Tom yesterday was extraordinary. We are still regrouping in new york from the news flow yesterday of transactions and of course of the president of the United States. The number one breaking story here in the zeitgeist of the east coast is that the president appears to be healthy, and the real decision for him today is, does he do a rally tomorrow in one of these key battleground states . That seems to be the topic is topiceck the topic the du jour. Francine lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika the white house is once again shifting its position on a stimulus package. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin told House Speaker nancy pelosi the administration now once an agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week, they president pulled negotiators from talks on comprehensive legislation. Officials are keeping up the pressure on washington to renew fiscal support for the economy. Dallas fed president Robert Kaplan sees a Slower Economy without mor
Nation. And donald trump is ready to return to the campaign trail saying he might attend a rally in florida this weekend u. S. President was of course hospitalized was cold and his doctor has not said if the president has since tested negative for the right. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today europe is seeing a resurgence in new coronavirus cases that have now surpassed those in the United States still infections reaching record levels in the United Kingdom and in france here in germany meanwhile the capital berlin has been declared a coronavirus ha spot amidst a nationwide surge new restrictions are going into effect with the head of germanys main Public Health Institute Warning that widespread infections are likely if people fail to keep hygiene and distancing rules but Officials Say the countrys Health Care System is up to the task. Coronavirus hotspots are cropping up all over germany but local and regional Officials Say the country is ready intensive care beds are avai
London. The markets are actually on the up today in hopes that we will get some kind of stimulus in the u. S. Lets bring you exactly what we are looking at. European stocks are opening higher. Again, there seems to be progress in washington toward a fresh stimulus package. The dollar falling on thursday after ending the fourth quarter. The Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading after its worst breakdown. Coming up later, the world pose halts. Etf trader we will speak to ishares stephen cohen. The first, lets get to bloomberg first word news with laura. Laura continued because of Economic Uncertainty due to the pandemic, disappoint lenders such as jp morgan, which had already indicated it wanted to resume buybacks. The potentialed Coronavirus Vaccine from Oxford University and astrazeneca. The socalled rolling review allows them to see a trial basis of what is ongoing. Rises to the investigation that led to a halt in the trial. The format of the president ial debate is changing after the f
August 15 but also continuing down. 7 the nikkei and the futures in the u. S. Are looking lower as well. Data expected out of the u. S. Later today. And in terms of looking at some of the currencies in the region, we talked about the bloomberg dollar index. Down about. 10 . Dollar weakness is essentially beneficial to equities in this part of the world and currencies as well. Aussie, thats what youre looking like, essentially flat and new zealand had jobless numbers that came in less bad than expected. The kiwi dollar up. 2 . Lets move on to some of the commodities, gold again looking strong and well, above 2000 an ounce, a little bit of weakness in the last hour or so, down about. 2 . Terms of oil were looking at the beirut story, the port explosion there and there was concern that have geopolitical tensions emanating from that. Thats the yield picture in the points. St over 10 basis rally washe dollar rather short, and then weve got gold, the inverse correlation back at the moment. T
We are very peaceful. We are not hippies. We do not smell of hemp. We would love mrjohnson to come and talk to us. And the teenagers being taught life saving skills to deal with the consequences of knife crime. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Prime Minister that a brexit deal is overwhelmingly unlikely, in a phone call between the two leaders this morning. Quoting a source in downing street, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says that mrs merkel suggested that a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union. The Prime Minister stressed to mrs merkel that in his view, the uk has made a reasonable offer, but there seemed to be no real desire on the eu side for negotiation. The source said that the eus demand on Northern Ireland would make a deal essentially impossible. the source also said that talks in brussels are close to breaking down, despite the fact that the uk has moved a long way. t