Campaign trail today, a familiar Juggling Act for former President Donald Trump his legal team is fighting to get one verdict toss. While the judge, in another case is set to weigh in on his sentencing. And a former president lashing out about the issues hes facing plus a dramatic Court Appearance for the 14yearold accused in that georgia high School Shooting. And his father also charged with murder. Meantime, the victim as familys just feet away inside the courtroom. And a Cnn Exclusive, the risk of russian sabotage to keep Undersea Cables and potential threat that could call ripple global communications carried out by a secret of Military Unit. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right to Cnn News central right now, we are are awaiting a Judges Decision on a potentially historic move that could make for a september surprise, unlike anything weve seen before in Politics Judge Juan marchan is deciding whether to postpone his Sentencing Date in the
Numbers, 8 30 this morning. We knew it was going to be bad because bricks and Mortar Stores have been largely shut down, and it was bad. April sales down 16. 4 in april after dropping 8 in march. So heres the market, with just minutes to go to the opening bell. Red ink all over the place but not as bad as it was. The dow off about 180, 25 down for the s p, 121 down for the nasdaq. Thats of course inspired by apple, which is way, way down this morning. What were looking for is how fast we can rebound on the other side of this really bad Economic News. Thats the other side of the coin. The great reopening. Which gathers steam this weekend. There are only a handful of states that are still trying to enforce a complete lockdown. This will be a test of our willingness to get out and about, our willingness to travel, eat out and shop. This is important. We need to open the economy. We need to get back to work. This weekend, i think its a prelude to memorial day next weekend which is the unof
Anymore. A lot of Global Markets are closed or for boxing day. Uk, germany, france, australia, italy and hong kong. I say it every year. Boxing day has nothing to do with boxing as a sport as a child, i always thought that u. S. Futures, we have some green arrows dow looks like it would open up about 30 points higher 10year note opening about 1. 97. New this morning, china says it is in close touch with the United States on signing a phase one trade deal both sides are 12i8 going through necessary procedures before signing despite progress on trade, tensions remain. Meantime, saying the phase one trade deal is, quote, an enormous step in the right direction. It is coming. It is coming it is done in your mind what we are going to get is what weve gotten. Phase two, i wouldnt think about it again like ever, ever no. Let it go. Gone for good oregon for the election . I think you need a change in leadership of china before we see anything significant even if trump wins in november of 2020,
That continues to decrease as gold and other assets move higher. A big deal today, allergan up theon the neil that on news that abbvie will buy it. 20 is not as much as the 45 premium that abbvie is offering. Hsbcs ceost guy john flint weighing in on President Trumps trade war with china. Take a listen. When we get past trade, i think it is clear that there is a broader desire to see china contained in some way. I think we will move into a chapter that covers technology, and maybe bifurcation of technology and technology standards. Guy containment. Havent heard that in a while. We are joined by john rochester, nomura asset strategy. Does trump do a sort of kim jongun and walk away . It could go that way. The market is not expecting that, so that is a long dollar trade. In essence, holding long dollar is the better choice of the two because since last tuesday when we had the news of the beating between the two sides, we have , the feddollars often now having 95 basis points in cuts pric
Nearly 300 people were killed when the passenger jet was shot down over ukraine five years ago. Will the suspects ever stand trial . An independent u. N. Report suggests that the Saudi Crown Prince is linked to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He was murdered and 70 consulate in istanbul last year. Plus, a staggering new figure from the u. N. Refugee agency. The number of people misplaced worldwide has reached 70 million. We ask the High Commissioner what is behind the increase in what the community can do to reverse the trend. Laila welcome to our viewers from around the world. Dutch prosecutors have named for suspects in the downing of flight mh 17 five years ago. The Investigation Team announced that one ukrainian and three russian men first race murder charges for their involvement in shooting down the plane. In july 2014, mh 17 was hit by a missile while flying over ukraine area all 298 people on board were killed. Most were from the netherlands. Burning debris was all that was lef