News cribber john solomon are here, joining me in the you 8 0. Earnings season rolling of on. Big banks on deck this morning. All the numbers as soon as they hit the tape and impact on markets. Broader markets pointing to a gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 84, nasdaq up 28, the s p 500 up 10 o 10 poin. Yesterday stocks were sluggish over weak Quarterly Earnings and halted covid19 vaccine trials. At the end of the day, the s p 500 was lower by 22. Shiny now apple, the Technology Giant unveiling four new iphone 12s ss for your convenience. Coping tips from outer space, astronauts have isolation advice for the weary public and its making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets in the green, take a look. The fq100 up 14, the cac is up 1 andahalf and the dax index higher by 15, fractional moves this morning in europe but to the upside. A mixed story overnight in asia, as chinese president xi jinping is calling for young People Living in h
Fails to become a member of the u. N. Human Rights Council but rights defenders expressed concern over china and russias election. The World Bank Approves 12000000000. 00 to help developing countries access code 19 vaccines. President trumps u. S. Supreme Court Nominee says she has made no commitment to the white house on how shed rule on major cases including election disputes amy county barrett testified before a Senate Committee on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearings shes been pressed by several democrats about her position on key issues such as health care and abortion is alan fischer thought. On capitol hill it was time for judge jimmy cooney burnet to face questions from senators the chairman of the committee was a new doubt the president picked the right person to fill the vacancy caused. By the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg i would say youre one of the greatest pics president truckin may and from the conservative side of the aisle youre one of the most qualified people of y
A minister used to be leading a brutal crackdown on protesters. Abortion a bomb a care guns and gay marriage just some of the topics which featured on day 2 of the confirmation hearing of President Trumps u. S. Supreme Court Nominee amy county barrett republican and Democratic Senators took turns grilling her on key topics which have become central to the debate surrounding her appointment the senate could vote by the end of the month on whether to confirm barrett just ahead of the u. S. Poll one of them the 3rd but she declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any cases relating to next months president ial election. My colleagues have asked you today whether you would recuse yourself from cases on the Affordable Care act you did not directly answer their questions and instead you described the process by which that would work or happen and so my question is isnt it true then at the end of that process regardless of that process that it would be for ultimately would make t
Work or happen and so my question is isnt it true then at the end of that process regardless of their profits that it would be for ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you should recuse yourself that is true and i cant have you elicit a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong in all both president ial candidates are in battleground states 3 weeks before the election President Trump has been campaigning in pennsylvania a state he not only won 4 years ago his rival joe biden is in florida the democrats lost the state by just over one percent in the last election cypruss abolished a citizenship for Investment Program following an undercover investigation by aljazeera shows senior politicians agreement to help a criminal by a cypriot passport the parliamentary speaker in the report is abstaining from duty until an investigation is completed. Saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the United Nations Human Rights Council
Supreme Court Nominee has faced questions from senators on the 2nd day of confirmation hearing in washington d. C. Amy county barrett was grilled on the Health Care Abortion and the upcoming president ial election but she declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any cases relating to next months but. My colleagues have asked you today whether you would recuse yourself from cases on the Affordable Care act you did not directly answer their questions and instead you described the process by which that would work or happen and so my question is isnt it true then at the end of that process regardless of that process that it would be for ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you would recuse yourself. That is true and i cant have you a list that a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong cyprus has abolished a citizenship for Investment Program following an undercover investigation by al jazeera it shows senior pol