Outbreak in the u. S. , but new jersey reported its worst day yet. More money for Small Business as the treasury secretary and lawmakers signal additional funds will be allocated for the Small Business program, which has seen enormous demand and m. G. Firms from exxon to halliburton may lay off workers in light of the economic turm l turmoil. Well speak with the ceo of verizon about the companys effort to keep students informed while they are away from school. And the ceo of state street will join us. We have details on the Small Business relief meeting that is taking place this hour at the white house. Mike santoli is tracking the markets fading gains this hour. Ka kayla, first to you on breaking news in washington reporters are entering the roosevelt room right now where President Trump and his economic advisers are set to host a Virtual Meeting with a slate of financial industry ceos to talk about what they are doing to assist Small Businesses. The list of attendees includes some of
They went missing in marylands Chesapeake Bay. Well have the latest. And remembering bill withers, the voice behinds some of the most beloved and soulful songs of the 70s passes away. Well look back with an extremely rare and revealing interview he gave us just a few years back. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. [ sirens ] hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. I want to come way under. The virus continues to spread nationwide. Nowhere is the situation more urgent than in new york city. Highest single increase in the number of deaths. They had a chance to order ventilators over the years. They had a chance to order very big but didnt choose to do it. Stocks closed down for the weeks after a much worse than expected jobs report. The three major indices shed another 1. 5 . We have the greatest economy in the world, probably doing all of you the best ever, everybodys doing the best ever. All of a sudden, yeah, shut down the
In the u. S. New york city the epicenter seeing largest 24 hour spike in both deaths and cases. Good morning. Im Griff Jenkins in washington with my colleagues jillian and pete in new york. Pete good morning, griff. We are here in studio f, im upstairs and jillian is downstairs. All morning long focusing on the stories that matter most. Labor secretary eugene scral. Steve scalise and mac call waltz the doctor is here this morning. Sapphire, segal and nesheiwat. And jillian, how are things going and, you know, here we are on the weekend. Have a big week. We cover those briefings and here we are on a saturday. Jillian it doesnt matter. The news doesnt stop on the weekend as you very well know. We are getting new information. We are towering about the new regulations from the cdc, the new guidelines here. The recommendations i should say when you are out in Public People should be wearing a mask. It is important to note not a medical grade mask because our medical workers still need them
Carley Country Music biggest stars align behind miami of resilience and unity. Rob Fox Friends First continues right now. Carley good morning, youre watching Fox Friends First on this monday morning, im Carley Shimkus in for jillian mele. Rob im rob schmitt, thanks for getting up early with us today. Carley as President Trump sends nearly 2,000 ventilators to hardhit states experts we assure that social distancing is working. Rob thats good to see. Todd. Todd rob and carley, good morning to you. Phrases like glimmers of hope and things are changing but not before the stark acknowledgment that we are about to suffer through what is expected to be the worst of the pandemic, take a listen. This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most americans lives quite frankly. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment, 911 moment. Thats not going to be localized but hang all over the country. In looking for, drop from saturday to sunday, Governor Cuomo cautiously telling the nation t
Hello again. Thank you for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. A short time ago, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo renewed his calls for the federal government to provide more testing in the battle against the coronavirus. The governor saying his state is not at the stage where it can begin to reopen the economy. He also says widespread testing is the number one factor needed to get people back to work. Testing. Testing is the single most important topic for us to understand, i think. And its important that we understand it. The more you test, the more information, the more you can reopen society. Some states are beginning to loosen their restrictions. Right now in jacksonville, florida, people are flocking to the beaches. In texas, a planning of a rolling reopening of businesses is taking place as early as next week. President trump now says governors will have the authority to reopen once they meet certain criteria. But a new model used by the white house shows only four states may be r