The p. M. I. Well dive deep into this in a bit. Look at the boards. The dollar still holds on to the retreat. That is helping some asian currencies out there. Ere holding on 706. We were near the 100day moving average. Were siegristance now that the dollar seems to be hovering around the twoweek lows despite the fact but were seeing the dollaryen pretty much at 168 but seeing at least six days of gains so far for the japanese currency. Watching oil price. We see it climbs once again. You are seeing w. T. I. Futures. 4 higher for brent crude. Gold snapped out of four dives declines. It is largely unchanged. Hovering around 62 basis points now. We have the First Official gauge for chinas economy in april. Weakened again. Investors are waiting to see what steps the pboc may take to bolster the economy. Our guest from citigroup joins us this morning. What is your assessment of the p. M. I. Data that we got. Nonmanufacturing. Manufacturing below the forecast. Still in expansion territory. A
So then italy has imposed unprecedented restrictions on all its 60000000 citizens as it tries to combat coronavirus theyve been told to stay at home and only emergency travel will be allowed the economy minister has Just Announced mortgage payments will be suspended and a 10000000000 dollar relief package is being prepared but take a look at rome at this moment its 10 am in the morning that the streets as you can see nearly empty amongst all the tourist sites usually overflowing with tourists here schools and universities theyre closed well go live to a town in northern italy in just a moment but 1st heres victoria be beginning our coverage. Its unease coronavirus that the demick already the 2nd most deadly after china has taken another dramatic turn with more than 60000000 people the countrys entire population under lock down from tuesday Prime Minister does that they contain says hes extending restrictions on movement after another spike in deaths from the coronavirus all public gath
Reporter sand the mayor said she did nothing wrong. Supervisor ronin clearly disagrees and had discussions with the City Attorney to see if the mayor should face any possible penalties. That is the latest in San Francisco, im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Busy at times, volatile at times for Pete Buttigieg today in the bay area. Lets take you live to sacramento. There is a town hall underway. He is not on stage yet. These are the people getting everyone ready for him. The candidate will try to meet as many california voters as possible ahead of the march 3rd primary. He is set to be on stage soon. Hes squeezing in events in palo alto and also right now at a town hall in sacramento. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us live from palo alto to tell us how the morning breakfast went. Reporter well that is right. The candidate knowns as mayor pete got a very enthusiastic reception in both places, especially here in palo alto. But for those who are still trying to get to kno
People heard about our relationship from me. Reporter she may be facing a problem more troublesome than who she dated. She acknowledged what amounts to a a 5600 gift from Mohammed Nuru in the form of a car repair bill and carrental bill. She said she was going to reimburse him but has not yet. The supervisor hillary ronan, says accepting a gift is troubling. I think she should resign. What i am sick of in the city, there is a culture of corruption. Accepting a gift of close to 6000 from your subordinate is illegal. She is calling one of our staff to pick up her car and get her a rental car . Was he doing that instead of running the department of public works . Reporter should she resign . I have not come to that conclusion. Reporter Mohammed Nuru was arrested on public corruption charges and lying to investigators. The mayor says she has done nothing wrong. I am not concerned because i have not done anything. Reporter federal investigators have not contacted the mayor peer she says she
Former public works director who is accused of corruption. Nbc bay areas jean elle joins us in San Francisco with all the drama. Jean . Reporter raj, tonight the District Attorney says he is investigating what he calls the mayors possible ethical violation. But people here at city hall say the rules make it clear no one is supposed to accept a gift from a subordinate, and thats what the mayor did. I am just asking her to do the right thing and resign. Reporter supervisor Hillary Ronan is calling on San Francisco mayor breed to step aside after breed revealed details about her relationship with the former head of the department of public works, aft arrested him on public corruption charges in january. Breed now says she and nuru had a romantic relationship 20 years ago and more significantly, nuru paid 5,600 to fix her car and provide a rental car last year. Ive checked with the City Attorney and every step of the way, whether its the relationship, whether its the car reporter breed cle