Good morning. Welcome to the hudson institute. We are honored and privileged to be hosting this event and conversation with Robert Obrien assistant to the president on the National Security affairs otherwise known as National Security advisor. Of youto welcome all here that are able to join us and the audience watching live stream from the website but also a very special welcome to the cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today we are delighted to have you here if only virtually and delighted to have everyone that has been able to participate in this discussion. This is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson given the fact we are less than a week away from the election. The question of what america is going to do and where america is going to go from here those are going toil be decided very soon and so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to w understand what tas place regardless of who it i
Otherwise known as a National Security adviser. I want to welcome all of you here who are able to join us and the audience watching on livestream from the hudson web site but also a special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today and we are to have you here if only virtually and delighted to have everyone who could participatete in this discussio. As i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that we have done here at hudson particularly given the fact that we are less thanan a week away from the election. So many of these issues we are going to be talking about today the question of what americas going to do and where americas going to go from here those issues are going to be decided very soon and so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand the guide to what takes place regardless of who it is who will be sitting oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our
But also a very special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today, and were delighted to have you here, if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who was been ablo participate in this discussion. This i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson, particularly given the fact that we are less than a week away from the election when so many of these issues that were going to be talking about today, the question of what america is going to do, where americas going to go from here, those issues are going to be decided very, very soon. And so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand as a guide to what takes place, regardless of who it is who will be sitting in the oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our distinguished guest. Robert obrien was born in los angeles and graduated from the university of california berkeley with a law
Lot of panic just yet. Nifty futures in the positive in singapore. But see how other markets are faring. Jakarta coming online. That is 1. 5 lower in indonesia. We are watching chinese stocks under a bit of pressure. As we see shortselling on these local exchanges, reaching a record. Hang seng down 112. Hsbc and Standard Chartered having another bad day. And the kospi as well, 1. 5 lower. As take a look in terms of what we saw overnight. The dollar very much in focus. The biggest gain in three months surged on this haven buying. We see real yields are higher. Those things have stabilized a bit. Did see brent crude actually, wti falling from 4 overnight. Gold is hovering around 1916 and silver really took the biggest hit yesterday with the fall of nearly 8 for silver. Taking a look at fx, with that dollar, we are seeing negative reaction that comes across g10 in asia fx. You see the pound. Cultic concerns back in the forefront. We could hear more from boris johnson. The Prime Minister h
The u. S. Has already delivered , but jayscal support powell says the economy still has a long way to go. Early doors. Bars and restaurants in the u. K. Ine crackdown amid a surge the virus. Boris johnson is set to announce new restrictions today. Just gone 6 00 a. M. In london, annmarie, you mentioned that yesterday had the potential for new restrictions and it would be delivered. It is official. At 10 00 p. M. Annmarie thats going to be it for pubs and restaurants. P. M. Ave to leave by 10 00 Boris Johnson set to sound the alarm on this today. I do think its as loud as an alarm as many expected. Im in bed well before 10 00 p. M. I dont think this will change a lot of peoples habits, but it is a start of potential restrictions as we do have that are rate increasing in the United Kingdom. I watched a number of challenges yesterday afternoon. Ands about tests and traits the robustness of the testing system. In dubai we are able to walk out the door within 16 minutes of the hype i can pi