Tthe nationwide total now excees 42,000, more than 1,000 people have died. Health Ministry Officials say more than 4,000 people were being treated for the virus at hospitals as of last wednesday. The figure was just under 700 on july 1st. Since then patients in tokyo have quadrupled, but in terms of increase, other pleeskts have feared mmuch worse. Patients in oh sasaka jumped 20fold. The Health Minister says jjapan currently has enough hospital beds to cope, but he also says the situation needs to be closely monitored with some hospitals increasingly under strain. Some local governments are asking residents and businesses to do their part to curb the spread of the virus. In tokyo the governor is requesting barsrs and restauran to close by 10 00 p. M. As our next story shows, its pushing many establishments to the brink. Reporter its been an anxious few months when sales plunged after the government declared a state of emergency. As rrestrictions gradually ease, business was finally st
Tiktok. The senate will take up the measure next. Well get to all that and more, across the hour. But we begin with the days market action. As we said, were not seeing any major follow through. The dow up 134. Were seeing the s p unchanged because we want to be generous on a wednesday. The nasdaq is down about 0. 3 of 1 . The down is in the green. All eyes on boeing. Thats been, i guess, in a bad way. The stkock of the neyear, nvidi the inverse of nvidia, i suppose. The s p 500 finishing at yet another record high yesterday. If you are counting at home, that makes 17 record highs in 2024. The index on pace for the most record closes in a First Quarter since all the way back in 1998. Can we call that a random but interesting . Who knows . Inflation proving stick than markets, and perhaps jay powell, they thought, given the pivot back in november, so will the fed keep a lid on that bullish momentum for the rest to have year . Joining me now to discuss are my two guests. I cant think of t
The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People are the millions of Chinese Americans to help make our country great. Im glad to have a secretary austin, blinken and were mondo here to discuss the all of government approach we need to meet this challenge. And this is our First Full Committee Hearing i do want to thank vice chair collins as well as her chairs and Ranking Member chester, kuhn and moran for working with us on this topic that i know every one of our members cares about. Like to thank all of my colleagues for their work in the r
The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People are the millions of Chinese Americans to help make our country great. Im glad to have a secretary austin, blinken and were mondo here to discuss the all of government approach we need to meet this challenge. And this is our First Full Committee Hearing i do want to thank vice chair collins as well as her chairs and Ranking Member chester, kuhn and moran for working with us on this topic that i know every one of our members cares about. Like to thank all of my colleagues for their work in the r
The here link is nearly three hours. [background noises] [background noises] the hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. china relationship the investments we need to keep our nation secure, competitive and maintain our leadership on the stage. Let me make clear from the outset we talked about competing against china encountering chinese influence we are talking about competing against its governments. Not the Chinese People are the millions of Chinese Americans to help make our country great. Im glad to have a secretary austin, blinken and were mondo here to discuss the all of government approach we need to meet this challenge. And this is our First Full Committee Hearing i do want to thank vice chair collins as well as her chairs and Ranking Member chester, kuhn and moran for working with us on this topic that i know every one of our members cares about. Like to thank all of my colleagues for their work in the r