He was joined by the task force coordinator, dr. Deborah birx. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Good afternoon. We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus is past its peak. It has been devastating all over the world. 184 countries, probably more. That number was as of one week ago. Dr. Birx will walk through some of these trends in a moment. But they are very positive trends, for winning. We are going to win and we are going to close it out. While we mourn the tragic loss of life, and you cannot mourn it any stronger than we are morning it, the u. S. Has produced Better Health outcomes than any other country with the possible exception of germany. Anyyou cannot mourn it stronger than we are mourning it, i think we are as good or better. On a per capita basis, our mortality rate is far lower than other nations of western europe. With the lone exception of possibly, germany. This includes the u. K. , switzerland, belgium, the netherlands, italy, france. Spain has a mort
Legislature to covid19. The newly elected representative he parish. M lafouc he spent his life making his community and south louisiana a better place. Just about three months ago, he was sworn in to his first term and i know he came to the state capital with excitement and eagerness to serve our state and the people love House District and the people of House District the entire state is 54. Mourning this great loss and i ask everyone to keep his family in your prayers right now. All the families who have suffered because they have lost someone or because someone remains gravely ill because of this disease. Before i get to the latest numbers, i want to take a moment to brief you on another situation that people need to be aware of this weekend. Saturday and sunday, we are looking at a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms beginning in northwest louisiana from late saturday for the first half of sunday. There will also be a isolated flood threat, widespread flash flooding is not exp
Depression. While big0 jumping, tech the nasdaq forward. , butwarnings about growth despite the doom and gloom, australia is back in the market. We are seeing futures look like this. U. S. Futures unchanged. This is after some stocks climbing on signs of the outbreak easing. We had a cloudy picture when it came to corporate earnings. Big gains from tech giants. Aftergan and wells fargo profits hit by major provisions. The nasdaq gained almost 4 . Take a look at oil, now rebounding from a plunge of more than 10 in the u. S. Session to the lowest in two weeks. This, as we had that historic production agreement, but still concern demand destruction will offset those 9. 7 Million Barrels per day cut. Holding about oil 20 a barrel. Still waiting for President Trumps press conference. Aboutabout to speak how he is handling the coronavirus outbreak, as he clashes with governors, clashing with new yorks governor cuomo, about who has the power to reopen the economy, cases now nearing 600,000. O
Its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown with some businesses reopening class. Get past yourself and think about society new yorks governor accuses donald trump of spoiling for a fight as the u. S. Death toll passes 25000 and. Migrant workers desperate to return home stormer red with station in mumbai after india extends its knocked down. Below the huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic has been laid out in a dramatic prediction from the International Monetary fund it expects global output to shrink by 3 percent this year which may sound small but would be the worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. This equates to a 9 trillion dollars cut in world production this year or next to last greater than the combined g. D. P. Of germany and japan italys economy is expected to be one of the worst hit shrinking by 9 point one percent they are methinks less developed economies will fare better latin america is being warned to expect a comparatively small 5. 2 percent drop and theres ho
About the gifts to go campaign. We will also be joint by archbishop, he will be participating today. We do start today on a very somber note and that is late yesterday afternoon, we lost a member of the Louisiana Legislature to covid19. Newly elected representative spent his life making his community and south louisiana a better place. Just about three months ago, he was sworn in to his first term and i know he came to the state capital with excitement and eagerness to serve our state and the people of district 54. Ing entire state is mourn this great loss and i ask everyone to keep his family in your prayers right now. All the families who have suffered because they have lost someone because someone remains gravely ill because of this disease. Before i get to the latest , i want to take a moment to brief you on another situation that people need to be aware of this weekend. Saturday and sunday, we are looking at a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms beginning in northwest louisia