john hardy is the head of fx -- of fx strategy at saxo bank. for anyone trying to get out of this reflexive cage, what can you tell them this morning? john: not a whole lot. thisis one of the risks in . hugh can put your charge of your bloomberg dollar versus the s&p 500 and it seems to copy move for move. it is really about the ongoing plentiful,quidity but do we continue to see things improve? i'm not sure i have the answers but we are a key numbers -- levels across the markets, i think if we close above it is significant but we have more confidence the outlook is improving. europe is so dependent on exports for its current-account surplus as a driver, that would be a big boost for the european outlook if we are seeing a better sense of the global economy back on the rails. yousef: we've got some important andings around the corner as much as your primary focus is understand going to the impact of covid-19 across the balance sheets. any specific sectors you put a flag on in the coming hours? john: i think it is so difficult because you have a

cases surging the level of fear and frustration seems near the boiling point or to correspondent john hardy reporting today from miami. miami has always been high just not like this the center for public integrity reports that a new document prepared for the white house coronavirus task force. lists florida and 17 other states as being in the coronavirus red zone with 11 of those states including florida having more than 10 percent of covert $900.00 tests coming back positive we've been reporting for almost a month about miami being the epicenter of the coven $1000.00 virus in florida this week the mainstream media picked up on it with wada law coverage of florida's outbreak and public officials including city of miami mayor francis suarez making the rounds on the various talk shows talking about what miami is doing to stop the outbreak the problem is almost every other day a new record is being set reuters reported thursday that florida recorded the largest one day increase in deaths from the corona virus since the pandemic began and the state 2nd largest increase in cases ever as our t.v.

joins us now a lot of to talk about some of these new science developments along with correspondent john hardy who's run a thick of things i mean we're talking about florida the new hot zone all over the country i guess somewhat as well what's going on john draw a picture of what the situation there is in miami. well it's changing even as we speak in fact the mayor of miami dade county just announced about an hour ago rick that restaurants bars nightclubs gems are all going to be closing again as of wednesday saw yeah crazy and that you know in addition to all the other things that were shut down over the weekend beaches no 4th of july celebration so it was a really you know a really muted subdued holiday weekend at least here in florida and south florida in particular before i get to some of that the rising number of covert cases in 39 states really not only here but now. for a muted holiday weekend throughout the country as we know here in florida rick there were a record number of cases of the virus on saturday in fact taking a look 1st at the national numbers though and the states hardest

john hardy. and away goes the space x. falcon 9 rocket blasting off this week from cape canaveral florida and carrying with it the new g.p.s. 3 series satellite system up into orbit the launch was the 1st by space x. for the u.s. space force which was established back in december the g.p.s. 3 satellite is the 3rd in a new line of upgraded g.p.s. navigation satellite technology it's set to enter service in plain east slot 4 of the u.s. is g.p.s. constellation in space a position currently occupied according to space x. by a g.p.s. satellite launched way back in may 2000 well the new g p s 3 provides more accurate navigation signals and a longer design lifetime of 15 years while also being compatible with japan's cause i seen it satellite system and europe's galileo network speaking of europe european commissioner to report on told reuters that the e.u. is budgeting billions of euros for space missions including new technology to launch rockets and an agreement with the commercial satellite launch

our correspondent is john hardy. the new york times reported july 3rd that a new administration memo seeks to foster doubts about suspected russian bounties on american troops the memos reportedly from the national intelligence council when according to the times acknowledges the cia and top counterterrorism officials agree russia appears to have offered bounties to kill american and coalition troops in afghanistan the story goes on to report that the nic which reports to the director of national intelligence john radcliffe produced the 2 and a half page document a so-called sense of the community memorandum and dated july 1st it appears to have been commissioned after the new york times reported on june 26th that intelligence officials had assessed months ago that russia had offered mounties but the white house had yet to authorize a response well the times reported specifically last month that a russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to taliban militants for killing coalition forces in afghani

john hardy. and today israel's plans to annex parts of the west bank were met by several 1000 palestinians marching in gaza city for a day of rage the protesters waved palestinian flags and held signs calling the annexation proposal and desperation of war on the palestinian people despite such large turnout there were actually no reported injuries or breakouts of violence. and back here stateside f.c.c. officially designated wall way and as national security threats those tech companies will not be allowed to use the $8300000000.00 in a government subsidy program known as the universal service fund to purchase any equipment or services from the 2 chinese telecom giants nor to maintain or support them now while wait and see t. both deny claims made against them. partly due to hands over the sports h.q. working out for some sports it's never too early to start getting ready for the next competition were you looking to the fall because quarantine has made a mess of sports and the current of our time

