Breaking news. U. S. Stock market futures are limit down even as the Federal Reserve slashed rates to stave off recession in the face of a global coronavirus threat. Life in america changing rapidly as governments at every level take drastic and unprecedented steps to try to slow the spread of the pandemic. Major retailers including nike and apple, shutting their doors for weeks. Well talk about the fallout for the u. S. Economy it is monday, march 16, 2020 squawk box begins right now. Good morning im becky quick at cnbc headquarters joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin u. S. Equity futures hitting limit down after dropping 5 that means they cant trade any lower this morning those are the curbs set up by the exchanges. You will continue to watch whats happening with the etfs, however, because they are not held to the same restrictions. Can you see the dow etf is down by 9 . The s p etf down by almost 9 . That gives you a better idea of where the major averages would open if we were open h
Trevor welcome to the daily show, everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out. Thank you so much for coming out people. Lets do it. Take a seat. Lets make a show. Im trevor noah. Our guest tonight is an author whose debut novel is a satire of race in america called such a fun age. Kiley reid is joining us everybody. cheers and applause its a really brilliant book. Also on tonights show, how you can go to space. Roy wood jr. Explores black fashion. And we find out if were all gonna die. So lets catch up on todays headlines. Trevor lets kick it off with nasa, americas most expensive way of collecting rocks. If you wanted to be an astronaut when you were a little kid, first of all, congratulations on being basic. laughter and, secondly, this may be your big chance. You want to be an astronaut . Well, you better know how to swim. Nasa is looking for a new crop of cadets willing to take the plunge in hopes of reaching outer space. The odds of being selected are pret
Thank you so much for coming out people. Lets do it. Take a seat. Lets make a show. Im trevor noah. Our guest tonight is an author whose debut novel is a satire of race in america called such a fun age. Kiley reid is joining us everybody. cheers and applause its a really brilliant book. Also on tonights show, how you can go to space. Roy wood jr. Explores black fashion. And we find out if were all gonna die. So lets catch up on todays headlines. Trevor lets kick it off with nasa, americas most expensive way of collecting rocks. If you wanted to be an astronaut when you were a little kid, first of all, congratulations on being basic. laughter and, secondly, this may be your big chance. You want to be an astronaut . Well, you better know how to swim. Nasa is looking for a new crop of cadets willing to take the plunge in hopes of reaching outer space. The odds of being selected are pretty low. Nasa only needs about 20 trainees for the next class. Officials say degrees in math, science, an
Headlines. Trevor lets kick it off with nasa, americas most expensive way of collecting rocks. If you wanted to be an astronaut when you were a little kid, first of all, congratulations on being basic. laughter and, secondly, this may be your big chance. You want to be an astronaut . Well, you better know how to swim. Nasa is looking for a new crop of cadets willing to take the plunge in hopes of reaching outer space. The odds of being selected are pretty low. Nasa only needs about 20 trainees for the next class. Officials say degrees in math, science, and engineering are required, and you have to have a masters degree. So if you think youve got what it takes to survive not just the neutral buoyancy pool but an actual mission in space, the next class opens up on monday. Apply then. Trevor haha why are we laughing . laughter thank god this guy is covering nasa and not a tornado. Everyone here is now homeless or dead haha. Louvre laugh but, yes, nasa is looking for new astronauts. But yo
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