guy stear from socgen is our guest cohost for the hour. right now, the first word news with laura wright in london. join itse u.k. may international allies insist spending its extradition pact with hong kong. the move could come today when the foreign secretary addresses parliament. hongons between u.k. and kong have ramped up. london could introduce human rights abuses. if the u.k. government goes ont far to impose sanctions any individuals in china, china will certainly make resolute response to it. if seen what happened tween the china and the united states. laura: president trump is playing down arising coronavirus cases, telling foxnews many are experiencing nothing more than sniffles and positive tests are only up because of wider testing. he's calling infectious disease expert anthony fauci "a little bit of an alarmist." he says the two have a great relationship. russia's elite have been didn't -- given early access to an experimental covid vaccine. the country races to be the first to develop an inoculation. top executives began ge