Where we begin in pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and off to oxygen supplies there ran to the hundreds of others were left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay in deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 infections and i have 8000. 00 deaths from cravat 19 to has more for us from a smile about. Only know about the preliminary reports and the preliminary reports the systematic failure. Had to capacity to have 20. Cubic meters of oxygen. For. Cubic meter delivered to the hospital yesterday when this incident happened the operating experience. There tried to call the concerned department. Including the biomedical engineer who is responsible for maintaining the optimum level of oxygen and. There was no busy. Later on. Finding out about this report there was no. Basic in that day was the lack of oxygen for several months nobody. Regarding renewal of contract its a failure. Of minutes. Saying an independent inquiry a number of people h
Well again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from also coming up the u. S. Health secretary resigns off for a scandal over his use of taxpayer money the private flights. A new reality for a community in nepal cut off by a powerful earthquake two years ago the people there are still trying to adjust. And the u. S. Pulls out more than half of its Embassy Staff from cuba to whats being called mysterious attacks on its diplomats. Top stories so far today the castle only a region of spain is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation bans the session referendum a shuttle to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote to occupy. Schools expected to be used as polling stations but the Spanish Government insisting there will be no vote it says the referendum is illegal and is deploying police to ensure no ballots accost opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away whole reports not from barcelona. Thank the fields and into the politi
Market is back up to momentum today with dow industrials set to up 13 points, nasdaq, s p up a fraction. Ftse is down a quarter of a percent. But the cac quarante in paris and dax index in germany are up. In asia markets closed mostly higher. Nikkei average in japan best performer up about 1 . Breaking news right now, new Orleans Police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. Shooting took place during routine patrol, we have the very latest developments out of new orleans earlier today. The devastation in california meanwhile spreading, the death toll from mass i have wild fires now rising to at least 31 making this the deadliest week of wild fires in the states history. Hollywood Sexual Harassment scandal expanding, head of Amazon Studios facing accusations and actress slamming at jeff bezos over twitter. Plus new questions over Harvey Weinstein, report saying that his contract essentially allowed for Sexual Harassment, the explosive details ahead. All the stories coming up this
Jct the hated amt that is being repealed. But unless a future congress extended that repeal it would expire 2025, along with the new seven tax brackets, slightly adjusted in the revision. New standard deductions, take deduction double, almost for a single filer, 24,000 for joint filers, those would expire if in the extended. Child cac credit and passthrough income tax for qualified individuals Business Owners those would expire without extension. It is important to remember, this does deliver tax reform as the republicans have promised to the middle class. Here is what we heard from mark short, earlier this morning when he was speaking with Maria Bartiromo on how the white house views all of this. One is, it very much is middle income tax relief. 80 of the people paying penalty on obamacare taxes are those earning 50,000 or less. It is, as your panel said, regressive tax. It hurts lowest and middle income families the most. Repealing the tax will be beneficial to working families. Repo
Clapper reiterating the lack of evidence of collusion between russia and the trunk campaign. The electronic spin on sites could soon expand its u. S. Officials reportedly considered adding restrictions on larger devices to both europe and the u. K. Grandpa stressed the action. So for earnings for the s p up 14 . Disney, the company set to report after the bell today. Analysts expect earnings of 1. 41 a share. 111 and change. Red america looks like this. Again at the opening trading. Investors at 20point yeah volatility is up with something to wch today. The volatility index closed at their lowest level since 1993. Europe stocks are higher. Kids across the board are two thirds of 1 as it did the eax index in germany. Overnight markets were mixed. The cost be in korea closed president ial vote. The first trillion dollars company. High expectations of apple. The market cap 800 billion yesterday. Join me to talk about it, dagen mcdowell. Wall street Global Economics editor, jon hilsenrath.