Stayathome to save the birds of london. That is a good thing to say. It is the strangest august, and the only litmus paper youve got right now is the weaker dollar, the preponderant trend this morning. Francine yeah, weaker dollar. Im also looking at a couple things. When it looks at iron ore, it is significantly up, and we are looking at gold. First lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika Michelle Obama describes President Trump as unfit for office on the Opening Night of the democratic convention. The former first lady blasted him from his handling the pandemic. Worthen 150,000 people have died, and our more than 150,000 people have died, and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. Trump isbama said that clearly in over his head. President trump added a trip to iowa to his schedule today. Support has been slipping in a state that he won in nine Percentage Points in 2016. Polls sho
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Inm Francine Lacqua here london. Happy thursday. Lets check in on the markets. A lot of focus about the turkish keene is alsom all over. He is really on what could happen in the near term. Apart from the turkish lira, there is quite of lot going on, and stocks are dropping in much of the world after the fed signaled continued concern on the pandemic, and that is weighing on the worlds biggest economy as well as treasuries advancing. The other thing i am watching out for is daughter holding, gold edging higher, and then we not need to talk about wheel, declining from a high after the fed and opec both sounding cautious we need to talk about oil. And lets get to the bloomberg first word news. We start with china, which says it is planning to hold talks after last weeks talks were canceled by donald trump. This is six months after the pack. The russian opposition leader, navalny has fallen ill, allegedly due to poisoning, unco
John any moment now we are expected to get an update from the white house as the situation in haiti spirals Out Of Control with hundreds of americans stuck in that country. The u. S. Is in rescue mode now, Officials Say they chartered a flight to miami with more than 30 americans on sunday. With that, welcome back the program. I am john roberts in washington. A busy week ahead. Sandra here we go and we are watching for this live event to happen. Im sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. Lets get right to peter doocy care he has live in that Briefing Room. We are looking for the plan to get those americans out but also a plan to deal with what is expected to be an influx of haitian migrants to florida. Peter. Exactly sandra because as we understand it, the haitians who have been caught basically by u. S. Border patrol trying to enter the United States they have been repatriated back to haiti over the last couple of days but there are lawmakers in florida who want assuranc
Overturn the 2020 election and hold on to power. The attack on our Nations Capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment it was fueled by lies. This is now the third criminal indictment against donald trump this year. Every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. One more indictment, and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. As the charges mount, will his support within the party continue to grow . Fake judge has flipped forth by the biden sham. We call it a sham indictment, and the man thats i really believe hes mentally ill. Will his Top Republican rivals continue to rally around him or start to attack him and can our democracy survive this critical and unprecedented challenge . My guest this morning, trumps attorney john lauro and jamieraskin and the january 6th impeachment manager. Joining me for insight and analysis are. Nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie j
There is the nonevent on your screen visually if that is even possible. U. S. Futures slightly higher about four points as we approach the midmorning parts of the session. Still tracking developments across Country Garden, or the lack of it, and the payments that we believe have yet to arrive on this coupon payment. Down about four. Guys, were looking after the three year bond option it is a 10 year yield coming up next. I believe it is thursday or Early Morning our time, but that is relative because we are all over the place. Yvonne overnight it was well received but when you take a look at where yields went, actually went lower despite all these auctions taking place. It is an indication of how there is trepidation in the markets. Given the china slowdown. The trade numbers yesterday was what triggered a lot of the selloff in stocks. Then you have this inflation picture. Yes it is better than expected in terms of cpi prices but overall both and contraction for the First Time Since la