Equity futures lower on the ftse. The s p 500 went down. Bid into the bond market. Into the bond market we go, negative almost 60 basis points on a 10 year. Its like a throwback to our days together five years ago. There is some weight to this. Good morning. Annmarie certainly, it is. Were so excited to have you back. An absolute gladbac bloodbath, nymex dropping below 39 as the resurgence of cases in europe not going to bode well on the demand side. The supplyside worried about libyan oil barrels. Softer. A bit this is the prospect of fresh stimulus. That helped treasury yields rise. Jonathan thank you. Lets get the first word news this morning. We can do that with laura wright. Laura china is laying out a new plan for Economic Growth this week in beijing. President xi jinping is holding a meeting to decide on the next fiveyear plan. Its expected to focus on technological innovation, economic selfreliance, and the environment. But the event is closed to the press. Key decisions wont b
Because effects are being felt on the other side of the u. S. As far off as new york. Charged with undermining National Security but a russian protest leader Maria Kolesnikov could go to prison for up to 5 years. And Japans Parliament picks the next Prime Minister if he days to his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. And timely harding with all of your sports news the former head of world athletics would mean diac has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption well bring you more on that story later this news hour. Well a 2 pronged weather assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires one part of the country and rushing to avoid severe flooding and another slow moving Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the gulf coast threatening to unleash heavy rain and catastrophic flooding and another powerful storm is also brewing in the about to take her. And teddy could hit being the new to as an early as this weekend an
Program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is teaching at columbia and working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. He moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 2005. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. His articles and book reviews and technical collections have appeared on studies in intelligence and intelligence in National Security and the oxford handbook of intelligent security. He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University and georgetown university
Confirmed that two people had traveled on the grand princess cruise ship that was held in the port of oakland earlier this month have also died from complications from the coronavirus. As for testing, Governor Newsom said today the 66,800 tests have been performed. The results for those tens of thousands tests are being delayed due to a shortage of necessary chemicals to process them as well as materials such as swabs and files. Your in the bay area, more lives are being lost. San mateo county reported upon the death, bringing the total up to five. Three of the people who died are older adults. The fourth person was described only as an adult. In a statement, the county help officer said he believed the virus is growing adequate exponential rate. Santa clara county continues to have the highest number of deaths with 17. That is an increase of one compared to yesterday but Alameda County now has two death. San francisco, sonoma, and carter countys each have one death from the virus. Hea
While the package stalled. The tech heavy nasdaq light of the day in the closing down 33. The s p was up 20. At this afternoons breathing, President Trump appeared optimistic that the stimulus package will pass. Rate date for the American Worker and american families. Frankly, for american companies, some of which are having the best years they have ever had. The president also defended his desire to reopen the company by easter despite pushback from his on task force. In new york city, more are expected morgues are expected to reach capacity. The citys more in store up to 900 bodies. California residents could be getting help from their lenders. Some 200 statechartered banks and Credit Unions have committed to the state of california that they will provide forbearance for bands on foreclosures and mortgage payments. Reporter some of the nations largest banks including wells fargo, citibank, jc morgan chase, and u. S. Bank have all agreed to a 90 day grace period. The Economic Impact i