Next, Governor Kevin Stitt talks about covid19s response in his state of the state address. Governor stitt is in the middle of his if i remember in his first term of office and he spoke for 45 minutes. With the chief operating officer john budd and members of my cabinet. Mr. Chief justice, members of the 58th legislature, to my best friend, first lady sara stitt. To my six children and my parents that are with us today, and most importantly, to my fellow oklahomans. It is a great honor to stand before you and to partner with you to lead our state through unprecedented times. I respect the Constitutional Authority of both of these legislative bodies. Mr. Speaker, mr. Pro tem, members. Senate and the house, i stay here in your chamber today and pledge to work with you and to have the best and most productive session in state history. [applause] id also like to recognize each of the 15 new representatives and the eight new senators na who are just starting their service and i look forward
Australia starts to clean up from the bushfires. This as insurance claims keep rising. The total is approaching 1 billion u. S. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. It was another day of session highs. We saw the dow on a record high for a fifth consecutive session, closing up 2 10 of 1 . Of course, we had positive u. S. Earnings, the season kicking off, not to mention the pause in the china u. S. Trade war and the positive Economic Data with u. S. Housing surging in the previous much month. We had telecom and utilities leading the gains. We had the Energy Sector, oil losing ground for the second consecutive week, but keep your eyes on the oil prices. We did have geopolitical tensions in libya and iraq that could be moving crude. The nasdaq gained three tons of 1 . Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian market. Sophie asian docs are headed for a mixed start after a sevenweek advantage. Thats the longest winning streak in two years. Investors will be a
Again i missed. A reminder of our top stories this hour Turkish Forces and kurdish fighters continue to battle in the border town of russell lyon considered a Strategic Point for both Syrian Forces moving north and also become a major obstacle attacking. A high level u. S. Delegation is on its way to tacky hoping to convince the turkish president to call off his offensive in northeastern syria its believed Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike compare to try to broker a cease fire. Northern islands do you pete has said it cannot support the current plan being worked on by u. K. Prime minister barak and the e. U. The d. P. Statement comes just hours ahead of a key summit in brussels on the u. K. s exit from the. Well hong kong leader kerry lamb has been shouted down for a 2nd consecutive day in the Territories Legislature opposition members protested in the chamber and called for her to step down at least 10 people removed by security lam was trying to answer questions r
Sanctions unless he agrees to a cease fire. So far rejected any attempts to broker a truce says and says his country isnt worried about further sanctions the operation began over a week ago after the u. S. Withdrew support for kurdish allies in Northern Syria those fighters are regarded as terrorists by turkey. Well check in with Charles Stratford shortly about the fighting thats happening on the ground hes joining us near the turkish Syrian Border 1st though across over to politico who is monitoring diplomatic developments from washington d. C. And you know just about 24 hours ago when you and i were speaking on the air we heard from pretty much say let them do whatever they want over there let them deal with it by themselves how difficult does that make the job of the Vice President and the secretary of state who are there to on a mandate really to negotiate with on a cease fire. It was head scratching really because it seems that the president s public statements are making pences a
Northern Irish Parliament will be able to vote on whether the terms of the deal apply but that vote can only take place 4 years after the agreement takes effect in 2021. Thats. So it seems that theyve. Managed to come away with the classic last minute deal whats so different about this one. Its a deal simply that takes the boxes of both sides opposed the European Union it protects the integrity of the Single Market it in upholds peace on the island of ireland and it takes the boxes of Boris Johnsons new government much more right on the briggs it theme than to reserve mays was it allows the u. K. To exit hole and entire out of the Customs Union and set off on the high seas and reach all those from tass tick International Trade deals the brics it has always promised here in brussels with the conclusion of this deal its been indorsed draft form by the leaders the 27 leaders subject to being ratified by the e. U. And the British Parliament of course theres a real sense of relief and of ex