Record high after a global meltdown melt up on monday. Futures are pointing lower. The cash trade tray is less than an hour away. Hong kong on notice. Microsoft joins google, facebook, and twitter in pausing government user data requests. Tiktok also pulls out of hong kong. The risk rally pauses. Equity markets and futures trade grow aboutncerns rising coronavirus infections. Bloomberg learns that Deutsche Bank and google are planning a 10 Year Partnership on cloud and tech investment. Computing and tech investment. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading across europe. Futures are down right now. We see losses on ftse futures of 0. 5 . About 0. 6 . Es, futuresxx you choose down about 0. 7 . Yesterday we got germany factory orders, missing the mark. Coming out at a 10 gain compared to a 15 estimate. Now we are getting german 7. 8 . Rial output rising that is the month over month figure. The estimate was for 11. 1 . Dataagain, german economic missing the estimate,
Really understands. Its a great combination of things. This is the fourth position secretary bunch has had at the smithsonian. Something i dont believe any of your predecessors could claim in 1978 secretary bunch began his smithsonian career at the national air and space museum as an Education Specialist 11 years later he joined the National Museum of American History. He most recently served as the founding director of the National Museum of African American history and culture. As the founding director he led an 11 year effort in constructing the 400,000 squarefoot museum and helping raise the matching publicprivate private funds that match public funds and came up with the museum that tells an incredibly powerful story of that part of our history. And a lot of our history. Congress established the smithsonian in 1846 through uppercrust by a british scientist James Smithson who never visited the United States but he generously left his estate to the United States government to found
Earlier today the House Intelligence Committee held its third hearing against President Trump hurco lawmakers heard testimony from lt. Col. Vindman, National Security Council Director for europe at Jennifer Williams russia and europe advisor to Vice President pentz. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order good morning everyone this is the third in a series of public hearings will be holding as a part of the impeachment inquiry prick without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time for there is a quorum present well proceed in the sameze fashion as in the first hearing of will make a statement and then we will turn to our witnesses for their Opening Statements and then two questions prick audience members we respect you and your interest to be here we asked for your respect t as we proceed with todays hearing is the intention to proceed without
Obesity is a problem in the developing world. The United Nations say rebels in south sudan are marching on the capitol and as cease fire talks get underway in neighboring ethiopia and the u. S. Embassy is evacuating all nonessential staff from the city and lets get straight over and talk about this in the capitol duba and mohamed what is the latest there, how far away are the rebel soldiers . Well, according to officials of the United Nations, rebels are 150 kilometers away at a town called mcwhite and this is 150 kilometers north of duba and its causing jitters here in duba particularly among the Diplomatic Community with the American Embassy and they are taking nonessential staff from dub and and asking any of the citizens in duba to make it to the airport so they can be provided with flight out of town. However, a spokesman for the presidency who spoke to me minutes ago has denied the allegations and the reports that the rebels are advancing on the capitol saying that was pure propa
The fbi issuing an alert asking, do you know who this is . And the money lead. She says its a sex crime. Jennifer lawrence speaking out about the hackers who gave creeps a new holy day by posting her neighborhood pictures online. Should google have to pay for it . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the world lead and another scary first in this worldwide battle against ebola. Spanish authorities are monitoring three more potential cases of ebola in spain, a day after a nurses assistant became the first person to contract the deadly virus outside africa during this epidemic. Authorities say the nurses assistant helped treat two ebolastricten priests after they returned to spain. Both patients died. In fact, other doctors and nurses say the priests were almost dead upon arrival back in the country which is, in itself, raising questions about why the priests were moved in the first place. Spanish authorities have announced that they wil