France threatens to get out of the rescue plan altogether. 11,000 jobs slashed, the german giant fights for survival. Welcome to the program. Looking at the futures, reflecting the way the european and u. S. Equity markets closed yesterday. Futures down in europe, mixed in the u. S. , reflecting what we saw yesterday were the u. S. Wobbled into the close at the end of the session. New york schools closing seems to be the factor. Breaking news, some commentary from astrazeneca in connection phasehase two, not the three news we have been waiting for. That is expected to come within weeks. This is more detail on the phase two data. They are confirming the vaccines immune response in older adults, that is crucial considering who is most vulnerable to the virus. The lancet is publishing the findings. A lot of stuff we have heard already from phase three trials more advanced than this from other drug companies. It has not been peerreviewed or in journals. We are getting the phase two study,
For the smithsonian and seaport. Mr. Will cannes is a published author of books and articles related to maritime in aviations history. He has a masters degree in history from Harvard University and is currently working on several books relating to world war i aviation. He is adjunct faculty in the History Department at st. Marys college of maryland. Mr. Will cans is also serving as producer of aerial effects for the lafayette as betrayal, a documentary film. Marks new rope book, errol neurosis, pilots of the First World War in the site illogical legacy of combat will be available for october 21st. Due to unforeseen complications, we do not have copies of the book for signing tonight. However, we do have some book plates already signed that you can pick up on your way out, or the speaker has graciously agreed to personalize some as well. Thank you again for joining us this evening and without further ado, please join me in welcoming mark will convince. applause i thank you for that very
At the same time, it is authorizing sanctions against chinese officials. We will be live with reaction from the forbidden city. European futures prove their resilience after a more mixed session in asia. Angela merkel says it may take time to iron out the details of eus mammoth stimulus package. And lufthansa sets up a showdown with the eu by holding off on a vote for its 9 billioneuro german rescue plan. Cites requirements over landing slots at key hubs. Just under an hour from the start of cash equity trading. Lets look at futures. Instituteat the ifo expects german gdp to shrink 6. 6 in 2020 and then expand 10. 2 in the year after. That is a pretty decent sized contraction, and yet futures are Still Holding higher. Futures up 1. 3 on the dax. It has been a Pretty Amazing week for the dax index. We kicked off up 304 points in change and were up more than 100 tuesday and 150 yesterday. The dax has gained a lot of basically to11,000 11,006 heard 50 yesterday 11,650 yesterday. S p and d
Tonight we are very pleased to welcome back mark wilkinson. He has also been the director at the atwood house museum. Mr. Wilkins is a published auth author. He has a masters from Harvard University and he is currently working on several books related to world war one aviation. Mr. Will kins is also conservativing as producer of aerial effects documentary film. His new book, aeroneurosis. Due to unforeseen complications, we dont have any copies you can have signed tonight. The speaker graciously agreed to personalize some as well. Please join us in welcoming mark wilkins. Thank you for that very nice introduction, crystal. Im very happy to be here tonight. Thank you all for coming. I hope you find this topic as fascinating as i do. Basically the to give you a little background, the book was something i did for air and space magazine. Anyway, the research for that article sort of opened my eyes to the amount of material about how greatly about a a lot of these First World War pilots suf
Pandemic with no sign of a return to Global Travel any time soon. The fallout from the current virus is having an impact across the americas and putting leaders under mounting pressure to contain the outbreak Brazils Health minister has resigned less than a month into the job had only just replaced another Health Minister who was fired over tensions with president terrible sonar on how to handle this pandemic in chile a surge in new cases has forced the government to put santiago under lockdown they only infections in the city of risen by 500 percent in 2 weeks and that the u. S. The house of representatives has narrowly or proved a 3 trillion dollar relief package President Trump says a vaccine will be ready by the end of the year but Health Experts say that is not realistic. He has more on the situation in latin america. Nelson stepped down as brazils minister of health after just weeks in the job as president became increasingly at odds on how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.