Nasdaq futures higher by 310 after even worse than expected jobs number led to selloff on friday. We showed you the numbers friday, dow, nasdaq and s p 500 in the red for the week. Take a look. Markets were down 2 overall on each of the major indices on the week. Oil prices this morning falling after the opec meeting which was to include russia was actually delayed. It was supposed to be a Virtual Meeting happening. It was scheduled to take place today. We are waiting on any news in terms of where the meeting stands with crude at 27. 40 a barrel. Later this Morning Energy secretary dan briet will join me and take on war between saudi arabia and russia. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been hospitalized due to coronavirus, we will get the latest on Prime Minister johnson coming up this morning. We are answering your financial questions this morning. Later what you need to know about your 401 k during this crisis. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check Global Markets
Now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with the Connecticut Governor who discussed the late bearishness the preparedness in his state. 36 testing positive is slightly higher, but that is a number that goes up and down and we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator. Me, you seerest to the 79 people hospitalized. That is a number that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis which is i think good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. It is a number that is not going up exponentially. Plan,ives us capacity to that is following our modeling. I start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but not breaking. We did build up capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do. That capacity in terms of other briefings in terms of beds, people, and terms of icus, we are planning accordingly for what we have to do. This allows us to plan even more. Capacity is important in terms of the other functions we are performing in the state as w
Least a gradual return based on local conditions starting in may. Now, in michigan, protests are expected today and that states strict stayathome orders are in question. Thats going to be an indicator of public sentiment after weeks of lockdowns. On the international front, china is now very much in the spotlight. Frankly, its a target. The president s cutting funding for the World Health Organization. Mr. Trump says the virus could have been contained in china if the w. H. O. Had been more honest. And senator cotton and congressman gallagher introduce a bill today that would end americas dependence on chinese drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients. The virus is clearly changing the u. S. china relationship and everything else, of course. On the market, it is all about back to work, when, where and how. On hopes of a return to work, the dow has moved up close to the 24,000 level. It had dropped to 18,000 level last month. The dow was up 500 yesterday. Looks like all of that gain will be
Cspan. Org. Taking you live now to connecticut for a Coronavirus Briefing by governor ned lamont. Gov. Lamont where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests. I think what makes that interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not going up ands up exponentially but going up on a linear basis which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives house capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System, our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did bu
We are reall i think, sitting on a time bomb. Woodruff all that and mo on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50g ears, advanceas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individual this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pio stfrom viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a new week has dawned in the era of covid19, and the pandemic keeps burning through the u. S. Population. Infections across the nation are at 160,000 and still rising, with some 3,000 deaths. W rk state remains the nations number one hotspot for the virus, and the governor is appealing for outsine help. We bwith this report from nawaz at the eer of the u. S. Coronavirus outbreak. New york undertakes new steps to care for the continuing tide of patients, as state Health O