That statement. Iranian leaders, they have made statements. They have largely avoided the bellicose language we have seen in the past. Overnight, leader ali khamenei says it was a slap in the face to america. They say they do not seek escalation or war. Obvious question this morning, was the attack deliberately proportionate, a oneoff that makes a point but doesnt risk a devastating american response . Can the iranians risk taking action that results in allout war . Their economy is collapsing. They are out of cash. What will the president say this morning and how will he say it . Escalation . A threatening tone . We will find out soon. Now look at this. Yet again, the market is largely shrugging off an attack in the middle east, in the middle of the oil patch, no less. When the news broke, futures showed a near 400point drop but look at it now. Down maybe 20 for the dow and all of that loss accounted for by just two dow stocks which we will mention momentarily. The s p is going to go
Honoring the brave men and women who served our country in the armed forces, President Trump becoming the First American president to attend new york citys veterans day parade. How the white house and businesses across the country are working to give back to our nations heroes. Anger and rage on the streets of hong kong. A prodemocracy protester shot at close range by police. A counterprotester was set on fire. The latest response what is an escalating crisis. The force is officially entering the streaming wars. What you need to know ahead of the launch of disney plus which comes our way tomorrow. Melissa Jackie Deangelis on the floor. New york stock exchange, blake burman at white house and greg palkot in london. Susan li is in the newsroom. Wow, that is lot of firepower. Well start with jackie. Appears another record for the dow jones, finishing up 12,693. Dow started out in the red this morning but a turnaround from boeing definitely helped. Shares up almost 5 during the session tod
For the imf meetings but lets get a check on the markets as investors digested the data out of china earnings will be coming through in europe. We struggle a little bit and stoxx 600. Cable is coming off a fivemonth high. A lot of concern going into this weekend and what parliament will vote on in terms of the brexit deal. We are talking about potential rate hikes. Coming up, we hear from the Vice President of the european atmission that 1130 time 11 30 a. M. London time. And still to come, we speak to bank of England Governor Mark carney at 5 30 p. M. London time. Definitely not want to miss. All of those conversations from the Imf World Bank annual meeting. Lets get first word news in new york. We begin with the ceasefire in syria. The u. S. And turkey agreeing to a break in hostilities to allow kurdish fighters to withdraw. Once the ceasefire takes affect them a donald will remove this weeks sanctions, but u. S. Senators from both sides say the deal does not go far enough. Reluctant
Fails in his bid to trigger a snap election. China signals more support for the slowing economy indicating a cut in the Bank Reserve Ratio is on the way. Protesters vowed to return to the streets of hong kong and continue their calls for change. They say carrie lam section is too little too late. Shery it was all about k anditics, both in the u hong kong. We saw a risk on sentiment across the board with the dow caning gaining almost 240 points. The nasdaq up 1 . Tech shares leading the gains. They were the biggest losers in the last session. We have the Energy Sector in section gaining ground. We had the dollar falling the most since june. It was all risk on and the geopolitical tensions subsided. Not a lot happening with u. S. Futures. Lets get you across some breaking news on the terminal. We have julys current account of numbers from south korea coming in at a surplus of 6. 95 billion dollars. The current account for south korea in july. This as expectations grow for further easing
Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p