Lets go to my colleague here in the studio with news on business. Welcome to business today. Im mark lobel. Its been a turbulent morning for global stock markets. Financial markets are in turmoil, with japans nikkei having its biggest one Day Drop ever on the back of major Sell Offs on Wall Street last week. They closed 12. 4 lower. Jaw dropping stuff. In the last few hours, its been confirmed that European Markets are following suit. The Ftse 100 suffers its worst drop in over a year, though European Stocks are falling more generally at a lower pace. Whats behind this are fears of the impact of a slowing us economy on the back of weaker than expected Jobs Numbers on friday. Lets have a look at how the numbers have been stacking up in the past 15 minutes. The ftse is down 2. 1 since opening a few hours ago. In germany, down 2. 41 . Lets have a look at how the markets closed in asia. As you can see, then down a startling 12. 4 . The nasdaq is down 2. 43 . Mariko oi, in our asia business
plus ikea s free trade fears. the boss tells us protectionism means higher prices for everyone. hello there. we start in the us where wall street shares have slumped once again on fears that interest rates could soon be on the rise. the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell, has been trying to reassure investors that ultra cheap credit will remain in place for the forseeable future. but it seems they no longer believe him. proof of that a sell off on the stock market especially in those technology shares that have done so well in the pandemic. the nasdaq has lost almost 10% since its peak in february. and a surge in interest rates or yields on the bond markets. from new york samira hussain has more. covid 19 infection rates are falling. vaccinations continue across the country and americans are beginning to feel more hopeful that an end to this pandemic is coming. it is part of the reason why the long term bond landings have gone through the roof, it is a sign t
we start here in the uk where businesses are welcoming an easing of coronavirus restrictions as england s plan b measures are abandoned. the government is no longer asking people in england to work from home effective immediately. from next thursday face coverings will no longer be required by law and covid passes won t be needed for nightclubs and large events. self isolation rules do remain in place for people who test positive, but could soon be phased out as our health editor hugh pym reports. masks on and off, the rules have changed at various times over the last two years but in england the government has said they will no longer be compulsory in shops and on public transport. in bristol, people gave us their reaction. i reckon it s a good thing that we are now learning to live with the omicron variant and that we have got to have the restrictions removed little by little. for me and for my family, i have elderly parents, ijust would rather if we could keep the
remembering the events of that day and where we go from here. president biden hitting his predecessor hard and donald trump hitting back even harder. also, living through that day, our own chad pergram looks back at what it was like then and the push to secure the capitol. lawmakers meanwhile gathering for a moment of silence including the january 6th commission member, liz cheney and her dad, former vice president dick cheney. coming up, we ll talk to the only other republican commission member, adam kinsinger on where the commission is headed and what he says of republicans that democrats are trying to politicize the day. i apologize for my voice. i m neil cavuto. we re on those developments as we look back and at the same time trying to look forward. first, aishah hasnie on the capitol and what was a busy day of doing business. hi, neil. get some water. it s been a very busy day on the hill today. deeply divided capital. we did not see gop leadership at any events commem
stone, every pebble. they re talking about hundreds of names here. hundreds, thousands. she is driven. her tenacity is just remarkable. i knew i was going to find him. it was a competition between him and i. your heart is pounding like, oh, my gosh. this israel. i said, i found him. i know who killed helene. hello and welcome to dateline . helene pruszynski lift by a simple philosophy, smile and make the best of everything. the betting journalist had did just that as she started a college internship in radio. then helene was murdered. the investigation led detectives into the darkest corners of the criminal world, before a groundbreaking investigative tool helped bring the killer s secret to life. here s josh mankiewicz with a promise to helene . 40 years is a long time. that s 40 winters here in colorado. and countless snowfalls. it was on a day like this that young woman disappeared. her name was helene and helene had a friend named kimberly. a friend wh