In placen, and the fog on fiscal stimulus. It has crept up on us after the dueling debates of last week, but there it is on thursday in nashville, with a mute button. It will be interesting. Jonathan we know this campaign is unhappy, not with the mute button, but with the topics. They want this debate to be about Foreign Policy. I imagine the president wants that to be about Foreign Policy, and he will do his best to make it just about that. Tom he will do that. You wonder if it will be the uproar over the bidens in the out york post article front of our giuliani interview the other day, but help me here, lisa. This is really important. Does Foreign Policy matter in a president ial election . I am not sure it does. Lisa i would argue in this case it does, not so much with russia, but with china. We have seen an increasing amount of betting on the chinese economy, not because they have handled the virus arguably better than we have come about because they believe joe biden will be a lit
To be in talks with the u. S. Government to avoid a sale. Lets get started with the quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures coming offline. Down given the rally we saw in the regular session. There was really solid buying throughout the session. A big reversal from the selloff we saw yesterday. The s p 500 saw the best day since june. 500 sectors11 s p up led by tech. Higher. T was also the nasdaq gained. And headingalling toward the 37 per barrel level. This is after it saw the biggest jump since june. There has also been expectation that u. S. Crude stockpiles would extend their streak of declines. We are waiting for the brent open but we have seen it back above 40 per barrel. Of the oil ande gas names here in asia. Lets look at how asian markets are setting up for the day given that we had a rebound we saw in the u. S. Most stocks ending off the session highs. Just half ais percent higher. Sidney futures looking much more positive. We are also getting increasing nervousness when i
Covid vaccine. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Dr. Anthony fauci told Mark Zuckerberg during a Facebook Live that a abc ns leit stepe, cerencouraging, dan. Cautiously optimistic was the first thing dr. Fauci said after being asked about a reliable vaccine. He pointed out theres one of many promising vaccines that could enter a phase three Clinical Trial by the end of this month. Its the question on everyones mind, when will the world see a safe and effective Covid Vaccine . Dr. Anthony fauci had a promising answer to Mark Zuckerberg during a Facebook Live today. Im cautiously optimistic about this, mark, because of what weve seen. Given the technologies we have and the different platforms we moved from literally the day that that sequence was put on a public database. Reporter that sequence transformed within 61 days to a promising phase one trial. So where are we right now . There are multiple candidates, not only one. I may talk as the proto time of one but more than o
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines