Trump a big legal defeat today on a major focus of his domestic agenda. It overturned his decision to end protections for immigrants who arrived illegally as children. John yang reports that
But never this kind of. The Award Winning journalist maria ressa failing to appeal her conviction of cyber liable by a court in the philippines she says the ruling is meant to silence critics of president. And funding the vaccine the German Government by 23 percent stake in the german biotech firm. Its the same company that the u. S. Government reportedly trying to buy. Our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we start tonight in the United States with a big victory for the community the Supreme Court in the u. S. Has ruled that it is. Legal to fire workers based on their Sexual Orientation or their gender identity the court said the nations landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act which bars Workplace Discrimination based on sex also protects gay and transgender people the vote was 6 to 3 with 2 of the courts conservative justices joining with the courts 4 liberal justices in that majority decision. And there have been reactions coming in on social media app
But never this kind of. Going to have to work. On the site. In the philippines she says the ruling is meant to silence critics of president. And funding the vaccine the German Government is a 23 percent stake in the german. Its the same company that the u. S. Government reportedly tried to acquire when the pandemic began. Good to have you with us we start tonight in the u. S. With a big victory for the community the u. S. Supreme court has ruled that its illegal to fire workers for their Sexual Orientation or. Identity the court said that the u. S. Is landmark 964. 00 Civil Rights Act which bars Workplace Discrimination based on sex also protects gay and transgender people the vote was 63. 00 with 2 of the courts conservative justices joining with the courts 4 liberal judges in that majority decision. And weve got reaction coming in on twitter the c. E. O. Of apple tim cook tweeting grateful for todays decision by the Supreme Courts q people deserve equal treatment in the workplace and
And t. V. Sports network. This is not just a ruling for qatar and b. And this is this is a major ruling for a fee for you a for the premier league leave syria haven does leave the air sea and others tensions are high north korea destroys a Liaison Office it shared with the south as relations continued to sign on. Board attentions to between china and india troops clash over a disputed area in the himalayas. Ok lets get going beginning with news that an executive order has been signed by the u. S. President donald trump that he hopes will help reform the countrys policing system in the wake of a string of Police Killings of black americans the order will ban the use of chokeholds by the police unless an officer is life is at risk so she. Workers will also be added to call outs from now on by the cases involving drug addiction and homelessness and they will be improved information sharing between Police Departments about offices background records such as excessive use of force complaint