To get to on this very busy day lets get started. And we begin with another bloody day for wall street down another 1000 points and yes we have now seen the worst week for markets since the 2008 financial crisis wiping out as christy just said 5 trillion dollars from Global Markets im going to say it again wiping out 5 trillion dollars in one week were going to break down Global Markets and the horrific week they just had in just a minute but 1st lets get you caught up on the very latest with the corona virus which of course is blamed as the catalyst for all of this so here are the latest numbers more than 83000 people and at least 53 countries have been infected and of those more than 2800 have died outside of china the largest number of deaths is in iran at 34 where that country has seen a huge jump in infections to ron had already canceled friday prayers at the capitals of 23 of irans 31 provinces u. S. Secretary of state might bump aoe says that the u. S. Has. Offered to assist ira
We want europe to take some of necessary prisoners, they came from several countries well, none from greece, so far. Good. Youre lucky youre lucky we have a lot of people right now in prison, isis fighters, that are tough fighters, and they are where they should be. I think we have done a fantastic job, but eventually, we want to be able to let iraq run its own affairs. Thats very important. At some point we want to get out, but this isnt the point. If we do get out, weve spent a tremendous amount of money on building airports, one of the largest embassies we have in the world, mike, and we want to be reimbursed for the various costs weve had. Well work something out i talk sanctions, but im only talking sanctions if were not treated with respect we have to be treated with respect. Ill tell you what, with what we did excuse me, wait wait wait one second with what we did with isis, and this was done during my administration, because it was a mess before we got here with what we did with
Kw early today starts now. Welcome to the week im men new mexiphillip mena. And im frances rivera. President trump prepares to meet with World Leaders at the United Nations General Assembly over the weekend, he admitted to speaking with the leader of ukraine about investigating former Vice President joe biden but denied delaying foreign aid to the country for political reasons. Nbc has the latest from d. C. Good morning. Reporter good morning, frances. The president has three very busy days in new york ahead of meetings with World Leaders. Washington starting the week abuzz as new details emerge about a july phone call between President Donald Trump and the president of ukraine. There was no quid pro quo. Reporter the president confirming former Vice President joe bieden and his son played into the conversation. Largely a fact we dont want our people like Vice President biden and his son creating to the corruption already in the ukraine. Reporter the phone call reportedly led to a whis
Saying his call was wonderful. The white house was already trying to keep the record under wraps. Thecycle Fitness Company third worst unicorn debut since the financial crisis. Woworks cash plans go awry. Shery lets get you started with a quick checkup on how markets closed. It was a broglie risk obsession with stocks losing ground, at treasuries advancing, and the dow lost 80 points. The s p 500 lost. 25 which was the fourth decline in the last five sessions. We started lower given the whistleblower complaint in that impeachment inquiry against President Trump was released, but then, this was exacerbated after u. S. Officials talked about that temporary waiver for u. S. Suppliers to send their products to huawei. It could probably not be extended. Market sentiment was rattled. The nasdaq fell. 6 . Energy was the biggest loser despite the fact that we did see crude prices recover after we heard reports that the u. S. Would be sending military equipment to saudi arabia. U. S. Futures at
We will start with the us china trade war because President Trump has announced a major escalation in us tariffs on chinese goods, saying that china has broken its promises made in negotiations. The announcement has rocked markets as we saw a moment ago, sending stocks and commodities tumbling. Here is what has them so worried. Resident tom says that from september one, the us will impose a 10 tariff on 300 billion worth of chinese imports that are not already subject to us taxes. This comes on top of the 25 tax already imposed on chinese goods worth 250 billion a year. But they will hit consumer goods such as electronics, toys and footwear. Us business groups have been quick to condemn this escalation. The us chamber of commerce that represents 3 million firms says it will only inflict greater pain on us business and undermine and under wise strong us otherwise strong us economy. President trump began his tweet with praise for the most recent round of negotiations, describing the talk