You mentioned the vaccine trials with astrazeneca. That is not voting well. Boding well. Chinese markets nearly 2 down for the shanghai composite. The hang seng down 303 points, and the kospi also lower. Watching the dollar declined overnight, given some of the risk off moves. The pound down on the sixth the day, the longest losing streak since may. Streak eurodollar slightly lower. , ian hashe aussieyen been boosted by the haven play. G10 higherthe only than the dollar. Yields pretty much flat right now but we saw treasuries up overnight. This is where we are seeing signs of contagion from the tech selloff, the Commodity Markets and oil markets in particular. Below 40 forst the First Time Since june. Thats get more analysis with our strategist. Mark, the u. S. Session came back from the holiday continuing the tech selloff. How is the market readjusting now . Mark it is not a pretty start in asia. The thing thats concerning wayle is it appears to be beyond tech and is affecting other A
Tech companies from amazon to netflix are being targeted in a campaign from a large group of investors calling for transparency in Environmental Impact. Can corporations take the lead on stability . Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency called libra. Social media giant wants you to think of it like the u. S. Dollar but a currency you can use globally, if it is successful. Libra is known as a stable coin, a Digital Currency backed by government supported currencies and securities. It is the culmination of a yearlong effort as facebook seeks to spur growth on various platforms that count more than 2 billion users. Spotify, stripe, uber, visa, mastercard are among almost 30 Companies Supporting the project. Will this make it to the mainstream or will it be another overhyped facebook product that never quite takes off . One lawmaker has an opinion. Senator Sherrod Brown tweeted, facebook is already too big and too powerful and uses data to exploit privacy. We cannot allow facebook to run
Im not so sure. I think its the movement in the right direction. Reporter his support has drawn some fire. More than 600 residents have signed a new recall petition targeting the first year councilman on change. Org. Opponents said tiny homes are too extense iive to build and operate and attract crime. Its the wrong approach. Were going to have Many Community meetings and public hearings before any decisions are made about the location of tiny home villages. I think a lot of elected officials try away from controversial topics such as this. Ive done the opposite. Reporter he represents more than 100,000 residents and right now the petition has 630 signatures. Thousands more would still be needed. Its important to note a change. Org petition cant trigger recall by itself. More legal steps would still be needed. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Live look now at San Francisco and san jose from our network of cameras. San francisco a little bit more visible than san jose. Dry de
Fire. Fiery crash. The search for three workers after a head on train collision in texas. Screws searching through wreckage this morning. How did the trains end up on the same track. Michael phelps shines at the u. S. Olympic swim trial and hes now one race away from booking his ticket to rio. From nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on this wednesday morning. We begin this morning with another deadly terror attack this time at the International Airport in turkey. The death toll has clifrpd to 41 people and 239 people injured in the white house condemning the bombing labeling them a terrorist act and all flights from the u. S. To istanbul were suspended. This morning we have complete coverage. Hes at the airport in istanbul. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. Were getting some breakdown now of the victims. The governor in this city says that of the 41 killed, at least they include 23 turkish nationals and
After a headon train collision in texas. Crews sifting through the smoldering wreckage this morning. How did the two trains end up on the same track. And strong start, Michael Phelps shines at the u. S. Olympic swim trial. Today wednesday, june 29, 2016. Narrator from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Happy to have tamron hall here once again. But sadly we start the morning with yet another terror attack affecting the world. This one in istanbul, our top story. The death toll climbed to at least 41 people. As weve said, more than 140 others were injured. The white house quickly condemned the bombing labeling then heinous terrorist attack and this morning flights have been suspended. We have complete coverage beginning with richard engel, hes at the airport this istanbul. Richard, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The governor in this city says that of t