As so many, those that were torn asunder in conflict and wars, its those that lose their lives coming back home that never left the battlefield. I want to express my deep respect and admiration on memorial day. Also to veterans and those that have come back from the more contemporary wars overseas and to extend our heartfelt thank you and deep respect and acknowledgment to the challenges and struggles that many of our veterans continue to have as they come back from the horrific experiences in combat and other experiences, noble experiences related to their service at war. We are here in their spirit, in that light of optimism and respect for the opportunities they have all provided us. I want to make a point as we are here to make this point. We not only hold those things dear and rhetorical terms but in terms of our practices. I want to recognize the outstanding practice of leadership that is demonstrable, the veterans homes from the state of california. , the veterans homes from the
Veterans continue to have as they come back from the horrific experiences in combat and other experiences, noble experiences related to their service at war. We are here in their spirit, in that light of optimism and respect for the opportunities they have all provided us. I want to make a point as we are here to make this point. We not only hold those things dear and rhetorical terms but in terms of our practices. I want to recognize the outstanding practice of demonstrable,t is the veterans homes from the state of california. 2000 veterans in these homes, protected disproportionately so because the outstanding leadership of our secretary of Veterans Affairs and his remarkable team, outstanding frontline staff. That is not something every governor in the state of california or across this country can say. The reality is a lot of our veterans homes have been disproportionately impacted by covid19 and the spread of this virus. A lot of american heroes from world war ii, not just korean
It is fascinating because the stock is up 67 , at the highs of 74 , on pace for its best day. On the hope that they may be will come up with a vaccine. Markets are so excited for the possibility of a vaccine against this virus. David not just the markets. I think all of us are excited. In the meantime weve been hearing from dr. Fauci from the nih talking about the prospects of reopening and what the risks are. Are the markets reacting to what he is saying . Abigail not all that much. His remarks are more cautious that a vaccine will be available this fall. The idea of herd immunity, not a lot of positive commentary. These are the major averages fluctuating. Not a huge reaction. I would say there is caution. One of the pieces of news on the day that weve been talking about is some degree, especially yesterday, the bond issuance. A piece of this has been on the idea the fed will step in and buy some of these credit etfs. Today is the day they start the at. Investment group they start tha
Prosecution by the special counsels office and the u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia. These documents include a report that was done by the fbi actually closing out the file on general flynn by january 4, 2017. Finding no evidence of any wrongdoing or improper russian contacts or anything that would warrant further investigation in any way, shape or form. Then suddenly at the direction of the seventh floor, the tweets or Text Messages between strzok and page indicate that mr. Strzok reopened or made sure the file never got completely closed and started on an entirely different path. They reflect additional violations of protocol by all the people in the fbi that were involved in setting up general flynn. Elizabeth so it seems that peter struck was saying keep the case open against Michael Flynn, do not shut it. Later that day he texted lisa page, saying it is quote serendipitously good that basically were keeping the case open and then she texts back, quote, phew. This son th
We do know some options that they have. Well explore that a little bit later. Meantime, i was telling you about a lot of depressing economic news. Latest home sales are expected to fall at least 15 this year. That adds to a string of stunningly weak numbers. I say stunningly weak. Wall street was bracing for some bad numbers but to connell mcshane, i dont think they were bracing for this bad. To you, my friend. Connell i think that is the point, neil. In many ways to your point what we learned on both the economic front and when it comes to earnings is soar of confirmation what we already knew. That this economy, thanks to the coronavirus inspired shutdowns is in very rough shape. But when you look at things like retail sales and drop we saw there, this, is even worse than we thought. I mean the largest drop that weve ever seen in retail sales on a monthly basis. So thats march. Economists know april is likely as bad or worse. This comes from the commerce department, only been tracking