It could be joe biden, it could be Elizabeth Warren, it could be Michael Bloomberg. Even Pete Buttigieg is in there. It is hard to tell who is behind Bernie Sanders. Sanders is clearly in the front spot. David one of the things we look at is not where they are now but where they are moving from and to. Are we getting any indications of momentum . Is Michael Bloomberg moving . Is Bernie Sanders moving . Wendy Bernie Sanders has run with the momentum he picked up from winning the New Hampshire primary and doing very well in iowa and he is drawing crowds in california and nevada, where they are having caucuses this saturday. He is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. Not quite as many as he had when it was just him and hillary clinton, but far bigger crowds than any of the other Democratic Candidates. He is hammering away at the centrist in the race, mostly , who sandersberg is taking is the embodiment of everything sanders stands against. A little after the others. The rest are strug
Based on the risk off the further markets. It is time now for global exchange. We will bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. Where to begin in asia, the coronavirus continues to spread in china, with the number of confirmed cases climbing above 75,000. Engle. Me is Stephen Stephen for the second time in about a week, china has rejigged its methodology for how to classify confirmed cases of the coronavirus in china, that has led to this now becoming a bit of a global crisis. We are seeing more speculation that the data we are getting is we necessarily reliable, or are seeing a significant dropoff in the number of confirmed cases. In hubei province, just 349 new cases reported overnight. Is that because of the new methodology, or do they have the containment efforts under control . That is raising a lot of confusion and questions. Also, it adds to suspicion that officials in china may be prema
Back of that data. Refinery utilization was positive by 1. 4 . The market was looking for that to go into the negative by 0. 5 . Crude Oil Inventories rising by 415,000 barrels only last week. Gasoline inventories was a drawdown of nearly 2 million barrels. Lets check u. S. Markets more broadly. The major indices are really unchanged, but we have a few major movers, including viacom cbs, which disappointed in its First Quarter as a combined company. Investors are really punishing that stock. Guy a bit of breaking news, the unicredit boss looks like he is emerging as a potential hsbc ceo to get the job. Remember, noel quinn currently yethe interim ceo at hsbc, the interim ceo putting out a is involvingk that deep changes in the way hsbc runs its business and potentially a retrenchment back to the middle east and into asia in particular. He thousand jobs potentially going even further down the road. There were Big Questions as to whether or not noel quinn would ultimately be the person t
Biden, and senator Amy Klobuchar all of them suggesting they have no intention of getting out of this race prior to super tuesday. Finally, on the issue of super tuesday, especially when it relates to delegates, the Sanders Campaign is already laying the groundwork that even if they are not able to clinch the precise number of delegates that are needed for them to formally have the nomination, should he be able to get more delegates than the other candidates, it is going to be very difficult to stop him. David the founder and majority owner of our Parent Company bloomberg is in the center and the spotlight last night. Take us into what happens next. South carolina is when . Is there another debate and then when his super tuesday . What we have to look forward to . Kevin in terms of the next 10 days, saturdays nevada caucus. Tuesday is the South Carolina democratic president ial debate. Next saturday will be the South Carolina primary. Hasmber, the Biden Campaign suggested that South Ca
Out of las vegas as a shooting incident on the strip left at least two people dead. This is bloomberg surveillance. Updated onkeep you las vegas throughout the morning. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets quickly check on your data. Theres quite a lot going on today. Monday means we need to digest a lot of news from the u. S. Overnight. Just getting some breaking news out of bmi for the eurozone. Euro area september manufacturing pmi, rising to 58. 1. That is shy of the estimates, but just a touch. Preliminary was 58. 2. 58. 1 is what we are getting. The dollar rising, treasury yields up, investors trying to contemplate tax cuts as well as the chances of a new and potentially less dovish fed chief. Spreadse, we look at the between german and spanish yields. First, lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra we start with that developing story. At least two people reported dead and 24 others injured after a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say one suspected