U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
For new restrictions there too. What will the president do if we experience a second wave . I will ask him. Look at the market, stimulus stall and europes second wave is pulling down stocks big time. The dow is looking at 300 point loss. S p down 42. The nasdaq close to a 200 point drop. Big tech way down today, following a report in the Financial Times, some governments over this in europe, theyre gearing up for a major antitrust attack on American Technology companies. A dispointing jobs report. 898,000 new jobless claims. Not good. Down goes the market. On the campaign trail the president let loose in iowa last night. He put on a maga hat. Took off his tie says joe biden has been blatantly lying. That the revelations about hunter in the New York Post are a smoking gun. I will ask the president about todays allegations that hunter made millions from china. There is a new allegations out today in the morning post. Tonight, there is dueling town halls. The president appears on nbc. Som
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Australia. You are watching President Trump giving a press conference saying he is looking at a term limited payroll tax suspension. We have seen democrats and republicans oppose any action on the payroll tax, but the president is saying he is exploring additional executive actions and relief. He says he cannot go along with what he calls bailout money for the states. We have seen the states try to get some sort of relief. President trump says the goal is to protect Vulnerable People and avoid stringent lockdowns. He is headed to ohio tomorrow. He says that no states have s sn outbreaks or get worse since tuesday. We have seen some encouraging vaccine news. U. S. Futures at the moment are looking flat. We will see how things are just shaping up for the asian market. Our reporter is in hong kong with the latest. Futures are mixed and mostly flat. Plenty is happening this thursday with earnings galore. Later today, the r. B. I. Is in focus. Bank will pause after cutting this year to shor
Cooperman taking on trump over the Federal Reserve in times of crisis Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning and welcome to the show im dominic chu. Announcer to Brian Sullivan. With me the entire hour, peter bookfar wiright now stock futur indicate what could be a nice open to the upside, about 175 points within the last hour we were up 400 to 500 points implied. Well see if that moves. The Dow Jones Futures have been going from losses all the way to gains. At one point we had a range of 1100 its been a volatile, possibly preshadowing the market. Tenyear government yields we gone down to 1. 0 3 year, setting the record twoyear treasury notes, 1. 2 . The session low for americanbased crude is 43. You can see 45. 53 the last trade there. We have seen a bit of a downside move in the last hour or two lets watch whats happening a rebound in under way, in asia and europe as well as investors hope for action from global Central Banks around the coronavirus. Matt taylor is in singa