With the dividend although it will be far lower than last years. Hong kong media tycoon released on bail. His broken National Security laws beijing has branded him guilty. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting Unemployment Rate numbers, and again, surprising to the upside. They fell to 4. 2 in the month of july, this after surprising to the upside the previous month, falling to 4. 3 in june. Of course, we have seen more job creation efforts. In fact, we just heard from south koreas Ruling Party Leader saying south korea will actively consider a fourth extra budget if needed. South korea has already pledged more than 225 billion in stimulus measures or roughly 14 of gdp to help put a floor on the jobs market, and right now, the july Unemployment Rate falling to 4. 2 . Lets turn to the markets and bring in Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong. What are you watching . Korean alongside the jobless numbers, we are waiting on Australian Consumer confidence, due out later this morning, a
Im sorry some has gone its good to have you with us the tokyo lympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that voice but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations. Canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors if the games took place. We have agreed with the i. O. C. That we will stay in close contact to make sure that the olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to take place eventually t
Putin wears a hazmat suit as he visits a moscow hospital treating coronavirus patients moscows mayor says the culprit in the russian capital could be much worse than official figures suggest. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the Tokyo Olympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors i
Continuing coverage on aljazeera the latest stage of the impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee the 1st time in todays proceedings that we have had questions for both republican and democrat lawyers 2017 or 2080 iole did it the year before his lection in 2020 when both he and Vice President joe biden were leading candidates is that true sir i think what happened is the president saw this video of the former v. P. And i think it. Coalesced in his mind or please answer my question he didnt raise any of these issues in 2017 or 20 i dont know that he did he did or he did i mean that is not something that weve looked at you know evidence that he did or you did you know i would have no evidence he did not i mean this video is pretty a let me ask of the let me ask you this you talked about Lieutenant Colonel then and it was a highly decorated purple heart recipient and worked in the Trump Administration correct. Its or he had a reaction to the called an e. He did he was listeni
15 cancellations and 113 delays at last check. Meteorologist mary lee is here with the latest conditions. Were still dealing with foggy conditions but not as dense with the fog. You can see the fog covering the Golden Gate Bridge there. We can check visibility. 6miles in livermore. Earlier this morning livermore you were down to 0 for the visibility so ware seeing improving conditions. 6miles in hayward. 10 at the Oakland Airport and earlier this morning, we were down to a tenth of a mile so were starting to sea better conditions out there with our visibility, although napa at a mile and 3 4s. Well fake you through what you can expect for the rest of the workweek. Were looking drier compared to last week. Well talk about a couple weak weather system toss move incomening up. Im anne makovec. We have some breaking news. Oakland police just recovered a stolen van that had a bunch of dogs inside, possibly not what the robber was frying was trying to get away with. The van stolen from a Mot