Having a disability often means encountering obstacles in areas like social inclusion transport as you cation and of course the world of work but barriers are made to be overcome and in our next report well see some spectacular examples of High Technology is helping people to realize their full potential despite or even because of their disability. When humans and machines become one of mind control devices are taking off. Touch of the is about 2 pilots a car in a virtual race that cybertron a tournament for people with disabilities his team is made up of computer scientists from the university and fan talk titled. Its a new experience its really exciting. Hes also studying Computer Science and wants to become a Games Developer has been largely paralyzed since he suffered a spinal injury in an accident when he was 15 controlling a device through thought opens up new doors for him this kind of technology is known as the brain computer interface all b. C. I for sure it registers neural s
To be in talks with the u. S. Government to avoid a sale. Lets get started with the quick check of the markets. U. S. Futures coming offline. Down given the rally we saw in the regular session. There was really solid buying throughout the session. A big reversal from the selloff we saw yesterday. The s p 500 saw the best day since june. 500 sectors11 s p up led by tech. Higher. T was also the nasdaq gained. And headingalling toward the 37 per barrel level. This is after it saw the biggest jump since june. There has also been expectation that u. S. Crude stockpiles would extend their streak of declines. We are waiting for the brent open but we have seen it back above 40 per barrel. Of the oil ande gas names here in asia. Lets look at how asian markets are setting up for the day given that we had a rebound we saw in the u. S. Most stocks ending off the session highs. Just half ais percent higher. Sidney futures looking much more positive. We are also getting increasing nervousness when i
Formed bidenharris ticket, and the role of women in 2020. Professor jennifer lawless joins us to discuss the evolution of women in electoral politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. 14, 2020. Ay, august yesterday, the Labor Department announced thousands of americans filed new jobless claims. It is the first time weekly jobless claims have fallen below one million since march. This morning, we are spending our first hour talking directly to those whose jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. Give us a call. 202 are unemployed, 7488000. If you have had your work hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. Text,n also send us a 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you are from. A very good friday morning to you. Go ahead and start calling in now as we give you more context to the weekly jobless numbers that were announced yesterday, this courtesy of u. S. Todays front page of their money sec
Good friend nick kristof and just one minute. Following that, we will have an interview with the ambassador of china. Missile, nbcdrea is our corporate strategic partner. Be5 30, our last event will beinterview who will interviewed by margaret rendon. A word about my friend nicholas kristof. Thee we can bring him up on screen. Hes a longtime friend and a member of the aspen strategy group. He writes a very important twiceweekly college for the column for the New York Times. When i read your column and read it avidly, you put people first. You dont put government first. He put human rights and dignity first. Because of his extraordinary repair extra ordinary career, hes won two pulitzer prizes, one for reporting on china and one for darfur. Hes just wrote a book with his wife which we will talk about. I think it has deep meaning for him personally. He has had an extra neri journalistic life full top he has lived on for continents. He has traveled to 160 countries and his biography says
Against the pandemic and when were losing, we buy the cramer covid19 index. Oh, i wish there were more to it than that. But when the virus seems unstoppable. You go back to the wealth and buy the stocks of the companies regardless of valuation. Thats how the dow gained 236 points today the s p advanced 2. 7 . And winners surge 1. 47 . This rally was extra infuriating to anyone who thinks the market should be linked to washingtons inability to pass another stimulus bill now that the 600 a week benefits have expired the rising case counts in so many states, california over 500,000 that forced closures of flagging businesses. So let me give you the guide to the perplexed. Because when you go to the tape and look at whats winning, its actually very straightforward. Theres nothing counterintuitive about this move. Its not crazy its not illogical in fact, it makes perfect sense. Lets do this. Lets consider the 15 best performers of the covid19 index. First, theres fastly. This is a platform