Against the variants right now. The more contagious variant first found in south africa is here. It almost certainly means theres other cases out there. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 29th, its 6 00 here in new york. So why is this man smiling . No, not the guy on the left who lost an election by 7 million votes and presided over the deaths of 400,000 americans from coronavirus. The guy on the right, the republican leader on the right. Why is he smiling . Because hes been working on some bipartisan deal to get vaccines to millions of people . Is he smiling because hes been fighting for Economic Relief for millions of people out of work . Is he smiling because hes taken a new public stand against lies, hate, and bigotry . No, no, and no. Hes smiling because he got a political pat on the head, the tender embrace of the man who told a mob to march on the cap
Bloomberg surveillance. Im tom keene in new york. Guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua in london. Monthsin to the summer in august. I look at the newspapers in the United Kingdom and it is sort of a soup of distractions right now. Inme and update on the virus the United Kingdom, because the statistics i look at are actually pretty good. Guy . They are pretty good, tom, and there are large parts of the country where people are talking about the fact that we may have achieved herd immunity. You listen to the commentary come out of a large hospital, out of large hospitals, they are seeing a fraction of the number of cases they saw coming through the door back in the spring. The situation seems to be under control. This is pumping Boris Johnson the prime minister, to make firm assertions that schools will september, in the same way Governor Cuomo is making those assertions in new york. Thathe is pretty lonely on right now. That will be one of our themes without question in august. Back to sc
In terms of the euro, that is firmly in focus. European leaders meeting in brussels at loggerheads over how to rollout the plan. The offshore currency is essentially flat. The fix is essentially 6. 99. That is what the aussie yen is doing. The u. S. Dollar has ticked up 2 10 of 1 after a number of weeks of weakness. We can move it onto look at some of the commodities in the 10 year. A bit of concern about demand destruction for crude given the infection rate in the u. S. Florida, some policymakers saying the virus is out of control in that state. That will be a concern. 40 for wti. You still have this significant divergence between the 10 year, u. S. And china. Rishaad just getting some news from a motor company. It is secured funding from a variety of private equity companies. What it does show is chinese startups promising vehicles. Attracting funding even as we are seeing the industry having a rough time of it. This is leading to x peng saying the Company Managed to achieve the 400
How has his week been . Francine it is been a tough week. Lets putain said, the scandal and angle over one of his top advisers driving to his family home in the middle of a lockdown, he is hoping with the gradual reopening of the economy people will be behind him more than they have in. They have been. There is a big figure in terms of euro area inflation close to zero which will put pressure on the ecb to act next week. Tom no question that disinflationary tendency of may with every indication will migrate into june. The jobs report front and center a week from today. Now, our first word news. Ritika in minneapolis, the third night of violent protests over the death of george floyd, a black man who died in police custody. Protesters torched a Police Station and businesses were burned. Moved to other cities. On twitter, President Trump blasted the mayor of minneapolis , called the rioters bugs, gs, and threatened to call in the national guard. The president signed an executive order to
And then march, things normalized. Francine welcome to bloomberg surveillance, good morning if you are watching from the u. S. And europe, good afternoon if you are watching from asia. Westminster, ahead of the knowts, the u. K. Will soon who the next Prime Minister is around midday. Pound. Ity in european stocks off but investors are breaking for a busy earning season. U. S. Corporate earnings potential developments, trade negotiations and oil stabilizing after recent gains. Hour, we will speak to the new leader of the liberal democrats at 9 30 a. M. London time. Here is viviana hurtado. European governments putting together a Naval Mission to provide safe passage through the persian gulf after iran seized a tanker last week. Jeremy hunt warns escalations will mean more Royal Navy Ships in the area. Let us be absolutely clear, on the international law, iran has no right to obstruct the her, itassage or board was therefore an active state piracy. Foreign hasns defended the move, saying