Tiktok is said to be making contingency plans for a u. S. Shutdown, joining microsoft to challenge a bid from oracle. Australia winds up turning season like never before with a recession and record government stimulus. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening slightly higher. This as we had another record high in the u. S. With the s p 500 soaring for a fifth consecutive session. We have financial and real estate sectors being the biggest gains. We have banks benefiting. Treasury yields were higher. We had the yield curve widening. Powell chair jerome speaking at jackson hole, conveying a dovish and more relaxed approach. Higher yields leading to the dollar rebounding. U. S. Weekly jobless claims remaining above one million. Not to mention the economic gdp numbers contracting slightly less than forecasted due to oil prices looking like this. About 43 ag barrel. We had oil declining through the new york session as laura barreled into lo
Staff, now says he was wrong to join President Trump for a photo op outside of the white house grounds last week. The president led milley, along with other members of his cabinet, to st. Johns church last monday, just moments after protesters were violently cleared from Lafayette Park by riot Police Firing tear gas. But tonight, in a break with the president , milley said being there was a mistake and the military should never be involved in domestic politics. Milleys comments as a group of republican senators are also pushing back on President Trump, moving forward with a plan to rename military bases currently named after confederate generals. On his way to an event in dallas today, the president lashed out at the sponsor of that legislation on twitter, along with the Federal Reserve bank, after it issued a dire forecast on the nations economy. That forecast, along with growing concerns that coronavirus cases are spiking in parts of the country, sent financial marketing reeling toda
Statues coming down crowds destroy monuments of Christopher Columbus and confederate soldiers, saying america must reckon with its past. Taking action and i need you now odonnell . Why the popular Country Music band Lady Antebellum says its time to change their name. Racing to a cure tens of thousands volunteer to get infected with the coronavirus. Could it accelerate the search for a vaccine . And the ethical concerns. And bracelets of hope now a nineyearold girl is helping the healing in minneapolis, all from her front yard. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Ouwers ie west ineginht with a stunning admission and apology from the countrys top military officer. General mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, now says he was wrong to join President Trump for a photoop outside of the white house grounds last week. The president led milley, along with other members of his cabinet, to st. Johns church last monday, just mome
Lanes blocked by an overnight crash and jammed up toward aza and jammed at popular and then lanes closed toward highway 92. As we mentioned, it was a Good Samaritan. Bob, someone died as a result of the crash. They werent even in the car. Why was someone standing on the freeway out there . Reporter they were trying to help the person who was in the initial accident and that is a Good Samaritan. And he was hit and killed by a hitandrun driver. Well have more on that. His shoes are out here in the nidal of southbound 101 and if you pan up and tilt up, you could see that blue scion van, that was the initial vehicle. That driver has been taken to the hospital with major injuries. That driver bounced off the side wall and ended up here in the southbound direction of 101. A couple of other cars hit him. The Good Samaritan pulled up in his bmw and saw what was happening and trying to help the diver but when the Good Samaritan got out of the car another driver in a blue or gray scion sadly sim
I felt this was a bail motion that had merit because Derick Almena never intended to hurt anybody. At night before fridays hearing Derick Almenas wife and friends gathered to light candles, incense and meditate hoping to send him good energy. Allison showed up in court to support her husband. It is really important for me for people to know that there are people all over the world praying for our family. And that they want to see him come home to his children. For families of the ghost ship victims who will never come home, they say they are pleased to Derick Almena will face trial again. I will feel stronger when the next trial begins and i will be there as an advocate for my daughter and that is important to me. Today the judge held two former ghost ship jurors in content contempt for misconduct. Next year a whole new jury will have to be picked. A whole new jury that has no idea about anything that happened with this trial which might be difficult. I am curious though, 10 of the 12