Comparison to the United States. I think comparisons across europe may be a little more challenging to make and put in a positive light. That has certainly been the focus and the delay to locking down the country certainly was an area of real criticism for the government. I suppose this morning, we are also focused on what is going on near to you in terms of hurricane laura building across the atlantic and a ready to make landfall. We are watching louisiana, watching texas. We get this red headline across the bloomberg from the Hurricane Center saying laura is seen rapidly strengthening to category four hurricane. This is new information this morning. That is a big number. Hurricane 4 is much bigger than a hurricane 2. 4 is getting very, very serious. This is the acceleration north , west the gulf of mexico of new orleans as well. In new york city, always quite good with our first word news. On the second night of the Republican National convention, speakers tried to humanize President
Environmental disaster waiting to happen the u. N. Sounds the alarm over a decaying oil tanker off the coast of western dam. Tens of thousands of demonstrators in bell are defying warnings to rally against president Alexander Lukashenko is the latest wave of protests against his disputed reelection earlier this month sonia gago has. United in one cause they gathered in the streets and in the squares of the bella recent capital minutes since the disputed president ial vote in august 9th protesters have defied the authorities and have been gathering every day calling for an end to present because those 26 year old despite the continued threats of a violent crackdown opposition supporters say they wont. Give up ahead of sundays rally the bellerose saw me rolled into the central city streets a warning to those marching any unrest monuments and statues would not be tolerated and they not the police would see to that on saturday in the city of good old law in the west to the man at the cente
Yesterday. It ended with new records for the s p 500 and the nasdaq, check out this nasdaq, up 86 points, three quarters of a percent, s p 500 up 12 points at 34, 43, unchartered territory. Violence erupting in wisconsin for a third night in a row, the gun battle in the streets leaving two people dead. Weve got the latest. Hurricane laura a category 2 storm, it is gaining strength, barreling towards texas and louisiana. Well take you live to the gulf coast this morning. How far did it go . New details in mcdonalds investigation into steve easterbrook, examining if he and other employees covered up misconduct. Peloton ready for the ipo, giving investors a look at its finances. Finding your happy place, the surprising spot more americans are going to relax. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning are mixed, take a look at the fq100, down 9 points, the cac is up 8, the dax in germany up 60 right now, about one half of 1 . In asia overnight markets were split,
Workers. He said the democrats are still blaming america first. And washington and beijing hold talks on phase one trade deal with u. S. Saying both sides saw progress. This comes as chinas foreign minister arrives in europe today. 6 00 a. M. In london, 7 00 a. M. In paris, good morning to you. Have we reached the top . Have we hit the high . Were in a pecklative bubble. Morgan stanley said were hop hev top heavy, ann marie. And theyre worried about growth. Ann marie annmarie the sales force. Com entered that. His is a tech rally. John just hit the mat and said k is not ok. He said think of it like algator jaws, you could easily get bitten. Manus and the other side of the coin, do we get a woosh that turns into a v. Ill leave you with one of the quotes from the mar began stanley piece. I expect a growth. A growth scare. Followed by a rate scare in the next few weeks and month which is could give us the first tradeable correction in the major equity end cease. How are the end cease doin
Shortly. Onhave got hopes of progress a vaccine and signals that they are making progress in terms of the u. S. China trade tensions. Both of those really firmly supporting the risk rally that we are seeing. Let me show you the state of play with the stoxx story. The back ofming off record highs in u. S. Stocks. The good times might not last, according to morgan stanley. They are saying the market is vulnerable to shocks, especially rising rates. Treasuries are on the back foot as we speak. We are looking at a weaker greenback. 830. Dollar at 1. 1 yeah,ps a little bit of a strange one given the wider risk appetite. The folks at pimco saying the gold rally is it played out yet is not played out yet. They believe gold remains attractively valued, especially in the context of low Interest Rates. Here are some of the stories we are watching. Both of the u. S. And china are seeing progress under their phase one trade deal. They are committed to the success of that. Senior officials from the