john hardy. and an outbreak of corona virus cases on u.s. military bases in japan now alarming locals and prompting a virtual lockout officials and ok now us that almost $100.00 u.s. service members have tested positive for the virus so as a result the governor of okinawa is now demanding a top u.s. military commander take stricter prevention measures. and officials and told to oklahoma are resuming excavation of mass graves after the pandemic put a halt. on their search back in march it's been nearly a century after a race riot left as many as 300 black people dead the city plans to dig for graves across the board different locations today. now from coded to territorial integrity at this moment serbia is facing a number of unprecedented challenges the european countries government was reelected just weeks ago and with the pressure on internally and externally it's already being put to the test parties alex has the story of the sporadic fire which was. posted to the origin of peaceful. demonstrators came out in the thousands over the weekend

are being investigated as hate crimes as the investigations continue for the news rick sanchez john hardy. drilled out on this a little bit further with steve gerber he's the host of the steve gruber show steve should we has a tape or be mindful before we start making too many connections in this case to the wave of protests we've seen around the country or do you feel like it's the right time to make that connection. well rick it looks like to me that you have a series of attacks not only in this country but you look at it's happening in france and across europe as well christian symbols are being attacked by a variety of people maybe just to get on social media maybe it's something deeper but it's a continuation of the attacks on the social fabric of western civilization quite frankly you behead christopher columbus should not those statues down it began with confederates edges as you know rick and for myself i'm not concerned about the removal of confederate statues from the city square in america i think they should be moved to a more appropriate place like a museum we don't put up st

correspondent john hardy is following the story. bank agreeing to pay the state of new york a $150000000.00 fine for sketchy financial transactions related to jeffrey epstein new york state department of financial services superintendent linda lacewell saying in a statement quote to watch a bank failed to adequately monitor the activity of customers that the bank itself deemed to be high risk in the case of geoffrey epstein in particular despite knowing mr epstein's terrible criminal history the bank inexcusably failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions lacewell said the bank processed hundreds of transactions totaling millions of dollars that at the very least should have prompted additional scrutiny in light of epstein's history including payments to individuals publicly alleged to have been abstains coconspirators in sexually abusing young women settlement payments of more than $7000000.00 and legal expenses of epstein and his coconspirators of more than $6000000.00 payments to russian models hote

mask mandates and more code in 1980 regulations so for more on all of that let's turn to argue john hardy down in miami john what exactly are these health care workers saying. well 1st off manila let's talk about who they are there are miami dade county health care professionals we're talking about nurses we're talking about doctors and they held an online press conference to basically push for more kovan 1000 regulation statewide and they were really led by a woman named martha baker a registered nurse here in the miami area and head of the service employees international union or sci you jackson health system that's a big health system here in south florida university of miami health in a hospital among others anyway she called on governor rhonda santas to quote become the leader we need him to be and to come up she says with a consistent strategic plan to fight the ongoing pandemic here in florida here's what she said listen so please governor to see anticipate and all the way up to the president honored the mass let's deal with the science and heaters start mandating masks in public s

sex trafficking crimes he was convicted of obscene was found dead in his prison cell last year john hardy has been taking a closer look at the case. deutsche bank agreeing to pay the state of new york a $150000000.00 fine for sketchy financial transactions related to jeffrey epstein new york state department of financial services superintendent linda lacewell saying in a statement quote deutsche bank failed to adequately monitor the activity of customers that the bank itself deemed to be high risk in the case of geoffrey epstein in particular despite knowing mr epstein's terrible criminal history the bank inexcusably failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions lacewell said the bank processed hundreds of transactions totaling millions of dollars at the very least should have prompted additional scrutiny in light of epstein's history including payments to individuals publicly alleged to have been abstains coconspirators in sexually abusing young women settlement payments of more than $7000000.00 and legal expenses of abstain and his coconspirators of more tha

john hardy. pandemics proving to be no obstacle for electioneering there was not a day to be wasted for america's presidential kind of this try to win over hearts and minds of voters while donald trump's up against it with his handling of the health crisis right now meantime his democratic rival joe biden is mobilizing his family into the job assess could tailor explains. you'll remember joe biden's wife knew her very. very. well jill's back this time not as a husband's sister but as comal thought over a children's book about joe's life which often was 78 years fills a full 27 pages well i gave it a read obviously the reviews in joey that's what they were cool to have randy sounds like a little round good guy a wizardly ability to catch a ball jules what's not mine standing up to bullies president of his freshman cost really his only weakness and he himself admits it is talking was sometimes really difficult but you know what i think we can all agree he grew out of that let's not even bring it up

