Welcome to squawk box. Im becky quick along with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Futures are indicated higher this morning, triple digit gains for the dow up by about 167 points but yesterday was a big down day for the markets. Dow was down by over 400 points, 1. 4 the s p and nasdaq done evz nasy even more. This morning s p indicated up by about 25 and nasdaq looks like it would open up by over 100 points fairly significant obviously everybody watching what will be happening with the stimulus talks with the deadline that nancy pelosi has said for later today. Lets take a look at the treasury markets ahead of that, you will see that the ten year looks like it is yielding 0. 777 so a little stronger yields for the treasury markets right now but andrew, obviously washington is where people are watching and that is exactly where well go because House Speaker nancy pelosi and Steve Mnuchin are saying that they are making progress in their latest stimulus talks with time running short of
Cheevers coronavirus cases rise in many parts of the world with easing lockdowns. Also one of englands most diverse cities has been told to continue pandemic restrictions even as the rest of the country is about to relax them and the white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russians funded taliban strikes on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan. Have you with us its a development that whole cause prodemocracy movement have been fearing for years progovernment told called media are reporting that chinas top legislative body has passed a National Security law for the territory that will crush Political Freedoms the legislation aims to cement beijings control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the walls Major Financial Centers beijing has circumvented hong kong. Only legislature to impose the legislation. Brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st lets cross over to beijing where katrina you is there for us liv
Soldiers in afghanistan. And egypt says its dispute with ethiopia over its megaton project on the nile could lead to a conflict if the u. N. Fails to intervene. Into the program its the development hong kongs prodemocracy movement feared the most chinas top legislative body has unanimously approved a National Security law for the territory that may crush Political Freedoms acts of secession subversion terrorism or collusion with Foreign Forces could face a maximum sentence of life in jail now critics say itll be used to stamp out all forms of dissent it comes after months of mass unrest sparked by fear of chinas tightening grip on the whole cold legislation aims to cement beijings control over the 77 autonomous territory and reshape the future of. One of the worlds major financial sentence adrian brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st lets cross over to beijing where katrina you is there forcing between or just talk us through the process in terms of what we
Weve now got evidence that under borisjohnson, the weve now got evidence that under Boris Johnson, the nhs weve now got evidence that under borisjohnson, the nhs is on the table, and it will be up for sale. We are absolutely resolved that there will be no sale of the nhs, no privatisation, the nhs is not on the table in any way. Well look into labours claims and analyse what they mean. Also on outside source. Welcome once again to the bbcs first deregulated from a lead free, self financing from a fully sponsored tv programme. Clive james, writer and broadcaster, famed for his wit and humour, has died. This man keith skembri was the maltese Prime Ministers chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. This man keith skembri was the maltese Prime Ministers chief of staff, yesterday he resigned. Today hes been questioned by police in relation to the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana galizia. She was known for investigating corruption in malta, and was killed by a car bomb near her home in
Flexibility on the payment must be linked to flexibility and other areas to be negotiated . We have been very clear the question of that financial settlement cannot be finally settled until we know what the future partnership will be. We will not sign up for a bill and then negotiate so it will be the case that once the negotiations have started will continue to be negotiation on issues. Since the brexit vote theres been a 96 drop in e. U. Nurses registering to work here. With vacancy of 86000 and rising, just how much bigger does it need to get before we stop using medics as a bargaining chip in to make sure that their doctors and nurses available. In my statement ive made a number of occasions that we value the contribution it have made we want them to stay. She talks about nurses and theres more nurses than there were in 2010 weve taken out the number of nurses who can be in training. The 52000 and training. Degree the progress achieved at the Council Meeting demonstrates logic on b