On the dow. Stocks now on pace to finish the week in the red. Those big name tech stocks we follow so closely every day, down again. We have news of a possible delay of the new iphone and apple was responsible for yesterdays market selloff as well. News on the virus. President trump says now is not the time to be holding a big event in florida, canceling the jacksonville portion of the Republican Convention. The rnc will join us in the 11 00 hour to talk about that. To chicago, where two Christopher Columbus statues came down overnight. Just as a way to appease the protesters. We will see what tom homan has to say about that in our next hour. But lets end on a positive note, shall we . It is feedback friday. Always fun. Theres stu smiling. Yes, baseball is back. Dr. Anthony fauci throwing out the first pitch of the baseball season. It wasnt great. You could say he flattened the curve with that one. Whoa. Just outside. The ceo of fox sports and Keith Hernandez joins us on baseballs retu
A postbrexit trade talk. Matt good morning, lets take a look at what you need to know this morning, starting with gold. It is on track for a fifth day of gains. Lets look at the nasdaq, why dont we . Yeartodate to date, hitting another alltime high. There you see gold. Actually down this morning. If it rises, it will be a fifth straight day. Interesting to look at u. S. Treasuries right now. We do have a story out on the bloomberg where Michael Kelly from pine bridge investment expects it to be up to. 5 in the spring. Almost 100 billion. Have to listen to what he says about the 10 year yield. In asia overnight we see gains in european futures. Tech shares is really the top headline. Amazon was among the top performers. It reported a recordbreaking Holiday Season. Bloombergs index of consumer comfort hit a nine week high on greater optimism about the economy. What do you think about all of the good news we have had on tech in the Holiday Season . Haseems like the growth expanded at a re
Really appealing in a way that is very unique to this particular kind of has the local record. Ms. Rios thank you very much. Professor wake thank you very much. Pleasure to talk to you. We are looking pleasure to talk to you. Yearsare looking back 70 and the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. Up next, richard frank, author of downfall the end of the Imperial Japanese empire. He discusses american and japanese strategies and japans eventual surrender. It is about one hour and 15 minutes. Such ank it is always great pleasure to be back in kansas city, which is, in fact, my home area. It is indeed an honor to be her on behalf of harry truman. Expected lessve for someone is speaking on his behalf. I have been working on this area, this issue, now for about 25 years or more. And what of the things i have learned over the years is that i need to start a little earlier than 1945. In fact, what i need to do is really talk about the whole context of the Asian Pacific war in the second w
Reporter okinawa governor onaga expressed anger. Translator i was shocked. The result will probably leave the root of the problem untouched. This unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawan people and unite them even more. Reporter the top Government Official welcomed the court ruling. Translator we understand the court ruled that the okinawa governors decision to revoke a landfill work permit was illegal. Based on this ruling, we hope to continue with the issue with integrity. Reporter the u. S. Marine corps futenma station has been an issue for decades. The base is located in the densely populated area. Aircraft take off and land within meters of nearby houses. Tokyo and washington want to move the base to a less populated coastal area of okinawa. But onaga wants it moved out of the prefecture altogether. Okinawa hosts 74 of the u. S. Military facilities in japan and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. The construction for the relocation plan was appro
Greenback following the selloff on wall street friday, asian equities also fell sharply starting the week. The nikkei and hang seng closing down more than 2 today. Thats putting pressure everywhere else. Take a look at whats going on in european trading right now. We have a situation where you have red arrows across the board in europe. The ftse down 1. 5 . In italy more than 2 . Well take a quick look at the u. S. Equity futures as well as we take a look now, the good news is we have red arrows with the dow opening five points higher, the s p 500 up three points higher and the nasdaq up 2. 5 points. Over to sarah in the meantime. Among the catalyst most often cited, fears over tightening in u. S. Monetary policy and Credit Conditions in china. Lets start in china. Eunice is joining us live from beijing with an update. Good morning. Good evening. Good morning. It looks like we have averted a potential crisis here in china, there are rising fears that we could see a default in the shado