jeffrey steam here is our to correspondent john hardy. deutsche bank agreed to pay the state of new york a $150000000.00 fine for sketchy financial transactions related to jeffrey epstein new york state department of financial services superintendent linda lacewell saying in a statement quote deutsche bank failed to adequately monitor the activity of customers that the bank itself deemed to be high risk in the case of geoffrey epstein in particular despite knowing mr epstein's terrible criminal history the bank inexcusably failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions lacewell said the bank processed hundreds of transactions totaling millions of dollars that at the very least should have prompted additional scrutiny in light of epstein's history including payments to individuals publicly alleged to have been abstains coconspirators in sexually abusing young women settlement payments of more than $7000000.00 and legal expenses of epstein and his coconspirators of more than $6000000.00 payments to russian models

recently as last year before epstein's arrest and ultimate death for the news with rick sanchez john hardy good stuff joe thanks so much elvis something very questionable as. taking place in portland oregon while everyone agrees that the protests in the safe zone there or whatever it is we want to call it have become too violent and need to be quelled there is disagreement on how best to do this and now there are reports that the u.s. government has sent men camouflaged federal officers with identification badge as part of me without identification badges making arrests and whisking people away protestors and unmarked cars so here's the question should the handling of the situation in portland be left to local officials as is customary or can the 3rd come in and take the matter into their own hands uninvited we're going to debate this question but we begin with r t correspondent 1st here's alex mahat of it. it was an explosive in the violence after weeks of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the u.s. unrest restring new level on the streets of portland oregon a crac

house saying there is no risk of exposure to the president or vice president mike pence argues john hardy is joining us from miami for more on how the president is responding to this outbreak. president trump is actually scheduled to tour a facility where they're working on a vaccine for cobra 19 it's called the bio press a process innovation center at fujifilm daioh since biotechnologies in morrisville north carolina it's in between raleigh in durham if you take a look at a map but anyway fujifilm daioh said it is working to develop a vaccine for the biotech company novak's a coven 1000 vaccine for nova vax which the federal government awarded a $1600000000.00 grant as part of what's called operation warp speed to find a covert $1000.00 vaccine as soon as possible it's one of several biotech companies that are working in conjunction with various research firms and universities worldwide trying to come up with a coronavirus vaccine and entering in vaccine trials right now really as we speak now this particular vaccine candidate from nova vaccine is in phase one trials with the company exp

who may have leaked the alleged russian bounty intelligence info for the news with rick sanchez john hardy all right so did this really happen as originally reported was the story exaggerated somehow to fit the trump russia narrative once again and what's the context of countries whether it's rush hour or any other country using its military or its money to influence the affairs of other countries for example would we ever do something like that joining us now to tackle these thorny questions are about print journalist ben sua and former u.s. official michael maloof to perfect guest to have on this so michael let me start with you what do you think what do you think really happened here what's the. ory on how this story became as massive as it did. well they probably picked up some information as you pointed out. there was money exchange and that's not. unexpected because it's been known for quite some time that russia has been talking to itself but for what reason and that is to monitor jihadi saw locusts going into next door russia and that they want to be they want information and the t

to answer that question and many others unlike they were able to do with abstain from boom bust john hardy. and brazil's president j. are both so naro on tuesday announced he had tested positive for cobra 19 the brazilian president has faced criticism for downplaying the situation regarding the virus in his country for months and continue to do so and speaking about his diagnosis on brazilian t.v. . everybody knew that sooner or later 1000 will reach an important part of the population a lot of people like me for example if i would not have done the test i would not know about the result that was positive. and let's take another look at the spread of the virus with our correspondent side tabular so i worry world wide so brand this is where we are right now global cases there are more than 11800000 confirmed cases global deaths at least 543000 in the u.s. there is more than 30000000 confirmed cases while a death stares more than 133000 and i want to start with latin america that's again seeing a huge surge in cases and brazil right now is only 2nd to the u.s. and number of infections and de

john hardy great job guys reporting to us from all 'd sides of the country on what's going on right now here in the united states with. thanks again. there is a report in the daily mail that seems to suggest something that if true this would be a bombshell in the jeffrey epstein case a woman has come forward who says she is a friend of glenn maxwell. the woman is saying that glen maxwell has secret recordings secret recordings of jeffrey epstein that she may be willing to turn over to federal prosecutors federal prosecutors it's not known exactly what those recordings reveal but suffice it to say that many very powerful men all over the world have reason to be concerned with what she may have recorded about them. joining us now to take on this huge development are lionel of litle media and former british m.p. george galloway. george let me start with you there's an awful lot of talk about prince andrew what you're taken what are people talking about there in the u.k. . well i think he's large in the black book but anyone who is in the black book. is not necessarily guilty of anything bu

