Shudder. Stocks dive overnight. Oil prices crash and investors run for cover. How the coronavirus and now an oil war could make for a very chaotic day. Thousands of passengers and crew will dock today after almost a week in limbo over coronavirus. Whats next in their long journey home . Bernie sanders facing a big test tomorrow in michigan. Can he beat back the joe biden surge and can he stay viable if he doesnt . Good morning, welcome to early start. Im laura jarrett. Im christine romans. It is 5 a. M. In the east. Today is the 11th anniversary of the bull market. Stocks face the biggest test since the great recession. Oil prices are crashing. More on that in a moment. U. S. Stock Index Futures down so sharply at one point it triggered a mechanism to stop the damage. Asian markets down sharply. European shares opening up worse. 6 and 7 declines almost unheard of. Strained supply chains, workers staying home. Deutsche bank lowered the Second Quarter gdp to a negative 0. 6 . Thats a con
Up next, Anderson Cooper and dr. Sanjay gupta with a cnn global town hall coronavirus facts and fears with facebook. Hey and welcome to the cnn facebook global town hall thats being seen around the world on cnn, cnn international, cnn in espanol, and facebook. Com. Im Anderson Cooper. And im dr. Sanjay gupta. These next two hours are all about getting you the facts and answering your questions. So you can send them to us now. Go to cnns Facebook Page and leave a comment. On the top, post your question. You can also go to cnns Instagram Page and leave a question in our story. We are also going to be taking peoples questions live from across the country and around the world. What we wont do is take questions from people here in the studio. As you can see, this time last week, we gathered here in this room, these seats were filled. Tonight, they sit empty because Health Officials are now warning against large gatherings. Its an example, one of many, how rapidly we are all adapting and wil
Test kits. Hes brought the xrays to show us what he discovered. What he is saying. Lets get after it. All right. Listen, you have to give the vicepresident this much. Hes applying a rare antiseptic to this administration. Hes telling the truth. We dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. Not enough testing kits to meet the demand. In the richest country with weeks to prepare, no wonder we only know of 227 cases and the president , what does he say . It will all just go away. And if it doesnt, its obamas fault. Now, look, we know the kits are valuable. So much so they just air dropped some onto this cruise ship were showing you now sitting off the coast of San Francisco because some on board are showing symptoms. You have to know what youre dealing with so you can give people the symptomatic treatment so we can see how many people get better and who needs more help. Good news. We have someone who thinks they know another way to diagnose t
Good morning. A lot is going on after an historic day on wall street. Coronavirus fears and an oil crash sparked in just a huge selloff. The dow tumbled more than 2,000 points, its worst point drop on record. The s p 500 finished down a whopping 7. 6 . So rare to see that. Only a few times in history has it done Something Like that. It is now 18 below its record high. A 20 decline of course will be the end of the bull market and signal a new bear market. Numbers plummeting so quickly they triggered whats called a Circuit Breaker put in place for the black monday crash in 1987. Thats an automatic pause designed to stop the panic among investors. It worked for the most part. Wall street on the brink of ending its decade long bull run. President trump needs these declines to stop. Of course, he has used the economy and the stock market in particular as his personal barometer for success since he was sworn in. The white house has invited wall street executives this week on the coronavirus.
Being on air when the tanks were rolling in to iraq. This is like no other between the economy, the challenges and the unknown. This is an interesting time. Steve but last night the president made it very clear we have a plan. And we start with a fox news alert. According to the experts, there are now more than 1300 coronavirus cases across 44 states in the United States including washington, d. C. 36 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus. Brian the virus officially declared a pandemic. Meanwhile in italy, airports have been empty for days. The whole country is locked down, all stores except pharmacies and food markets closed. Ainsley bars and restaurants with are closed in italy. Tourist attractions nearly deserted. Italy has the worst covid19 outbreak outside of china. Steve china says they have actually passed the peak and that is good news. Ainsley President Trump addressing the nation to calm our fears and provide us with health. Steve calling for Economic Relief for