Crisis. He is in charge of 2. 3 trillion. Relief is on the way for millions of americans meanwhile and has a 2 trilliondollar coronavirus package is expected to help Small Businesses and individuals as soon as next week. It includes funding for public health, Small Businesses, Small Business loans, Unemployment Benefits and direct payment to americans. Steven mnunchin tells me that the new bank Lending Program will be ready by next friday. Chairman powell and i are speaking multiple times a day, every day. Even before this legislation was passed, the fed requested use of 133, those are there emergency powers, the way this works is the fed makes a request to me as treasury secretary, i have to approve it, ive approved all the requests so far, weve announced five of these transactions using existing money that we had before the legislation was passed, and the mechanism works in some of these where the fed is doing certain transactions, vacant credit support from the treasury and money th
Ahead we will be covering all aspects of this health crisis. We want to begin in the first hour with the Financial Impact it is having on you, your family, your loved ones. If you are recently unemployed as a result of the coronavirus, 202 7488000. For all others, 202 7488001. You can join us on social media, we will read your tweets at cspanwj. We are also taking her text messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 202 7488003. A lot to talk about in the next hour. The Johns Hopkins sobering numbers across the years across the world now, 670,000 confirmed cases, approaching 31,000 deaths around the world. Here in the u. S. , close to 125,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. We want to get your phone calls. Again, if you are recently unemployed, tell us your situation. That number is 202 7488000. The headline from cnbc, the u. S. Economy has come to a. Ndstill host yesterday on fox news, this conversation with Vice President pence on when t
Those put out of work because of the virus and make direct cash payments. The deal was in the work on tuesday ands caused a celebration with the dow having its biggest oneday point gain in history. It appears investors have become a little more optimistic after stocks took a tremendous battery. On tuesday President Trump toogave the first indication of when he wants to see the pullback in the nationwide restrictions we are seeing. He told a town hall that he liked to have the country up by easter, april 12 but thats a much earlier timeline than many experts believe will be required to keep the virus under control. The first shockwaves we saw on thursday when they reported weekly unemployment claims that soared to over 3 million. The most since records have been capped and almost five times higher during the financial crisis. How much has the coronavirus already hurt the economy . How much more damage might be done . And more importantly how long can the country remain at a standstill b
People. Empty store shelves becoming the norm this morning. Amazon to hire a hundred thousand workers and Major Grocery chains adding jobs as well to keep up with demand as well. More countries closing borders. Things have reversed course and dow industrials showing decline of 96. Nasdaq up 29 but s p is are youer by 12 and a half after dow, nasdaq and s p 500 had biggest oneday point loss in history. It was 13 in a day. 12 and a third percent and the s p gave up 324 points yesterday, 12 , yeah, quite a day on wall street. Primary day on ohio. Voting still taking place in arizona, florida and illinois. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, asian markets were mixed overnight. Remember, we did have a pretty good upswing at the end of the day coming off of the lows and into the premarket, this morning we had rally and that reversed. In china, the shanghai composite down third a percent. Oil prices rising after hitting new 52week low yes
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