Thoughts and prayers go out to everybody in the lake charles in Cameron Parish and the whole area. I know we were speaking earlier saying, there will probably have many weeks if not months of no power and having trouble with her water system. Even people as far north as shreveport and monroe are still without power. Our thoughts go out to them. Anyway, we are here today with jack davis, will be in conversation with the author and jack is a professor of history specializing in environmental history and sustainability studies. And also the author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning the gulf the making of an american sea. The New York Times book review called this book a beautiful march to a neglected see. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize it was a New York Times notable book for 2017 and that several other this list that you including the washington post, npr and forbes. Jack, welcome. Its a pleasure to have you here with us today. My pleasure to be here. Im going to turn the floor over to jack
Quite a lot going on in the markets. Quite a lot going on in the u. S. President ial race, certainly in u. S. Politics with President Trump tweeting i think 25 times yesterday, not mentioning his wife or a lot of the white house staffers that have been infected with covid19 and saying that we should not be worried about it. Certainly, it will play out in the election. European stocks are struggling a bit for direction following yesterdays broad market advance. We are looking at dollar per much study. Other Asset Classes really little movement. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres leighann gerrans. The coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than six feet away from an infectious person. That is the latest guidance from the cdc. The agency says this message of transmission is uncommon method of transmission is uncommon and happens in places with poor ventilation. It raises new challenges for reopening businesses and schools. Coronavirus is sprea
General failed and vowed to keep protesting until the officers who shot the charged us. She changed the course of american. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history again becoming the 1st woman to lie in state in the u. S. Capitol. Complex program we begin this hour in egypt where there are reports that at least 2 protesters have been killed after thousands of people to find a Police Crackdown to protest against the government for a 6th straight day dozens were arrested when the homes were raided ahead of the demonstrations but many still took to the streets to express that anger over corruption a deteriorating economy and for Living Conditions but theyre also demanding the resignation of president abdullah fatah sisi the protests are in response to a call from exiled activist muhammad ali egyptians to stage what he called a day of rage. Lets get more on this alledged militia al his endo what more do we know about these these 2 fatalities general well mary and weve seen footage of wha
Reimpose is a quarantine on anyone coming in from spain catching travelers off guard. A mostly peaceful protest turns into a crackdown by the police and federal officers in Portland Oregon. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens as the greek government renews its call for britain to return its ancient treasures. And im santa how much now have all the sports a big day for you event is the syrian leaders that have the chance to wrap up a nice stated league title. There we are lets get going we begin this with the coronavirus pandemic which is spreading further and faster every day it took the world 2 weeks to get from 1000000 to 2000000 cases its taken just 4 days to make the leap from 15000000 to 16000000 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university lets just have a look at what they are saying you can see there the number of top left 16055909 top write in white global deaths edging towards 645000 lets just zoom into the map for you as well a sea
Response, how europe response given the heightened trade tensions, how they could take advantage of that situation. Is what taylor, this the markets are telling us. Futures are climbing with european stocks. Im also looking at oil and treasuries to give us an indication of where we are seeing some of the havens. Treasuries on the dollar edging higher. I want to show you the chinese yuan. There is focus not only on this extra stimulus possibly coming from japan, but also on lockdowns. More Major Economies around the world opened up, taylor. Taylor we are hitting a milestone in the u. S. Yesterday you were looking at s p 3000. ,000, we have not closed above those levels, but it looks like we are seeming to get there. Some of that hope and optimism on the reopening is filtering through within the s p 500. Focusallcap domestic stocks, and a lot of optimism here about the strength of that u. S. Consumer coming back, making those smallcap mystic stops those smallcap domestic stocks amid the