Good morning, it is midnight in beijing its 11 00 a. M. On wall street and squawk alley is live. Good friday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im jon fortt with carl quintanilla. Its the end of cloud week on squawk alley. What a week its been. They have brought news on custom chips, Machine Learning and more sales force announced plans to buy slack for nearly 28 billion in the second largest Software Deal ever. Weve had ibm and microsoft weigh in snowflake and others have turned in blah earnings well hear from the ceo this hour what does it mean for investors already sky high investor malic noijoins us now i cant believe we never had you on squawk alley before i hope this is a trend i want to start with sales force slack. I know that you have known stu butterfield for a long time, even before flicker was a hit. You think this very expensive deal makes sense why . So lets remove the price out of the equation. I think what youre looking at right now is in 2020, we have gone from the idea
Ive ever made Donald Trumps 46 minute outburst the u. S. President repeats unsubstantiated claims of forward in an election he lost after nearly 2 decades of war a breakthrough in peace talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government. And one step short of famine the u. N. Ones of a looming food crisis for thousands of people in bikini. Starting in the United States the country hardest hit by the corona virus and in the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from cove it 19 the highest daily death toll since april for the 1st time hospital admissions also topped 100000 in the u. S. And 200000 new cases reported another record and leads to the head of the u. S. A centers for Disease Control warning that by february another 200000 people could be dead from the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if 100 to 2000 to 2500. From this farm so you know the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to form 50
This may be the most important speech ive ever made trumps 46 minute outburst the u. S. President repeats unsubstantiated claims of fraud in an election he lost. And one step short of famine United Nations warns of a looming food prices for thousands of people in bikini. As we know the u. S. Is the country hardest hit by corona virus but in the past 24 hours the numbers are staggering more than 2700 americans have died from coated 19 the highest daily death toll since april for the 1st time hospital admissions have topped 100000 then you have 200000 new cases reported as well thats another record and it all led the head of the. Centers for Disease Control to warn that by february another 200000 people could be dead from the virus so were in that range potentially now of starting to see if seen 100 to 2000 to 2500 s. A day. From this farm so you know the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to form 50000 americans have died f
Highest daily covert 19 death toll since the pandemic began. And well have a report from athens on the measures that some museums are taking to stay afloat during the pandemic. Police in hong kong of detained media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defaulting government owned businesses will remain in custody until a court case in april earlier this year lie was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating beijings National Security lol. The japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists. Child ivan lamb well found guilty of Unlawful Assembly on tuesday they received 1310 and 7 month jail respectively. Is fluent in japanese well known in japan says that its conveyed its concerns to china several times lets go live to hong kong all of this that lets start with jimmy lie whats he alleged to have done. This is a very significant move here thats being seen against hong kongs
A warning from one of the Top Health Officials in the u. S. After reporting the highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began also this hour and crisis in syria the cold of winter is putting millions of people at risk. To their schools to n. B. A. Players get back to training as the Houston Rockets trade on store point god Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in hong kong where the proDemocracy Movement has suffered a huge setback another prominent activist is facing time in prison media tycoon and prodemocracy advocate jamie law is the latest to be taken into Police Custody hell be held until a court case in april next year jimmy law is accused of. Fraud and this comes just a day after 3 other leaders were sentenced Joshua Wong Agnes cha and ivan lamb will serve 1310 and 7 months in jail respectively the Hong Kong Government says all those activists broke the law protesters say that trumped up charges t