Washington tonight. A lot to get to. Jampacked show. Breaking moments ago the port strike temporarily suspended until after the election. How convenient. More on that in moments. But, first, the stranding of america. That s the focus of tonight of tonight s angle. All right. Did joe and kamala care more about the millions of illegals coming across our border than the people struggling in the storm are a advantaged southeast? over the past four years, democrats, led by joe biden and kamala, racked up over $7. 9 trillion in spending. Sending our national debt to over $35. 6 trillion. But, somehow, after all that spending, it turns out we don t have the money we need to rescue and help our fellow americans. We haven t seen fema, we haven t seen red cross. We haven t seen hearts with hands. We haven t seen no agencies come through here. Most people drive through with their cameras out. Treating us like we are animals in a zoo and don t stop. Laura: when this is allowed to happen, how do we
In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
And hezbollah, the war in gaza continues, with significant civilian casualties. The bbc has been examining a fatal Air Strike on 21st September on a school in Gaza City housing displaced people, finding it killed multiple children in order to target one local hamas figure. Daniel de simone reports. Gaza remains the epicentre of this war where children pay for the deadly feuds of adults. Translation what have we done as children . We wake up and go to sleep terrified. At least protect the schools. We dont have schools or homes. Where do we go . This former school in Gaza City, Housing Amal and other displaced people, was hit by an israeli Air Strike on 21st September. Israels military says it was a precise strike on terrorists in a Hamas Command and control centre. The hamas run authorities say it killed 22 people, including 13 children and six women. Huda alhadad lost two children. Muhammad was 13. Hanan, i2. Translation here was my daughter, my dearest, my heart. I went down searching
Senior Investment Strategist at Edward Jones here in new york. Were seeing a dent in risk appetite. The market is grappling with a variety of worries tensions in the Middle East, a Port Strike and election uncertainty. Do you expect to see volatility . Are there any opportunities . Yes, it is great to be here, and we are moving nicely thus far this year and we are moving nicely thus farthis year in and we are moving nicely thus far this year in the snp 500, up far this year in the snp 500, up nearly 20 . As you noted, youre heading into a choppy October Period and facing mounting walls of worry in the market, including the upcoming election on November The 5th and the ongoing Port Strike on the Eastern Seaboard as well as growing escalations and tensions in the Middle East. We say investors in markets should prepare for bouts of volatility ahead of a 20 rally also, that is a natural next step in terms of what might happen in markets. We are probably due for a period of pull back, but w