Coming up. The future of the Supreme Court hangs in the balance the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg sparking political debate plus her friendship with Antonin Scalia coming up and Kayleigh Mcenany is here and eugene will join me at 8 a. M. Eastern. Mornings with maria is live right now this monday morning. Global markets this morning under selling pressure underway this morning, the down 207 points and cac down 153 and dax in germany down 400 points. 402 loir concerns of growing about u. K. Economy and it is going to go into a second lockdown over the coronavirus cases as they rise. People in the u. K. Who violate selfisolation rules face fines now of up to 13,000. In asia overnight decline acrossed board there as we also on heels of three straight weeks of decline in the u. S. , as you can see japan is closed for a holiday, but the worst performer in hong kong hang seng index down beaters than 2 . Hang seng down 2. As hsb shares slide to a 25year low. Weve got the news on bank th
Switzerland, surprised to see the news come from th the blog. Gently axel weber nudging this dialogue forward . Francine it is a publication that doesnt break that much news that often, which is why we are taking it with a pinch of salt, but we understand it was well sourced, and this will be a conversation spearheaded by the two chairman of ubs and Credit Suisse combined. That would be extraordinary. Tom for an american arlenes that for an american audience in the Early Morning for an american audience in the early one, could you imagine bank of america and j. P. Morgan combining . That is the equivalent. There is nothing else going on today, right . Francine not at all. Tom ive got to look at my tiktok. Francine lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Tiktok has abandoned talks with microsoft to set its music and video app in the u. S. , now favoring a partnership with oracle. Look moreit would like a Corporate Restructuring than an outright sale. President tr
Im Joyce Gallagher in los angeles with a fox news update on the war in israel. President biden hours away from touching down in israel. The primary goal of preventing this from becoming a regional battle. Already on very shaky ground. Jordan has now canceled the summit with biden and egyptian and palestinian leaders in jordan following the strike on a Gaza Hospital that hamas is saying killed about 500 people. Hamas and israel are blaming each other for the attack. There are reports of hundreds of protesters tonight carrying palestinian flags, gathering at the u. S. Embassy in beirut, lebanon. Meantime an iranian official told state tv that a war on multiple fronts is inevitable if israel continues strikes in gaza. The Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent is live at the israeli lebanon border with more. Greg . Reporter all eyes are on gaza after that horrendous blast at this packed hospital. Bodies from the destruction wrought Palestinian Health authority claimed as many as 500 could h