There we have active futures on the s p up by. 5 . Nasdaq as well. Just seeing what is likely to happen with the start of the indian session and about one hour and 44 minutes. Nifty gaining about. 2 wednesday, looking like we are adding to it. Have some news as well. There were fears among bond traders bond that could have played havoc on the bond markets. That is the yen. We have the pound which has been emerging as a strong currency against its u. S. Counterpart as we get brexit negotiations taking place and certainly it is the way the u. K. And European Union come to an agreement as to what happens after the u. K. Officially leaves the European Union. Seeing some progress with regards to all that. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines for you. President trump signed an executive order to expand u. S. Production of Rare Earth Materials. Amid concerns that Global Leader china they restrict exports. They are used in a vast range of goods. China accounted for 80 of americas imports
Justice and as quincy said, thats all we want. Plain and simple. We just want justice, nothing more, nothing less. A Funeral Service to honor floyd will take place tomorrow. Services will happen over the next six days in North Carolina where he was born and in houston, texas, where he grew up. Developing news in San Francisco, a huge protest led by young people is underway. Skyboxes over Mission High School. That is on 18th street between church and dolores in the city. Youth justice, youth justice is putting on the event. You can see what is estimated eight to be about 5000 people whove turned up for the demonstration. The plan here is that at some point, the group will march to the Mission Police station on valencia street, which is a few blocks away. There is a curfew in San Francisco that is set to go into effect at 8 pm, about three hours from now. We have reporter christian captain. As soon as he is up and ready, well get more information on this massive demonstration going on at
Extremely that would send an already sagging market even lower to the weekend when President Trump spoke, he was so mad that the market was able to make a comeback, now ultimately dipping just 18 points the nasdaq surging 1. 29 lets understand our idea of measured response is not chinas idea of a measured response. I think theyre going to see this as a real provocation, and theyll feel compelled to respond, which brings us to the game plan for next week. Mondays all about retaliation from china at this point, we all know how this story goes, right it always is tit for tat every time President Trump lands a blow, its met with a counter blow we have to presume china escalates things, if only to show they understand the end game, which seems like containment or isolation except this time maybe were the ones being contained. For decades we refused to recognize the peoples republic of china and our government treated them like an outlaw or the outlaw that they were. Then president nixon in
Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were privileged to be joined by ambassador krafts home state senators today, majority leader mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul will be here soon to also introduce the nominee. Senator mcconnell, welcome to the United States foreign Foreign Relations committee. Long known for its kindness to its witnesses and for civility. Your steady and thoughtful leadership inspire us all as you sail this ship through the heavy seas we encounter daley here and we welcome hearing your considered judgment regarding th
The bush president ial library in texas yesterday on what would have been the former the late president s 95th birthday. According to his grandson, bush 41 chose the photo himself before he died last year, saying it was one of his favorites. Nice way to honor him there. History has just been made in the nba. The Cleveland Cavaliers have made Lindsay Gottlieb the first Womens College coach to join the ranks of the nba as an assistant coach. Brad mielke is working on this. Its not even just coaches. Just in the last couple days, the new Orleans Pelicans have hired a former wnba star for their front office. Women have been climbing up the ranks as scouts and consultants. But the questions always been, will we see more women on the sidelines of nba games . The answer is yes. For the last seven years, Lindsay Gottlieb has been head coach at cal berkeley. Now shes taken a job as assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers. This is the second woman in the nba to get a fulltime coaching gig. I talk