drug that meant people weren t dying of this. in the study, only two people died no placebo up against the remdesivir they were using these are early results but promising signs of hope. the dow futures indicated up by about 700 points if we continue like this, that would put the dow in positive t territory. s&p indicated up about 75 points and the nasdaq indicated up by about 177. let s look at the treasury market yesterday, those yields for the 10-year were under a little pressure they had come back down even more we were talking about under 0.7% looking now at the 10-year treasury, you will see on this friday, last trading day of the week, the 10-year is yielding 0.64%. looking at oil and the shut down of oil production and cuts of the number of barrels being produced a day around the globe, you did see prices come back down it is not enough to keep up with the dropping demand. watching that too. this morning, wti is down to 18.61 a barrel we ll be talking markets, potenti
still there, 46 .21 for wti. lower by .37. the biggest market story is the dollar. dropping to lowest level since brexit yesterday. has since recovered on hawkish fed speak. the last 24 hours, atlanta fed president said two hikes were a possibility this year. euro cost you a 1.12. new york fed president suggested the central bank could raise rates as soon as next month. two key events to watch today, st. louis fed president james bullard will speak and then we ll get minutes from the last momc meeting. and it is. the euro will cost you 1.12. pound 1.30. the yen is at 100 yen dollar level. it had fallen below that yesterday. violating what i ve asked them to do. so now we re back to maybe a couple of hikes when i think the probability had the hikes moved out to 2017. we ll see. they love to pretend they might do something to get the benefit of whatever. there s a lot of rumors about what s going to happen at jackson hole. about whether they re going to say negative interes
great faust for the employees of virgin. they can take a vacation whenever they want. unlimited vacation time. why he thinks this will motivate his staff more, how much vacation time would you take if you had the choice? plus this: we have come, say hi, whole family is here, all three of us. my family is here, too. there are six of us, pull it right over there. on good day this morning, why the former cast mates are teaming up once again. okay. because they re good together. i can t wait to talk to them. i know, going to be sun. i so, can we just relate to something that happened to the two of us after the show yesterday? oh, goodness, what happened? we walk over to this little deli, down the street, i go there every single day. i don t. so i made a purchase. and kerrey and i were having a conversation, so she was standing next to me. and just as we re leaving the deli, the woman behind the counter says to you, what did she say? she saysment. why are
paris. we will speak to lebanese french scholar gilbert achcar. to put all of this in context and understand all of this appalling features come from somewhere and this somewhere the action of the west, the responsibility of the west, and also the responsibility of the west and the united states, in particular, in fostering the source, the ideological source of the most fanatical education of islam that is the saudi kingdom. plus, the latest on the bombing outside the naacp office in colorado springs. then, we go to vermont. 29 single-payer advocates were arrested after they disrupted the inauguration of vermont governor peter shumlin who has backed down on his promise to create a single-payer health care system in the state. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. french police have surrounded a building in a northern town near charles de gaulle airport as part of a massive manhunt for the
satirical magazine. the suspected gunmen have taken a hostage to the airport. there are reports of hostages being taken at a supermarket in paris. we will speak to lebanese french scholar gilbert achcar. to put all of this in context and understand all of this appalling features come from somewhere and this somewhere the action of the west, the responsibility of the west, and also the responsibility of the west and the united states, in particular, in fostering the source, the ideological source of the most fanatical education of islam that is the saudi kingdom. plus, the latest on the bombing outside the naacp office in colorado springs. then, we go to vermont. 29 single-payer advocates were arrested after they disrupted the inauguration of vermont governor peter shumlin who has backed down on his promise to create a single-payer health care system in the state. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m a