. >>> and ericcson sales drop 7% on the year as north america helps counteract a slump in 5g demand.pple's vision pro headset goes on sale in more countries outside the u.s. and asia with customers in central london today able to buy the product if they are willing to drop a cool $3,500. >>> good morning, everyone. happy friday. we start the show looking at u.s. politics after the u.s. president joe biden says he is the most qualified person to run for president. he said he won't step aside unless polls show he can't win. speaking at a press conference, biden aimed to address concerns over his age and health as more democrats call on him to step aside. he defended his track record and said he's determined to see through the rest of his economic plan. >> i'm not in this for my legacy. i'm in this to complete the job i started. as you recall, understandably, many of you and many economists thought my initiatives that i put forward can't do that and will cause inflation and things will sky rocket and that's going to go up. what are you hearing now from mainstream economists? 16 economic

ericcson could have implications for the broader sector.hen it comes to health care, yesterday, i was telling you how there was pressure in the market because stateside, lawmakers are suggesting that companies that novo nordisk should cut the prices of the weight-loss drugs, but on top of that, we heard from roche and we will have those details in just a moment. i want to take you to asia because it is an interesting trading day today. we are tracking a 27-month high for some of the benchmarks. i want to take you specifically to japan because the nikkei 225 ended the session higher. it actually hit an all-time high at one point. that has been propelled by the moves in the auto space and banking space and tech with investors looking at the talks and believing that the outlook for the corporate earnings is good. however, when you think about the bank of japan, also keeping in mind they are meeting at the end of the month and the ex expectation is they will have a rate hike. thinking about the u.s. close because today we don't have the session