New protests in hong kong. No cigar. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition wins the upper house but has failed a getting a super majority. We will have the results of the reaction. After a volatile week, stocks closed lower on friday amidst news of mounting tensions in the persian gulf. The Federal Reserve will limit a rate cut to a quarter of a point. Sophie we are setting up for a soft start to a busy week. On thursday, we will get south korean gdp numbers, ahead of which we will get export data in about an hours time. We are moving into high gear on the earnings front, with about 200 Japanese Companies reporting this week. Watching asahi. Switching up the board to check in on oil. Persian gulf tensions are extending a rally. Theleen lets check in on first world news. The Hong Kong Government has denounced the actions of protesters who targeted chinas main headquarters in the city as a peaceful mass rally turned violent late sunday evening. Gas asfired tear demonstrators converged on beijings
Atm limits. Extending the qe program 32017. They await the opec talks. Concerns independent producers may not reduce output. A landmark day for south korea as they are set to impeach President Park geunhye. More in a story, just ahead. Lets take a quick look on how the markets are looking. Haidi is standing by. Haidi we are getting a picture here, we have the Southeast Asian markets, taiwan getting on board today. Andness through malaysia singapore just keeping its head above water. Investors the sense are trying to take the time to digest what the ecb trajectory is. We look like we are on the cusp of a taper. Also, critically removing some of these key technicalities so the ecb has greater control over this aspect of the program. We are seeing nice gains from tokyo. Extending that rally 2. 7 . Yen, 114 at the moment. That is lending support to retailers. Weakness coming through from new zealand, down by. 4 . We do have a shift in policy. Driving the kiwi dollar to a high. Ofy have sai
For you this sunday morning. How do you feel about governmentpaid family leave, either at the federal leave or the state or the local level . Parents, call this number, 2027488000. Business owners, 7488001. Ll others, 2027488002. Do you support or oppose governmentpaid family leave . If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media. cspanwj, handle is or you can post a comment on facebook. Here is one of the headlines out there today about whats happening around the country. This is in forbes magazine. As new york and San Francisco pass paid family leave, these 20 states could be next. Well get to those states in a moment, but want to talk about the basics here with clare oconnor, staff writer for forbes. Good morning, clare. Explain off the top, the family and medical leave act, the federal law. It covers who . There are some gaps here, correct . Guest oh, are there ever, yes. Well, unfortunately, the u. S. Remains the only developed country in the world with no federal law guarantee
But bend over backwards when it comes to the conflict in ukraine and its pro, fee of social media chairs, a video that appears to show you rainy and troops dropping a bomb on russian soldiers as they retrieve a body from the battlefield. Ah, good morning, 5 am here in moscow and from wherever youre sitting and from welcome to the program. Im here all is about with this hours top news stories from around the globe. South africa cant be pushed any by any country thats according to the countrys Foreign Affairs minister. In response to the u. S. Secretary of state, as he accuses russia and china, of destabilizing the region and try to convince south africa to sever ties with this fear that we exist under some push is i think, a totally a rear, unfounded. A belief in the relationship that we have with eva country is also a concern about countries that have mineral interest in african countries as a destabilizing force. So i think we need to look at the foot thorough of problems that give ri