Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
By 7 . Will rise the trade balance is expected to be at 53. 75 billion in u. S. Figures. In november, in terms of export, it is showing the overall chinese economy with the recovery story. The dollar index is flat. Sterling is under pressure. Go at 1837 u. S. Dollars. Lets head to new york and get the first word news with Karina Mitchell. Numbers continue to rise with President Trump revealing Rudy Giuliani has tested positive. The news reported you has been hospital. He the Administration Says all of americans who want the vaccine should get one by the middle of next year. Several states have record infections. The u. K. Will roll out shots tuesday, while they going to partial lockdown. Iran will raise Oil Productions under the new administration. Joe biden wants to revive the Nuclear Accord dropped by President Trump. Tehran is ready to raise output within three months. Iraq is nudging production higher, while insisting it is committed to the latest strategy from opec and its allies.
I turn to you first, laura set the scene first. How does the market look to you . What are you focusing on its really, really an interesting time in the markets right now. You have this dichotomy where were seeing some strength in the markets. I think were a little off today but youre seeing some read through or look through in the market to say, hey, were going to see optimism on the other side however the economy hasnt quite caught up yet to the markets i think we are going to need and we need to focus on making sure that the legislature realized we still need stimulus, we need the consumer thats twothirds of this economy back in full swing. Not getting it. Not right now what does that mean if i tell you were not getting it, were not getting it any time soon. Soon is relative as well, right . Theres a lot of levers that can be pulled here i think that were getting things together and, you know, i wish we could get it during december at some point youre right, it does not look like it
There was not a whole lot of information. That was mother is one of 31 nursing home residents and eight staff numbers of been infected. Evening to you. The nursing home says it is responding to the outbreak, and iceland people as needed. Some staff and families are worried, nonetheless. Parkrose gardens is a Senior Living Center Located in fairfield. It is described as a Memory Care Community for residence with alzheimers or dementia. New at ten, deborah is here now with the concerns from loved ones. Reporter no one but staff in or out, hard enough on families, but it added a positive test into becomes excruciating. I would like to figure out t reporter a worried daughters the anonymous to protect her mother who lives in a nursing home in fairfield. And is newly positive for coronavirus. Ive been told she is okay, and she doesnt show symptoms. But if you i want to see that for myself, how to talk to her. Reporter they specialize in memory care with the slogan reimagine the living exper
In new orleans. Hurricane sally churning backyard, the gorgeous oakland towards the gulf coast estuary. We have had a bright in rosemar threatening dead surge and deadly flooding. People on the gulf coast are making last minute preparations ahead of Hurricane Sally arrival filling sandbags as the look happening. Storm prepares to make landfall you are right. Near the alabamamississippi that orange sky came to us last border. The storm is expected to move wednesday and then the smoke slowly and dropping up to 30 came the day after and been inches of rain in isolated areas from the central gulf coast to the florida pan with us ever since. Handle. Once the water gets up high we are seeing some improvement as hoped and expected. Enough to start floating debris little improvement with each you want everything tied down passing day. Yesterday was better than the to be there when the water goes away. Day before and today moderate sally shifted east sparing new orleans from the worse of air qu