I think that a sound effect was appropriate for the tension that might existtwe if there is the outbreak in the the need to learn what works to address that outbreak for one that is the merging and the need for learning it is quite acute. With that humanitarian need is so great . So are the leaders of the team recently published to implement Clinical Trials so i will turn over the podium the cochair of the team and is currently a professor at university and also managing als a very exciting institution to do research on dangerous diseases. He is working hard to try to bring that to fruition. David peters will be talking for a few minutes and then there will be a Panel Discussion from the humanitarian group that has saved more ebola lives than in the other group in those that supported the United States efforts to control the ebola epidemic as director of emergency the office said u. S. Foreign disaster assistance. My thanks as well for those who are watching remotely we are very gratef
Julie is just after 7 00 in new york. It was an interesting day in the united states. With President Trump being active. He is reversing moves by the obama administration, particularly on pipelines. And meeting with auto ceos. Yvonne it seems like what he has done in the last couple of days, put the green light on this rally. We have an interesting figure for japan trade with the export figure rising from 5 . Lets see the reaction right now. Reporter the better than expected export number four downber not necessarily in the nikkei. It looks like the rally in lifting looking fairly flat, even after this mornings data. We have the bok to speak later this morning. Lets look at what is going on on the afx 200. Miners up. Like a all, looking mixed picture. 1. 5 . Up this could be in impetus for japans exporters. Minerswe have the aussie out with some numbers. Sophie a nice lift for mining stocks. The worldshts, biggest miner here. This after it did announced betterthanexpected numbers in th
This morning well bring you exclusive access inside a trial where people are volunteering to test an ebola vaccine. There is a lot of us who realise that there are a lot of medical issues in the world and we would like to help, but instead of giving the money to charities where we dont necessarily see exactly whats happening, with a medical trial we can see that theyre working towards something and were actually a part of it rather than just giving our money to someone of it rather than just giving our money to someone and saying, there you go. Just go and do whatever. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. A little later in the programme well meet a 21 year old man who says football saved his life. Hear his moving story just before 10am. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, the chancellor Philip Hammond will use his firs
Lower by 51 points. S p by 5, nasdaq giving up 14. Weighing on the dow, of course, is disney. Overnight in asia, the nikkei is managing to turn a little higher at the moment. The shanghai composite a little in the green. European equities, this one interesting to watch. A couple crosscurrents to watch. German dax down 1 . Frances cac, down almost 1 . And taking a look at crude, too. We got inventory numbers yesterday. After noon, well get more information this morning. Wti, that looks down its almost 1 . Hovering a little bit over the 44 a barrel mark. Brent for its part giving up about 0. 5 . Right around 45. A little higher as well, natural gas. Clerks our top stories, shares of dow component disney under pressure. Earnings falling short among the espn subscriptions fell and ad revenue dropped. Ceo bob iger discovering cordcutting answer the future of viewership on the conference call. Were also in discussions with a number of entities, some current distributors that are coming forwa
Endless wall along our borders and blame our challenges on immigrants, that does not just run counter to our history as the world melting pot. It contradicts the evidence that our growth and our innovation and our dynamism has always been spurred by our ability to attract strivers from every corner of the globe. That is how we became america. Why would we want to stop it now . [applause] president obama cant do it. Which brings me to my third point. Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science these are good things. These are qualities you want in people making policy. These are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens. [applause] president obama that might seem obvious. [laughter] president obama and thats why we honor bill moyers or dr. Burnell. We traditionally have valued those things, but if you were listening to todays political debate, you might wonder where this strain of antiintellectualism came from. [laughter] [applause] president