Within the dow. Take them out of the picture, things wouldnt be as bad as they are now. Were well off the earlier lows, down 400 points, down about 165 points but also fueling this, offsetting this if you will is talk of progress on that stimulus front. You remember where they were looking for republicans, another 250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program . Well they ran into a buzzsaw of criticism from democrats that argued it was too tilted to business so they wanted to make assurances for health care workers, hospitals, that sort of thing. I stress that they have reached a broad parameters of a deal. It is not a deal until they both mutually agree. Were seeing progress on the front. That mitigated losses in the dow and offset the oil impact. Edward lawrence joins us now from washington with how this is all progressing. Hey, edward. Reporter neil, close, very close. That is how it is being described. As you said no deal, no ink to paper as it were for this deal. Republicans ini
Many citizens are demanding an end to stayathome orders right now. Well have the very latest on this revolt. One country, south korea seems to be doing right. All that and so much more on making money. Charles all right. Stocks under pressure all day long but it is crude oil the center of attention, folks. The may contract down 98 , a record low. On friday, Energy Companies ironically they were the biggest gainers in the entire market even though crude was down we had a great guest on, a oil executive. We wondered what he thought had to happen with the commodity price. He said that the oil industry had to do something it never did before. Take a listen. The choice is clear right now. We have twoways we can go about this we do nothing. That will lead to single dollar oil prices. It is going to decimate the domestic industry. Over a million jobs will be at risk and it is going to increase our dependency on foreign oil. Or we are part of a Global Solution to what is clearly a global probl
But im good and im back. Tom we are thrilled that you are back, and this illness is something, whether it is the flu or covid or whatever. Betsy grace at Morgan Stanley yesterday, and she said she is focused on the original moment we had in earnings yesterday. We will see that with j. P. Morgan and wells fargo. As you mention in your opening, the major thrust here, country to country come is on lockdown, and if and when anybody can really wish country to country, is on lockdown, and if anybody can relinquish the quarantine on society. Francine we will have a full round down rundown on the possibility of a vaccination, but we are nowhere near that yet. We also have to look at antibody testing. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. Viviana President Donald Trump hopes to reopen the u. S. Ahead of schedule. The president saying within days the administration will issue guidance for governors who want to relax social distancing practices. The pres
Governor cuomo looking for any optimism he can find. Some geographies of america doing better in the pandemic, but the death and the rate of change of deaths refuses to bend over and go lower. With extraordinary measures being applied and something we all need to reflect on as we think about what comes next. These managing to keep numbers stable, but with extreme measures when it comes to how our society is functioning. How we reopen needs to be seen in this light, and it will be a challenge around the world for governments to reopen economies. Tom good reporting earlier from guy on the state of the Prime Minister, a conversation with Iain Duncan Smith moments ago. Our oninue with a strong the economics of the pandemic strong hour on the economics of the pandemic. Ministers. U. Finance were on an emergency teleconference lasting more than 16 hours. Strategynot agree on a to battle the pandemic. E. U. Issue joint debt to help economies recover . Boris johnson is being monitored in inten
On Prime Minister johnson. Guy absolutely. Sitting up in bed come interacting with the medical team. He has had a third night in the icu, which is may be of where we are still. Yet there is some improvement. I think the country will breathe a sigh of relief once he is out. Hopefully that happen soon, tom. , yesterday inon new york city was absolutely extraordinary, just the constant wailing of sirens. I actually walked down and noticed the emergency room effort of mount sinai and those brave people. Give us an anecdote you see in the united kingdom. Is happening here is that maybe there is a sense that the curve is flattening, and that is the sense we are getting from the medical officers and chief scientific officers. Nevertheless, the mortality count is likely to continue to rise, and the reason that is the case is that deaths get reported a relatively slow rate. The concern in the u. K. Remains a lack of ppe for healthcare workers, pharmacy workers. Also for care home workers as wel