Of trade, the nasdaq down by five points. So there you go. Welcome to after the bell i should say, im connell mcshane. Melissa im melissa francis. Here is what is new at this hour President Trump at the United Nations Holding Meetings with several World Leaders today, including one with the president of egypt of the president defending private talks with the ukrainian president about joe biden as tensions with iran continue to escalate. Well bring all the breaking headlines from President Trump at this hour. Four months of demonstrations in hong kong as the city is on edge ahead of chinas 7 this anniversary celebrations. Well later this hour speak to one of the organizers of the protests fresh off her meetings with lawmakers in d. C. On the movement and what demands need to be met. Apples commitment to manufacturing. Details of the tech giant latest investment in america. Connell fox team coverage. A lot going on. Jackie deangelis on the floor at the new york stock exchange. Blake burm
Fierce. About 90 miles east of daytona is where it sits right now after really devastating the bahamas. David i dont think we still understand the extent of it. It is really tragic what happened in the bahamas. Theres a lot of rain and water coming. The storm surge they are worried about up and down the coast. Alix in the markets we are paying attention to the broader political sphere. 8 10 upres up by by 0. 8 . The cable rate up over 1 . Yields in the u. S. Now up by three basis points. Commodities, buy everything but the u. S. Dollar. Time now for the global exchange. Joining us in hong kong is bloombergs chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. From outside westminster is bloombergs anna edwards, and from new york is bloombergs michael mckee. First we want to start with hong kong, where leader carrie lam announced the government will formerly will formally withdraw the extradition bill. M the government will fully withdraw the bill in order to relay consent. Alix can we say the
As a gaming hub prepares to open in london, ill be asking how businesses and wannabe World Champions can make money from e sports. England rattle australia in the ashes. A hostile bowling spell from jofra archer gave england a chance of winning at lords, but the second test ends in a draw. Good morning from central london. We are in green park. It is grazing week and this morning we will be joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . Iwill joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . I will tell you later. Today we are looking at sunshine and showers and it will be called for this stage in august. Cool. Its monday the 19th of august. Our top story the uk has been stripped of its measles free status by the World Health Organisation after a fall in vaccination rates for the second of the two mmr jabs. The news comes as a Campaign Launches to increase the numbers of children who are vaccinated against measles. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Measles
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
The oversight committee. He address Election Security and fbis response to domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence and other topics are chinese espionage and threats from an official. This is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1 00 oclock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. Very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. All of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesnt happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. Hav