And up to 200,000 deaths. The president listening to his medical advisers and he has adjusted policy. The social distancing rules will be extended until april 30th. Therefore, the shutdown of the economy will continue well beyond easter. The president says the recovery will start by june 1st. On the markets, expect continued volatility. We have certainly seen that already today. At one point early this morning, futures showed a loss of a couple hundred points. Now we are looking at a gain at the opening bell of a couple hundred points. That would be almost 1 . A similar gain, better gain, actually, for the nasdaq, up about 1. 25 and the s p also up over 1 . A rally at the opening bell. Investors seem to like the idea of more pain now so we get out of it faster. The other big financial story is the price of oil. This is apart from the virus. This is the price of oil. Look at it. Its down to 20 a barrel. Earlier it hit 19. 20. 48 is the price right now. The saudis have declared war on Am
It was being called the christmas protest. Three big hours for you. Buckle in. Merry christmas. Varney company about to start right now. Charles huge gains for the markets this year. The calendar year, in fact, has wall street looking extraordinarily well. Want to bring in market watcher Rebecca Walser on these gains and of course, at this point in time, we always look ahead. What do you make overall of this market, considering all the negative headlines, all the negative speculation . First to have this kind of market is really remarkable. Charles, it is. Merry christmas. Im having such a great retail season high. I dont care what the retail experts, you know, were expecting. We got 3. 4 growth and Super Saturday, charles, the biggest shopping day ever. 3. 4 billion on Super Saturday. Thats what happens when you have a short Christmas Shopping season, right, from thanksgiving to christmas. Charles yeah, no doubt about it. And i got to tell you, its anecdotal but as i looked around at
welcome to welcome to the bipartisan policy center. my name is matt while. i m the director of a project here at the bipartisan policy center. it is 2020. we have all made. it it is very excited for my team. we are very ready for 2020 and it is 293 days away from election day. that means that iowa is having its caucus in 19 days, new hampshire is having their primary in 27 days and super tuesday are having their primaries in 48 days. what does that mean for election administrators? it means the election is not hundreds of days away, it is here, because those voters who are covered by the uniform and overseas citizens absence voting act, u.s. ballots have to be in the mail 45 days before an election so there is gonna be a lot of balance out there going to our citizens overseas. election years are very fun for me. a lot of people i don t get to talk to a lot during the year are very interested in the work that i do. it is also a time when i become an expert in elections and h
of 2020 elections at federal and levels. the bipartisan policy center event.this welcome to the bipartisan policy center. thank you for being here today. i am the director of the thetions project here at bipartisan policy center. the project is very ready for 2020 and it is 293 days away from election day. havingans that iowa is its caucus in 19 days. new hampshire is having their 27 days and super tuesday when 15 states are having their primaries is only 48 days away. what does that mean for election administrators? election ist the here because for those voters who are covered by the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee those ballots have to be in the mail 45 days before the election so starting on be a lot of will ballots out there going to our american citizens overseas. election years for very fun for me. a lot of people who i don t get to often in the year are very interested in the work that i do. it s also the time when everyone expert in elections and have opin
welcome to the bipartisan policy center. thank you for being here today. i am the director of the thetions project here at bipartisan policy center. the project is very ready for 2020 and it is 293 days away from election day. havingans that iowa is its caucus in 19 days. new hampshire is having their 27 days and super tuesday when 15 states are having their primaries is only 48 days away. what does that mean for election administrators? election ist the here because for those voters who are covered by the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee those ballots have to be in the mail 45 days before the election so starting on be a lot of will ballots out there going to our american citizens overseas. election years for very fun for me. a lot of people who i don t get to often in the year are very interested in the work that i do. it s also the time when everyone expert in elections and have opinions on how to improve the process. unlike how i become during the olympics when