555 dow points. Ahead on todays show, were going to dive into this plunge in oil prices, what it means for the u. S. Economy and jobs to the financial losses reverberating through the market right now plus we will speak with illinois governor j. B. Pritzker and former commerce secretary Penny Pritzker, his sister, about illinoiss battle against the coronavirus and the race for more protective gear and testing. Lets focus in on the big stories were watching with 58 minutes left of trading. Brian sul vab focusing on crude oil collapse, mike santoli will tie that in with broad movements were seeing today latest on the snag on government funding. Brian, first to you on this unprecedented move in oil. A day for the history books. It is a day for the history books. Ending a futures contract in negative 30 or what it was. Sara and wolf, it doesnt make sense as i talked about in power lunch as well. We started the day around 10. We continued to fall now negative 30 these are contracts. Negativ
Im melissa chan welcome to d. W. News asia thank you for joining us india has passed a new law that will make it easier for non muslim minorities from neighboring countries to gain Indian Indian citizenship opposition to it is especially strong in indias Northeastern State which borders bangladesh is an ethnically diverse region with a large Muslim Population thousands have defied a curfew to protest the new measure people there fear undocumented hindu migrants from neighboring bangladesh will now be granted citizenship and dilute the political sway of the region. A rupture of faith in the state. Many here and a some see the passage of the citizenship amended bill as a clear message from the hindu nationalist government that they are 2nd class citizens. In the coalition but with the other didnt get trying to make us minority in our own very spit in our own very religion but given citizenship to one that if youre. The new law would allow non muslim religious minorities from neighboring
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A boeing plant that may have been behind the 2 deadly crashes of 2 ill fated 77. I want to get jones in this business live from berlin thanks for joining us. The u. S. House of representatives has passed a bill imposing sanctions on the russian led gas pipeline project north stream to the new sanctions target companies that own the ships needed to lay the massive pipes the project depends on the bill has the potential to stop construction just as its nearing completion is why. Only a few companies in the world possess the technology to lay deep sea pipelines none of them is russian if they continue to work on north stream too they could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u. S. Their assets there might be frozen and people working on the ships would no longer be allowed to enter america the 1230 kilometer long pipeline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Russias Gazprom and is meant to transport natural gas under the baltic sea from russia to germany directly circumventing u