spirit by getting behind the wheel and heading for a drive through wonderland. america s hilton welcome to the program the european commission has now approved the use of the biotech pfizer coronavirus vaccine after its medicines agency recommended authorisation vaccine that scenes are slated to begin in most european countries this weekend the shot is already in use in britain canada and the united states. trucks arriving in the parting from a pfizer factory in belgium the drivers were probably there to collect the company s codes of 19 vaccine and they re bound to be under pressure to deliver. so too with he used drug regulators the pfizer vaccine was authorized in britain and the united states weeks ago and calls have been growing for the use medicine watchdog to allow it but the organization defended the time it took saying it had refused to compromise public safety. and the agency s commitment. our experts have worked tirelessly to reach a robust science based consensus
the new variance is out of control and we need to bring it under control it s not as though we can stop this getting into other places there s some there already guys take very little break and i can t go back home. because. you ll be quiet. how do i like not being able to flow freely around europe i think it s a little bit annoying because every country has a right to make drugs if they think it s going to be for the safety of their citizens and it s the right thing to do i just hope that maybe 2021 is going to be different. and that. also on the day our german court hands down to life sentences to a right wing extremist after he killed 2 people near a synagogue last year survivors of that attack a still feeling its effects the world never had a problem with the fireworks on new year s eve in the past but i noticed this year that they made me feel a bit i wouldn t say they made me nervous but i really don t feel comfortable with the misuse. welcome to the day germany france
what s the bottom line for housing prices? the usa? we mentioned at the top of the show we aret session lows but we are still moving higher with the possibility of a deal in greece hopefully in the cards. let s look at the numbers. the s&p 500 is currently up by six points and the rug sell 2000, the small caps is in the red. the 10-year yield currently sitting at 2.147%. the euro at $110.74, moving to the downside. in other words, dollar strength today. bob pisani is at the nyse. important thing is we re starting off the second half with two up trends very much intact and a down trend also very much intact. the important thing today. bank stocks continuing. remember they were big winners. the trend is up in interest rates. whenever you get a strong up trend in interest rates, banks usually move to the up side. this trend is now continuing into the third quarter. no new highs here but again every day you get a little bit of a move up in the banks. other up trend health c
singapore leading the region. for thea up .3 percent day, the highest level in 19 months, but new zealand stocks in the red after searching on wednesday. the shanghai composite, some swings after that pmi data came out, and japanese shares fluctuating as the yen halted a three day drop overnight. 117, theack below dollar plunging against its g 10 peers. also, paring long dollar positions ahead of u.s. jobs data this week. the pboc strengthen the yuan parity, offshore yuan sticking below the level. set for the biggest gain since september, leading the charge in asia. , the philippine peso jumping to the strongest level and seven weeks, the ringgit coming off a 1998 low yesterday, and the rupiah joining that advance. the aussie dollar is looking at a third day higher, but could be vulnerable to testing a maiy low. 6,do have data on january but aussie weakness of boone of sorts. aussie services index, 57.7, the highest in a decade. gold set for a third day of gains. halt its adv
putin over an influence campaign aimed to help donald trump. well, look, i think that what is true is that the russians intended to meddle, and they meddled. this morning the president-elect weighing in on that explosive report. and winter storms. 70 million people in 27 states under alerts, blizzard warnings, up to a foot of snow, icy roads, hundreds of crashes, even snowplows out of control. oh, my god. flights canceled. palm trees pummeled. plus, the major storm out west and the concerns for catastrophe. good morning. we have a lot of news this morning, and we re going to start here with the new information pouring in overnight on the suspect in that mass shooting at the airport in ft. lauderdale, florida. his name is esteban santiago. this is the photo taken overnight as he was booked into the broward county jail on murder charges. he s a 26-year-old iraq war veteran with a reported history of mental illness and alleged domestic abuse. his family told the n