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with more than 15000 new confirmed cases artist john hardy reports from miami. florida's covert numbers continue to surge the state set a record with 15299 new cases july 11th higher than any other state governor rhonda santas says testing for the virus has ramped up statewide so we've tested 2400000 people that is one for every 9 people in the state of florida so i'd be interesting to see what other things have been tested at this level you know in our country and in modern times but this is something that as a whole the country's done a lot of test obviously florida you know we're doing a lot to go in the last however however many we want to demand has really been high demand for kovan 1000 tests has been so high there been numerous reports of people waiting for hours in line stretching at least a mile long and test results in some cases taking several weeks in miami dade county where the number of cases is now close to 68000 the highest in florida one in 3 people who reportedly took a coded 1900 test last week tested positive representative ted deutch of flor

we lost john hardy there but maxwell still in court via video call that arraignment still continuing we will continue to follow up as more details emerge and moving on here from the halls of justice to your dinner table race issues and policing in america have become very hot topics but now another hot topic this one showcasing karen's in viral videos so what exactly is the care and you might be asking while a bill in san francisco is aiming to put a stop to them for more on that let's go to our fair from that she's joining us from the newsroom so faron tell us what exactly is a karen so many let's just say if your real name is karen you're caught in the crosshairs but in short there's actually a slang at dictionary dot com definition reading quote appearing as a pejorative slang term for a noxious angry entitled and often racist middle aged white woman who uses their privilege to get her way or police or policing other people's behaviors and karin's that's been going viral both men and women care and especially in the aftermath of race and police brutality protests like this one of

francis though has canonized sarah did so 5 years ago for more on this complicated story here is r t john hardy. jesus beheaded the statute in this picture taken by the archdiocese of miami was outside a catholic church in miami when it was vandalized july 15th a statue of the virgin mary was defaced outside a catholic prep school in brooklyn 5 days earlier both incidents the latest in a series of other attacks on religious statues in churches in the united states on july 15th a vandal or vandals defaced a statue of mary in colorado springs colorado with red paint july 11th in tennessee someone knocked over and beheaded a statue of mary outside a catholic church in chattanooga and also on july 11th police say a man drove his van through the doors of our lady queen of peace church in ocala florida setting the church on fire once inside fortunately there were no injuries and police arrested the attacker who is now facing attempted murder and hate crime charges the rising wave of vandalism targeting churches is certainly discerning for both church officials and police. the department of homeland s

does what is good is of god whoever does what is evil has never seen god for news views hughes john hardy. and i want to bring back and lord or of them are and event ever and he's back with us then i want to go with you because you have to tell you i'm very. private this is being happening it is also happening to black churches as well you know this movement people have said it's been taken over by others in this case and the faith is a really big part of the black community so in this case you know shaun king and is pointing out religious statues saying having been encouraging them to be attacked in this tool being used as a vehicle to divide and as it rightfully something that is being used as a cover of racial injustice. well you know the democratic party is always with a party of darkness i mean with slavery segregation they've always found a way to try to murder to kill black people from slavery up until now but look and they've been always trying to undermine religion here in the end of america. invaded the civil rights movement back in the sixty's and the marches of the communists

john hardy. an outbreak of corona virus cases on u.s. military bases in japan is now alarming to locals and prompted a virtual lockdown there officials in okinawa said almost $100.00 u.s. service members have tested positive for the virus as a result the governor of okinawa is now demanding a top u.s. military commander take stricter prevention measures. and back here stateside officials in tulsa oklahoma are resuming excavation of mass graves after the pandemic put a halt in their search back in march it's been nearly a century after a race riot left as many as 300 black people dead the city plans to dig for graves at 4 different locations later today. and president trump is demanding the extradition of former british spy christopher steele over his dot ca and that alleged collusion between trump and russia we're going to discuss that and then over at sports regina hamm brings us major news regarding the future of the n.f.l. is franchise here in washington d.c. and to keep up with all the latest news and anything you might have missed m