Democracy, theyre all on the ballot. Who we are as a nation, what we stand for, most importantly who we want to be, thats all on the ballot. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, i think the message of this convention to me boils down to character and covid19. That is the democrats trying to make the case that trump failed in controlling the pandemic and the reason is his flawed character. Did they succeed in delivering that message well enough in your view and strategically, politically was it the right message . Daniel yeah, i think so. What the heck . They could not have possibly have overstated it one speaker after another went after donald trump. I believe joe biden opened his address last night by describe ing a season of darkness which sounds to me Netflix Series rather than political campaign. [laughter] daniel this is a poll tested convention, make n
Boeing and a new millennial nightmare out in kra california but we begin first with todays markets and bob pisani is track ing that record breaking action at the New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq getting a lot of love today thats because of big five are leading the way. All five of the biggest stocks apple, microsoft, amazon, facebook, when they move, everything moves nasdaq 100 leaders this year, guess what the same companies apple, facebook, microsoft, alphabet and amazon. Five company, nearly 40 elsewhere, bank stocks, big story for the year higher yields, loan improvement. New highs for many including many of the regional banks not today, but in the few week, theyve been up there as well. I know the nasdaq composite gets a lot of love. The nyse composite, which is down here, a compilation of all the stocks that trade down here, also at an historic high today just pointing that out, brian. Back to you. So bob, i got a question for you here if you are talking about the nasdaq at 9,0
Prevent a potential environmental disaster off chinas eastern coast where new brainy an oil tanker is on fire plus we meet the nigerian migrants forced to return home from libya who arent giving up their dreams to get to europe and under investigation finance launches a probe into u. S. Tech giant apple for deception over its i phone. Thank you for joining us north and south korea have been holding their First Official meeting in more than two years with a few diplomatic breakthrough as pyongyang says it will send a high level delegation to next months Winter Olympics in the south senior officials from both sides met at the Demilitarized Zone in on with john on the border tension has increased since the last round of talks in twenty fifteen with north korea rapidly. Accelerating its nuclear and missile programs well heres whats come out of the meeting as we mentioned athletes and supporters from north korea are going to whats being hailed as the peace takes chon seoul is considering te
A more balanced access into the Chinese Market china braces to prevent environmental disaster is feared an oil tanker which has been on fire for three days may explode and sink and we meet the nigerian migrants forced to return home from libya who arent giving up their dreams to get to europe. North and south korea have been holding their First Official meeting in more than two years with a few diplomatic breakthroughs kyung young says it will send a high level delegation to next months Winter Olympics in the south seoul is considering temporarily lifting sanctions against north korea and has proposed military talks it also wants every union of thousands of families that were separated after the korean war senior officials from both sides met at the Demilitarized Zone in on one john on the border now people from both sides of the borders say they are optimistic about the talks. And you know every korean really wants relations between the north and the salty prove its origin its an impo
For your kids, only worse. Its the film that helped define the 19905 now train spotting returns for a new generation. Foggy start for parts of the uk. Carol has the weather. Good morning. Yes, we have dense fog, particularly across southern england. It is freezing fog thomas some will be slow to clear. For many, it will be dry with sunshine but i will have more details and 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Prime minister, theresa may will today introduce the governments vision for a more interventionist, Industrial Strategy for britain. The proposals will be unveiled at her first regional Cabinet Meeting, taking place in north west england. Our industry correspondent john moylan has more. How can the government ensured that the economy is fit for the future. But the business secretary greg clark, places like this are part of the answer. It is a new automotive centre, backed by government and industry money, designed to keep our carmakers are firing on all cylinders. The