York times in the newspaper, despite timely alerts, trump was slow to act. Usa today has a very similar story in this mornings paper, online, obviously, and the online headline is golf and maralago conga line squandered week highlights trump slack of covid19 focus. There is no escaping the fact that the spread of a Novel Coronavirus would soon up and american life, there were confirmed cases in two dozen states including washington where a state of emergency had been declared after a least 10 people died in the previous week in connection with a single nursing home. New york city was experience an alarming trend upward in cases, the crew should carrying infected passengers idled off the california coast waiting for a port to 11 to disembark, hospitals, Nursing Homes and Health Officials around the country worried over a lack of testing capabilities and a shortage of medical equipment. The annual Music Festival southbysouthwest was cancel that day. Joining an array of scotland movie rel
Downward to gather but weve got a lot more to do to keep that progress going to get to the point where we might be able to ease some of the restrictions to encourage everyone to Work Together and this. Is the problem of the Justice System it is much more than that. Also coming up its spreading and its dangerous im talking about fake news and faults information about the. Moment there was a belief that eating would be able to get rid of the virus people started to say that you should start taking a drinking mortar and thats going to help you kill the virus so they prescribe the drug. Big effect and that was completely false information. Going to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a question if you observed it how was your easter weekend we now know what a major holiday looks like in the shutdown lockdown coronavirus world we live in at the moment there was silence from San Francisco dissolves burg on sunday and an easy a n
Few days. As temperatures go up, so too does the risk of wildfire with hot, dry conditions earlier on the floor we talked with Cal Fire Division chief and he says that the shift in weather and fire danger in california this week was swift. What we are seeing right now is a rapid dry out of what we call our light flashing fuel. The grass is out there, it is a catch22. We had a great year of rain which is awesome for our reservoirs and Water Supplies but on the flipside its also more dangerous for fires to the small starts we are getting are starting to get larger quicker. As you can see over the last week we see about 150 new fires per week across the state which is an rapid increase than where we were a month ago. He says it is key for People Living in fire prone areas to be prepared by creating Defensible Space around the house. And also having a go bag ready with everything you need in case you have to evacuate. It really is remarkable how fast things dry out. We were talking a momen
Paul good morning and welcome to daybreak australia. I am paul allen in sydney. Annabelle i am Annabelle Droulers in hong kong. We are counting down to asias major market opens. Shery good evening from bloombergs World Headquarters in new york, i am shery ahn. The top stories this hour. Takes birthday in two weeks helps u. S. Stocks again as treasury yields go higher and argentinian experts in freefall as a government deals with the political outsiders shaking up the election race. Chinas property prices affecting the listed industry. Shery we meet a man who could be taiwans next president. He tells us exclusively how he plans to reassure voters and maintain peace. U. S. Futures coming online slightly higher in the asian session. This, of course, after we saw u. S. Major benchmarks gain ground, tech leading the gains. It was a lowvolume session, not surprising given that august is a slow month, but a small tin can make a big difference. The russell 2000 of smaller stocks fall into a on
The u. S. , waiting for the house vote ahead of that mixed day in european stocks, down for the fifth day in six with luxenberg tying germany, Denmark Germany and the netherlands with the rep stoxx ,0 and the swiss smi, forex currencies rising against the dollar with big moves in the bond market for a second day in the u. S. And eurozone. Outside the eurozone, commodities lets talk about em volatility, the best year for emerging markets stock since 2009 draws to a close and investors experiencing more than just a 31 return with. Olatility staging a comeback price swings on the msci index declined to a oneyear high. Turbulence in the development of equities has dropped. Analysts warned that shares in the developing world do little more than tread water in a year as Earnings Growth set to slow as Risk Appetite will likely wane. Saudi arabia, investors who watch austerity masters, growth over the last couple of years with saudi arabia 2018 expansion. Ebudget yesterday a relief a group say