Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
We will be speaking to. When we could start to get a vaccine. We hear there are some in clinical trials, wondering if perhaps that is the next hope to look forward to. Francine from the conversations i have had, and they are very preliminary, it looks like a vaccine will be a couple years away unless they can speeded up. But there seemed to be three drugs that are working and fighting it off once you catch the coronavirus. We will delve deeper and see if it will make or break drug companies. Lets get to first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with President Trump, who did a 180 on the coronavirus p he now says it is so bad, it may drive the economy into recession. He tried the president spent weeks minimizing the impact, which led state and local into the initiative to take a response. The republicancontrolled chamber will take up a house bill. It includes paid sick leave and now to the french president , Emmanuel Macron, who told the french people, we are at war. The fr
To work out what the future relationship looks like between the United Kingdom and European Union. Tom we welcome all of you. Good morning on Bloomberg Radio in boston, new york, and washington. Very Early Morning in san francisco. I would suggest to our sirius xm audience, as well as all worldwide tv, what is important in this changed United Kingdom, it can actually drift over to the 2020 election. Jonathan i think you are wondering, imagine a republican president winning massachusetts, a republican president winning california. That is what happened basically, with the conservatives taking out. The red wall, so to speak. They made some big wins. Tom much to speak up today, but right now on television and radio, we need to go to 10 downing street and our nejra cehic. We just saw that door on 10 downing street open as Boris Johnson came back from his meeting with the queen. He entered 10 downing street, he was greeted with cheers from his staff inside. It was a landslide victory for hi
December 15 for tariffs. A lot of focus is on the next 48 hours, we have an important poll for u. K. Elections that happen on thursday. Two days of campaigning left her leaders and two days of possible market movement. Conservatives have a clear majority over the labour party he read the japanese 10 year yield did touch 0 . Coming up on bloomberg surveillance, do not miss our exclusive information with Philipp Hildebrand from blackrock. Days ahead of the u. K. Election, Health Service funding , that brought an awkward encounter for Boris Johnson and a reporter. The Prime Minister confronted with a picture of a sick child forced to sleep on the floor of a hospital because of a bed shortage. Johnsons conservatives are 12 points ahead of the opposition labor party. The saudi arabia is embarking on three years of spending cuts as the Government Faces a widening deficit. A Fiscal Program marking a shift away from the stimulus helped power nonoil Economic Growth with opec output a drag on ex
A lot of the focus is on the tension in hong kong and what that means for european stocks. You can see a shift to the downside. Pound is your time to figure out whether we will see a deal or not. The dup is pushing back on what was optimism in the markets. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 72. To a chiefwe speak executive. They have a new way of looking at risk, dont miss that interview at 11 30. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Ohio, joe biden defended his son against Donald Trumps attacks and Elizabeth Warren faced criticism of her how she would pay for her vast government programs. But the Democratic Candidates reunited on one thing, the need for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. President mounting on and kara ankara. They face sanctions and accusation of war crimes. Moscow says the operations are quote unacceptable. A former pentagon chief says that recent actions could lead to a return of the Islamic State in syria. Surprise injection caught traders