The chancellor is the e. U. In danger of becoming too german and in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in absentia for their role in the killing of journalist john to show. And the mysterious fate of fox one of the elephants an investigation is underway into what is killing hundreds of them in the country. Im sara kelly walked into the program well get to our top stories in just a moment but 1st we want to bring you some breaking news french president at wafa leap has handed in his governments resignation to president Emmanuel Mccall now felipes decision to stand down paves the way for a reshuffle which was widely expected there was no indication as to why. Felipe will stay on as the head of a new government and we will of course bring you more on this story as we get it while meantime the u. S. Has reported a Record Number of new corona virus infections where there were 55000 new covert 1000 cases on thursday that is as the country gears up for a Holiday Weekend the 4th of july
Force and antibias policies to develop a comprehensive policing plan. It is a critical step to build trust. Reporter trust that has been long eroded. We will be focusing on training, policy and transparency. In line with National Standards and best practices and current and emerging resources. He shot Sean Monterrosa outside of this walgreens store. Police said it 18 year veteran fire to a police car window after mistaking a 15 inch hammer in his sweater for a gun. His family said he was kneeling and surrendering. But he was in a Half Kneeling position as if he was getting ready to shoot. The chief said he welcomed the review and said in part, the biggest steps are ahead of us and i welcome all voices to the table. It absolutely needs to reform. It is the worst department in the area for how it abuses the citizenry. A civil rights attorney whose office represents Sean Monterrosas family has sued Vallejo Police many times. From my point of view its about time. Hopefully it will save liv
Moscow thanks for joining us today on r. T. International hawkins. Welcome to the program. Lets begin with the latest updates on covert 19 big lobel pandemic is into a new month those confirmed cases are still soaring that now surpassed 3300000 there is some hope that 1000000 people have recovered the grim number you can see though in terms of fatalities now stands at more than 234000. But we start right here in russia where Prime Minister has tested positive for corona virus becoming the highest ranking russian official known to be infected. It just became known that the tests that i took for corona virus gave a positive result in this regard and in accordance with the requirements i must self isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors i have to do this to protect my colleagues im planning to remain in active contact with my colleagues via phone and Video Conferences but yesterday it was reported that he had to see a High Temperature this night celsius but he leaves behind a
Just off the highs of the session. Lets have a quick look now at the Canadian Dollar and its performance. You see that bounce there by the u. S. Dollar versus the Canadian Dollar. That is after the bank of canada dropped Interest Rates by 50 basis points. It was anticipated the bank of canada would drop. , and manybasis points strategists saying this was to keep up with the Federal Reserve. You can see the Canadian Dollar 1. 3394. T guy today, the European Union coming out in warning of recession risks both for italy and france. Some speculation as well that italy is weighing shutting universities and schools. 600, we of the stoxx are up around 1 . Around decent volume today, which is worth noting. Netting 64 is where we are currently trading on the german tenyear. We continue to see a bid coming into the bond market. We are waiting up to see whether the bank of england is going to follow the fed. We are waiting to see whether the ecb is going to deliver further monetary stimulus as we
Acting office of management and budget are Russell Vought on trumps 4. 8 million Budget Proposal for 2021 before the house Budget Committee. This runs three hours. I certainly welcome the acting director phoned the Russell Vought. Thank you for being here to testify on the president s 2021 Budget Proposal and i hope todays hearing will provide an open and amistad examination of the party set forth by the Trump Administration so they can get back to passing legislation Appropriations Bills that reflect the needs and priorities of the American People. I will now yield myself five minutes for an Opening Statement just six short months ago the president signed a bipartisan just, can everybody hear me . A just six months ago the president signed it twoyear budget deal into law. It does everything the president s proposal failed to do set rational discretionary lines allowing strong investments in our national and Economic Security and has bipartisan support including the bank member and mys