A Masters Program in journalism and digital storytelling at American University in washington and as most guest you see on most cable news talk shows are these days she is joining us remotely margo welcome back thanks for having me homeland you bet its good to see and if theres a slight delay its because were operating in remote mode here but 1st things 1st professor i want you to grade both parties the president and the press in those Daily White House briefings that are on again off again and generally during this crisis. Well i think you know i guess it depends on which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective of objective observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying
Which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective ject of observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying to batter you i give the press corps in a. And i have to say there was a little part of me that chuckled when the white house new press secretary started her her briefings and said to the press corps i wont lie to you which was almost a signal that gets one im about to give you unleash ill turn it in facts you know for her tenure however short that may be. Yeah arguably she did fave about 15 minutes after making that statement but you know as we channel surf domestic cable news there is a kindness to the commercials we see often with solo piano music in the background some
A Masters Program in journalism and digital storytelling at American University in washington and as most guest you see on most cable news talk shows are these days she is joining us remotely margo welcome back thanks for having me how and you bet its good to see and if theres a slight delay its because were operating in remote mode here but 1st things 1st professor i want you to grade both parties the president and the press in those Daily White House briefings that are on again off again and generally during this crisis. Well i think you know i guess it depends on which Political Party youre coming from the grade that you would give and its hard for me to be an objective of objective observer of this president ial administration when for years now they have continuously tried to deal a jet in my eyes and marginalize News Reporters for doing their constitutionally protected job and so i would say that in any environment when youre up against you know someone whos continuously trying t
A slew of corporate earnings role in over the next few weeks. Ibm withdrawing its forecast. Have netflix for you tomorrow. Tech this morning buoying the markets. Is taylor riggs in new york, who has been following all of the back and forth. A wild day. Nasdaq up and down. Taylor firmly in the red on the closing bell. Nasdaq at one point in the green, then turning red solidly, off about 1 . What is going on in the oil markets. To goinute, i will try through some of the technicalities. It is the may contract up for expiration tomorrow. If you are a holder of the contract, tomorrow, you have to take delivery tomorrow. Thehad a massive selloff in may contract, at one point settling down at 37 per barrel as traders tried to unsettle may and roll that forward into the june and july contracts. A much better indicator of where oil is trading at the moment. A much better indicator but barrel. Ess 37 per it will be all about june and july going forward. Go tone contract could about demandl destr
Retail certificate going to zero not every biotech will keep growing every day. Thats the way it feels on a gay when oil imploded. The stock market got slammed because of it. Dow losing 592 points. S p sinking 1. 79 , why, of course its got a lot of tech and biotech. I dont blame a soul for being confused here. Buy, buy, buy a. Sell, sell, sell. The situation is, confusing were in Uncharted Waters now. It doesnt lend itself to easy explanation. We have to take them one at a time because some of these are so extreme they almost feel like science fiction. Like the price of oil falling to negative 37 and change today. Yeah, thats right you heard me, negative 37, minus sign lets start with oil as that meltdown was terrifying to watch. At dawn crude was a buck and a half, little below 20, seemed okay by the time the stock market opened it was down to 11, negative whoever owned the oil last had to pay someone else to take it off their hands. Next thing you know it was negative 10, negative 2