Themselves on the wrong end of a judges decision in california it is friday, october 23, 2020 and you are watching Worldwide Exchange on cnbc good morning, everyone. Im seema mody in for Brian Sullivan we kick off your friday morning with a look at stock futures, the dow up currently about 75 points the major averages august coming off their second positive day in three. But looking to end the week in the red. Here is how were set up the dow and s p are on track to snap a three week winning streak, the nasdaq on pace to break a four week winning streak for its first worse week since september. Part of that is apparent rotation out of Technology Take a look at the ishares and momentum etf, it is down more than 2 this week. And on pace to snap a five week win streak the etf tracks tesla, apple, amazon, invidia and microsoft. But not to be out done, First Trust Dow jones Internet Fund is now down about half a percent for the week eyeing its first down beak week in five financials and regi
Hes down right unamerican. And the politics behind a Coronavirus Vaccine. We may have a vaccine bef where it stands as it enters the home stretch. Unprecedented pledge. This morning nine of the worlds top drug makers joining forces vowing to deliver that vaccine only when its safe. So when will that be and who will get it first . The ceo of pfizer joins us live for an exclusive interview. Oneonone. Michael cohen, President Trumps former lawyer, speaking first to nbc news as his bombshell book about the president is released. The actions that i was performing for my boss were morally wrong. What hes saying this morning about the president s behavior behind closed doors. Those stories plus 15 million putt. And dti a dominating performance. Today, tuesday, september 8th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. So happy to be back after the long Holi
Well look at how malaria related deaths in africa could more than double this year. Just 4 days after a global tally showed 15000000. 00 Coronavirus Infections the world has now surpassed 16000000. 00 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university it shows the United States brazil and india are leading a surge in new cases globally almost 650000 people are known to have died the u. S. Has recorded 73000 new infections in the past 24 hours the countrys top Infectious Disease expert anthony is again urging state governments to hit pause on reopening. The states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst affected and floridas governor is being accused of easing lock down measures too soon how did you castrate reports from maryland the death toll in florida is rising as well about one person in florida is dying a covert every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the United States have broken totals and as far as cases or deaths in this past
Wants to make it clear that beijings claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful as is its campaign of bullying to control them the South China Sea claims by china include ownership of the Spratly Islands which are also claimed by the philippines vietnam and others the scarboro reef is claimed by china and the philippines of that dispute began 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy a pretend that 8 mainland chinese Fishing Vessels in the shoal earlier china imposed sanctions against 3 u. S. Politicians and the envoy for religious freedom those targeted include senators ted cruz and marco rubio both supported legislation President Trump signed in june calling for sanctions over the repression of weekers Chinas Foreign Ministry is warning the u. S. To stay out of all of chinas internal affairs and White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett has more. This is just another escalation in the tensions between the United States and its adversary china
2 very different candidates all but could shake up politics. And the story of how our group in indonesia is help people hang with children recover from months at sea. And a lifeline to half a 1000000 children in syria has been cut the u. N. Security Council Compromise means only one Border Crossing with turkey will remain open the deal was made after russia backed by china pushed to shut down a 2nd one diplomatic at the jane space reports from un headquarters in new york a Security Council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as follows 12 votes in favor. No votes against and 3 abstentions but this was not what 13 out of 15 Council Members wanted only one Border Crossing bubble how one can now be used to deliver aid off to china and russia use their veto power in recent days to block other options so this resolution is not what the United States and a majority of the council fought for and it is certainly far short of what the Syrian Pe