A simulcast on an important friday. So many days to the election, 25. Thrilled you are with us on radio, on television across this nation and around the world. I want to look at the markets as we frame up Michael Shaoul to join us in moments. Up 15 in a bid to the market. 3 below record highs. With that, some nice confirmations of good global news. Look at renminbi. Jonathan up on the week by about 3 on the s p 500. On ther chinese currency return from the holiday. The narrative has shifted aggressively, and in a short amount of time, from fears about a contested election to the potential of a blue wave. What we discussed in the previous hour is something we need to discuss in the next hour. How vulnerable is that newmarket market narrative shifting things around . Jonathan the Political Landscape here is most interesting. The president so far quiet on twitter. Hugely active yesterday across media. I guess an 8 00 p. M. Appearance tonight. You wonder what the president would be doing b
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Style there. Around 2 Million People bracing the freezing temperatures. Is thought to be around 12 degrees celsius right now in midtown manhattan. That is not dampening the party there. New york, new york plays. I think someone hasjust party there. New york, new york plays. I think someone has just been proposed to their and it looks like a yes. She was just showing off her ring. And now the confetti coming down. 1. 5 tons of confetti being thrown from the rooftops in times square. The mayor of new york there along with his wife. Ifl ifican if i can make it their, i will make it anywhere its up to you, new york, new york. It is one of the interesting things about new york. Most other cities have fireworks but from new york we get these pictures of couples kissing. It is something of couples kissing. It is something ofa of couples kissing. It is something of a tradition when they see in the new year at times square. That tradition goes back to 1907, the drop of the ball, that is, not th
Im Courtney Reagan. Stocks trading again in another fa narrow ray but another high. A volatile session for oil. Saudi arabia and three other countries cutting ties with qatar raising concerns about supplies. More on this as oil prices fall. And whats moving. A major cancer conference under way in a number of biotechs rallying as a result. Loxo and puma among them. Herbalife down 6 of its latest outlook. Brian . Here is what else is happening this hour. Csx shareholders approving a proposal to reimburse 84 million for arranging the hiring of a new ceo hunter harrison. The ceo of mantle ridge, by the way, is the vice chairman of the board for csx. In the skies the good times continue to roll. Airlines globally are collectively raising their profit forecast. The Industry Group that represents more than 200 Airlines Says the profits should top 31 billion this year. Thats about 1. 5 billion more than previously forecast. And the Supreme Court scaling back the s. E. C. s power to recoup prof
Whether 70 years on, pakistan can claim to be a country at ease with itself. And the bongs of big ben why they will fall silent next for four years. Next week for four years. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, Cristiano Ronaldo gets a five match ban for pushing the referee who sent him off against barcelona last night. Good evening. President trump has condemned the White Supremacists and neo nazis who took part in the weekends violent demonstrations in virginia. One woman died when a car was driven into a group of people who were protesting against the far right march in charlottesville. Donald trump has faced criticism for failing to speak out in the immediate aftermath of the attack. But this afternoon, he said racism was evil and those who caused violence in its name were criminals and thugs. 0ur North American editor jon sopel reports. Vacation suspended, the president Return To Washington this morning from his holiday to meet the director of the fbi and the Attorney General