Treasury secretary and Federal Reserve chair paul testified on the federal governments response to the corona virus pandemic. Including the impact of the Paycheck Protection Program on Small Businesses. From the House Financial Services committee, this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] including some required by the regulations. [inaudible] Remote Committee proceedings. Ive asked all members on the platform to keep themselves on me what when they are not being recognized. This will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of the witnesses. Members on the platform are responsible for muting and on muting themselves. The staff has been instructed not t to meet its members except where a member is not being recognized. If there is inadvertent background noise. Members on the platform are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a time. So if you are participating today, please remain with us during the hearing. Members should try to avoid
From the House Financial Services committee, this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] including some required by the regulations. [inaudible] Remote Committee proceedings. Ive asked all members on the platform to keep themselves on me what when they are not being recognized. This will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of the witnesses. Members on the platform are responsible for muting and on muting themselves. The staff has been instructed not t to meet its members except where a member is not being recognized. If there is inadvertent background noise. Members on the platform are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a time. So if you are participating today, please remain with us during the hearing. Members should try to avoid coming in and out of the meeting particularly during the question period. If during the hearing members wish to be recognized, the chair recommends members identify themselves by name so as to facilitate
First, i would ask all members on the webex platform to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. This will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members on the webex platform are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except where a member is not being recognized and there is inadvertent background noise. Members on the platform are reminded they may only attend one remote hearing at a time. So if you are participating today please remain with us during the hearing. Members should try to avoid coming in and out of the meeting particularly during the question period. If during the hearing members wish to be recognized the chair recommends that members identify themselves by name so as to facilitate the chairs recognition. I would also ask that members be patient as the chair proceeds given the nature of the Online Platform the committee is using. In addition the chair informs
In negatives, nothing changes there. The latest negative being this fight over control. The president or the governors. That is a distraction from the main event, getting back to work is now job one. Later on the program today, larry kudlow, the president s chief economic adviser, joins us. Hes on the task force. We will ask when, where and who gets back to work. Thats coming up. To the get back to work debate, it largely excludes democrat politicians, shown side by side Bernie Sanders has endorsed joe biden. But all they can agree on is contempt for the president and some bernie supporters are saying now they will not vote for joe biden. The democrats are split. What are they contributing to the get back to work debate . In my opinion, not much. The market, however, they appear to like the idea of opening up the economy. Investors looking to the other side. The dow this morning is going to be up about 400 at the opening bell. Thats a gain of, what, 1. 75 . A similar gain for the s p a
And full analysis. The stocks going into it are higher. Futures pointing to gain at the start of tradingment broader looks good. Look at futures. 280 points right out of the gate. S p 500 up 29, better than 1 and nasdaq higher by 115 points, one and a third percent. This after the dow, s p 500 much of the needed money. Lindsey graham right here. Former Vice President joe biden picking up major endorsement from former rival senator Bernie Sanders. Mornings with maria live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning also mix today. Take a look. Ftse 100 down 25 points. Cac quarante down 2 points but the dax in germany down by higher than 11. Better than 1 . French president aim to go start opening economy and schools on may 11th, in asia overnight green across the board, take a look. Good tone overnight for the asian markets, better than expected Economic News out of china this morning, exports were down in the month of march from a year earlier. Import down 9 tenths of a percent. Both