To the upside. Other news coming through about approvals for future houses as well. The asx up 119 points. Thats move along and look at other Asset Classes. Crude trading yesterday with a 33 handle, hasnt had a huge rally since then. Part of that is down to russia and opec looking like they will not be hiking reduction in january. That news helping to propel oil prices up to over 97 in the last six hours or so. ,old remaining where it was just shy of the 1900 level. Thats ahead of the u. S. Election. The u. S. Dollar index marginally down, the Rate Decision coming expecting a 0. 15 cut in the base rate and we do have in anticipation of all that move slightly higher than that, and thats down to a commodity related currency and the crude price helping that along. Lets head over to new york and join karina mitchell. We start with the latest headlines on the pandemic. Starling fell to its weakest in the month, with an economy already reeling from similar measures earlier this year. France
She is, the breakout star so far of week one of the Biden Administration. And its not unusual because the Press Secretary is the one whos out there in front of the camera more than anyone other than the president. So, she has instantly taken command of that room, and it has been, as you said, you know, a kind of shocking gear change for us and welcomed gear change for us to deal with. And i love the way you two talked about whats happening and whats going to happen. Well, i mean, shes setting the tone for the administration. We have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. He has spoken publicly a lot. But we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and shes setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, Expository Work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. And that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behalf of the entire ad
She sent plenty of signals in the past about what she feels about the Affordable Care act. My friend from south dakota who says you dont know how she is going to rule, there is some truth to that. She could change your mind. But i tell you if you were a betting person, you would say the statements she made criticizing chief Justice Roberts for saving the Affordable Care act, other statements that she has made about the law itself suggest she will not be a friend when she has the opportunity to vote. Do we take that seriously . On behalf of 600,000 people in illinois, you bet i do. It directly relates to this pandemic, the opportunity for people across this country to have the coverage they need. Im going to tell a quick story about one of them. I have a quote of her here that i want to share with people, a situation that she faces. Sorry that i dont have that in front of me, but im going to tell the story anyway because i remember it. Her last name is daninberger. She is from new berli
Us to deal with. And i love the way you two talked about whats happening and whats going to happen. Well, i mean, shes setting the tone for the administration. We have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. He has spoken publicly a lot. But we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and shes setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, Expository Work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. And that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behalf of the entire administration. Its just basic accountability, which is basic small deed democracy, which is just something we were used to before. We lost it for four years, and now it just feels so radical to get back to it. I hope it never i hope we never take it for granted again. I think we have, for this year, a series of rachel and jen conversations coming up at 9 00 p. M. Interm
Decapitated apparently because of what he taught in class. Details on the teenage suspect shot dead at the scene and why nine others are now under arrest. And just the facts. With 17 days until the election, we check in with the premier team of factcheckers who follow the president and other politicians to let you know whats true and whats not. But first, we begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. All the northern countries in europe, theyre already well into the fall winter surge. And thats whats heading our way. The worst is still to come. The number of u. S. Cases of coronavirus topped 8 million so far. Nearly 219,000 americans have died from the virus. Some of the media doesnt like hearing it. But i say it all the time. Were rounding that turn. All President Trump does is fan the flames of hatred and division. President trump and joe biden spent the day in battleground states. Imagine if i lose, what am i going to do . I lost to the worst candidate in the