Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
By 7 . Will rise the trade balance is expected to be at 53. 75 billion in u. S. Figures. In november, in terms of export, it is showing the overall chinese economy with the recovery story. The dollar index is flat. Sterling is under pressure. Go at 1837 u. S. Dollars. Lets head to new york and get the first word news with Karina Mitchell. Numbers continue to rise with President Trump revealing Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. The news reported you has been hospital. He the Administration Says all of americans who want the vaccine should get one by the middle of next year. Several states have record infections. The u. K. Will roll out shots tuesday, while they going to partial lockdown. Iran will raise Oil Productions under the new administration. Joe biden wants to revive the Nuclear Accord dropped by President Trump. Tehran is ready to raise output within three months. Iraq is nudging production higher, while insisting it is committed to the latest strategy from opec and its allies.
I turn to you first, laura set the scene first. How does the market look to you . What are you focusing on its really, really an interesting time in the markets right now. You have this dichotomy where were seeing some strength in the markets. I think were a little off today but youre seeing some read through or look through in the market to say, hey, were going to see optimism on the other side however the economy hasnt quite caught up yet to the markets i think we are going to need and we need to focus on making sure that the legislature realized we still need stimulus, we need the consumer thats twothirds of this economy back in full swing. Not getting it. Not right now what does that mean if i tell you were not getting it, were not getting it any time soon. Soon is relative as well, right . Theres a lot of levers that can be pulled here i think that were getting things together and, you know, i wish we could get it during december at some point youre right, it does not look like it
Classes. Pricee the new york crude under pressure. We have this key meeting taking place of opec plus today and tomorrow. The gold price at the moment is showing weakness. Buy yourself finance. Bitcoin is erasing some of the 9 . Es by going up nearly lets look at the other first word news headlines. Lets join karina mitchell. Karina bloomberg has learned readingna the latest on chinas economy shows recovery is getting momentum. Manufacturing and services, pmi data both beat estimations. In aty performance came 52. 1. The economy is gaining strength despite sporadic epics of covid19. Bloomberg has learned chinese regulatory officials have said that the chances of jack mas stockoup revising its are looking slim. They are still reviewing changes needed to appease regulators. An additional delay would be a setback for ma. Has big dollars the fight to overturn his election will not reach the supreme court. He told fox it is hard to send a case there and he probably wont succeed. He rehashed
Los angeles orders residents to stayathome. The clock ticks. France warns it could veto a trade deal between the u. K. And the eu if it doesnt like the terms. It comes as officials on both sides of the deal could be done in the next few days. Increased scrutiny. The house of representatives clears a china delisting bill, sending it to president trump. The measure could lead to companies being kicked off of the american exchanges. 6 00 in london. 7 00 in paris. 10 00 in downtime see iop. We have the lifeline of stimulus. Stimulus against the risk, the u. S. Deadliest day of hospitalizations so far. The reality of covid is trumped by stimulus. Good morning. Annmarie if i would have told you a few years ago that we would have the s p 500 hitting a fresh record high at the same u. S. Had its deadliest day with 2700 people dying due to covid. You would not believe me. This divergence between the market and the reality of covid is yet again playing out. Manus indeed. I take you back 24 hours