good morning and welcome to worldwide exchange. i m dominic chu. this morning futures are pointing to what looks like a lower open on wall street following back to back losses for all of the major indices.russell 2000 coming off its worst day in two weeks now down more than 10% for those small caps from its recent 52 week high. and as you can see here, dow opened down about 118 points if the future losses carried through into the opening bell for regular 2r5idin trading. nasdaq off by about 55 bond market still a focus. around 2.07% the two year treasury note yield covering right around 1.91% as well let s thousanow go worldwide in the asian trade, nikkei a bit of a standout there up by with 0.01%. and the hang seng and shanghai composite are off. and in the european trade, slightly negative sentiment carrying through but not for the german dax which is down even more than the other indices off by over 1% we ll get to one of the main reasons why that is happening with the
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i m richard lui. i m marley hall. an easter suspected turned deadly afters detonated in sri lanka. a wave of explosions tore apart three churches and three luxury hotels. the coordinated attacks seemed to have targeted the christian communit which makes up less than 10% of the population. 290 people are dead with several americans among them. 500 have been seriously injured. those numbers are expected to rise. here with the latest is nbc s sarah harmon. the blast shook churches in the holiest day on the christian calendar. it started before 9:00 a.m. packed easter services shattered. when it was over, chaos and c f moment one blast ripped through st. anthony s shrine. this is what the inside looks like now. the near simultaneous blast targeting three churches across the country and in the capital, three luxury hotels popular with tourists. later two more explosions reported in the city. witnesses described the horror. i could see a lot of people with people and a lot
governmenttdo end in sight. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are on furlough this morning as president trump digs in on his demands for border wall funding. he doubled down on twitter, writing late last night, everyone knows you without a wa good-old-fashioned wall that works. nbc s geoff bennett has latest. reporter: the government shutdown drags on, no truce on the horizon in the funding of mr. trump s border wall. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney offering his prediction on how long it will last. i think that is it s very possible that the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress. reporter: and who s on the hook to pay? none of that is mexico paying for the wall. let s just be clear. technically, you and i both know it cannot work exactly lik it for border security money, hoping democrats move up from their o. democrats say they re willing to negotiate on the price tag but want a guarantee on what the money buys. democrats want
says she s ready to testify. however, sources tell nbc news she won t be ready until thursday at the earliest, which would mean missing the monday deadline set by senate republicans. dr. christine blasey ford has accused kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party in the 1980s, an accusation kavanaugh has fiercely denied. president trump is still vouching for his nominee. brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. so we ll let it play out. and i think everything s going to be just fine. this is a high-quality person. while kavanaugh has the president s support, he s losing ground with voters. according to the latestpoll, moe people oppose his nomination than support it. he s the first water in that history of that poll. peter alexander has the latest from capitol hill. reporter: that new offer from brett kavanaugh s accuser, christine blais e christine blasey ford. her lawyer saying ford would be prepare