plus, the latest on house speaker nancy pelosi and taiwan. the uncertain visit is straining an already tense relationship between the united states and china. and a texas man gets the longest prison sentence to date tied to the capitol attack, but his daughters want someone else locked up, too. good morning, and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, august 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said j
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are beginning to factor in a potential escalation between the two sides, so that set off a classic risk-off move. chinese equities down 2.5 percentage points overnight from the tech name, the chip makers getting hit, european equities also in the red, which has meant that the handover to wall street is also pretty negative as well. classic risk-off move. and a bid for safe havens like the u.s. dollar and a bid for fixed income as well. this one caught our eye yesterday. disappointing financial results but these are numbers that are better than expected for pinterest. why the discrepancy? yes, that s right. so typically, when a company like pinterest reports such zoning numbers both on guidance, on revenue, and on users, you would expect to see a big drop share price afterwards and after hours the stock was up more than 18 percentage points, and this
second term on an 80-19 vote. inflation the biggest issue for law and policy makers. food and energy are surging year over year. it is eating into americans paychecks and they feel stuck. i m going to pick up my daughter from college. i m going to probably use all $115 and then come back, fill up and so i can get to work as well. i have already committed to certain things and that s why this is a big shock. i have no choice but to fill up my gas tank. and pay this money. there is no other choice. and it s not just main street. this year wall street is feeling the hurt. major indices down double digits for the year. the tech heavy nasdaq down nearly 30% driven by sell off of blue chip stocks netflix, apple amazon. another big tech name in uncertain territory twitter. the company announcing they will freeze hiring amid a takeover by billionaire elon musk. they re also laying off some executives. one executive confirming via tweet today that she was let go
this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a key part of the brexit deal unravels, as northern ireland halts customs checks on goods coming from the british mainland. president biden approves the deployment of 3,000 troops to europe, russia calls it an unjustified and destructive move. meta was not the only big tech name to take a beating from investors late on wednesday. shares in the music streaming firm spotify fell by almost a third at one point after a disappointing forecast. all this comes amid the controversy over podcaster joe rogan, accused of spreading misinformation about covid vaccines which has seen artists including neil young and joni mitchell withdraw from the platform. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. don t blame joe don t blamejoe rogan for don t blame joe rogan for the sharp don t blamejoe rogan for the sharp drop in spotify, and