An additional 30 billion to the economy plan. Last night and took it to the session into europe, it looks as though the Trump Administration is going to take a harder line when it comes to hong kong and we will return to that theme in around half an hour with more insight on what the British Government is trying to do to kickstart the u. K. Economy and we will be joined by steve barker, and that conversation is live at a time in london and 11 30 in new york. Had cash for clunkers in 2009 and i guess you guys have cash for food. Lets take a look at where we is ourting, scarlet fu senior markets editor. The s p is off of its highs, the nasdaq and the nasdaq 100 are at record highs, no surprise that you have the record highs in apple and amazon. What we have been seeing are the european stocks moving, with plenty of demand for safety with gold prices moving about 1800 an ounce. Speaking of, take a look at these names, they are all at record highs and the bigger getting bigger. They have d
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Primarily focus on the coronavirus and what another round of stimulation such could look like. This is about one hour. All right. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. My name is cliff johnson, the general manager here at bloomberg government. I am actually delighted to welcome you to a 2020 springhill watch event. Hopefully by now youve all the chance to take a look at the newest addition of rock biannual hell watch report that explores what to watch on capitol hill across more than 20 different policy areas and, of course, this report also examines the effect of covid19, the need for related relief legislation as was both parties agendas and plans for 2020. Today were incredibly excited to build upon of a reporting ts expert analysis through conversation with a key lawmaker that is senator john thune of south dakota who was shared with us today discuss the current state of affairs. You can participate in todays discussion on social media by using the hashtag bgov want to be sure
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, and that is senator john thune of south dakota, who is here with us today to discuss the current state of affairs. You can participate in todays discussion on social media by using the hashtag bgovwatch to be sure to follow bgov on twitter. I do have a couple of housekeeping announcements just to get us to todays presentation. This is broadcast live and although we dont anticipate any technical issues, should you experience any streaming delays with audio, may be video quality, go ahead and refresh your browser. That should resolve the issue. This is also an interactive event. We want you to be a part of this conversation. Well have live calls going on and we look forward to you , submitting questions he would like to ask. Now, to ask a question, you will see a q a box to the lower righthand corner of your screen. Go ahead and type in your request and it will pop up in front of us. At the top right of your screen , you will see another box that says slides and polish. Polling. This i